Edward W. Dempsey papers

Collection

Identifier: HMD MS ACC 2013-034

Abstract

UNPROCESSED COLLECTION. Correspondence, speeches, reports, testimonies, legislation offprints, photographs, commemorative bill-signing pens, personal and biographical information document his government service as Special Assistant to the Secretary of HEW under Anthony Celebrezze, as a member of the President's Commission on Heart Disease, Cancer and Stroke, chaired by Michael DeBakey, for which he was chair of the Manpower Committee. He also developed the legislation for acts creating the Regional Medical Program, community mental health centers, and financial aid programs for health professional students and schools and medical libraries. He was a member of a team of experts touring the Soviet Union under the auspices of the Surgeon General, Bill Kissick, with the mission of evaluating the quality of health-care delivery over the vast territories of the USSR. Some materials relate to his tenure as Dean of the Washington University Medical School and Professor of Anatomy at Columbia University.

Dates

Creation: 1964-1970

Extent

4.4 Linear Feet (4 boxes)

Creator

Dempsey, Edward Wheeler (Person)

Physical Location

Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine

Language of Materials

Collection materials primarily in English

Access Restrictions

Unprocessed collection. Access is restricted. See Reference Librarian for information regarding access.

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Collection Summary

Correspondence, speeches, reports, testimonies, legislation offprints, photographs, commemorative bill-signing pens, personal and biographical information document his government service as Special Assistant to the Secretary of HEW under Anthony Celebrezze, as a member of the President's Commission on Heart Disease, Cancer and Stroke, chaired by Michael DeBakey, for which he was chair of the Manpower Committee. He also developed the legislation for acts creating the Regional Medical Program, community mental health centers, and financial aid programs for health professional students and schools and medical libraries. He was a member of a team of experts touring the Soviet Union under the auspices of the Surgeon General, Bill Kissick, with the mission of evaluating the quality of health-care delivery over the vast territories of the USSR. Some materials relate to his tenure as Dean of the Washington University Medical School and Professor of Anatomy at Columbia University.