Papers, 1911-1997.

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Papers, 1911-1997.

April 1998 accession includes historical materials collected by West while writing his history of high-altitude medicine and physiology.

.5 lin. ft. (1 archives box)

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Pike's Peak Expedition (1911)

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American Medical Research Expedition to Mt. Everest 1981

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University of California, San Diego

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Administrative History The Chancellor acts as head of administration and has general authority over the campus. He is responsible for setting up the administrative structure and insuring that the various units function properly. He has specific delegated authority to sign employment contracts of faculty and staff and to represent the University in public forums. Herbert F. York was appointed first Chancellor of the University of C...

West, John B. (John Burnard)

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Physiologist educated at the University of Adelaide, Australia, (M.B.B.S., M.D.) and London University (Ph. D.). West is the author of numerous articles and book-length studies including Ventilation / bloodflow and gas exchange (1965), Respiratory physiology (1974), Pulmonary pathophysiology (1977), and Everest--the testing place (1983). High-altitude physiology and "mountain sickness" have been central themes in West's research. In 1960-1961, he served as the physiologist on Sir Edmund Hillary'...