Leona Baumgartner Papers, 1837-1993 (inclusive), 1930-1970 (bulk).

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Leona Baumgartner Papers, 1837-1993 (inclusive), 1930-1970 (bulk).

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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 to1962, and later became an Assistant Director of the Agency for International Development, 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 1972.

89 cubic feet (84 record cartons, 2 legal sized document boxes, 1 small oversize flat storage box, and 4 large oversize flat storage boxes).

Center for the History of Medicine. Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine.

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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...