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UCLA School of Medicine. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Administrative files of J. George Moore and William J. Dignam.
1954-1991.
University Archives Record Series 778
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Title: UCLA School of Medicine. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Administrative files of J. George Moore and William J. Dignam.
Identifier/Call Number: University Archives Record Series 778
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
4.0 linear ft.
(4 cartons)
Date: 1954-1991
Abstract: Record Series 778 contains the administrative files of J. George Moore and William J. Dignam, generated within the UCLA School
of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Files regard the academic and medical functions of the department.
Creator:
University of California, Los Angeles. School of Medicine. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Copyright of portions of this collection has been assigned to The Regents of the University of California. The UCLA University
Archives can grant permission to publish for materials to which it holds the copyright. All requests for permission to publish
or quote must be submitted in writing to the UCLA University Archivist.
[Identification of item], UCLA School of Medicine. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Administrative files of J. George
Moore and William J. Dignam (University Archives Record Series 778). UCLA Library Special Collections, University Archives.
J. George Moore (1917-2003) received his M.D. degree from the University of California Medical School, San Francisco in 1942.
He joined the then new medical school at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1951, was promoted to Professor in 1963,
and became Professor, Emeritus in 1988. He was recruited to Columbia University in 1965 where he served as Professor and Chairman
until 1968. He then served as Professor and Chairman at UCLA until his retirement. Moore was the President of the American
Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the organization which certifies physicians in that specialty, from 1974 to 1978 and Chairman
of the Board of that organization from 1978 to 1983; President of the Association of Professors of Obstetrics and Gynecology
in 1973; and President of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation in 1966.
William J Dignam (1921-2006) earned his medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 1943. At UCLA he served as Assistant
Professor of obstetrics and gynecology from 1953 to 1959, when he was promoted to Associate Professor, a title he held through
1966. He was named a full Professor in 1966 and became an Emeritus Professor in 1991. Dignam served as President and then
Chairman of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, President of the Pacific Coast Obstetrical and Gynecological
Society, Executive Chair of the Board of Medical Specialties, President of the Los Angeles Obstetrical and Gynecology Society,
and President of the American Gynecological and Obstetrical Society.
Record Series 778 contains the administrative files of J. George Moore and William J. Dignam, generated within the UCLA School
of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Files regard the academic and medical functions of the department. Files
regarding academic functions pertain to curriculum, organization, faculty, research activities, non-academic staff, appointments,
and promotions. Files regarding the medical functions of the department document obstetrical service, housestaff and resident
rotation schedules, nursing service, administrative staff, development of group and private practice plans, perinatal unit
planning, and patient care. Additionally, this collection regards affiliations and associations with other hospitals; interactions
with units, divisions, and departments of UCLA; and programs/projects within the department and UCLA. Materials include the
minutes and agendas of committee, division, task force, faculty, and secretary meetings (including Ob Unit, Ob Operating Room,
Practice, Educational Policy and Curriculum, Executive, Patient Care, Recovery Room/Outpatient Surgical Unit Ad Hoc, Faculty
Appointments, and Academic Personnel Committees); correspondence; memos; reports; schedules; rosters; affiliation contracts;
policy information; and pamphlets and brochures.
This is an inactive record series; no additional University records are expected to be added.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
7399119