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  • Wilhelm Delano Meriwether Oral History Interview, 2008

    Description/Abstract: Dr. Wilhelm Delano Meriwether speaks about his educational background; coming to Duke University School of Medicine due to the influence of his father; other schools that were integrating their medical schools at the same time; integrating the...
    Date: 2008-03-07

  • Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans Oral History Interview, 2006

    Description/Abstract: Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans speaks about her memories of what health care was like when she was a young woman; health care for her mother; the former chair of Medicine, Dr. Frederick Hanes; the Hanes family; her interest in, but not necessarily...
    Date: 2006-07-27

  • Elizabeth R. DeLong Oral History Interview, 2010

    Description/Abstract: Dr. Elizabeth DeLong discusses similarities and differences between working at a clinical research organization (Quintiles) and an academic research organization (Duke Medical Center); some collaborative projects between the Department of...
    Date: 2010-10-21

  • Rebecca Clayton Oral History Interview, 2007

    Description/Abstract: Rebecca Clayton discusses beginning work as the secretary for Dr. Grace Kerby, in 1960; being pregnant and delivering her first child; there being no maternity leave policy; her care for Dr. Kerby after Kerby's retirement; Dr. Kerby's attention to...
    Date: 2007-03-15

  • Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans Oral History Interview, 2007

    Description/Abstract: Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans discusses Dr. Susan Dees; her friendship with Dr. Dees; Dr. Dees introducing Semans to her] second husband, Dr. Jim Semans; little time for socializing in the medical center; Dr. Dees's success as both a physician and...
    Date: 2007-08-02

  • Jane S. Richardson Oral History Interview, 2007

    Description/Abstract: Jane S. Richardson discusses her background; her interest in astronomy; her interest in philosophy; working in the same lab where her husband, David Richardson, was getting his PhD; in 1969, the laboratory solving the structure of the...
    Date: 2007-11-09

  • Catherine M. Wilfert Oral History Interview, 2006

    Description/Abstract: Dr. Catherine Wilfert discusses family support; her decision to become a physician; her medical degree from Harvard; the atmosphere for women at Harvard; the differences between the Harvard and Duke campuses; scientific collaborations on Duke...
    Date: 2006-08-25

  • Hilda P. Willett Oral History Interview, 2007

    Description/Abstract: Dr. Hilda P. Willett discusses her background; her siblings; her parents' emphasis on education; the lack of funding for higher education; scholarship; Georgia State College for Women; Dr. James Stokes's encouragement for further education; other...
    Date: 2007-05-21

  • Doris Howell Oral History Interview, 2007

    Description/Abstract: Dr. Doris Howell discusses her early background; medical school at McGill University; positive treatment in medical school; her initial desire to go into the field of psychiatry; her choice to go into pediatrics; the characterization of pediatric...
    Date: 2007-11-12

  • Sheila J. Counce-Nicklas Oral History Interview, 2007

    Description/Abstract: Dr. Sheila J. Counce-Nicklas discusses her background; her love of science and of learning; her interest in how things work; her Fulbright scholarship to Edinburgh; her professor suggesting she get a PhD instead of diploma at Edinburgh; studying...
    Date: 2007-06-21