The George Reader, Md (1919-2005) Papers
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MEDICAL CENTER ARCHIVES OF NEWYORK-PRESBYTERIAN/WEILL CORNELL 1300 York Avenue # 34 New York, NY 10065 Finding Aid To THE GEORGE READER, MD (1919-2005) PAPERS Dates of Papers: 1948-1998 282.5 Linear Inches (20 Boxes) Finding Aid Prepared By: Elizabeth Shepard Assistant Archivist February 2009 © 2009 Medical Center Archives of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell 2 PROVENANCE: Dr. George Reader donated two boxes of material on aging in 1982. In 1991-1992, the Department of Public Health donated the rest of his papers. ADMINISTRATIVE/BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: George Reader was born in Brooklyn, NY on February 8, 1919. He married Helen Brown in 1942; and they had four sons: Jonathan, David, Mark, and Peter. He received a BA from Cornell University in 1940 and a MD from Cornell University Medical College in 1943. He was an resident at New York Hospital, when he was called to serve two years in the U.S. Navy. After the war, Dr. Reader returned to the medical center, where he spent his entire career. Some of his most important positions included: Director of Comprehensive Care and Teaching Program (1952-1969), Professor of Medicine (1957-1992), Attending Physician (1962-1992), Chief of Ambulatory and Community Medicine Division (Department of Medicine) (1969-1972), and Chairmen of Department of Public Health, Livingston Farrand Professor of Public Health and Physician-in-Chief of Public Health (1972-1992). Dr. Reader served on numerous boards including: American Geriatrics Society, Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, Winifred Masterson Burke Relief Foundation, International Sociological Association Medical Sociology Section, Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly, New York State Governor's Health Advisory Council, Regional Medical Program of New York City, and Cornell University's Board of Trustees. On the federal level, he served as chairman of the Human Ecology Section of National Institutes of Health (NIH), White House Conference on Aging, and a consultant for the Social Security Administration and Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW). He was interested in medical sociology, public health and community medicine, and medical education. In 1952, he developed the Comprehensive Care and Treatment Program for fourth year students at Cornell University Medical College. This program also worked in conjunction with the Bureau of Applied Social Research at Columbia University. In 1992, he received the Maurice R. Greenberg Distinquished Service Award. He retired that same year. He died on October 13, 2005. 3 SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE: The collection has been broken into ten series: Correspondence, A-Z (1956-1991), Correspondence with CUMC Faculty (1967-1989), Correspondence w/ Universities (1955-1981), General Correspondence (1973-1992), Correspondence (in reverse order) (1975-1991), Letters of Recommendations (1975-1991), Miscellaneous Office Files (1961-1991), Committees (1957-1992), Travel Files (1957-1991), and Papers, Reprints, and Speeches (1948-1998). Series I: Correspondence A-Z, 1956-1991 (Boxes 1-4) This series, arranged alphabetically, contains correspondence with colleagues, personal friends, and medical center staff and faculty. Series II: Correspondence w/ CUMC Faculty, 1967-1989 (Boxes 4-6) This series, arranged alphabetically, contains correspondence with faculty of Cornell University Medical College. Series III: Correspondence w/ Universities, 1955-1981 (Boxes 7-8) This correspondence, arranged alphabetically, is with people from different universities. Series IV: General Correspondence, 1973-1992 (Box 8) This series, arranged chronologically, contains correspondence with colleagues, personal friends, and medical center faculty and staff. Series V: Correspondence, 1975-1991 (Boxes 9-11) This series, organized chronologically in reverse order, consists of correspondence with colleagues, personal friends, and medical center faculty and staff. Series VI: Letters of Recommendation, 1975-1991 (Box 11) This correspondence file contains letters of recommendation for colleagues and faculty and staff of the medical center. Some files have confidential information. Series VII: Miscellaneous Office Files, 1961-1991 (Boxes 11-13) This series, arranged alphabetically, contains miscellaneous files on various subjects, including ambulatory care, Cornell University Medical College, New York Hospital, Public Health, Queens Community Medicine Project, Symposium on Global Drug Development, and visitors to the medical center. 4 Series VIII: Committees, 1957-1992 (Boxes 13-17) This series, arranged alphabetically, has materials on various committees that Dr. Reader was involved with including American Geriatrics Society, Cornell University Medical College, Dept. of Health, NYC, HEW, Health Systems Agency, International Sociological Association, Milbank Memorial Fund, New York Hospital, New York State Health Planning Commission's Health Advisory Board, Cornell University, Visiting Nurse Service of NYC, White House Conference on the Aging, and Winifred Masterson Burke Relief Foundation. Most of this series was discarded. Series IX: Travel Files, 1957-1991 (Box 17) These files, arranged chronologically, are on his various conferences, meetings, and trips. The bulk of the files were discarded. Series X: Papers, Reprints, and Speeches, 1948-1998 (Boxes 17-18 These files, arranged chronologically, consist of some of his publications and speeches. ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: There are a few patient correspondences in the various correspondence series. These letters as well as the AIDS case files are protected under the federal law, HIPAA. The Letters of Recommendation series contains confidential employment files. Committee files for Cornell University Medical College and New York Hospital are closed for twenty five years from the date of their creation. ACCESS POINTS: RELATED MATERIAL: The following materials were added to the archives as separate collections Braude, Robert, Reprints, .5 inches Cassell, Eric, Reprints, 1 inch Clinical Chiefs, 12.5 inches Comprehensive Care and Teaching Program, 27.5 inches Cornell University Medical College, Curriculum Committee, 7.5 inches Cornell University Medical College, Liason Committee for Medical Education, 27.5 inches Cornell University Medical College, Review of Public Health Future, 1 inch Daniels, Farrington, Reprints, 1 inch 5 Davis, Milton, Reprints, 2 inches Haas, Joanna, Reprints, 1 inch Imperato, Pascal, Reprints, 1 inch Jones, Thomas, Reprints, .5 inches Mike, Valerie, Reprints, .5 inches Millman, Robert, Reprints, 2 inches New York Hospital, AIDS Task Force, 15 inches New York Hospital, ER Task Force, 5 inches New York Hospital, Home Health Agency, 7.5 inches New York Hospital Manpower Task Force, 6 inches New York Hospital, Medical Board, Interdepartmental Committee, 1 inch New York Hospital, Medical Board, Quality Assurance Committee, 5 inches Rosenfeld, Isodore, Reprints, 2.5 inches Schwartz, Doris, Reprints and Diary, 6 inches BOX AND FOLDER LIST: Box 1: Series I, Correspondence A-Z, 1956-1991 Folder: Description: 1 Affinito, Lilyan, 1987 2 Alexander, Horace, 1964 3 Ambach, Gordon, 1977 4 Arluke, Arnold, 1978 5 Artusio, Joseph, 1978-1990 6 Axelrod, David, 1979-1988 7 Barker, Robert, 1986-1989 8 Bellin, Lowell, 1974-1978 9 Berk, Barbara, 1977 10 Bernstein, Francis, 1971-1981 11 Blutt, Mitchell, 1984 12 Brooks, Dana, 1982-1986 13 Brown, Douglas, 1971-1977 14 Burney, Lee, 1974-1975 15 C-K, 1976-1990 16 Cahill, Kevin, 1974-1976, 1981 17 Carey, Hugh (Gov), 1977 18 Choa, Gerald, 1978 19 Cicero, Frank, 1975-1977 20 Coates, Edward, 1975 21 Cuomo, Mario (Gov), 1983-1984 22 Cummings, Gordon, 1976-1980 23 D'Adamo, Ann, 1979 24 Dans, Peter, 1977-1978 6 25 Daum, Richard, 1978-1979 26 Dept. of Health, NYC, 1970-1983 27 Dick, Charles, 1974-1975 28 Dublin, Thomas, 1975 29 Dull, H. Bruce, 1975 30 Engel, Robert, 1980-1986 31 Evans, John, 1975-1976 32 Ferrer, Reinaldo, 1978-1980 33 Flansburgh, Earl, 1986 34 Freeman, Howard, 1976 35 Friedman, Stanford, 1986 36 Fuchs, Fritz, 1975-1979 37 Gaylin, Sheldon, 1982 38 Gellhorn, Alfred, 1985 39 Gill, Derek, 1984 40 Gilman, Sander, 1985 41 Ginsburg, Jack, 1979-1980 42 Ginzberg, Eli, 1978, 1986 43 Gonzalez, Juan, 1986 44 Goodrich, Charles, 1976 45 Gottschalk, Richard, 1972-1978 46 Gould, Maureen, 1980 47 Greenwald, Peter, 1976 48 Guild, Sharon, 1982 49 Hammond, Kenneth, 1989 50 Hanlon, William, 1978 51 Harris, Sandra, 1980-1981 52 Harvey, McGehee, 1982-1986 53 Haskell, Katherine, 1989-1990 54 Herbster, William, 1984 55 Hinsey, Joseph, 1976-1978 56 Hobson, Frank, 1975 57 Holland, Jerome, 1981, 1983 58 Hong, John, 1984-1985 59 Howe, Susanne, 1973-1987 60 Kendall, Patricia, 1956-1959 61 Kendall, Patricia, 1960-1961 62 Kendall, Patricia, 1962-1963 63 Kendall, Patricia, 1975, 1982-1983 64 Kennedy, Robin, 1979-1984 65 Kennedy, Eileen, 1977 66 Kerner, Jon, 1983-1985 7 Box 2: Series I, Correspondence A-Z, 1956-1991 Folder: Description: 1 Kerner, Jon, 1986 2 Kerner, Jon, 1987-1988 3 Killip, Thomas, 1988-1989 (Restricted-HIPAA) 4 Kitz, Debbie, 1979 5 Kirkham, Frederic, Jr., 1979 6 Knapp, David, 1974 7 Klein, Walter, 1990 (includes a history of epidemic diseases a NYH) 8 Koch, Edward, 1984-1986 9 L-R, 1969-1991 10 Lazersfeld Family, 1985-1990 11 Leavy, William, 1975-1977 12 Lemaistre, Charles, 1984 13 Lennard, Henry, 1975-1976 14 Liebermann, Joan, 1983-1988 15 Lifflander, Matthew, 1978 16 Lindberg, Don, 1991 17 Logsdon, Donald, 1988 18 Lopez, Ralph, 1975 19 Lorber, Judith, 1978-1985 20 Lowe, Charles, 1978 21 Lucas, Adetokuribo, 1986-1990 22 Maiman,