Alphonse J. Langlois Papers, 1963-2004

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Summary

Creator:
Langlois, Alphonse J., 1929-2013.
Abstract:
Alphonse J. Langlois, PhD (1929-2013) was a research professor of medicine at Duke University Medical Center. This collection contains his professional papers. Types of materials include correspondence, photographs, research notes, reprints, clippings, printed materials, artifacts, reports, and CVs. Major subjects include HIV and cancer research. Materials date from 1963 to 2004.
Extent:
5 Linear Feet (3 cartons, 1 flat box) and 1 unboxed artifact
Language:
English
Collection ID:
MC.0173

Background

Scope and content:

Contains correspondence, photographs, research notes, reprints, clippings, printed materials, artifacts, reports, and CVs. Major subjects include HIV and cancer research. Materials date from 1963 to 2004.

Biographical / historical:

Alphonse Joseph Langois, PhD, was born on March 6, 1929 in Manchester, New Hampshire, to Adelard and Evelina (Dufresne) Langlois. Following high school, Alphonse Langlois joined the New Hampshire National Guard, serving from 1947 to 1950, then the U.S. Air Force, serving as a surgical technician from 1950 to 1954. After his military service, Langlois received a BA degree in bacteriology from the University of New Hampshire in 1958, a MA in microbiology from Duke University in 1963, and a PhD in microbiology from Duke University in 1966.

Langlois spent his career as part of the Department of Surgery at Duke University Medical Center. He was Research Associate from 1966 to 1973, Assistant Clinical Professor from 1973 to 1980, Associate Medical Research Professor from 1980 to 1990, Medical Research Professor from 1990 to 1995, and Medical Research Professor Emeritus from 1995 until his death. During his career at Duke, Langlois researched cancer and HIV, publishing over 100 articles in academic journals.

Langlois married Marilyn Marsh in 1951. They had six children. Alphonse Langlois died on July 2, 2013 in Durham, North Carolina.

Acquisition information:
Accession A2019.073 (gift by David Langlois, July 2019), Accession A2019.108 (gift by David Langlois, December 2019)
Processing information:

Processed by Caroline Waller under the supervision of Lucy Waldrop: November 2019; updated by Lucy Waldrop: April 2021.

Arrangement:
Organized into the following series: Papers, 1963-2004.
Rules or conventions:
DACS

Subjects

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Personal Name(s):
Langlois, Alphonse J., 1929-2013
Corporate Name(s):
Duke University. Medical Center
Duke University. Medical Center. Department of Surgery
Duke University. School of Medicine
Topical Term(s):
HIV.
Neoplasms.
Breast Neoplasms.

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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], Alphonse J. Langlois Papers, Duke University Medical Center Archives.