Dr. Thomas Parran : the graduate school of public health

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Date
1959
Summary
Dr. Parran discusses the problems involved in setting up a graduate school of public health. After World War II, the AW Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust sought an opportunity to aid public health. The decision was made to form a graduate school of public health at the University of Pittsburgh, containing facilities to train students, a research center, and a free outpatient clinic for welfare cases. Dr. Parran talks of his problems in setting up the school, forming a faculty, settling problems arising from conflicting philosophies, and other facets of establishing the school.
Contributors
WQED; Dr. Thomas Parran; Adolph Schmidt; Roger James Crabtree; Emory Bacon
Publishers
National Educational Television; Indiana University Audio-Visual Center
Genres
Educational; Talk; Biographical (Nonfiction); Medical (Nonfiction)
Subject
Public Heatlh ; Parran, Thomas, Jr., 1892-1968.
Collection
National Educational Television
Unit
IUL Moving Image Archive
Language
English
Rights Statement
No Copyright - United States
Physical Description
1 Film (0:29:00); 16mm
Other Identifiers
IULMIA Film Database: 40000003111467; Other: GR00465076; MDPI Barcode: 40000003111467

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