Homer Folks

[1] He attended Albion College in Michigan then Harvard University, where he graduated in 1890.

In the spring of 1900 he went to Cuba to assist the United States military authorities in reorganizing the public charities of the island.

In 1901 he became secretary of the National Conference of Charities and Correction, and in January 1902, was appointed by Mayor Seth Low as Commissioner of Public Charities for New York City.

His literary work includes the editing of the Charities Review, and the publication of numerous reports and magazine articles, a book entitled The Care of Destitute, Neglected, and Delinquent Children (1902), and another book, The Human Costs of The War (1920).

Homer Folks Hospital, located in Oneonta, New York, named in his honor, opened December 18, 1935, and served as a tuberculosis hospital for almost 38 years.