Lois Pounds Oral History Interview, July 3, 2007

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Summary

Creator:
Pounds, Lois
Abstract:
Dr. Lois Pounds was an assistant professor in Duke's Department of Pediatrics, as well as the former associate dean for medical education and director of medical school admissions. This collection contains 1 oral history interview conducted on July 3, 2007 by Jessica Roseberry as part of the Women in Duke Medicine Oral History Exhibit. In this interview, Pounds discusses her experiences as a woman at Duke University Medical Center and the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
Extent:
1 interview (4 master CDs, 4 use CDs, and 1 transcript)
Language:
English
Collection ID:
OH.POUNDSL

Background

Scope and content:

Includes 1 oral history interview with Dr. Lois Pounds conducted on July 3, 2007 by Jessica Roseberry as part of the Women in Duke Medicine Oral History Exhibit.
In this interview, Pounds discusses her experiences as a woman at Duke University Medical Center and the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.

Biographical / historical:

Dr. Lois Pounds, MD, received her BS in nursing from the University of Pittsburgh (1955), and her master of letters (1960) and MD (1965) also from the University of Pittsburgh. After serving as a staff nurse and nursing instructor at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, she came to Duke in 1969 as an assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics. She directed the outpatient services of the department and also taught nursing courses at Duke University School of Nursing from 1971 to 1974.
Pounds was only one of several women in the Department of Pediatrics upon her arrival, as well a one of a small percentage in the medical center. She served Duke in numerous capacities, often as the lone female on various medical center committees. In 1974, Pounds returned to the University of Pittsburgh as an associate professor of pediatrics, and, in 1979, became the associate dean for admissions. Beginning in 1984, she served as associate dean for student affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, and, in 1987, returned to Duke as an associate clinical professor of pediatrics and associate dean for medical education and the director of medical school admissions. As such she was an advocate of women's admissions into medical school.
After retirement, Pounds continued her involvement in the Duke community as a volunteer and as a member of the board of directors at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens, a docent at the Duke Chapel, and in other capacities.

Acquisition information:
Accession A2007.134 (July 2007)
Processing information:

Processed by Jessica Roseberry: June 2008; encoded by Dawne Howard Lucas: September 2008

Arrangement:
Organized into the following series: Interview, July 3, 2007.
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[Identification of item], Lois Pounds Oral History Interview, Duke University Medical Center Archives.