Wallace E. Jarboe Records, 1970-1978
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Summary
- Creator:
- Jarboe, Wallace E.
- Abstract:
- Contains the professional records of Wallace E. Jarboe (1920-2009), director of the Office of Logistics and Management for Duke North, pertaining to the planning of Duke Hospital North. Materials include bulletins, reports, minutes, correspondence, clippings, programs, drafts, and handwritten notes. Records range in date from 1970 to 1978.
- Extent:
- 1.5 Linear Feet (1 carton)
- Language:
- English
- Collection ID:
- AR.0122
Background
- Scope and content:
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Contains bulletins, reports, minutes, correspondence, clippings, programs, drafts, and handwritten notes pertaining to planning of Duke Hospital North. Records range in date from 1970 to 1978.
- Biographical / historical:
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Wallace Evans Jarboe was born July 17, 1920, in Breckinridge, Kentucky, to George Jarboe and Amanda Florence (nee Butler) Jarboe. Jarboe served in the U.S. Army Medical Department from 1938 to 1949. He was commissioned as Second Lieutenant, Medical Administrative Corps (MAC) upon completion of Officer Candidate School in 1941. During WWII he was commissioned in the Regular Army, and in 1949 transferred to the U.S. Air Force where he had three tours in Washington, D.C. He retired from USAF in 1970 as chief of AF Medical Facility Planning and Construction in the USAF Surgeon General's Office.
Jarboe began his career at Duke University as director of Hospital Planning Studies in 1971. In 1974 he became the director of the Hospital Project Management Office. In 1976 he was named director of the Office of Logistics and Management for Duke North. Jarboe was the executive director of the City of Medicine program from 1981 to 1987.
Jarboe was elected president of the USAF Medical Service Corps Association in 1991. He received various awards throughout his career including the Bronze Star for service in Italy; The Legion of Merit Award upon retirement from the USAF; and Faculty Emeritus at Duke University Medical Center, one of the first hospital administrators to receive that honor.
Jarboe married Betty Jo Sertzer. They had one child. After his wife's death in 1987, Jarboe married Ava Hart. Jarboe died on April 18, 2009. - Acquisition information:
- Source unknown
- Processing information:
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Processed by Emily Glenn: 2003; encoded by Dawne Howard Lucas: July 2012
- Arrangement:
- Organized into the following series: Records, 1970-1978.
- Physical location:
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Duke University Medical Center Archives.
- Rules or conventions:
- DACS
Subjects
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- Personal Name(s):
- Jarboe, Wallace E.
- Corporate Name(s):
- Duke University. Medical Center
Duke University. Hospital - Topical Term(s):
- Hospital Planning.
Hospitals.
Hospital Planning.
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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.
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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:
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[Identification of item], Wallace E. Jarboe Records, Duke University Medical Center Archives.