Reminiscences of John Black Grant, 1961
- Name
- Grant, John B. (John Black), 1890-1962 (Interviewee)
- Benison, Saul (Interviewer)
- Title
- Reminiscences of John Black Grant, 1961
- Abstract
- Education in China, Nova Scotia, University of Michigan, Johns Hopkins; International Health Board; work on hookworm in North Carolina, China; foundation and early years of Peking Union Medical College; Peking Health Station; setting up first Ministry of Health in China, 1929; political problems and relationships; public health organization in Japan; Rockeffeler Foundation program; Institute of Pub lic Health in Tokyo, 1932; public health work in Yugoslavia; rural reconstruction in China and India; problems of social medicine in United States, Europe, and Canada; international organizations. Impressions of Victor Heiser, Joseph Mountin, Selskar Gunn, Roger Greene, and Wickliffe Rose.
- Collection Name
- Rockefeller Foundation oral history collection
- Subjects
- Physicians; Public health personnel; Medicine--Research; Public health--Research; Regional medical programs; Public health--International cooperation; International agencies; East Asia Civilization; Grant, John B. (John Black), 1890-1962; Rockefeller Foundation; Rockefeller Foundation. International Health Board; Zhongguo xie he yi ke da xue
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1961
- Physical Description
- 1,223 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Public health officer
- Note
- Interviewed by Saul Benison
- Note (Provenance)
- John Black Grant, Gift 1961
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 15182786
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-89dt-c560
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.