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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Robert E. Tranquada papers
Creator:
Tranquada, Robert E.
Identifier/Call Number: 0089
Identifier/Call Number: 1033
Identifier/Call Number: /repositories/3/resources/88
Physical Description:
5.38 Linear Feet
6 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1959-2012
Abstract: Professional files of Dr. Robert E. Tranquada during his career at the University of Southern California, including during
his tenure as Dean of the USC School of Medicine (1986-1991).
Language of Material:
English
.
Robert E. Tranquada graduated from Pomona College, summa cum laude, in 1951, received his M.D. degree from Stanford University
School of Medicine in 1955, served as a Resident in Medicine from 1955-1958 and as a Fellow in Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases
in 1958-1959 at the UCLA Medical Center and as Fellow in Diabetes at the USC School of Medicine from 1959-1960. Dr. Tranquada's
management responsibilities included service as Chairman of the USC Department of Community Medicine and Public Health (1966-1969),
Associate Dean of the USC School of Medicine, and Medical Director of the Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center (1969-1974),
Regional Director of the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (1974-1976), Associate Dean of the UCLA School of
Medicine (1976-1979), Chancellor and Dean of the University of Massachusetts Medical Center (1979-1986), Dean of the USC School
of Medicine (1986-1991), and the Norman Topping/National Medical Enterprises Professor of Medicine and Public Policy from
1992 until his retirement in June 1997.
Approximately half of the Robert E. Tranquada papers consist of correspondence to and from Tranquada during his tenure as
Dean of the USC School of Medicine from 1986 to 1991. The other half of the collection, added as an accrual in 2023, documents
a broader scope of Dr. Tranquada's career at USC--not just as medical school dean, but beginning in 1959 when he joined USC's
faculty. The papers document both Tranquada's administrative activities as Dean (letters, notes, documents, budgets, recommendations,
grant requests and project proposals), and his expertise in health care policy, health services administration, community
medicine and public health, and medical education. The collection also documents Tranquada's role in the creation of what
is now the Watts Health Center, the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, and the Martin Luther King Jr. Community
Hospital; his service as medical director of Los Angeles General Medical Center, on the Los Angeles County Health Access Committee,
and on the Christopher Commission; and his trips to South America, Asia, and Russia on behalf of the medical school in his
role as strategic director for international programs.
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[Box/folder# or item name], Robert E. Tranquada papers, Collection no. 0089, University Archives, Special Collections, USC
Libraries, University of Southern California
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Medical education -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Medical colleges -- California -- Los Angeles -- Administration -- Archival resources
Correspondence
Newspaper clippings
Offprints
Photographs
University of Southern California. School of Medicine -- Faculty
Tranquada, Robert E. -- Archives
University of Southern California. School of Medicine -- Archives