Alan R. Hinman was an epidemiologist and public health leader specializing in immunization and disease prevention.[1][2] He was born on March 23, 1937 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA and died on January 26, 2026 in Decatur, Georgia, USA at the age of 88 after a short illness.[3] He earned a bachelor's degree from Cornell University, a medical degree from Western Reserve University, and a master's degree in public health from Harvard University.[1][3] Since 1965, he has worked in public health programs at the state, national, and international levels, most notably at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), where he was director of the Division of Immunization (1977–1988) and the National Center for Preventive Services (1988–1995).[1][2] He also worked for the New York and Tennessee state health departments, reaching the rank of deputy surgeon general.[1][3] After his retirement in 1996, he joined the Task Force for Global Health, authored or co-authored over 400 publications, served on the board of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and chaired the WHO Advisory Committee.[1][2][3] He was a founding member of the Voices for Vaccines program and taught as a professor of global health and epidemiology at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health for over 25 years.[1][2] He contributed to the eradication of polio, the incidence of which has fallen by more than 99% since 1988, and to President Carter's immunization initiative.[2][3]