Wolfgang K. Joklik Papers, 1945-2013

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Creator:
Joklik, Wolfgang K.
Abstract:
This collection contains the collected materials which document the professional career of Wolfgang K. Joklik, Chair of the Duke Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (1968-1993) and co-founder of the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center (1972). Materials include reprints; manuscript materials and publication correspondence; proceedings and correspondence relating to professional organizations of which Joklik was a member; programs and correspondence concerning professional talks, meetings, workshops, and symposia; employee files and recommendations; Duke University news publications; and subject files concerning the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center. Major subjects include the National Academy of Science (NAS), the American Society of Virology, the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Cancer Special Program Advisory Committee, the American Society for Microbiology, and both the McGinnis Memorial and Joklik Lecture Series. Materials date from 1945 to 2013.
Extent:
24 Linear Feet (16 cartons)
Language:
English
Collection ID:
MC.0142

Background

Scope and content:

Contains materials documenting the professional career of Wolfgang K. Joklik including reprints; manuscript materials and publication correspondence; proceedings and correspondence relating to professional organizations of which Joklik was a member; programs and correspondence concerning professional talks, meetings, workshops, and symposia; employee files and recommendations; Duke University news publications; and subject files concerning the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center. Major subjects include the National Academy of Science (NAS), the American Society of Virology, the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Cancer Special Program Advisory Committee, the American Society for Microbiology, and both the McGinnis Memorial and Joklik Lecture Series. Materials date from 1945 to 2013.

Biographical / historical:

Wolfgang Karl Joklik, Chair of the Duke Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology and co-founder of the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, was born in Austria in 1926. Joklik moved to Australia at age 11. He attended Sydney University (1944-1947) where he majored in Biochemisty and graduated with First Class Honors B.Sc. In 1948, Joklik received his M.Sc. in Biochemisty from Sydney University. Joklik earned his PhD (1952) from the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology at Oxford. Joklik carried out his postdoctoral work at Copenhagen in the Laboratory of Cytophysiology, headed by Herman Kalckar. There, with Nobel Laureate Paul Berg, Joklik helped discover the enzyme terminal transferase. Following his postdoctoral work, Joklik returned to Australia and took the position of Research Fellow, later Fellow, at the Department of Microbiology at the John Curtin School for Medical Research at the Australian National University in Canberra (1953-1962). Joklik took a sabbatical year from 1959 to 1960 in the Laboratory of Cell Biology at the NIH. In 1962, Joklik moved to the United States to begin his appointment as Assistant Professor in the Department of Cell Biology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, a position he held until 1968 when he became Chair of the Duke Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (1968-1993).
As Chair of Duke's Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Joklik oversaw the growth of the department from six to thirty-three faculty members, and under Joklik's leadership it became ranked as one of the top three programs in the nation. During this time, Joklik also co-founded the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center (1972), which later became known as the Duke Cancer Institute (DCI). Following his retirement as department chair, Joklik continued to research and teach at Duke, beginning appointments in 2002 as James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of Medicine, and Professor Emeritus of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology.
Joklik devoted his career to the development and application of molecular virology. His research focused primarily on reovirus, vaccinia, and poxvirus. Within this field, Joklik has received much professional commendation. Joklik served as editor-in-chief of Virology for 24 years, associate editor of the Journal of Biological Chemisty (1974-1985), and editor of Zinsser's Microbiology, a textbook used by many microbiology and immunology students. Joklik founded the American Society for Virology and served as the society's first president (1982). He was elected as a member of both the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (1981) and the U.S. National Academy of Medicine (1982). Other honors include the ICN International Prize in Virology (1991), a Distinguished Faculty Award bestowed upon Joklik by the Duke Alumni Association (2005), and the Anlyan Lifetime Achievement Award (2013). Duke University created a named professorship in Joklik's honor, the Wolfgang Joklik Professorship in Medicine, and also established the annual Joklik Distinguished Lectureship hosted by the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology to commemorate Joklik's contributions to the department and field of Microbiology and Immunology.

Acquisition information:
Accession A2011.041 (gift by Wolfgang K. Joklik, May 2011), Accession A2011.078 (gift by Wolfgang K. Joklik, October 2011), Accession A2013.119 (gift by Wolfgang K. Joklik, November 2013)
Processing information:

Collection rehoused by Ashley Brown: 2015-2016; updated by Alex Dowrey under the supervision of Lucy Waldrop: August 2016

Arrangement:
Organized into the following accessions: Accession A2011.041, 1966-2011; Accession A2011.078, 1950-2011; Accession A2013.119, 1945-2013. Material within this collection has been organized by accession reflecting the fact that the collection has been acquired in increments over time. Researchers should note that material within each accession overlaps with/or relates to material found in other accessions. In order to locate all relevant material within this collection, researchers will need to consult each accession described in the Series Scope and Contents section. Researchers should also note that similar material can be arranged differently in each accession, depending on how the material was organized when it was received by the DUMCA.
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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).
Contains Records of the Board of Trustees of the Duke University Medical Center. These include minutes and supporting documentation of the Board, its Executive Committee, standing and ad hoc committees, reports, studies, and the like presented solely to the Board. Records which have been existence for at least fifty years are available for scholarly research with the permission of the Medical Center Archivist. Access to records which have been in existence for less than fifty years shall be granted only by special permission, in writing, of the Medical Center Board of Trustees.

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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:

[Identification of item], Wolfgang K. Joklik Papers, Duke University Medical Center Archives.