Jean Spaulding Oral History Interview, October 3, 2006

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Summary

Creator:
Spaulding, Jean, 1947-
Abstract:
Jean Spaulding, MD (1947- ) is the first African-American female to graduate from the Duke University School of Medicine, a member of the Duke University Health System Board of Directors, and a member of the Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation, Inc. Board of Directors. This collection contains 1 oral history interview conducted on October 3, 2006 by Jessica Roseberry as part of the Women in Duke Medicine Oral History Exhibit. In this interview, Spaulding discusses her experiences as a woman and an African-American in Duke University's Department of Psychiatry and the Durham community, as well as her administrative roles in the Duke University Health System.
Extent:
1 interview (2 master CDs, 2 use CDs, and 1 transcript)
Language:
English
Collection ID:
OH.SPAULDINGJ

Background

Scope and content:

Includes 1 oral history interview with Dr. Jean Spaulding conducted on October 3, 2006 by Jessica Roseberry as part of the Women in Duke Medicine Oral History Exhibit.
In this interview, Spaulding discusses her experiences as a woman and an African-American in Duke University's Department of Psychiatry and the Durham community, as well as her administrative roles in the Duke University Health System.
The transcription of this interview was made possible by a grant from the Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation.

Biographical / historical:

Dr. Jean Gaillard Spaulding, MD was born in 1947 in Birmingham, Alabama and grew up in Highland Park, Michigan. Spaulding attained her Bachelor's degree from Barnard College and her MD from Duke University. She was the first African-American female to graduate from the Duke University School of Medicine (1972). She completed her residency and fellowship in psychiatry at Duke, finishing her training in 1976.
In 1977, Spaulding began a private psychiatry practice in Durham, North Carolina. She served on Duke's faculty as a clinical consultant in child psychiatry from 1977 to 1990 and as an associate clinical professor from 1998 to the present. In 1997, she began services as a consultant for Lilly Research Laboratories, as well as an on-camera talent and consultant for WTVD ABC 11. Spaulding became Duke University's Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs in 1998, a position which she maintained until 2002 when she began service on the Duke Endowment.
Spaulding has many professional accomplishments, including service on the Duke University Health System Board of Directors, beginning in 1998; the Durham County Hospital Corporation Board of Trustees, beginning in 1998; the Duke University Board of Trustees, 1993 to 1997; the search committee to elect the president of Duke University, 1992; member of the Bi-National Health Commission between the United States of America and Mexico, beginning in 2001; and the City of Medicine Board of Directors Executive Committee, 1997-1999.
Spaulding has made numerous radio and television appearances in which she discussed psychiatric issues, served as a psychiatric consultant to various organizations, and lectured at schools and other groups. She is the author of a number of articles. Spaulding's numerous activities in service to the community include: board of directors of the North Carolina Museum of History, 1986-1992; Durham Public Education Network, Annual Fund Co-Chair, beginning in 1999; March of Dimes Walk America, Honorary Co-Chair, beginning in 1999; and the Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation, Inc. Board of Directors, beginning in 1990 and service as vice president, beginning in 1995.

Acquisition information:
A2006.086 (Acquired, October 2006)
Processing information:

Processed by Jessica Roseberry: December 2008; encoded by Dawne Howard Lucas: January 2009

Arrangement:
Organized into the following series: Interview, October 3, 2006.
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Jean Spaulding Oral History Interview, Duke University Medical Center Archives.