Frank Libman Engel Papers, 1934-1990

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Summary

Creator:
Engel, Frank Libman
Abstract:
Contains the personal and professional papers of Frank Libman Engel (1913-1963), chair of the Division of Endocrinology at Duke University School of Medicine from 1960 to 1963. Types of materials include personal and professional correspondence, grant materials, articles, photographs, reports, lectures, notes, yearbooks, and clippings. Materials range in date from 1934 to 1990.
Extent:
13.5 Linear Feet (9 cartons) and 1 oversized folder
Language:
English
Collection ID:
MC.0054

Background

Scope and content:

Contains materials relating to Engel's professional career. Types of materials include personal and professional correspondence, grant materials, articles, photographs, reports, lectures, yearbooks, notes, and clippings. Materials range in date from 1934 to 1990.

Biographical / historical:

Frank Libman Engel was born in 1913 in New York City, New York, to Adolph Engel and Esther Libman. He received a BA from Dartmouth College in 1934 and his MD from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 1938. Engel taught at Emory University School of Medicine from 1945 to 1947. He worked at Duke University from 1947 to 1963 as an Associate Professor of Physiology and Professor of Medicine. From 1960 to 1963, he was the chair of the Division of Endocrinology at Duke.
Engel's research focused on endocrinology and metabolic diseases.
He was a member of the American Diabetes Association, the Endocrine Society, the American College of Physicians, and the American Physiological society.
He married Mildred F. Goldfaden and they had one daughter. Engel died in 1963.

Acquisition information:
Accession A2004.069 (acquired from Suzanne Porter, August 2004)
Processing information:

Processed by Archives staff: date unknown

Arrangement:
Organized into the following series: Correspondence, 1945- 1966; Division of Endocrinology, 1947-1964; Pharmaceutical Correspondence, 1947-1963; Miscellaneous Items, 1943-1975; Reprints, 1934-1966; Duke University, 1956 to 1990; Oversized Materials, undated.
Fileplan:

HC 64

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Personal Name(s):
Engel, Frank Libman
Corporate Name(s):
Duke University. Medical Center
Duke University. School of Medicine
Topical Term(s):
Endocrinology.
Education, Medical.
Faculty.

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This collection may contain materials 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.
Contains Medical Center Administrative records. These include records of the officers of the University, as defined in the Bylaws, the deans of schools and colleges, and departments, institutes, and other offices as designated by the President. For a period of twenty-five years from the origin of the material, permission in writing from the director of the office of record and the Medical Center Archivist is required for use. After twenty-five years, records that have been processed may be consulted with the permission of the Medical Center Archivist. (Issued by the Office of the Chancellor, December 1, 1975).
The Pharmaceutical Correspondence Series must be screened for sensitive or confidential materials before being accessed. 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], Frank Libman Engel Papers, Duke University Medical Center Archives.