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Title: Melvin M. Grumbach papers
Dates: 1949-2009
Collection Number: MSS 2014-19
Creator/Collector:
Grumbach, Melvin M., 1925-
Extent: 9.17 linear ft. (7 cartons, 1 box)
Repository:
UC San Francisco. Special Collections
San Francisco, California 94143-0840
Abstract: Papers of Melvin Gumbach, a pediatrician and professor specializing in pediatric endocrinology.
Language of Material: English
Collection is unprocessed, but open for research. Access to a portion of the collection is restricted due to HIPAA and FERPA
regulations. Please contact the UCSF Archivist for access to this material.
Melvin M. Grumbach papers. UC San Francisco. Special Collections
Donated by Melvin Grumbach and Kevin Grumbach in 2014-2015.
Biography/Administrative History
Dr. Grumbach is a pediatrician and professor, specializing in pediatric endocrinology. Grumbach has been at University of
California, San Francisco since 1966. He's served as chairman of the Department of Pediatrics for over 20 years and was named
the Edward B. Shaw Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, Emeritus at UCSF in 1983.
Scope and Content of Collection
Papers of Dr. Gumbach contain correspondence, lectures, speeches, typescripts, notes, data, photographs, and slides relating
to Dr. Grumbach pediatric endocrinology research, in particular the effect of hormones and the central nervous system on growth
and puberty and their disorders; the function of the human sex chromosomes; and disorders of sexual development. Included
are materials documenting his participation in various organizations and advisory boards. The following planning materials
are included: establishment of the Mental Retardation Center at Langley Porter Institute, academic plan for the UCSF campus
(1962-1966), Moffitt Hospital modernization plans (1970-1973), Children's Hospital development plans (1967-1975), Children's
Medical Center development plans, and reviews of the Department of Pediatrics (1966-1985).
Developmental endocrinology
Puberty
University of California, San Francisco