Mildred Clare Scoville (1892-1969) was a psychiatric social worker who won a Lasker Award in 1949.

[2] Scoville joined the Commonwealth Fund of America in 1923 and later retired as executive associate director in 1954.

[3] In 1927, she moved to England because the Commonwealth Fund of America requested her to do an experiment to work on clinics for children.

[4][5] She later led leading positions in developing mental health services back in the United States.

[2][9] She received the Lasker Award for “recognition of her outstanding contribution to the integration of mental health concepts in medical education and practice”.