School of Public Health papers 1925-1970s
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Keys, Ancel, 1904-2004
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Ancel Keys, B.A. (1925), M.A. (1928), Ph.D. (1930) University of California. Professor of physiology and founder of the Division of Epidemiology in School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota. Developed the K-ration for the War Department during World War II; research on human starvation guided relief workers in post-war Europe; conducted research in the areas of cholesterol and heart disease, leading to the conclusion that higher fat diets led to increased cholesterol le...
Boynton, Ruth E. (Ruth Evelyn), 1896-1977
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Ruth Evelyn Boynton was born in LaCrosse, Wisconsin in 1896. She received her MD from the University in 1921, and then stayed at the University as Assistant to the Director of Health until leaving for a year in 1927 to work at the University of Chicago. She returned to the University to be chief medical advisor for women students and an Associate Professor of Preventative Medicine and Public Health in 1928. She became Assistant Director of Health Services in 1935, and Director in 1936. Boynton w...
Anderson, Gaylord West, 1901-1979
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Gaylord West Anderson, B.A. (1922) Dartmouth College, M.D. (1928) and Ph.D. (1942) Harvard University. Founder and director of the School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota and internationally recognized public health authority. Gaylord Anderson was born on 31 December 1901 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His father, Frank Maloy Anderson, was a professor of history at the University of Minnesota from 1894-1914. He earned his B.A. from Dartmouth College in 1922, his M.D. in 1928 and his P...
University of Minnesota. School of Public Health
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The Public Health Nursing program at the University of Minnesota began in 1918 as a four month course offered through the School for Nurses under the direction of Louise Powell. During the 1920-1921 academic year the course extended to eight months and provided a certificate in public health nursing upon completion. Alma Sparrow became director of the program in 1967 and oversaw the implementation of the full two-year curriculum for the master's degree and advocated for the program's continued r...
