Executive files, 1977-1997.

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Executive files, 1977-1997.

This series consists of the executive correspondence, reports, plans, and submissions of the Office of the Dean during the tenure of Dean Daniel Tosteson. The series covers policy, planning, program development and implementation, fund-raising, curriculum development, faculty and academic affairs, health education policy, recruitment, research issues, student affairs, admissions, alumni affairs, animal and human research policy, and other health education and research matters. The records of the series also pertain to the relations of Harvard Medical School with institutions outside Harvard University: the medical schools of other universities, charitable and health foundations, medical and research societies, business and industry are included.

54 cubic feet in 54 record cartons.

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Harvard Medical School. Office of the Dean

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The Office of the Dean is responsible for the day-to-day operations and long-range planning for Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. This includes all faculty appointments, medical education, research enterprises, community relations, student issues, and relations with affiliated hospitals and other offices of Harvard University. The Dean is assisted in this executive role by a number of decanal officers, including the Dean for Academic and Clinical...

Harvard Medical School.

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Tosteson, D.C., 1925-2009

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Daniel Charles Tosteson (b. 1925), Caroline Shields Walker Professor of Physiology, was Dean of Harvard Medical School and President of the Harvard Medical Center from 1977 to 1997. Tosteson completed his MD at Harvard Medical School in 1949, and began his career as a physiologist with his research specializing in the molecular mechanisms of ion transport across membranes, and erythrocyte membranes in particular. From the description of Personal and Professional Papers, 1949-1997. (H...