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USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: University of Southern California Davis School of Gerontology records
Creator:
Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center. Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Identifier/Call Number: 0274
Physical Description:
9.313 Linear Feet
9 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1964-1987
Abstract: The USC Davis School of Gerontology records chronicle the development of Gerontology at USC, 1964-1987. Erected as a tribute
to Ethel Percy Andrus, the Andrus Gerontology Center is committed to understanding aging and preparing professionals to work
in an aging society. Founded in 1975, the Davis School is the nation's first professional School of Gerontology. With its
own faculty representing various disciplines, the School is able to offer students a wide range of scientific and professional
Gerontology courses.
Language of Material:
English.
Container: 8
Container: 7
The USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology is an academic division of the University of Southern California. It focused in
gerontology, the study of the social, cultural, psychological, cognitive, and biological aspects of aging. The Leonard Davis
School was founded in 1975. The school offered the world's first Ph.D. in Gerontology, the first joint master's degree in
Gerontology and Business Administration, and the first undergraduate Health Science Track in Gerontology. Research on molecular
biology, neuroscience, demography, psychology, sociology, and public policy is conducted at the Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology
Center, the research and services component of the school.
The USC Davis School of Gerontology records consist of reports, contracts, guidelines, plans, grant applications, publicity,
and publications, 1964-1987, that chronicle the development of Gerontology at USC. Erected as a tribute to Ethel Percy Andrus,
the Andrus Gerontology Center is committed to understanding aging and preparing professionals to work in an aging society.
Founded in 1975, the Leonard Davis School is the nation's first professional School of Gerontology. With its own faculty representing
various disciplines, the School is able to offer students a wide range of scientific and professional Gerontology courses.
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Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Boxes 1-5 received December 14, 1987; box received July 8, 1988.
[Box/folder# or item name], University of Southern California Davis School of Gerontology records, Collection no. 0274, University
Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Gerontology -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Gerontology -- Study and teaching -- Archival resources
Brochures
Legal instruments
Printed ephemera
Publications
Reports
Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center. Leonard Davis School of Gerontology -- Archives