Schroeder (Steven A.) Collection, 1970-2019

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Summary

Title:
Steven A. Schroeder Collection
Dates:
1970-2019
Creators:
Schroeder, Steven A.
Abstract:
Steven A. Schroeder, MD, was recruited to UCSF in 1976. Dr. Schroeder is a Distinguished Health and Health Care Professor at the Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, UCSF, where he heads the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center. Dr. Schroeder is known for his work in promoting smoking cessation strategies. This collection contains materials documenting the life and professional activities of Dr. Schroeder; materials include correspondence, teaching files, conference files, photos, and recognitions. Materials span dates 1970-2019.
Extent:
1.60 Linear Feet (1 carton, 1 document box, 1 poster tube)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Steven A. Schroeder collection, MSS 2020-05. Archives and Special Collections, University of California, San Francisco.

Background

Scope and content:

Materials documenting the life and professional activities of Steven A. Schroeder, Distinguished Professor of Health and Health Care, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine. Materials include, correspondence, teaching files, conference files, photos and recognitions. Materials date 1970-2019.

Box level inventory available upon request.

Biographical / historical:

Steven A. Schroeder graduated from Stanford University in 1960 and entered Harvard Medical School, earning the M.D. in 1964. He trained in internal medicine at the Harvard Medical Service of Boston City Hospital. He then became an officer of the Epidemiological Intelligence Service of the Centers for Disease Control and held faculty appointments at Harvard and George Washington University. In 1976 UCSF Chair of Medicine, Lloyd "Holly" Smith, recruited Dr. Schroeder to the faculty, where he created a Division of General Internal Medicine (1980). He recruited a talented group of junior faculty, many of whom are still at UCSF. Also in 1976 Schroeder became part of the core faculty in the Health Policy Program at UCSF, a program that evolved into a national Health Services Policy Analysis Center (1977). In 1981 it was renamed the UCSF Institute for Health Policy Studies (now the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies) and designated an Organized Research Unit by the UC Regents. In addition to his work in the Division of General Medicine, Dr. Schroeder published widely in health services research, often in collaboration with Jonathan Showstack, Ph.D., M.P.H.

From 1990 to 2002, Steven Schroeder left UCSF to become President and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. During his tenure at RWJF, he made over four billion dollars in grants and developed new programs in substance abuse, prevention and treatment; studies in end of life care; and the expansion of health insurance for children. As head of one of the nation's premier foundations, he noted the general reluctance to become involved in smoking issues, for as he says, "the tobacco industry plays rough." Nevertheless the RWJF eventually funded important programs providing information on tobacco's health effects.

In 2003 Schroeder returned to UCSF and serves as Distinguished Professor of Health and Health Care in the Department of Medicine. He heads the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center, a project funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation designed to work with health professionals and organizations to "narrow the gap between what should be done to help smokers quit, and what is currently done." For more information on the center see http://smokingcessationleadership.ucsf.edu.

Dr. Schroeder has received many honors and six honorary doctoral degrees. He serves on the board of the James Irvine Foundation, the editorial board of the New England Journal of Medicine, and is president of the Harvard Medical Alumni Association. He is also past chair of the American Legacy Foundation, which recently named the Schroeder Institute for Tobacco Research and Policy Studies in his honor.

from https://history.library.ucsf.edu/schroeder.html.

Acquisition information:
This collection was donated to the UCSF Archives and Special Collections by Steven A. Schroeder, Distinguished Professor of Health and Health Care, Department of Medicine; Director, Smoking Cessation Leadership Center in September 2020.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Lupe Samano
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-01-13 15:59:20 -0800 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. The UCSF Archives and Special Collections policy places access restrictions on material with privacy issues for a specific time period from the date of creation. Access to records that contain personal and confidential information about an individual or individuals is restricted for 75 years from date of creation or until the death of the individual mentioned in the records, whichever is longer. Access to medical records is restricted for 100 years from the latest date of the materials in those files. Restrictions are noted at the series level. This collection will be reviewed for sensitive content upon request. Contact the UCSF Archivist for information on access to these files.

Terms of access:

Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of the University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing, and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Steven A. Schroeder collection, MSS 2020-05. Archives and Special Collections, University of California, San Francisco.

Location of this collection:
UCSF Library & CKM Archives and Special Collections, 530 Parnassus Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94143-0840, US