In Memoriam: Rev. Robert C. Baumiller, S.J.

1931-2006

We honor the memory and celebrate the accomplishments of Robert Baumiller, founding Director of the National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health (NCEMCH). Established in 1982 at Georgetown University with support from the federal maternal and child health agency, NCEMCH evolved from a genetics information clearinghouse into a leading national education and information resource for the maternal and child health community. The origins of the MCH Library are rooted in NCEMCH, and its collection of a century's worth of historic documents as well as state-of-the-art knowledge on maternal and child health. In addition to launching NCEMCH, Father Baumiller was Director of the Division of Genetics at Georgetown University Medical Center. He left Georgetown University in 1991 to become dean of the College of Health Sciences at the University of Detroit Mercy. From 1995 until his death, Father Baumiller held the positions of associate dean of health programs and professor of biology and philosophy at Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio. Father Baumiller's gift for nurturing a university-based, nonpartisan organization dedicated to improving the health of children and families throughout the nation, was an inspiration to all of us who had the privilege of working with him.

— Rochelle Mayer, Director, NCEMCH