Provence, Sally, 1916-

Sally Provence was born in East Texas in 1916. She completed her undergraduate work at Mary Hardin College and received her M.D. from Baylor Medical College. As a practicing pediatrician, Provence became interested in child development and, in 1949, she came to work in the Yale Child Study Center. In 1951 Provence founded the center's Child Development Unit, which she directed until her retirement in 1986. Her work included standards for children in institutions, studies of children in day care, and clinical intervention with multiply handicapped children. Appointed a Professor of Pediatrics at the Yale Child Study Center in 1967, she extended her teaching when, in 1978, she founded the National Center for Clinical Infant Programs. Sally Provence died in Branford, Connecticut on February 6, 1993.

From the description of Sally Provence papers, 1951-1991 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702122861

From the guide to the Sally Provence papers, 1951-1991, (Manuscripts and Archives)

Pediatrician.

From the description of Reminiscences of Sally Ann Provence : oral history, 1982. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122481116