Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Processing Information note
Conditions Governing Access note
Conditions Governing Use note
Preferred Citation note
Biographical/Historical note
Scope and Contents note
Title: Robert E. Tranquada Papers.
Collection number: H2010.6
Repository:
Honnold/Mudd Library Special Collection and
Archives
Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English
Physical Description:
3.0 Linear feet
3 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1979-2007
Date (bulk): 1991-2007
Language of Materials note: The materials are in
English.
Abstract: This collection contains correspondence,
memoranda, reports, notes, and other materials documenting Robert E. Tranquada's
service as Chairman of the Pomona College Board of Trustees, 1991-2000; as member of
the Claremont University Center Board of Fellows, 1991-2000; and as first Chairman
of the Claremont University Consortium Board of Overseers, 2000-2006. The materials
relating to Tranquada's tenure at Pomona College cover a wide variety of topics,
testifying to his role as a facilitator through whom different elements of the
college community and to his role as representative of Pomona College in its
complicated relationship with the broader Claremont community. The materials
documenting Tranquada's tenure at Claremont University Center (from 2000, Claremont
University Consortium) primarily concern the reorganization, implemented in 2000, of
Claremont University Center, in particular establishing the Claremont Graduate
School (from 1997, Graduate University) as an independent entity and adding a new
institution (the Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Biological Studies), cooperation
between the constituent members of the Consortium, land use, and the status and
future of the Robert J. Bernard Biological Field Station.
Creator:
Tranquada, Robert E., 1930-
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Series 1 gift of Robert E. Tranquada, 2009. Series 2 gift of Robert E. Tranquada,
2010.
Processing Information note
Processed by Andrew Hoyt (Series 1) and Jeroen Lambrecht (Series 2) for Archival
Studies 311, Claremont Graduate University, Spring 2010. Revised and encoded by
Michael P. Palmer, January 2011.
Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use note
For permission to publish or to reproduce, please contact Honnold/Mudd Library,
Special Collections staff.
Preferred Citation note
[Identification of item], box #, folder #, Robert E. Tranquada papers, Collection
H2010.6, Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library, Claremont University
Consortium.
Biographical/Historical note
Robert Ernest Tranquada was born in Los Angeles on August 27, 1930, the son of Ernest
Alvro and Katharine (Jacobus) Tranquada. He graduated summa cum laude from Pomona
College in 1951, and received his MD degree from Stanford University School of
Medicine in 1955. Tranquada served as intern and resident in medicine in 1955-1958
and as a fellow in diabetes and metabolic diseases in 1958-1959 at UCLA Medical
Center, and as fellow in diabetes at the USC School of Medicine in 1959-1960. He was
appointed assistant professor at the USC School of Medicine in 1960, and associate
professor in 1964, and served as chair of the Department of Community Medicine and
Public Health in 1967-1970. He was associate dean in 1969-1976, serving
simultaneously as medical director of the Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center in
1969-1974, and regional director of the County of Los Angeles Department of Health
Services in 1974-1976. In 1976-1979 Tranquada was associate dean of the UCLA School
of Medicine, and in 1979-1986 he served as chancellor and dean of the University of
Massachusetts Medical Center. In 1986, Tranquada returned to USC as dean of the
School of Medicine, serving until 1991. In 1992, he was appointed Norman
Topping/National Medical Enterprises Professor of Medicine and Public Policy and
chaired the Health Administration program in the then School of Public
Administration. He became emeritus in 1997.
Tranquada established and directed the Watts Health Center (now the Watts Health
Foundation), 1965-1969. He was a member of the Independent Commission on the Los
Angeles Police Department (the "Christopher Commission") in 1991-1992, and chaired
the Los Angeles County Task Force on Health Care Access in 1992-1993.
Tranquada is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of
Sciences and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He
joined the Pomona College Board of Trustees in 1969, serving as vice chairman in
1971-1979, and as chairman in 1991-2000. He was ex officio member of the governing
Board of Fellows, Claremont University Center, 1971-1979 and 1991-2000, and was
first chairman of the Board of Overseers of the newly constituted Claremont
University Consortium, 2000-2006. He also served as vice chairman of the Board of
Trustees of the Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences, 1997-2000.
Tranquada married Janet Martin in 1951; the couple has three children.
Scope and Contents note
This collection contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, and other
materials documenting Robert E. Tranquada's service as Chairman of the Pomona
College Board of Trustees, 1991-2000; as member of the Claremont University Center
Board of Fellows, 1991-2000; and as first Chairman of the Claremont University
Consortium Board of Overseers, 2000-2006. The materials relating to Tranquada's
tenure at Pomona College cover a wide variety of topics, testifying to his role as a
facilitator through whom different elements of the college community--including
Board members, administrators, faculty, students, alumni, and donors--negotiated
issues; and to his role as representative of Pomona College in its complicated
relationship with the broader Claremont community. Particularly prominent themes in
the Pomona College files include student, faculty, and Board diversity; "political
correctness"; finances; faculty tenure and salaries; presidential and other
administrative recruitment and salaries; and the development of college property and
resulting conflicts with the Claremont community. The materials relating to
Tranquada's tenure at Claremont University Center (from 2000, Claremont University
Consortium) are more narrowly focused. The materials prior to 2000 primarily concern
planning for reorganizing the Claremont University Center, in particular
establishing the Claremont Graduate School (from 1997, Graduate University) as an
independent entity and adding a new institution; those for 2000 and afterwards
primarily concern implementation of the reorganization, cooperation between the
constituent members of the Consortium, land use, and the status and future of the
Robert J. Bernard Biological Field Station.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Claremont University Center. Board of Fellows.
Claremont University Consortium. Board of Overseers.
Gaines, Stanley O., 1961-
Hill, Brenda Barham
Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.). Board of
Trustees.
Robert J. Bernard Biological Field
Station.
Stanley, Peter W., 1940-
Claremont Colleges--Planning
Claremont University Center--Administration
Claremont University Consortium--Administration
Land use--California--Claremont
Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.)--Administration