Robert G. Winfree Records, 1951-1996

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Summary

Creator:
Winfree, Robert G.
Abstract:
Contains records created by the office of Robert G. Winfree (1943-2011), an administrator of Duke University Medical Center. Winfree's work involved close contact with top-level medical center administrators, including Ralph Snyderman, William Anlyan, Bernard McGinty, and Jane Elchlepp. Records pertain to the administration of Duke University Medical Center divisions, especially regarding accreditation, investigative compliance, and building maintenance and expansion. Types of materials include correspondence, reports, memoranda, minutes, budgets, space allocation plans, and committee materials. Subjects include space allocation, clinics, accreditation, administration, management, compliance, site visits, public relations, expansion, Duke University Medical Center buildings, Sea Level Hospital, Duke Health Information Systems, the Medical Center Information System, and the personal life of Robert G. Winfree. Materials range in date from 1951 to 1994.
Extent:
26 Linear Feet (17 cartons and 1 manuscript box)
Language:
English
Collection ID:
AR.0061

Background

Scope and content:

Contains subject files; correspondence; clippings; notes; reports; plans; financial and budget materials; memoranda; meeting, committee, and task force materials; summaries; minutes; copyright and loyalty issue records; contracts; by-laws; proposals; policy and procedure manuals; program materials; and project records. Subjects include space allocation, clinics, accreditation, administration, management, compliance, site visits, public relations, expansion, Duke University Medical Center buildings, Sea Level Hospital, Duke Health Information Systems, the Medical Center Information System, and the personal life of Robert G. Winfree. Materials date from 1951 to 1994.

Biographical / historical:

Robert G. Winfree was born on November 29, 1943. He became an administrator at Duke University Medical Center. In the 1970s he served as the Assistant Administrative Director for the hospital, and in the 1980s and 1990s he served as the Associate Vice President for the Management of Health Affairs. Winfree's work involved close contact with top-level medical center administrators, including Ralph Snyderman, William Anlyan, Bernard McGinty, and Jane Elchlepp.
Winfree was also heavily involved in the Group on Business Affairs (GBA) for the Association of American Medical Colleges. He was co-chair of the GBA Space Management Task Force in 1989, and in 1992 he served as the National Chairperson for the GBA Steering Committee. He was made an Emeritus member of the GBA in 2000.
Winfree died in Durham, North Carolina on July 17, 2011.

Acquisition information:
Source unknown: (circa 1990-1994)
Processing information:

Processed by Archives staff and Emily Glenn: June 2003; encoded by Emily Glenn: March 2004

Arrangement:
Organized into the following series: Subject Files, 1951-1996; Personal Materials, 1970-1990; Division of Laboratory Animal Research (DLAR) and Animal Care at Duke, 1982-1994; Subject Files, 1990-1994; Duke Health Information Systems (DHIS) and Medical Center Information System (MCIS), 1972-1991; Sea Level Hospital, 1969-1993; Duke Hospitals Planning and Management, 1962-1992.
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Personal Name(s):
Winfree, Robert G.
Corporate Name(s):
Duke University. Medical Center
Duke University. Hospital
Topical Term(s):
Hospital Design and Construction.
Hospital Administration.
Organization and Administration.

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Contains University 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 University Archivist is required for use. After twenty-five years, records that have been processed may be consulted with the permission of the University Archivist. (Issued by the Office of the Chancellor, December 1, 1975)

Terms of access:

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], Robert G. Winfree Records, Duke University Medical Center Archives.