Curran, Jean Alonzo, 1893-

Jean Alonzo Curran (1893-1977), MD, 1921, Harvard Medical School, was a medical educator, historian, administrator, and consultant based in New York City and Boston, Mass. Curran was president of Long Island College of Medicine from 1942 to 1951 and oversaw the merger of the Long Island College of Medicine with the State University of New York to become the SUNY Downstate Medical Center in 1950. He was a consultant for historical research to Harvard School of Public Health from 1964 to 1968 and published Founders of the Harvard School of Public Health with Biographial Notes, 1909-1946, in 1970. Curran was a medical adviser to the World Health Organization where he completed studies of medical education in the Philippines, Lebanon, Iran, and Pakistan. He also served as a trustee for the Bingham Associates Fund of Bethel, Maine, and participated in over 50 studies of hospitals, contributing to the development of regional health care systems in the United States.

From the description of Papers, [186?], 1893-1976. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 79058600

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