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Type of entity
Person
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Dunshee, Jay Dee
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Description area
Dates of existence
1882-1956
History
Dr. Jay Dee Dunshee was a distinguished public health administrator whose career spanned several decades of service in medicine and government. Born in Milton, Iowa, on December 30, 1884, he earned his medical degree from the State University of Iowa College of Medicine in 1908. During World War I, he served in France as part of the military effort.
Throughout his career, Dr. Dunshee held numerous leadership positions in public health. He served as Director of Child Welfare in Los Angeles from 1921 to 1926, Health Officer for Pasadena, California, from 1929 to 1934, and Director of the California State Department of Public Health from 1934 to 1935. In 1935, he became Public Health Adviser and Director of the Division of Public Health in Idaho, and from 1937 to 1944 he was Director of Local Health Administration for the Arizona Department of Health. In 1945, he served as the chief medical officer at the Poston Relocation Center in western Arizona.
Dr. Dunshee died in Phoenix, Arizona, on January 28, 1956, at the age of 71. The cause of death was reported as myocardial infarction and coronary thrombosis.