Sidney Garfield

Sidney Garfield, American physician, co-founded Kaiser Permanente (died 1984)

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Born: April 17, 1906
Died: December 29, 1984
Zodiac sign: Aries
Birth year: 1906

About Sidney Garfield

Sidney R. Garfield was an American physician and a pioneer of health maintenance organizations. He co-founded the Kaiser Permanente healthcare system with businessman Henry J. Kaiser. He graduated from the University of Iowa College of Medicine in 1928, which is now called the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine. Garfield applied the lessons he first learned at the hospital to create his enduring legacy: Kaiser Permanente, the nation's largest nonprofit prepaid health care program.

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The world when Sidney Garfield was born

Sidney Garfield was born in 1906. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1906

Best-selling bookThe Jungle by Upton Sinclair

Headlines and milestones

Major sports moment"Hitless Wonders" Chicago White Sox upset Cubs in World Series
Top headlineSan Francisco earthquake and fire — 3,000+ killed
Technology milestoneFirst radio broadcast of voice and music
World population~1.66B

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
U.S. population84.6M

1906 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Sidney Garfield's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1906	2026
Population	84.6M	341 million

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