Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Reminiscences of Mary Lasker, 1966-1982
Creator: | Lasker, Mary | Project: | Individual interviews oral history collection. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | transcript: 1,004 pages sound file : digital preservation master, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit) | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NotePromoter of medical research; philanthropist; interviewee married Albert D. Lasker
Scope and ContentsFederal aid to medical research, development of regional medical centers, Cancer, Heart, and Stroke Commission, National Institutes of Health appropriations; beautification: plans for National Horticultural Park and Garden, activities in New York, District of Columbia, and elsewhere; visits to Johnson ranch; Medal of Freedom; health and medical research, from 1968: national health insurance, family planning, alcoholism, passage of 1971 cancer bill; Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; restoration of Versailles; efforts to increase federal appropriations for medical research; developments in cancer research, heart disease and stroke, high blood pressure; impoundment of federal funds; immunology and cancer; need for clinical trials; service on National Cancer Advisory Board; activities of Advertising Council for medical research; interest in arthritis, Eye Institute, endocrinology, virology; international cooperation in medical research; development of interferon, cloning, recombinant DNA; cooperation of pharmaceutical houses; problems of aging; Lasker Awards and their influence; social activities, awards and recognition; sale of paintings, house. There is no audio for sessions 1-2
SubjectsAccess ConditionsCopyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1987
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