Virologist and naturalist with the Rockefeller Foundation and the California Department of Public Health : oral history transcript / Harald Norlin Johnson, M.D. ; with an introduction by Richard W. Emmons, M.D. ; interviews conducted by Sally Smith Hughes, Ph.D. in 1987 and 1988. 1991.

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Virologist and naturalist with the Rockefeller Foundation and the California Department of Public Health : oral history transcript / Harald Norlin Johnson, M.D. ; with an introduction by Richard W. Emmons, M.D. ; interviews conducted by Sally Smith Hughes, Ph.D. in 1987 and 1988. 1991.

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Johnson discusses his childhood; life as a medical student, intern and resident; yellow fever laboratory, Rockefeller Institute and subsequent positions; California State Dept. of Public Health; research on rabies, malaria, arboviruses, Salk polio vaccine field trial; ecological approach to viral research; natural history and field studies; memberships, awards, publications.

x, 391 p. : ill., port. ; 29 cm. + related material.

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Microbiologist; Worked for the Rockefeller Foundation, 1938-1972; Developed the strain of the rabies virus used in the vaccine; b. March 31, 1907--d. Aug. 28, 1996. From the description of Harald Norlin Johnson papers, circa 1932-1985. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 713397362 ...

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According to the University of California, Berkeley Bancroft Library website: "The Regional Oral History Office (ROHO) is a research program of the University of California, Berkeley, working within The Bancroft Library. ROHO conducts, teaches, analyzes, and archives oral and video history documents in a broad variety of subject areas critical to the history of California and the United States." For more information regarding the ROHO and their work please consult their website: http://bancroft....

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The Rockefeller Foundation was established in May 1913 by John D. Rockefeller, by act of the New York State Legislature, "to promote the well-being of mankind throughout the world". From its earliest years, several separate organizations and divisions have carried on the Foundation's work in carefully selected fields. In 1913, the International Health Board (originally the International Health Commission) was formed in order to extend the work of the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission for the Eradi...