Interview with Lydia Messmer: oral history.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Starr, Isaac, 1895-1989.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

University of Pennsylvania. School of Medicine--Faculty.

University of Pennsylvania.

Cardiology--Study and teaching--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Cardiology.

Cardiology--Research--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

University of Pennsylvania--Oral history.

Physical Description:

3 videotapes (2 U-matic tapes and 1 VHS): accompanying material in the manuscript section of the collection.

Contained In:

University of Pennsylvania. School of Arts and Sciences. Computing Facilities and Services. Multimedia Educational Technology Services. Records, 1969-1991

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania, c[1987].

Biography/History:

Isaac Starr graduated from Princeton University with a B.S. in 1916 and from the University of Pennsylvania with an M.D. in 1920. He joined the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania in 1922 and served as dean of the medical school from 1945 to 1948. He was a pioneering researcher and teacher in the field of cardiovascular diseases. He won the Albert Lasker Award of the American Heart Association in 1957 and the Kober Medal of the Association of American Physicians in 1967. Starr retired in 1961.

Summary:

Isaac Starr reviewed the faculty of the medical school of the University of Pennsylvania, defined the difference between the "progressives" and "conservatives" among the faculty, and recalled his experience of research and teaching in cardiovascular diseases. He also related briefly how he won Selective Service Medal and other awards.

Notes:

Produced by the Multimedia Educational Technology Services, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1346384092