Records of the Dean of the Medical School, James E. Eckenhoff (1968-1985) 1968-1985

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Records of the Dean of the Medical School, James E. Eckenhoff (1968-1985) 1968-1985

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The Records of the Medical School under Dean James E. Eckenhoff fill twelve archival boxes, spanning the years 1968 to 1985. The records reflect the state of the Medical School under Eckenhoff with a strong emphasis on educational improvement, and consist demonstration of correspondence, transcripts, reports, publications, and minutes. The collection is divided into seven subseries: Allied Health, assemblies and lectures, councils and committees, faculty and research, graduate medical education, hospitals and medical centers, and the Medical School (general).

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Eckenhoff, James E.

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James Edward Eckenhoff was born on April 2, 1915 in Easton Maryland. Graduating from the University of Kentucky in 1937, Eckenhoff went on to attend the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1941. There, he decided on specializing in anesthesiology, eventually achieving full professorship. Eckenhoff came to Northwestern in in 1966 and in 1970 he began a 9 year tenure as Dean of Northwestern University's Medical School. After twenty-one years at the University ...

Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Medical School

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The Northwestern University Medical School began as the medical department of Lind University (later Lake Forest University) in 1859, located at Randolph and Market Streets in Chicago. In 1864, the medical department became an independent school, the Chicago Medical College, housed in a building at 22nd and State Streets. The founder of the College, Nathan Smith Davis, was an innovator in medical education who wanted to establish a three-year program that went beyond the traditional...