Midwest background; education, masters degree in public health from University of California, Berkeley; Army service in 1943, work for the Institute of Inter-American Affairs (IIAA) in Brazil; description and evaluation of the Amazon Program; description of experiences working in various other Latin American countries for the IIAA during the years 1956-61; observations on Latin American culture, pr oblems of cultural adjustment and administering public health; return to Brazil in late sixties, comparison to earlier stay there; discussion of the effects of traveling on family life; observations on cultural and social differences; anecdotes from years spent traveling; assessment of IIAA's success in Latin America
Public health personnel; Public health administration; Public health--Developing countries; Brazil Economic conditions; Brazil Social conditions; Latin America Social conditions; Williams, James L; Institute of Inter-American Affairs (U.S.)
Format
oral histories; sound recordings
Genre
Interviews
Date
1984
Note (Biographical)
Public health administrator
Note
Interviewed by Phil Rivera on November 21 1984; May 12, September 23, 27, and October 4, 1985