He served as president of the Massachusetts Blue Shield. which he was instrumental in founding. and was chairman of the National Blue Shield Commission from 1955 through 1958. At the time of his death. Dr. Welch was consultant physician to five Massachusetts hospitalsCarney. Leominster. Winthrop Community. Marlboro. and Metropolitan State. He was also a president of the Council of the New England Medical Society. Dr. Welch was born in 1902 in Brockton. Mass.. the son of parents of Irish descent who had emigrated to the United States from Canada. He considered himself to be a friend of labor. since his father. John J.
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