Personal Papers of Leona Baumgartner 1911-1927

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Personal Papers of Leona Baumgartner 1911-1927

http://hdl.handle.net/10407/1433447107

This collection contains two scrapbooks. One documents Baumgartner's youth and education, the other is full of personal cutouts and momentos.

1 oversize box

University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library University Archives

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Baumgartner, Leona, 1902-1991

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Leona Baumgartner (1902-1991), A.B., 1923, University of Kansas; M.A., 1925, University of Kansas; Ph.D., 1932, Yale University; M.D., 1934, Yale University, was the first female Commissioner of Public Health for New York City, 1954 to 1962, and later became an Assistant Director of the Agency for International Development (AID), a position she held until 1965. She was named Visiting Professor of Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Boston, in 1966, where she served until her retirement in...