William Foege, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetWilliam Foege
American epidemiologist
Date of Birth: 12-Mar-1936
Place of Birth: Decorah, Iowa, United States
Profession: epidemiologist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About William Foege
- William Herbert Foege (; born March 12, 1936) is an American physician and epidemiologist who is credited with "devising the global strategy that led to the eradication of smallpox in the late 1970s".Foege also "played a central role" in efforts that greatly increased immunization rates in developing countries in the 1980s.In June 2011, he authored House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox, a book on modern science, medicine, and public health over the smallpox disease.
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