Records of James L. Whittenberger, 1941-1980 (bulk).

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Records of James L. Whittenberger, 1941-1980 (bulk).

Contains mainly correspondence of James Whittenberger as head of the Department of Physiology and as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Faculty of the Harvard School of Public Health. Also includes grant and contract records reflecting World War II contract work for the federal government and research after the war for the Office of Naval Research, as well as later energy and environmental studies; correspondence and related papers concerning professional activities, such as conferences, advisory boards, and consultancy work; and material relating to the Kresge Center for Environmental Health, and other offices.

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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...

Harvard School of Public Health. Kresge Center for Environmental Health.

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Harvard School of Public Health. Dept. of Physiology.

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Whittenberger, James Laverre

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Whittenberger (Chicago, M.D. 1938) was James Stevens Simmons Professor at Harvard School of Public Health and director of the Kresge Center for Environmental Health at Harvard from 1958 to 1983. He has studied the physiology of respiration and effects of air contamination on respiratory diseases. From the description of Papers of James L. Whittenberger, 1945-1963 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 281428092 ...