Person

Welch, Henry

1902–1982

Washington Post (Washington, D.C.), October 29, 1982, viewed February 3, 2023: obituary (Henry Welch, 80, retired director of the antibiotics division at Food and Drug Administration, died October 22 [1982 in] Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Dr. Welch lived in Lighthouse Point, Fla.; born in Newburyport, Mass.; graduated from Brown University, earned master’s degree there, and a doctorate in bacteriology at Western Reserve University; moved to Washington in 1939 and joined FDA where he established the antibiotics division; headed division of antibiotics until 1960 when he retired and moved to Florida) https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1982/10/29/henry-welch-fda-ex-official-dies/ed6be817-9409-4c77-9c94-af39a72508c3/