Estella Ford Warner was one of two women who graduated from the UO Medical School in 1918. As a physician, she became a leader in public medicine who set up health care programs domestically and abroad. In 1932, she was appointed to the United States Public Health Service by President Herbert Hoover. She directed health programs in the US, Asia, the Middle East, and the Caribbean. Dr. Warner was named Assistant Surgeon General of the United States, making significant impacts on global standards for pediatric and maternal care.