Elizabeth Seagull discusses her career as a Professor in Department of Pediatrics and Human Development at Michigan State University
Seagull, who joined the department in 1971, recalls the shift of the medical school to a four-year program and talks about the school's multidisciplinary approach to community medicine, the collegiality of the early faculty, and their innovative approaches to teaching and patient care. She says the department grew very rapidly and that the University encouraged faculty to be innovative. She also describes efforts to recruit minority and female students and trying to make the male dominated culture more sensitive to female students and residents. Retired department administrator and faculty member Dr. David J. Kallen, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, conducts the interview. Part of the MSU Department of Pediatrics and Human Development Oral History Project.
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G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date
- 2005-05-10
- Interviewees
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Seagull, Elizabeth
- Interviewers
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Kallen, David J. (David Johnson), 1929-
- Recordist
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Vincent Voice Library
- Contributors
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Michigan State University. Department of Pediatrics and Human Development. Oral History Project
- Subjects
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Seagull, Elizabeth
Michigan State University. Department of Pediatrics and Human Development
Medical colleges--Faculty
Medicine
Medicine--Study and teaching
Michigan--East Lansing
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Sound recordings
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 01:47:50
- Venue Note
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Interviewed by David J. Kallen and recorded by the Vincent Voice Library, May 10, 2005.
- Holding Institution
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Vincent Voice Library
- Call Number
- Voice 15987
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b9121451
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