Alfred H. Washburn Papers 1925-1960

University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

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Washburn, Alfred H. (Alfred Hamlin), 1895-1972.

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Pediatrician and Director, Child Research Council, University of Colorado (1930-1960). The Child Research Council conducted a very important study of child growth. This study, which is commonly referred to as the Denver Study, began in 1927 and may have been the first long term multidisciplinary study of child growth and development. It served as a model for studies that began in 1928-1929 in Yellow Springs, Ohio (Fels Longitudinal Study) and in California (Berkeley Growth Study). T...