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| Size | 185.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 147600 items) |
| Abstract | The Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs (later Vice Provost for Health Affairs) was administrative head of the university's Division of Health Affairs, created in 1948 as the Division of Health and Medical Affairs. It consisted of the schools of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Public Health and centers, institutes, and programs engaged in research and public service, including the Carolina Population Center, the Child Development Institute, the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center, the Research and Training Center on Blindness, and others. The vice chancellor was also the liaison between the chancellor and the various deans and directors of these units. From its opening in 1952 until 1956, North Carolina Memorial Hospital was administratively under the administrator for Health Affairs. From 1956 to 1971, it reported directly to the dean of the School of Medicine; since 1971, it has been governed by an appointed Board of Directors. In April 1996, the vice chancellor's title changed to Vice Provost for Health Affairs. In 1997, the position was eliminated, and the division's various units began reporting to the university's provost. The records include correspondence and other files relating to the administration of and programs in the Division of Health Affairs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Annual reports of the schools of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Public Health date to the 1930s. Of particular interest are files, 1946-1963, relating to the North Carolina Medical Care Commission, a state agency that promoted hospital construction, medical education, and health insurance for rural citizens. Also of interest are files, 1965-1975, concerning the East Carolina University-University of North Carolina Cooperative Committee on Medical Education, which helped plan the School of Medicine at East Carolina University. Division of Health Affairs heads who figure significantly in these records include Henry Toole Clark Jr., G. Philip Manire, C. Arden Miller, Cecil G. Sheps, Christopher C. Fordham, James R. Turner, and H. Garland Hershey. The Addition of January 2013 includes files of Vice Provost for Health Affairs H. Garland Hershey, chiefly 1996-1997, and some files of Associate Provost Edward F. Brooks, 1997-2001. Brooks assumed oversight of the day-to-day operations of the Health Affairs units following Hershey's resignation. |
| Creator | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Office of the Vice Provost for Health Affairs. |
| Language | English. |
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The Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs was administrative head of the university's Division of Health Affairs, created in 1948 as the Division of Health and Medical Affairs. It consisted of the schools of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Public Health and centers, institutes, and programs engaged in research and public service, including the Carolina Population Center, the Child Development Institute, the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center, the Research and Training Center on Blindness, and others. The vice chancellor was also the liaison between the chancellor and the various deans and directors of these units. From its opening in 1952 until 1956, North Carolina Memorial Hospital was administratively under the administrator for Health Affairs. From 1956 to 1971, it reported directly to the dean of the School of Medicine; since 1971, it has been governed by an appointed Board of Directors. The division's chief officers have had various titles, Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs being the one of longest duration. Until 1996, the head of the Division of Health Affairs reported directly to the chancellor. A listing of the heads of the division along with their titles and tenures follows.
| 15 September 1949-30 June 1950 | Edward Grafton McGavran, Acting Administrator of Health and Medical Affairs |
| 1 July 1950-31 August 1965 | Henry Toole Clark Jr., Administrator, Division of Medical Affairs (successive title changes to Health Sciences and Health Affairs) |
| 1 September 1965-30 June 1966 | George Philip Manire, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs |
| 1 July 1966-30 June 1970 | C. Arden Miller, Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs |
| 1 July 1970-31 December 1976 | Cecil George Sheps, Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences |
| 1 January 1977-8 February 1980 | Christopher Columbus Fordham, Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs |
| 1 March 1980-15 November 1982 | James R. Turner, Associate Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs |
| 15 November 1982-11 November 1983 | James R. Turner, Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs |
| 14 November 1983-April 1996 | H. Garland Hershey, Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs |
| April 1996-September, 1997 | H. Garland Hershey, Vice Provost for Health Affairs |
In 1989, Vice Chancellor Hershey became Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs and Vice Provost. This title change was not the result of any change in the structure of the Division of Health Affairs but rather a reorganization of the Office of Provost. Under this reorganization, the provost and the vice chancellor for Health Affairs worked together to consolidate oversight of all educational activities that served the entire university. This arrangement continued until April 1996, when the provost was designated the university's chief academic officer. At that time, Hershey's title was changed to Vice Provost for Health Affairs, and he began reporting to the provost rather than to the chancellor. In September 1997, when Hershey returned to teaching, the position of Vice Provost for Health Affairs was eliminated; the Health Affairs deans and directors then began reporting to Associate Provost Edward F. Brooks on matters concerning day-to-day functions, while reporting to the provost on broader issues.
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The records include correspondence and other files relating to the administration of and programs in the Division of Health Affairs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Annual reports of the School of Medicine, School of Pharmacy, and School of Public Health date to the 1930s. Of particular interest are files, 1946-1963, relating to the North Carolina Medical Care Commission, a state agency that promoted hospital construction, medical education, and health insurance for rural citizens. Also of interest are files, 1965-1975, concerning the East Carolina University-University of North Carolina Cooperative Committee on Medical Education, which helped plan the East Carolina University School of Medicine. Division of Health Affairs heads who figure significantly in these records include Henry Toole Clark Jr., G. Philip Manire, C. Arden Miller, Cecil G. Sheps, Christopher C. Fordham, James R. Turner, and H. Garland Hershey.
The Addition of January 2013 consists of files of Vice Provost for Health Affairs H. Garland Hershey, chiefly 1996-1997, and of Associate Provost Edward F. (Ned) Brooks, 1997-2001. A few files include earlier and/or later materials. When the position of Vice Provost for Health Affairs was eliminated in 1997, Brooks, who had worked under Hershey since 1986, assumed oversight of the day-to-day operations of the Health Affairs units. Thus, Brooks's files are essentially continuations of Hershey's and, therefore, are included here. The Addition is similar in content to the original accession and includes correspondence and other administrative records related to the units comprising the Division of Health Affairs and to various campuswide issues and initiatives with which Vice Provost Hershey and Associate Provost Brooks were involved.
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Series 1. General Administrative Files.
The files in this series possess one or more of the following characteristics: they pertain to the routine functions of the vice chancellor's office; they concern divisionwide functions; or they pertain to functions not normally performed solely by any one Health Affairs school, center, institute, or program.
In the main, this series contains the vice chancellor's correspondence, with other University administrative officials along with reports and other materials, especially in the areas of budget and long-range planning for the Division of Health Affairs.
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Subseries 1.1. Office of the Vice Chancellor/Vice Provost.
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Subseries 1.2. Academic Affairs, Division of.
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Subseries 1.3. University Affairs/Administration, Division of.
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Subseries 1.4. Business and Finance, Division of.
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Subseries 1.5. Development and University Relations, Division
of.
Earlier names for this division were Division of Development and Public Service and Division of University Relations.
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Subseries 1.6. Faculty Affairs.
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Subseries 1.7. Graduate Studies and Research.
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Subseries 1.8. Student Affairs, Division of.
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Subseries 1.9. Outside Organizations.
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Subseries 1.10. Contracts.
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Series 2. Centers, Institutes and Programs.
The agencies listed in this subgroup reported directly to the Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, rather than to one of the schools in the division. In their programs and personnel, however, these agencies tend to draw support from the various Health Affairs schools.
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Subseries 2.1. Carolina Population Center.
The Carolina Population Center was established at UNC-Chapel Hill in 1966 to promote and support multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary population research, training, and service. Its principal areas of activity are population theory, population policy, population measurement, demographic studies, and human sexuality. The Assembly of Fellows, representing Health Affairs and Academic Affairs disciplines, constitutes the center and advises its director on policy issues and program priorities. The Policy Board is made up of university administrative officials and reviews major policy changes.
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Subseries 2.1.1. General Administrative Files.
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Subseries 2.1.2. Academic Programs.
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Subseries 2.1.3. International Programs Office.
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Subseries 2.1.4. State Services Office.
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Subseries 2.2. Child Development Institute.
The Child Development Institute was established in 1967 as one of the twelve national Mental Retardation Research Centers sponsored, in part, by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. It consisted of three separate but coordinated research centers. The Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center focused on psychological, social, and educational child development and disabilities. The Biological Sciences Research Center emphasized the biological and medical aspects of development and maturation. The Clinical Center for the Study of Development and Learning provided services to families and interdisciplinary training of students in the evaluation and management of people with learning and developmental disabilities. In 2002, the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center changed its name to the FPG Child Development Institute to recognize the existence of the multiple centers within it.
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Subseries 2.2.1. Office of the Director.
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Subseries 2.2.2. Brain Development Research Center.
The Brain Development Research Center was formerly named the Biological Sciences Research Center.
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Subseries 2.2.3. Frank Porter Graham Child Development
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Subseries 2.2.4. Clinical Center for the Study of Development and
Learning.
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Subseries 2.3. Office of Continuing Education in the Health
Sciences.
See also Subseries 8, Office of Allied Health Sciences, below. After May 1987 the Office of Continuing Education in the Health Sciences took over the functions of that office.
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Subseries 2.4. Dental Research Center.
The Dental Research Center was established in 1967 with a grant from the National Institute of Dental Research of the National Institute of Health. The center maintains a close relationship with the School of Dentistry and the School of Medicine with the purpose of broadening and strengthening the scientific base and national capacity to improve dental hygiene and oral health. See also Subgroup 3, School of Dentistry.
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Subseries 2.5. Health Sciences Library.
The Health Sciences Library was established in 1952 as the central information repository for the agencies of the Division of Health Affairs. Several agencies, for example, the Carolina Population Center, maintain specialized library collections. See also files related to campuswide library planning under Library in Series 1.2.
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Subseries 2.6. Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services
Research.
The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research was established in 1969 as the Health Services Research Center. It serves as a multidisciplinary, university-wide center to promote, coordinate, and conduct research focused on primary health care and health promotion/disease prevention in the United States. A major share of the center's funding is obtained by grants, especially from the National Center for Health Services Research. In 1991 the center's name was changed to honor its founding director.
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Subseries 2.7. North Carolina Health Careers Access Program.
The North Carolina Health Careers Access Program, established in 1971 as the North Carolina Health Manpower Development Program (and known by that name until January 1990), focuses on the development of training programs for paraprofessionals and support personnel in the health fields. The program is also active in broadening knowledge of opportunities in these fields, especially among minorities.
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Subseries 2.8. Office of Allied Health Sciences.
Established 1 August 1970, the Office of Allied Health Sciences emphasized coordination and planning of allied health programs and served as a source of information on allied health education programs. This agency also served to identify needs and coordinate continuing education programs for allied health personnel. It was disbanded in May 1987, and its functions taken over by the Office of Continuing Education in the Health Sciences (see Subseries 3, above).
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Subseries 2.9. Social Research Section.
The Social Research Section was established in 1952 as a research liaison between the health and social sciences. Its special focus was the training of social scientists for research in health-related fields. It developed a research and graduate training program for gerontology and was also active in the development of standards for evaluation of health care programs. The Social Research Section was abolished on 30 June 1981.
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Subseries 2.10. Institute for Speech and Hearing Sciences.
The Institute for Speech and Hearing Sciences was established in 1969 to meet training, public service, and research needs in the areas of communication disorders as well as normal speech, hearing, and language. It was discontinued on 31 December 1979, and its curriculum was transferred to the Department of Medical Allied Health Professions in the School of Medicine (see Series 4.2.).
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Subseries 2.11. Center for Alcohol Studies.
The Center for Alcohol Studies was established in 1970 with state support to coordinate and perform studies related to alcohol, alcoholism, and alcohol offenses. One activity of the center was the monthly Forum on Alcohol. The program was transferred to the School of Medicine effective 1 July 1979. For post-1979 files, see Series 4.2.
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Subseries 2.12. Institute of Nutrition.
Founded in 1969, the Institute of Nutrition is a multidisciplinary organization of University of North Carolina System faculty, the purpose of which is to investigate nutrition problems in modern society and develop practical means to improve human health. The institute is supervised by an intercampus committee of faculty from North Carolina State University, UNC-Chapel Hill, UNC-Greensboro, and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. See also the School of Medicine's Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition in Series 4.2.
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Subseries 2.13. Institute for Environmental Studies.
The Institute for Environmental Studies is the successor to the Institute for Environmental Health Studies, which was organized in 1966. Its general purposes are to foster and coordinate environmental research, teaching, and service within the university and to act as liaison with environmentally concerned agencies outside the university. On 1 February 1980 the institute became a division of the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering in the School of Public Health.
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Subseries 2.14. Research and Training Center on Blindness.
The Research and Training Center on Blindness was established in 1979 with support from the National Institute of Handicapped Research. The center's purpose was to foster and coordinate programs for the visually impaired. The center's funding was not continued after its first year of operation.
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Subseries 2.15. Center for Health Promotion and Disease
Prevention.
The Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention began in 1982 as the Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Program of the Health Services Research Center. In March 1985, with a grant from the Centers for Disease Control, it became an independent agency. The center coordinates the efforts of the various schools in the Division of Health Affairs to promote health on both an individual and a community basis. Specific health promotion goals have included the reduction of cancer rates and the prevention of injury and cardiovascular disease. See also the Injury Prevention Center in Subseries 16, below.
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Subseries 2.16. Injury Prevention Research Center.
Previously part of the Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, the Injury Prevention Research Center became a separate center on 1 July 1994.
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Subseries 2.17. Highway Safety Research Center.
The Highway Safety Research Center was established in 1965 by the North Carolina General Assembly. It studies the design of vehicles and the effects of crashes on them, roads, driving habits, and laws. Public awareness safety campaigns are also studied and created by the Center. Located on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus, it is overseen by the Vice President for Research of the University of North Carolina System and by the Vice Provost for Health Affairs.
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Audits, 1995 #40110, Subseries: "2.17. Highway Safety Research Center." Box 59 |
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Series 3. School of Dentistry.
The School of Dentistry was established in 1950 during the expansion and reorganization of the university's medical complex. As of 2009, it remained the only dental school in North Carolina. In 1947 the North Carolina Dental Society made a survey of the dental needs of the state and in 1949 secured enactment of legislation for the establishment of the school with appropriations for its operation and for the construction of a building to house it. The following have served as dean of the School of Dentistry:
| 1950-1966 | John Charles Brauer |
| 1966-1974 | James Wyatt Bawden |
| 1974-1981 | Raymond Petrie White Jr. |
| 1981-1989 | Bennie D. Barker |
| 1989- | John W. Stamm |
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Subseries 3.1. Office of the Dean.
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Subseries 3.2. Academic Affairs.
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Subseries 3.3. Outpatient Services.
Outpatient Services includes both Clinic and Faculty Practice.
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Subseries 3.4. Oral Surgery, Department of.
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Subseries 3.5. Dental Ecology, Department of.
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Subseries 3.6. Orthodontics, Department of.
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Series 4. School of Medicine.
The original School of Medicine opened in 1879, operating on the preceptorial system. This system, however, proved impractical and the school discontinued operation in 1885. In 1890, formal instruction in preclinical subjects was approved and the school reopened. In 1900 it was officially incorporated into the university. During the years 1902-1910, a four-year course of instruction was offered, the last two years devoted to clinical subjects in Raleigh. In 1910 the Raleigh branch and the clinical instruction were abandoned, but the two-year School of Basic Sciences in Medicine continued operation. As early as 1920, Dean Isaac Manning began to push for the expansion of the two-year curriculum to a four-year one. The Board of Trustees backed him, but the idea failed to materialize. Then, in 1924, Duke University established its medical school.
In 1944 Governor Broughton appointed a Commission on Hospital and Medical Care to study the state's medical care needs. On 11 October 1944, that commission submitted a report, one recommendation of which was the establishment of a four-year, state-supported medical school and teaching hospital. In March of the following year the state set up a permanent commission, the North Carolina Medical Care Commission, which continued the study of the state's health care needs, particularly in relation to hospitals. In 1946 the North Carolina Medical Care Commission reported to the governor, recommending that a state-supported four-year medical school be located at the University in Chapel Hill. Finally, in 1947, the North Carolina General Assembly appropriated funds for the expansion. The resulting University Medical Center opened in the fall of 1952 with the admission of patients to its hospital in September and the admission of the first junior class in October. The following have served as dean of the School of Medicine:
| 1879-1885 | Thomas W. Harris |
| 1890-1905 | Richard Whitehead |
| 1905-1933 | Isaac Hall Manning |
| 1933-1937 | Charles S. Mangum |
| 1937-1940 | William de Berniere MacNider |
| 1941-1964 | W. Reece Berryhill |
| 1964-1971 | Isaac M. Taylor |
| 1971-1979 | Christopher C. Fordham III |
| 1978-1979 | William E. Easterling Jr., Acting |
| 1980-1994 | Stuart Bondurant |
| 1994-1996 | Michael A. Simmons |
| 1996-1997 | Stuart Bondurant, Acting |
| 1997- | Jeffrey L. Houpt |
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Subseries 4.1. Office of the Dean.
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Subseries 4.1.1. General Administrative Files.
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Subseries 4.1.2. Admissions.
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General, 1950-1951 #40110, Subseries: "4.1.2. Admissions." Box 72(see also Admissions and Enrollment in Series 1.1.) |
Minority Student Recruitment and Retention, 1979-1980 #40110, Subseries: "4.1.2. Admissions." Box 72 |
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Subseries 4.1.3. Alumni Office.
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Subseries 4.1.4. Budget Office.
More material related to budgetary and financial matters in the School of Medicine will be found in Series 1.4., as well as Subseries 10, 13, 14, and 15, below.
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Subseries 4.1.5. Continuing Education Office.
| Box 72 |
General, 1963; 1965 #40110, Subseries: "4.1.5. Continuing Education Office." Box 72 |
Report of Associate Dean, 1987 #40110, Subseries: "4.1.5. Continuing Education Office." Box 72 |
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Subseries 4.1.6. Curriculum Office.
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Subseries 4.1.7. Grants Office [VACANT].
See Subseries 10, Planning Office, below for material related to construction grants.
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Subseries 4.1.8. Learning and Assessment Laboratory
[VACANT].
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Subseries 4.1.9. Office of Educational Development.
Prior to 1989, the Office of Educational Development was named Office of Research and Development in Health Professions Education; before that, it was the Medical Studies Office.
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Subseries 4.1.10. Planning Office.
For more on the planning activities of the School of Medicine, see Long-Range Planning in Series 1.1., and North Carolina Memorial Hospital Planning Office, Series 8.3.
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Subseries 4.1.11. Public Affairs Office [VACANT].
See Public Information Office, Health Affairs, in Series 1.1.
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Subseries 4.1.12. Registrar's Office [VACANT].
See Admissions and Enrollments in Series 1.1.
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Subseries 4.1.13. Student Affairs Office.
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Subseries 4.1.14. UNC Physicians and Associates.
UNC Physicians and Associates was formerly the Medical Faculty Practice Plan. See also Series 1.4. and Series 8.4.
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Subseries 4.1.15. Medical Foundation of North Carolina,
Inc.
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Subseries 4.1.16. Outside Organizations.
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Subseries 4.1.17. Community Medical Education, Office of.
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Subseries 4.2. Departments and Programs.
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Series 5. School of Nursing.
The School of Nursing was established concurrently with the University Medical Center as a result of the recommendations of the North Carolina Medical Care Commission. Founded to offer an undergraduate curriculum leading to the bachelor of science degree, the school also maintains broad graduate and continuing education programs. The following have served as dean of the School of Nursing:
| 1951-1968 | Elizabeth Luanna Kemble |
| 1968-1975 | Lucy Houghton Conant |
| 1975-1990 | Laurel Archer Copp |
| 1990-1998 | Cynthia M. Freund |
| 1998- | Linda R. Cronenwett |
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Subseries 5.1. Office of the Dean.
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Subseries 5.2. Academic Affairs.
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Subseries 5.3. Area Health Education Centers Program.
See also files on the Area Health Education Centers Program (AHEC) in Series 1 and 4.
| Box 89 |
Annual Report to the Faculty of the School of Nursing, 1976-1977 #40110, Subseries: "5.3. Area Health Education Centers Program." Box 89 |
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Subseries 5.4. Business Office.
For more material related to budgetary and financial matters in the School of Nursing, see Series 1.4.
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Subseries 5.5. Clinical Community Coordinator.
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Subseries 5.6. Continuing Education Program.
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Subseries 5.7. Student Services.
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Series 6. School of Pharmacy.
Instruction in pharmacy was offered in the School of Medicine during the periods 1880-1885 and 1890-1894. In response to the urgent requests of the state's pharmacists, the School of Pharmacy was established in 1897. Although not directly mentioned in the North Carolina Medical Care Commission's 1946 report, the school nevertheless developed concurrently with the University Medical Center. The dedication of the new pharmacy building in 1960 provided a stimulus for new programs resulting in master's and doctoral curricula and an expanded continuing education effort. The following have served as dean of the School of Pharmacy:
| 1897-1931 | Edward Vernon Howell |
| 1931-1946 | John Grover Beard |
| 1946-1950 | Marion Lee Jacobs |
| 1950-1965 | Edward Armond Brecht |
| 1965 | John Edgar Larsh Jr., Acting |
| 1966-1975 | George Arthur Hager |
| 1975 | Seymour Blaug |
| 1975-1977 | Leroy D. Werley Jr., Acting |
| 1977-1992 | Tom S. Miya |
| 1992- | William H. Campbell |
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Subseries 6.1. Office of the Dean.
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Subseries 6.2. Extension Program (Continuing Education).
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Subseries 6.3. Research and Graduate Programs
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Series 7. School of Public Health.
In 1936 a Division of Public Health was established in the university's School of Medicine. The division was given the status of a separate school in 1940. The original departments of the school were Epidemiology, Parasitology (changed in 1968 to Parasitology and Laboratory Practice), Public Health Administration (changed to Health Administration in 1969), and Sanitary Engineering (changed to Environmental Sciences and Engineering in 1962). Additional departments of Biostatistics, Health Education, Maternal and Child Health, Public Health Nursing, Nutrition, and Mental Health were later established as well as a broad program of Continuing Education and Field Service. The departments conduct programs of local, state, regional, national, and international scope. The following have served as dean of the School of Public Health:
| 1940-1941 | Milton Joseph Rosenau |
| 1941-1943 | Harold William Brown |
| 1943-1946 | Milton Joseph Rosenau |
| 1946-1947 | Herman Glenn Baity, Acting |
| 1947-1950 | Edward Grafton McGavran |
| 1949-1950 | John Joseph Wright, Acting |
| 1950-1963 | Edward Grafton McGavran |
| 1963-1972 | William Fred Mayes |
| 1972-1982 | Bernard George Greenberg |
| 1982-1997 | Michel A. Ibrahim |
| 1997- | Roper, William L. |
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Subseries 7.1. Office of the Dean.
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Subseries 7.2. Departments and Programs.
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Series 8. North Carolina Memorial Hospital.
The development of North Carolina Memorial Hospital has been closely entwined with that of the university's School of Medicine (see the introduction to Series 4, School of Medicine). As a result of the North Carolina Medical Care Commission's 1946 recommendations, the hospital was established as a part of the University Medical Center, providing patient care and teaching facilities for the newly-expanded, four-year medical school.
Initially, the director of the hospital reported to the administrator for the Division of Health Affairs; however, from the time of the hospital's opening in 1952, there was disagreement about its relation to the School of Medicine, both administratively and financially. After years of heated discussion and poor financial performance, the hospital was placed under the administrative control of the dean of the School of Medicine in 1956. Hospital finances continued to be a problem throughout the rest of the 1950s and 1960s, however. In 1969, a Task Force on the Governance of North Carolina Memorial Hospital was commissioned to investigate the problems and to develop a new plan for the hospital's management.
In July 1971 the North Carolina General Assembly approved the task force's recommendations as submitted by the Consolidated University Board of Trustees and passed a new act of incorporation for the hospital. This statute placed governance of the hospital in an appointive Board of Directors that would supervise the work of the hospital director and would report directly to the chancellor of the university. While the Board of Directors was empowered to deal directly with the Advisory Budget Commission and the State Budget Office, budgets and other financial documents, in practice, were transmitted through the campus administration and the University of North Carolina System General Administration.
The directors (formerly administrators) of the hospital and their tenures are listed below:
| 1950-1962 | Robert Randall Cadmus |
| 1962-1966 | Eugene Benson Crawford |
| 1966-1969 | William Lentz Ivey |
| 1969-1972 | Harold P. Coston, Acting |
| 1972-1975 | John Martyn Danielson |
| 1975-1979 | Dennis Robert Barry |
| 1979-1980 | Robert F. Burgin, Acting |
| 1980- | Eric B. Munson |
Because of the close administrative relationship between North Carolina Memorial Hospital and the School of Medicine, much information on the development of the hospital (especially through the early 1970s) will be found in Series 4.
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Subseries 8.1. Office of the Director (Administration).
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Subseries 8.2. Departments and Centers.
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Subseries 8.3. Planning Office.
See also Long-Range Planning in Series 1.1. and Planning Office in Series 4.10.
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Subseries 8.4. Budget Office.
This subseries includes information on North Carolina Memorial Hospital rates. Additional budget information will be found in the following files: Board of Governors Health Affairs Committee under Consolidated University in Series 1.1.; Business and Finance in Series 1.4.; Budget Office in Series 4.1.4.; and Faculty Practice Plan in Series 4.1.14.
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Addition of January 2013, 1960s-2005.
Arrangement: Arranged in seven subseries.
Files of Vice Provost for Health Affairs H. Garland Hershey, chiefly 1996-1997, and of Associate Provost Edward F. (Ned) Brooks, 1997-2001. A few files include earlier and/or later materials. In 1997, Provost Richard Richardson eliminated the position of Vice Provost for Health Affairs, which had been left vacant when Garland Hershey returned to his former post at the School of Dentistry. Most duties of the vice provost were subsequently assumed by Associate Provost Brooks. After Hershey's departure, Division of Health Affairs deans and directors began reporting to Brooks on day-to-day functions; on broader issues, they reported directly to the Provost.
The Addition contains materials similar to those in the original accession, consisting chiefly of administrative records, including correspondence and reports.
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Addition of January 2013: Division of Health Affairs: General,
1960s-2004.
Files related to the overall administration of the Division of Health Affairs, including materials relating to finances, facilities, committees, conferences, academics, and other topics. Files related to individual units of the division and to campus units outside the division will be found in other subseries, described below.
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Addition of January 2013: Division of Health Affairs: Centers,
Institutes, and Programs, 1968-2005.
Files related to the centers, research institutes, and programs falling under the administrative umbrella of the Division of Health Affairs. Included are correspondence and other administrative records. For programs outside the Division of Health Affairs, see Addition of January 2013: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, below.
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Addition of January 2013: Division of Health Affairs:
Centers, Institutes, and Programs: Carolina Center for Public
Service, 1994-2002.
The Carolina Center for Public Service was established by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1999. Through a variety of programs, the center aims to provide a link for students, faculty, and staff between academic endeavors and public service, especially encouraging engagement with North Carolina communities. The center took over administration of the APPLES Service-Learning program in 2009.
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Addition of January 2013: Division of Health Affairs:
Centers, Institutes, and Programs: Carolina Population Center,
1990-2001.
The Carolina Population Center was established at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1966 to promote and support multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary population research, training, and service. Its principal areas of activity are population theory, population policy, population measurement, demographic studies, and human sexuality. The Assembly of Fellows, representing Health Affairs and Academic Affairs disciplines, constitutes the center and advises its director on policy issues and program priorities. The Policy Board is made up of university administrative officials and reviews major policy changes. See also Subseries 2.1. of the original accession.
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Addition of January 2013: Division of Health Affairs:
Centers, Institutes, and Programs: Center for Health Promotion and
Disease Prevention, 1990-2005.
In 1985, the deans of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Schools of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Public Health created a research center dedicated to health promotion and disease prevention. The following year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funded the center as one of the its first three Prevention Research Centers. The center addresses pressing health problems, primarily in North Carolina, by collaborating with communities to conduct research, provide training, and translate research findings into policy and practice. See also Subseries 2.15. of the original accession.
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Addition of January 2013: Division of Health Affairs:
Centers, Institutes, and Programs: Frank Porter Graham Child
Development Center, 1988-2002.
The Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center was founded in 1966 as part of the Child Development Institute of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It was a multidisciplinary center devoted to the study of young children and their families. Projects related to developmental disabilities; early care and education; physical and social health; professional development, technical assistance, and implementation science; public policy and evaluation; and racial, ethnic, linguistic, cultural, and socioeconomic diversity. In 2002, the center changed its name to the FPG Child Development Institute to recognize the many centers within it that share a common mission. See also Subseries 2.2.3. of the original accession.
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Addition of January 2013: Division of Health Affairs:
Centers, Institutes, and Programs: Health Sciences Library,
1968-2003.
The Health Sciences Library (HSL) was established as a unit of the Division of Health Affairs in 1952. However, it was not named Health Sciences Library until 1968. It served as the central library for the University hospital and the division's five schools (Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Public Health) and their associated programs. See also Subseries 2.5. of the original accession.
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Addition of January 2013: Division of Health Affairs:
Centers, Institutes, and Programs: Highway Safety Research Center,
1989-2001.
Established by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1965, the Highway Safety Research Center aims to improve the safety, security, access, and efficiency of all surface transportation modes through an interdisciplinary program of research, evaluation, and information dissemination. See also Subseries 2.17. of the original accession.
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Addition of January 2013: Division of Health Affairs:
Centers, Institutes, and Programs: Injury Prevention Research
Center, 1987-2001.
Previously part of the Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, the Injury Prevention Research Center became a separate center on 1 July 1994. See also Subseries 2.16. of the original accession.
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Addition of January 2013: Division of Health Affairs:
Centers, Institutes, and Programs: Institute on Aging, 1992-2002.
Founded in 1996, the Institute on Aging aims to enhance the well-being of older North Carolinians through statewide and interdisciplinary collaboration in research, education, and public service. See also Aging, Institute on, in Subseries 1.1. of the original accession.
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Addition of January 2013: Division of Health Affairs:
Centers, Institutes, and Programs: Institute of Nutrition, 1969-2001.
Founded in 1969, the Institute of Nutrition is a multidisciplinary organization of University of North Carolina System faculty, the purpose of which is to investigate nutrition problems in modern society and develop practical means to improve human health. See also Subseries 2.12. of the original accession.
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Addition of January 2013: Division of Health Affairs:
Centers, Institutes, and Programs: North Carolina Health Careers
Access Program, 1978-2001.
In 1971, Cecil G. Sheps founded the North Carolina Health Manpower Development Program to provide academic enrichment programs and activities geared toward minority and disadvantaged students. The name was changed to the North Carolina Health Careers Access Program in 1990. See also Subseries 2.7. of the original accession.
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Addition of January 2013: Division of Health Affairs:
Centers, Institutes, and Programs: Office of Continuing Education in
Health Sciences, 1987-2003.
The Office of Continuing Education in Health Sciences was discontinued due to budget cuts in 2003. See also Subseries 2.3. of the original accession.
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Addition of January 2013: Division of Health Affairs:
Centers, Institutes, and Programs: Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health
Services Research, 1978-2004.
The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research was established in 1969 as the Health Services Research Center. It serves as a multidisciplinary, universitywide center to promote, coordinate, and conduct research focused on primary health care and health promotion/disease prevention in the United States. A major share of the center's funding comes from grants, especially from the National Center for Health Services Research. In 1991, the center's name was changed to honor its founding director. See also Subseries 2.6. of the original accession.
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Addition of January 2013: Division of Health Affairs: Schools,
1971-2003.
Files related to the administration and operations of the five schools in the Division of Health Affairs: School of Dentistry, School of Medicine, School of Nursing, School of Pharmacy, and School of Public Health. See also Series 3, Series 4, Series 5, Series 6, and Series 7 of the original accession.
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Addition of January 2013: Division of Health Affairs:
Schools: School of Dentistry, 1991-1998.
See also Series 3 of the original accession.
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Addition of January 2013: Division of Health Affairs:
Schools: School of Medicine, 1979-2003.
See also Series 4 of the original accession.
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Addition of January 2013: Division of Health Affairs:
Schools: School of Nursing, 1992-2001.
See also Series 5 of the original accession.
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Addition of January 2013: Division of Health Affairs:
Schools: School of Pharmacy, 1977-2001.
See also Series 6 of the original accession.