A swift messenger to the nation

From 1947 until his retirement in 1979, Milton Wittman served as an officer in the US Public Health Service and the National Institute of Mental Health, where he headed the Social Work Training Branch to support social work education at universities throughout the United States. He was also a life-long member and supporter of the National Association of Social Workers. At both NIMH and NASW he successfully championed professional recognition and parity for social workers providing clinical and community mental health services. His work included a special two-year appointment in the Surgeon General's office to promote better understanding of social work within the Public Health Service. This memorial volume is a selection of his published and unpublished work. His colleagues, Ruth Knee, Margaret Daniel, Katherine Kendall, and Elizabeth Vourlekis, made the selection from Milton's many articles and wrote thoughtful introductions to each of the four chosen themes. -- taken from the letter enclosed with the book