Frederick Osborn

Virginia Sterilization Act of 1924 Major General Frederick Henry Osborn CBE (March 21, 1889 – January 5, 1981) was an American philanthropist, military leader, and eugenicist.

He was a founder of several organizations and played a central part in reorienting eugenics in away from overt racism in the years leading up to World War II.

Osborn believed that in this system, which he called the "true freedom of parenthood," the parents most capable of rearing children would be likelier to have more.

In September 1941, he was commissioned as Brigadier General and appointed Chief of the Morale Branch of the War Department (later called the Information and Education Division of Special Services).

Osborn served at Princeton, as a charter trustee from 1943 to 1955, and as a member of several advisory boards, including the Curriculum Committee and Psychology Department Council.

[13] In 1954, Osborn played a central role in the founding of the journal Eugenics Quarterly, published by Duke University,[14] which changed its name in 1968 to Social Biology.