Records of Dean Cecil Kent Drinker, 1916-1948 (inclusive).

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Records of Dean Cecil Kent Drinker, 1916-1948 (inclusive).

Contains office files of Cecil Kent Drinker, as dean, including correspondence concerning mostly departmental and administrative matters.

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Harvard School of Public Health. Office of the Dean.

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In 1913 the first formally organized school of public health in the U.S., the School for Health Officers of Harvard University and M.I.T., was established. The administration was transferred from the Harvard-M.I.T. school to the School of Public Health under the sole auspices of Harvard in 1922. Cecil K. Drinker served as assistant dean of the school from 1924 to 1935 and dean from 1935 to 1942. From the description of Records of Dean Cecil Kent Drinker, 1916-1948 (inclusive). (Harva...

Drinker, Cecil Kent, 1887-1956

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Drinker taught physiology and served as Dean of the Harvard School of Public Health. From the description of Papers of Cecil Kent Drinker, 1920-1949 (inclusive), 1936-1949 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973019 Cecil Kent Drinker (1887-1956) was the Dean of the Harvard School of Public Health from 1936 to 1948, and a physiologist at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health. Drinker's research focused on the lymphatic system, tissue f...

Harvard School of Public Health

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The Harvard School of Public Health began as a cooperative program between Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The School for Health Officers of Harvard University and M.I.T. opened in 1913 as the first formally organized school of public health in the U.S. The name of the school was changed to Harvard-M.I.T. School of Public Health in 1918, and courses in industrial hygiene were offered in that year. In 1922 the school was reorganized under the direction of Harvard whi...