Remembering Jerry Morris on his 100th birthday

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Professor Jeremy Noah Morris, physician: born Liverpool 6 May 1910; Professor of Public Health, University of London, at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 1967-78, Hon. Research Officer, 1978-; died London 28 October 2009 (Alcantara, 2009). When I came to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) in 1973 in search of further training in epidemiology and public health, the chair of the Department of Epidemiology at the time, Professor Donald Reid, asked me whether I was prepared to dedicate more than a year to this training. He strongly advised me to take a new course for a Master of Science in Social Medicine which had just been developed by Professor Jerry Morris. Little did 1 know at the time how strongly this choice would influence my thinking, my understanding of public health and its function, and my scientific expectations.