R. Frederick Becker Papers, 1940-1969

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Summary

Creator:
Becker, Roland Frederick
Abstract:
Contains the professional papers of R. Frederick Becker (1912-2007), professor of anatomy at Duke University Medical School. Types of materials include personal and professional correspondence, reprints, clippings, minutes, programs, brochures, manuals, reports, notes, writings by Becker and his students, speeches, certificates, personnel materials, academic records, course materials, financial statements, grant applications, expenditure reports, and lab notebooks belonging to Becker. Materials date from 1940 to 1969.
Extent:
8 Linear Feet (5 cartons, 1 manuscript box)
Language:
English
Collection ID:
MC.0007

Background

Scope and content:

Contains personal and professional correspondence, reprints, clippings, minutes, programs, brochures, manuals, reports, notes, writings by Becker and his students, speeches, certificates, personnel materials, academic records, course materials, financial statements, grant applications, expenditure reports, and lab notebooks belonging to Becker. Materials date from 1940 to 1969.

Biographical / historical:

Roland Frederick Becker was born on August 12, 1912, in Methuen, Massachusetts. Becker graduated from high school in 1930, then attended Massachusetts State College, receiving his bachelor's degree in 1935 and his master's degree in 1937. From 1935 to 1937, Becker taught psychology at Massachusetts State College. He received a PhD in anatomy from Northwestern University in 1940, and during his graduate studies he was worked as an assistant in anatomy from 1938 to 1947. Upon earning his PhD, Becker remained at Northwestern as an instructor from 1940 to1944, an associate professor from 1944 to1945, and an assistant professor from1945 to 1946, during which he taught and directed research during World War II. Becker was an associate professor (1947) and chairman of Business Administration (1947-1948) at University of Washington School of Medicine, then the director of the Neurological Division at Daniel Baugh Institute of Anatomy at Thomas Jefferson Medical College from 1949 to 1951.
In 1952, Becker became an associate professor of anatomy at Duke University and remained at the university until 1969. While at Duke, he worked to establish a new medical school for Chieng Mai University in Thailand. Becker left Duke for Michigan State University (1969-1975), and then East Carolina University (1976-1978), where he served as Dean in 1978. He became professor emeritus of anatomy and cell biology upon his retirement from East Carolina University in 1978. During his career, Becker was a member of Sigma Xi, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the New York Academy of Sciences, the American Association of Anatomists, and the Cajal Club.
Roland Frederick Becker married Florence Kingston Courtis on September 8, 1936, in Massachusetts. They had two children. Becker died on April 12, 2007, in Pitt County, North Carolina.

Acquisition information:
Source unknown
Processing information:

Processed by Archives Staff: March 2010; encoded by Dawne Howard Lucas: March 2010

Arrangement:
Organized into the following series: Correspondence and Subject Files, (bulk 1960-1969), 1942-1969; Research Grants, 1956-1965; Perinatal Research, 1955-1964; Reprints, 1940 to 1968. There is unprocessed material within this collection. Researchers should note that unprocessed material might overlap with/or relate to material found in other processed series. In order to locate all relevant material within this collection, researchers will need to consult each series described in the Series Scope and Contents section.
Physical location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Duke University Medical Center Library's online catalog.

Subjects

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Personal Name(s):
Becker, R. Frederick (Roland Frederick), 1912-2007
Corporate Name(s):
Duke University. Medical Center
Duke University. School of Medicine
Duke University. Department of Anatomy
Topical Term(s):
Education, Medical.
Faculty.

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This collection may contain material with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals or IRB approval may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which Duke University assumes no responsibility.
Correspondence and Subject Files series contains materials restricted at the folder level, in accordance with Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). For further information consult with the Medical Center Archivist.

Terms of access:

Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], R. Frederick Becker Papers, Duke University Medical Center Archives.