Morton S. Hilbert papers 1943-1999

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Morton S. Hilbert papers 1943-1999

Public health professional best known for being a co-founder of Earth Day, worked in the United States and abroad as a consultant; was a University of Michigan Public Health professor. The collection includes consulting research, teaching materials, and speeches and reports.

2.5 linear feet

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SNAC Resource ID: 6388508

Bentley Historical Library

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University of Michigan.

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Outside of museum holdings, no comprehensive survey and inventory of campus artwork had been attempted since 1937. With support from the Michigan Commission on Art in Public Places, 1,076 items were inventoried during 1988-1990. Additional inventory work was undertaken in 1997-1998 for risk management purposed, but generated little new information. From the description of Inventory of University of Michigan-owned art, 1988-1990, 1997-1998. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id...

University of Michigan. School of Public Health

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See the history in the finding aid for the School of Public Health (University of Michigan) Records. From the guide to the School of Public Health (University of Michigan) publications, 1920-ongoing, (Bentley Historical Library University of Michigan) The School of Public Health at the University of Michigan officially dates from 1941, but the university had been a pioneer in public health education since 1887. In that year the State Board of Health suggested th...

Hilbert, Morton S.

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As a dedicated and determined public health professional, Morton S. Hilbert worked towards the promotion and protection of environmental health. His most well-known accomplishment is the co-founding of Earth Day. With the U.S. Public Health Service, Hilbert organized the Human Ecology Symposium in 1968. This forum helped to inform students about grave threats to environmental health in the 1960s and 70s and ultimately it inspired them to take action. In 1970 their efforts, along wit...