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Pool, John L.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: 1907-2005. John Lawrence Pool, Jr. was born in 1907 in New York City, graduating from Princeton in 1930 (AB) and Columbia 1934 (MD). In addition to his career as a thoracic surgeon, Pool served as president of the New York Academy of Medicine and in 1968 served as president of the American Radium Society. An affiliate of Memorial Hospital, Pool taught as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery at Cornell and Yale. He died April 19, 2005.

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

James Ewing Society Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0026
Scope and Contents

14 cubic ft., 1925-1991. Contains correspondence, procedure manuals, meeting minutes, membership applications sorted alphabetically, program books, scientific papers, awards, ballots, subject files, and photographs of the James Ewing Society. Also includes materials relating to or created by James Ewing, including papers, diary entries, and a woodcut of his signature.

Dates: 1925 - 1991

John L. Pool Jr Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0002
Scope and Contents

2.3 cubic feet. Consists of correspondence, papers, lectures, and photographs, particularly pertaining to the topics of lung cancer and thoracic service.

Dates: 1960

John Pool, 1994-11-08

 File
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Contains tape recordings of interviews of MSK doctors and significant individuals conducted by Archivist Diane Rosenwaser, Dr. Joseph Burchenal, and Dr. Nael Martini. This includes interviews with Katherine S. Douglas, Anna S. Craver, Laurance S. Rockefeller, and Drs. Higinbotham, Woodard, Cahan, Southam, Blady, Stock, Hutchison, Pool, Beattie, Quan, Tan, and Oettgen, among others. Also contains Hayes Martin's Collection of Tapes, which includes recordings of Chemotherapy Group meetings,...
Dates: 1994-11-08

Oral History Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSS 0030
Scope and Contents Contains tape recordings of interviews of MSK doctors and significant individuals conducted by Archivist Diane Rosenwaser, Dr. Joseph Burchenal, and Dr. Nael Martini. This includes interviews with Katherine S. Douglas, Anna S. Craver, Laurance S. Rockefeller, and Drs. Higinbotham, Woodard, Cahan, Southam, Blady, Stock, Hutchison, Pool, Beattie, Quan, Tan, and Oettgen, among others. Also contains Hayes Martin's Collection of Tapes, which includes recordings of Chemotherapy Group meetings,...
Dates: 1981 - 1998