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Sub-series 3a8 : Donald A. Henderson Correspondence, Dean's Office, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health (1977-1990)

Description

Key

212505

Reference Code Element

3a8

Type

Text

Dates

undated

1916, bulk

1954

1926

1939

1961

1924

1973-1990

1931

1943

1958

1965

1968-1971

1918

1977-1990

Creator

Personal name, Henderson, Donald A. (Donald Ainslie), 1928-2016

Administrative/Biographical History

Donald A. Henderson
7 Sep 1928- 19 Aug 2016
Donald A. Henderson was born in Lakewood, Ohio. He received his A.B. in 1950 from Oberlin College and his M.D. in 1954 from the University of Rochester School of Medicine. He served both an internship (1954-1955) and a residency (1957-1959) in medicine at the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital. Between his internship and residency he worked in the epidemiology intelligence service of the Communicable Disease Center (CDC). In 1960, Henderson received an M.P.H. from the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, and thereupon embarked on a career in public health epidemiology with various appointments at the CDC. From 1966 to 1977, Henderson directed the smallpox eradication program of the World Health Organization (WHO) and also was instrumental in initiating WHO's poliomyelitis eradication program. He returned to Johns Hopkins in 1977 to become dean of the School of Hygiene and Public Health and professor of epidemiology and international health. After retiring in 1990, he was appointed associate director for the life sciences division of the U.S. President's Office of Science and Technology Policy. From 1993 to 1995, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health and Senior Science Advisor, Department of Health and Human Services. Henderson then directed the Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies at the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health.

Chronology

Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, 1977-2016

Scope and Content

Materials comprise the correspondence files for the Office of the Dean of the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health during Donald A. Henderson's deanship.
Material types include correspondence and memoranda (bulk); anniversary event materials; charts and tables; committee records; conference programs; courses and curriculum records; curriculum vita; data and statistics; department and divisions records; financial records; grant applications; journal articles (copies); meeting agenda and minutes; news clippings; notes; pamphlets; paper typescripts, including, among others, commentaries, program descriptions, and statements; proposals; reports; board and committee rosters; and student records.

Related Archival Material

Additional Henderson material is located in the Donald A. Henerson personal paper collection.

Administration

Archival Arrangement

There are two sets of correspondence files, one in alphabetical order by subject, or name, and the other in chronological order by date.

Date(s) of Descriptions

2018

Processing Information

The Donald A. Henderson Correspondence, Dean's Office, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health was organized and catalogued by Linda Klouzal in 2018. The processing of the collection was supported by a donation from D.A. Henderson.

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