Edward C. Halperin Papers, 1961-2017

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Summary

Creator:
Halperin, Edward C.
Abstract:
Contains the professional papers of Edward Halperin from his tenure at Duke. Halperin served on Duke faculty for twenty-three years as a professor and chairperson of the Department of Radiation Oncology, vice dean of the School of Medicine, and associate vice chancellor. Types of materials include correspondence, grant applications, a cassette tape, articles, speeches, and reports. Materials range in date from 1961 to 2009, with the bulk of the collection concentrated from 1961 to 2017.
Extent:
0.75 Linear Feet (1 manuscript box, 1 half manuscript box)
Language:
English
Collection ID:
MC.0067

Background

Scope and content:

Contains correspondence, grant applications, a cassette tape, articles, speeches, and reports pertaining to Halperin's professional writings and his career at Duke School of Medicine. Halperin served on the Duke faculty for twenty-three years as a professor and chairperson of the Department of Radiation Oncology, vice dean of the School of Medicine, and associate vice chancellor. Materials range in date from 1961 to 2009, with the bulk of the collection concentrated from 1961 to 2017.

Biographical / historical:

Edward C. Halperin was born in 1953 in Somerville, New Jersey. He received an MA from Duke University and his MD from Yale University. Halperin served on Duke faculty for twenty-three years as a professor and chairperson of the Department of Radiation Oncology, vice dean of the School of Medicine, and associate vice chancellor.
In 2006, he became the Dean of the School of Medicine, Ford Foundation Professor of Medical Education, and professor of radiation oncology, pediatrics, and history at the University of Louisville. He also served as a vice provost at the University of Louisville. In 2012, Halperin became the chancellor and CEO of the New York Medical College and provost for biomedical affairs for the Touro College and University System.
Halperin's research focuses on pediatric cancer, adult brain tumors, the role of radiotherapy in organ transplantation, ethics, and the history of racial, religious, and gender discrimination in higher education. Along with his scientific publications, Halperin has written about Duke history and medical history.
Halperin married Sharon Halperin and they had three children.

Acquisition information:
Accession A2004.012 (transferred by Edward C. Halperin, April 2004), Accession A2018.052 (gift by Edward C. Halperin, July 2018), Accession A2019.076 (gift by Edward C. Halperin, August 2019)
Processing information:

Processed by Archives staff: date unknown; updated by McKenzie Long under the supervision of Lucy Waldrop: July 2018, updated by Lucy Waldrop: August 2019

Arrangement:
Organized into the following series: Records, 1961-2017.

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Personal Name(s):
Halperin, Edward C.
Corporate Name(s):
Duke University. Medical Center
Duke University. School of Medicine
Topical Term(s):
Faculty.
Organization and Administration.
Education, Medical.

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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).

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], Edward C. Halperin Papers, Duke University Medical Center Archives.