Blessed with an inventive mind. he applied his mechanical genius to gain a prominent place in the industrial community. His fortunes have been great because they were shared with the unfortunate. And for those who have been deprived of the right to control the size of their families through ignorance or indigence the name of Joseph Sunnen is especially meaningful. Tens of thousands of migrant workers in California have learned his name because they were given free birth control materials. And long before the povertyridden reaches of Appalachia received wide public attention. Joseph Sunnen was attending to the needs of weary. frightened mothers.