Oral history interview with William H. Danforth, 2007. 2007.

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Oral history interview with William H. Danforth, 2007. 2007.

Danforth discusses his education, service during the Korean War, and early career at Washington University School of Medicine working in the laboratories of Carl Cori and Ernst Helmreich. The conversation then covers Danforth's years as vice chancellor of medical affairs; colleagues such as M. Kenton King, Roy Vagelos, and Edward Dempsey; dealing with campus unrest during the Vietnam War; and the dispute between Barnes Hospital and the medical school. Danforth also talks about his tenure as chancellor of Washington University, student protests, racial unrest on campus, and his involvement in the Danforth Foundation and the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Sound recording : 2 digital file (192 min.).

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