John E. Fogarty

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John E. Fogarty
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Rhode Island's 2nd district
In office
January 3, 1941 – January 10, 1967
Preceded byHarry Sandager
Succeeded byRobert Tiernan
Personal details
Born
John Edward Fogarty

(1913-03-23)March 23, 1913
Providence, Rhode Island
DiedJanuary 10, 1967(1967-01-10) (aged 53)
Washington, D.C.
Resting placeSt. Ann's Cemetery, Cranston
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseLuise Rohland
OccupationBricklayer

John Edward Fogarty (March 23, 1913 – January 10, 1967) was a Congressman from Rhode Island for 26 years. He was a member of the Democratic Party. John Edward Fogarty was influential in passing numerous legislations and acts. For his service he received awards and honors.

Early life and education

John E. Fogarty was born in Providence, Rhode Island, March 23, 1913. He attended La Salle Academy and Providence College, afterwards settling in Harmony, Rhode Island. Fogarty was employed as a bricklayer and was also active in Rhode Island's Bricklayers Union Number 1, of which he became president.

Political and military career

Start of political career

Fogarty and his daughter, Mary, with President John F. Kennedy in 1962

In 1940 Fogarty was a successful Democratic candidate for the United States House of Representatives. He served from January 3, 1941, until his death.

From December 1944 to February 1945 he traveled and worked with a

Naval Affairs Committee
.

Appropriations Committee

In January 1947, he was assigned to the Appropriations Committee and served on the subcommittee providing funds for the Departments of Labor, Health, Education and Welfare longer than any other member in the history of Congress. As Chairman of the subcommittee for 16 years, Fogarty became nationally known as the spokesman for medical research in the Congress. He is often referred to as the "Champion of Better Health for the Nation."

During his years on the Committee,

mentally retarded
and by 1967 was increased to $334 Million. This increase in available funds permitted the Institutes to take great strides forward in their constant search to find the cause and cure of today's killing and crippling diseases.

Library Services Act

Fogarty worked with Senator Lister Hill to establish the Library Services Act (1956). The history of this effort is highlighted in James Healey's monograph: John E. Fogarty: Political Leadership for Library Development. [1] Congressman Fogarty was impressed by the pioneer work of Rhode Island state librarian, Elizabeth Myer, and went on to champion extension of library service.[2]

Health for Peace bill

Congressman Fogarty, in conjunction with Senator

Department of Health, Education and Welfare. He was the original sponsor of legislation that established the Older Americans Act
of 1965.

John E. Fogarty

Other legislation

Other legislation sponsored by Fogarty, which was enacted into law in the

Water Pollution Control Act, Medical Complex Centers for Heart Disease, Cancer and Stroke, Medical Library Assistance Act, Library Services Act Amendments, The Model Secondary School for the Deaf Act and the Vocational Rehabilitation Act. Fogarty was the original sponsor of the legislation providing for the National Foundation on Arts and Humanities[3] and was instrumental in the enactment of the Manpower Act of 1965[4] and the Economic Opportunity Amendments of 1965 Answers - The Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions
.

Fogarty introduced several bills which gained nationwide support, including PREVENTICARE aimed at providing multiphasic

child welfare services and bills to furnish improved health education by providing that qualified health educators be placed in schools to teach health education as an academic subject.[5]

Personal life and death

Fogarty was married to Luise Rohland. He served in the House until his death from a

heart attack in Washington, D.C., on January 10, 1967, shortly before he was to be sworn in for his fourteenth term.[6] Fogarty was buried in Cranston's
St. Ann's Cemetery. He was survived by his wife (died October 21, 2011) and daughter, Mary Fogarty McAndrew and her husband, Thomas, five grandchildren, John Maxwell, Mercedes, Hope, Marya, Cornelia (Sally) and seven great grandchildren.

Awards and honors

John Fogarty was awarded distinguished service citations by many national health organizations, veterans groups, educational associations and business chambers. He was appointed by the

SCIENCE Magazine said of his work in the field of medicine – "Fogarty has an incredible ability .. to get things moving." .. and in a later article refers to ".. Fogarty's deep, undiscriminating humanitarian impulse." – Newsweek magazine referred to him as "Mr. Public Health" and Modern Medicine
called him "one of the most influential and knowledgeable men in the nation's health affairs." Throughout his Rhode Island district, Fogarty was widely known as "Everybody's Congressman."

In 1959, Fogarty received the national

Albert Lasker Award for championing the advancement of medical research and public health. The $5,000 honorarium which accompanied the award was donated by Mr. Fogarty to the then Rhode Island Parents Council for Mentally Retarded Children. When Mr. Fogarty was designated as a winner of the Leadership Award by the Kennedy Foundation given to the public official whose activities have awakened the public conscience or led to increased community effort on behalf of the mentally retarded, the Congressman donated the $8,000 honorarium which accompanied the award to the John E. Fogarty Foundation,[7] a charitable and educational organization which encourages medical and educational research and fosters rehabilitation of the mentally retarded. Today, the John E. Fogarty Foundation for Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities is chaired by Mr. Fogarty's daughter, Mary Fogarty McAndrew
. It has raised millions of dollars and provides grants annually to organizations and institutions in Rhode Island that enhance the lives of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Dedications

In the State of Rhode Island five health and educational facilities have been dedicated in Mr. Fogarty's name – The John E. Fogarty Occupational Training Center for the Mentally Retarded – the John E. Fogarty Medical and Rehabilitation Unit at the Joseph H. Ladd School for the Mentally Retarded – the John E. Fogarty Health Science Building at the

North Smithfield
was also named in his honor.

The John E. Fogarty Memorial Building was designed in 1968 by architects Castellucci, Galli, & Planka to house the state welfare office.[8] Located at 111 Fountain Street in downtown Providence, the three-story brutalist structure was the size of an entire city block.[8] Government offices moved out in 1999, and the building was used briefly as a middle school.[9] After 2003, the building was abandoned.[9] In 2016, the building was scheduled for demolition, to be replaced by a hotel,[9] and finally demolished in 2017.[10]

Honorary degrees

Congressman Fogarty received honorary degrees of Doctor of Laws from the

Gallaudet College and Doctor of Science from the University of the Pacific in San Francisco and the College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery in Des Moines, Iowa. He was made an honorary member of the Rhode Island Medical Society and received an honorary fellowship from the American College of Dentists, the American Psychiatric Association and the American College of Osteopathic Internists. On February 3, 1966, President Johnston presented Mr. Fogarty with the American Heart Association 1966 Heart of the Year Award and on July 10, 1966, he was awarded a lifetime honorary membership in the American Library Association
.

Legacy

Upon his death, the

infectious disease
and now the epidemic of chronic diseases facing poor countries as well as the rich.

See also

  • List of United States Congress members who died in office (1950–1999)

References

  1. ^ Healey, James S., John E. Fogarty: Political Leadership for Library Development Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1974.
  2. ^ McCook, Kathleen de la Peña, Introduction to Public Librarianship, 2nd ed. Neal-Schuman, 2011, p.290.
  3. ^ "National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, National Endowment Arts Appropriations as of Fiscal Year 2010, and Related Legislation". Nea.gov. Archived from the original on 2012-10-02. Retrieved 2012-10-02.
  4. ^ "Lyndon B. Johnson: Remarks Upon Signing the Manpower Act of 1965". Presidency.ucsb.edu. 1965-04-26. Retrieved 2012-10-02.
  5. ^ "Diagnosis: And Now, Preventicare". TIME. 1966-09-30. Archived from the original on November 6, 2012. Retrieved 2012-10-02.
  6. ^ "Rep. John Fogarty Dies at 53; Championed U.S. Health Aid; Rhode Island Democrat Led Fights for More Funds-- In House Since 1941". The New York Times. 11 January 1967. Retrieved 24 June 2023 – via NYTimes.com.
  7. ^ "Fogarty Foundation | The John E. Fogarty Foundation for Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities". fogartyfoundation.org. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  8. ^ a b "John E. Fogarty Memorial Building". Brown University Library. Brown University. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  9. ^ a b c Hill, John (9 January 2016). "Time's up for the Brutalist Fogarty building in downtown Providence". The Providence Journal. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  10. ^ Borg, Linda (13 May 2017). "Last wall of Fogarty Building falls in Providence". The Providence Journal. Retrieved 16 September 2017.

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