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- Description:
- Johnson describes the early years of the college, which featured rugged schedules and low pay for faculty, the freedom to create programs and be innovative, and team building with hospitals around the state of Michigan. Johnson also describes how John Hannah, former president of the university, started the medical school at MSU in the face of pressure to place a school in Grand Rapids, his own fears for the future of the college if it becomes too closely identified with West Michigan and his belief that it would be best for the college to stay based in East Lansing with working partners around the state.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-06-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Saroj Kapur discusses her career as a professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Human Development at Michigan State University. Kapur recalls coming to the university in 1969 from India and discusses her interest in genetics, and teaching, and relationships within the department. Kapur also comments on gender and cultural differences she has experienced in her career, what she describes as declining emphasis on the teaching of genetics in the department, the cost of health care, the proposed move of the MSU Medical College to Grand Rapids, and the necessity of a continuing relationship between graduates, physicians, clinicians, residents, and students to improve medical education. Sociology Professor Emeritus Dr. David J. Kallen, conducts the interview as part of the MSU Department of Pediatrics and Human Development Oral History Project.
- Date Issued:
- 2005-08-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Sparrow recalls being excited and intrigued by the teaching philosophy of the school, working with the MSU Veterinary School to perfect surgical techniques and sharing his diagnostic expertise with them, helping to create an open-heart surgery program for pediatrics, and the tensions between faculty and a "frugal administration". Sparrow also describes the trade-offs between working in private practice and academia, training students and residents, developing specialties and innovative teaching techniques within the school. Sparrow says that it was always difficult to compete for resources, recruit faculty students and residents, and support top programs in a region as small as Lansing. Retired department administrator and faculty member Dr. David J. Kallen, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, conducts the interview. Part of the MSU Department of Pediatrics and Human Development Oral History Project.
- Date Issued:
- 2005-04-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- This is a collection of duplicate material transferred to CADL from the Sparrow Hospital Archives. The collection includes material about the hospital itself, the School of Nursing, the Nurses' Alumnae Association, the Women's Board of Managers, and the Woman's Hospital Association (which operated under several name variants over the years). The bulk of the collection is annual report/meeting booklets and program brochures for the Woman's Hospital Association.
- Date Created:
- [1899 TO 1961]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Sparrow Hospital Archives Collection