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Guide to Oral Histories in Medicine and the Health Sciences

Library and Center for Knowledge Management, University of California, San Francisco


List of Interviewees


  • Aird, Robert, Neurology, 1932-2000 (by Nancy Rockafellar, 1995)
  • Althouse, Harry, Sandoz Pharmaceutical, associated with S/M Dept. of Pharmacology, 1970’s (by Nancy Zinn, 1993)
  • Bennett, Leslie, Physiology/Vice Chancellor, 1940-1989 (by Nancy Rockafellar, 1992)
  • Blaisdell, F. William, SFGH 1955-1958, 1978-present UC Davis (by Nancy Rockafellar, 2000)
  • Bowman, Karl, Psychiatry, 1941-1973 (by Alden B. Mills, 1968.) Part of a series published by California Dept. of Mental Hygiene, 1969.
  • Boyer, Herbert, Microbiology/Biochemistry, 1966-1991 (interviewed by Sally Hughes, edited by Nancy Rockafellar, 2001)http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt5d5nb0zs/
  • Clements, John, Pediatrics/CVRI, 1961-present (by Nancy Rockafellar, 1998)
  • Crede, Robert, Family & Community Medicine, 1941-1989 (by Nancy Rockafellar, 1996)
  • De Lorimier, Alfred A., Surgery, 1957-1996 (by Nancy Rockafellar, 2000)
  • Dunphy, J. Englebert, Surgery, 1964-1979 (by Nancy Rockafellar, 2000)
  • Ebert, Paul A., Surgery, 1975-1986 (by Nancy Rockafellar, 2000)
  • Fishman, Robert, Neurology, 1966-present (by Nancy Rockafellar, 1998)
  • Ganong, W.F., Physiology, 1955-1987 (by Nancy Rockafellar, 1996)
  • Hume, Portia Bell, Psychiatry, 1940-1973 (by Gabrielle Morris, 1970-71, UC Berkeley ROHO)
  • Johnson, Allen H., Surgery, 1946-1955, 1991-present (by Nancy Rockafellar, 2000)
  • Kerr, Clark, Industrial Relations/Chancellor & President, 1945-1974 (by Nancy Rockafellar, 1996)
  • Leake, Chauncey D., Pharmacology, 1928-1942, 1962-1978 (by Rita Carroll, 1987)
  • Masouredis, Serafeim, Medicine/Cancer Research Institute, 1949-1967; UC San Diego, 1969-1990 (by Nancy Rockafellar, 2005)
  • Meyer, Karl, Pathology/Hooper Foundation, 1915-1954 (by Edna Daniel, 1976)
  • Meyer, Morton, Medicine, 1939-2001 (by Nancy Rockafellar, 1996)
  • Najarian, John, Surgery, 1952-1967 (by Nancy Rockafellar, 2000)
  • Petrakis, Nicholas, Preventive Medicine & Epidemiology/Cancer Research Institute, 1950-present (by Nancy Rockafellar, 1998)
  • Porter, Langley Robert, Medicine/Pediatrics, 1918-1959 (by Edna Daniel, 1960)
  • Reimers, Niels, Office of Technology Management, UCSF (by Sally Hughes, UC Berkeley ROHO, 1998) “Stanford’s Office of Technology Licensing and the Cohen/Boyer Cloning Patents” http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt4b69n6sc/
  • Roe, Benson B., Surgery, 1952-1987 (by Nancy Rockafellar, 2000)
  • Rutter, William, Biochemistry/Hormone Research Institute, 1968-1989 (by Sally Hughes, joint publication UCSF/UC Berkeley ROHO, 1998) http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt7q2nb2hm/
  • Sampson, John, Cardiology, 1924-1987 (by Rita Carroll, 1989)
  • Schmid, Rudi, Medicine, 1966-present (by Nancy Rockafellar, 1998)
  • Schrock, Theodore R., Surgery, 1960-present (by Nancy Rockafellar, 2000)
  • Silen, William, Surgery, 1949-1966 (by Nancy Rockafellar, 2000)
  • Smith, L. Holly, Medicine, 1964-present (by Nancy Rockafellar, 1996)
  • Sooy, Francis A., Otolaryngology/Chancellor, 1948-1986 (by Rita Carroll, 1986)
  • Thygeson, Phillips, Proctor Foundation, 1947-1987(by Sally Hughes, UC Berkeley ROHO, 1988)
  • Watts, Malcolm, Medicine, 1947-1989 (by Nancy Rockafellar, 1998)
  • Wood, George J., Philanthropist, S/M class of 1924 (by Nancy Zinn, 1991)

  • The AIDS Epidemic in San Francisco Medical Response series

  • Volume 1, 1995 – Selma K. Dritz, Mervyn F. Silverman
  • http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt2m3n98v1/
  • Volume 2, 1996 – Donald I. Abrams, Marcus A. Conant, Andrew R. Moss
  • http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt7b69n8jn/
  • Volume 3, 1997 – Arthur J. Amman, Paul A. Volberding, Constance B. Wofsy
  • http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt1n39n4z1/
  • Volume 4, 1997 – Donald P. Francis, Merle A. Sande, John L. Ziegler
  • http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt729005cr/
  • Volume 5, 1997 – Herbert A. Perkins
  • http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt067n97gm/
  • Volume 6, 1998 – Deborah Greenspan, John S. Greenspan
  • http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt396n99cm/
  • Volume 7, 1999 – Warren Winkelstein, Jr.
  • http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt7w10060s/
  • Volume 8, 1999 – Jay Levy
  • http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt0r29n43f/

  • The AIDS Epidemic in San Francisco Nursing Profession Response series, 1999

  • Volume 1 – Michael J. Helquist, Jeannee P. Martin, Helen K. Schietinger
  • http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt0j49n68p/
  • Volume 2 – Gary S. Carr, Angie Lewis
  • http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt700007g5/
  • Volume 3 – Diane Jones, Clifford L. Morrison
  • http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt2t1nb1sc/
  • Volume 4 – Gayling Gee, Grace I. Lusby, Diane Miller
  • http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt329004n5/

  • The AIDS Epidemic in San Francisco Response of Community Physicians, 2000

  • Volume 1 – Richard Andrews, James Campbell, James Groundwater, introduction by Donald I. Abrams
  • http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt6580067h/
  • Volume 2 – Paul O’Malley, Stephen Follansbee
  • http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt30000449/
  • Volume 3 – Robert K. Bolan, William F. Owen, Jr.
  • http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt1489n6h0/