Oral history interview with Adetokunbo O. Lucas, 1999
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- Name
- Lucas, Adetokunbo O (Interviewee)
- Zane, Sharon (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Adetokunbo O. Lucas, 1999
- Other Titles
- Reminiscences of Adetokunbo O. Lucas : oral history, 1999
- Abstract
- Childhood in Nigeria; medical school in the United Kingdom; teaching at University of Ibadan; transfer to World Health Organization (WHO); tropical disease research at WHO; development of onchocerciasis drugs; funding sources for WHO; research trip to USSR; relationship with Carnegie Corporation; leadership within Carnegie Corporation; research on infant mortality in Africa; provision of planning g rant to Columbia University; complications encountered during the project; training of obstetricians in Ghana; grant for safe blood transfusion in Uganda; grant for medical library in Zimbabwe; establishment of health minister training program at Harvard University; teaching at Weill Medical School; teaching public health at Harvard University; role of American philanthropy in African development; democratization in South Africa
- Collection Name
- Carnegie Corporation project. Part 2
- Subjects
- Medical scientists; Public health--Developing countries; Maternal health services--Developing countries; Lucas, Adetokunbo O; Carnegie Corporation of New York; World Health Organization
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1999
- Physical Description
- 66 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Public Health Official
- Note (Funding)
- Digital reproduction funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- Note
- Digitized by Safe Sound Archive, Philadelphia, 2010
- Service copy (44 kHz, 16 bit) and rendered version (96 kHz, 24 bit) of sound file derived from a digital preservation master digitized at 96 kHz, 24 bit
- Interviewed by Sharon Zane on October 18, 1999
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 7585830
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Carnegie Corporation Oral History Project [Staging]
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-ehj8-c825
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.