Global Health Service Corps

History of Effort

October 14, 1960

President Kennedy speaks at 2 AM to 10,000 students at the University of Michigan

“… I think Americans are willing to contribute. But the effort must be far greater than we have ever made in the past…How many of you, who are going to be doctors, are willing to spend your days in Ghana? Technicians or engineers, how many of you are willing to work in the Foreign Service…?”

President John F. Kennedy