Howard A. Rusk

[2] Born in Brookfield, Missouri,[3] Rusk was active in the Health for Peace movement in the 1950s and supported US efforts to participate more in rehabilitation medicine in international affairs.

Rusk soon went on to establish the first Air Force rehabilitation center, in Pawling, New York, which was to treat airmen returning from battle with physical and psychological disabilities.

Rusk described it as "a combination of a hospital, a country club, a school, a farm, a vocational training center, a resort and a little bit of home as well."

With the influence of Bernard Baruch, Rusk convinced President Roosevelt to start rehabilitation programs for all military branches.

He also accepted an offer, extended by Arthur Hays Sulzberger, to work for The New York Times as a weekly medical columnist.