Henderson, Donald A. “DA”, MD, MPH, (EIS Class 1955) [interview with Donald A. Henderson conducted April 12, 2012 by Karen Torghele]

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• Personal Author:
  Henderson, Donald A. (Donald Ainslie), 1928-2016. ; Torghele, Karen
• Description:
  Summary of Interview: Dr. D.A. Henderson, EIS Class of 1955 describes his roles in the early days of CDC and his relationship with Alex Langmuir. He also reflects on the role of CDC and bioterrorism and the way in which surveillance and reportable diseases evolved. He later went on to head the effort of the World Health Organization to eradicate small pox.
• Subjects:
  CDC--history History, 20th Century Public Health/history Smallpox
• Source:
  Global Health Chronicles – Malaria control: CDC beginnings
• Series:
  Global Health Chronicles
• Document Type:
  Transcript
• Name as Subject:
  Communicable Disease Center (U.S.) ; Henderson, Donald A. (Donald Ainslie), 1928-2016. ; Langmuir, Alexander D. ; Communicable Disease Center (U.S.) ; Henderson, Donald A. (Donald Ainslie), 1928-2016. ; Langmuir, Alexander D.
• Genre:
  Interview
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  22 numbered pages
• Collection(s):
  David J. Sencer CDC Museum
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:790a2421df1d7e0caa1009a764f34a9f962f1d9eae4d0b57629209648714877ba56a3615cda9aa93b6508379975e61f44ec211557120d9a7185e60e2f64dae48
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/41299/cdc_41299_DS1.pdf
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