Meharry Medical College

Leslie Falk Papers, Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library

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Description from the collection’s finding aid, “The papers consist of correspondence, writings, and subject files which document Leslie A. Falk’s career as area medical administrator for the United Mine Workers Health and Welfare Fund, teacher at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health and Meharry Medical College, and medical activist. The papers highlight …

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Leslie Falk

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Leslie Falk was born April 19, 1915, and grew up in St. Louis, Mo. After attending University of Illinois and Washington University (St. Louis), Falk received a Rhodes Scholarship, which allowed him to attend Oxford University, 1937-1940, where he helped in developing a process for extracting penicillin from mold. In 1942, Falk received his medical …

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The Origin Story: In the words of Bill Dow

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Several years before he died, Bill Dow agreed to participate in recorded conversations about his farming philosophies, with the idea that he would use the recordings to compose a book about sustainable agriculture. He died in 2012, before the project was completed. But his friend, Fred Broadwell, and his companion and partner, Daryl Walker, have …

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