<P> Henry Whitney Bellows , ( 1814 - 1882 ) , a Massachusetts clergyman , planned the USSC and served as its only president . According to The Wall Street Journal , `` its first executive secretary was Frederick Law Olmsted , ( 1822 - 1903 ) , the famed landscape architect who designed New York 's Central Park '' . George Templeton Strong , ( 1820 - 1875 ) , New York lawyer and diarist , helped found the commission and served as treasurer and member of the executive committee . </P>
<P> Henry Whitney Bellows , ( 1814 - 1882 ) , a Massachusetts clergyman , planned the USSC and served as its only president . According to The Wall Street Journal , `` its first executive secretary was Frederick Law Olmsted , ( 1822 - 1903 ) , the famed landscape architect who designed New York 's Central Park '' . George Templeton Strong , ( 1820 - 1875 ) , New York lawyer and diarist , helped found the commission and served as treasurer and member of the executive committee . </P>
who served as head of the us sanitary commission
who served as head of the us sanitary commission
Henry Whitney Bellows
Henry Whitney Bellows