Deeda Blair is a socialite and philanthropist.

Personal:
Married to William McCormick Blair, Jr. , former US Ambassador to Denmark and the Philippines

Background:
Having lived in Asia and Europe as the wife of Ambassador William McC. Blair, Jr., Mrs. Blair also became deeply interested in a global approach to prevention of infectious diseases and the development of vaccines.

Mrs. Blair has had a long time interest in cancer research and served for more than twelve years on the Board of the American Cancer Society on the Research Committee and in the 1970's served on the Breast Cancer Task Force of the National Cancer Institute.

Trustee, Scripp Research Institute
Director emeritus, Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation
Board member, Foundation for the National Insitutes of Health
Member, Harvard AIDS Institute Policy Board
Co-chairman, Harvard AIDS Institute International Advisory Council
Member, Advisory Board, Department of Infectious and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School