Records of the University of Iowa Institute of Gerontology, 1945-1971.

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Records of the University of Iowa Institute of Gerontology, 1945-1971.

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The records of the University of Iowa Institute of Gerontology consists of correspondence, publications, and subject files relating to the institute's services for the elderly in Iowa. There is correspondence with various private, state, and federal agencies in Iowa and other states, as well as letters from: Mabel I. Edwards, Steven M. Horvath, Edward M. Kennedy, and Woodrow W. Morris. Subjects range from the conditions of nursing homes in Iowa to the Governor's Commission on Aging.

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University of Iowa. Interfraternity Council

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Himie Voxman is among UI's most honored faculty and administrators. He earned a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the UI with high distinction in 1933, and received a master's degree in 1934 in the psychology of music, studying with pioneering researcher Carl Seashore. He taught woodwinds in nearby public schools, then in 1939 became a full-time UI faculty member. He served as director of the School of Music from 1954 until his retirement in 1980. Among many other honors, the UI Mus...

Horvath, Steven M.

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American physiologist educated at Miami University of Ohio (BA 1934) and Harvard University (Ph. D. 1942). At Harvard, Horvath worked in the Fatigue Laboratory under the guidance of the eminent physiologist David Bruce Dill. Horvath eventually married Dill's daughter, and maintained a working relationship with Dill until Dill's death. After earning his Ph. D., Horvath had research and/or teaching appointments at Mass. State Hospital for the Insane, University of Pennsylvania, Iowa State Universi...

Morris, Woodrow Wilbert, 1913-

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Kennedy, Edward Moore, 1932-2009

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Edward Moore Kennedy (b. Feb. 22, 1932, Boston, Mass.-d. Aug. 25, 2009), graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. in government in 1956, and received his LL.B. from the University of Virginia in 1959. He served in the United States Army from 1951 to 1953. He was elected democratic senator from Massachusetts in 1962, served until his death in August 2009. He was the Assistant District Attorney for Suffolk County from 1961 to 1962, and sought the Democratic nomination for president in 1980....

Edwards, Mabel I.

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University of Iowa. Institute of Gerontology

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The Institute of Gerontology was established in 1953, in recognition of Iowa's responsibility to its people with relationship to the problem of an increasing number of older citizens. As a research and information center, its goal was to gather and disseminate material to local organizations which were engaged in planning programs for the aged. The institute closed in 1971. From the description of Records of the University of Iowa Institute of Gerontology, 1945-1971. (University of I...

Iowa. Commission on the Aging

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