NIH Directors' Files 1937-1983 (bulk 1950-1970)
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Dyer, Rolla E. (Rolla Eugene), 1886-
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Physician. From the description of Reminiscences of Rolla Eugene Dyer : oral history, 1962. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122411715 Born in Delaware County, Ohio, Rolla Eugene Dyer earned his MD at the University of Texas in 1916. He immediately joined the Public Health Service. His field of interest was infectious diseases and he spent his first five years with the PHS working on bubonic plague in New Orleans. In 1921 he joined the Hygie...
National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
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Brief biographies of selected NIH Directors: Rolla E. Dyer directed the National Institutes of Health from 1942 to 1950. Specializing in infectious diseases, Dyer joined the Public Health Service in 1916. As NIH Director he was instrumental in the establishment of the Clinical Center, the National Heart Institute, the National Institute of Dental Research, and the National Institute of Mental Health. An international authority on nutrition and dietary deficiency disease, William H. Sebrell began...
Sebrell, W. H. (William Henry), 1901-1992
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Dr. Sebrell was director of the National Institutes of Health, 1950-55. From the description of William H. Sebrell : an oral history / interviewed by Albert Siepert, 1970 Dec. 8-9. (National Library of Medicine). WorldCat record id: 49617022 Public health officer. From the description of Reminiscences of William Henry Sebrell, Jr. : oral history, 1962. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122528181 Born at Portsmouth, Virgin...
Shannon, James A. (James Augustine), 1904-1994
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James Shannon was on the faculty of the New York University College of Medicine from 1929-46. In 1946 he joined the National Institutes of Health, where he was the director from 1955-68. In 1970 he became Professor and Special Assistant to the President of the Rockefeller University. From the description of James A. Shannon : an oral history / interviewed by Thomas J. Kennedy, 1984 Jan. 11. (National Library of Medicine). WorldCat record id: 49616990 Public health official; ...
Marston, Robert Q., 1923-
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Dr. Marston became Director of the National Institutes of Health on September 1, 1968. He left the federal service in 1973 and in 1974 became President of the University of Florida at Gainesville. From the description of Robert Q. Marston articles and speeches, 1966-1973. (National Library of Medicine). WorldCat record id: 14300918 From the guide to the Robert Q. Marston Articles and Speeches, 1964-1973, (History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine) ...
