Series 2c- Will Deal Correspondence (23.6 linear feet)

Series 2c       College of Medicine, Office of the Dean
William Deal Correspondence, 1964-1990

Physical Description: 57 boxes (24 linear feet)

Arrangement note: Contains correspondence and reading files from the Office of the dean during before, during and after Dr. Deal’s deanship and period as vice president arranged in chronological order, originally stored in binders. Material was removed from binders and placed in folders in chronological order.

Agency note: The University of Florida College of Medicine opened officially for students in the fall of 1956, after a long period while the legislature approved a College of Medicine located in Gainesville, and during which the Medical Center Study was conducted. The first Dean of the College, Dr. George T. Harrell, was hired as a consultant for the study and then became intimately concerned in planning the Center. He was offered the position of Dean of the College in 1953 and officially began his tenure as dean in 1954. Shortly thereafter he began to hire faculty. He was an innovative thinker famous for his attention to detail and his foresightedness. His original faculty consisted of rising stars, rather than older and established physicians, and he believed strongly in the importance of research in medical education. He also believed in the importance of medical humanities and in educating physicians to focus on case histories in aiding diagnosis. Many of his innovations and ideas about curriculum were dropped over the years, while many have become increasingly important- in some cases, medical education has returned to what he saw was important many years before. Thus, his legacy is an important one for the College of Medicine, although future deans would focus to a greater or lesser extent on education, versus clinical practice or research in their funding and hiring initiatives.

Dean of COM:

• George T. Harrell 1954-64
• Emanuel Suter 1964-1972
• Chandler Stetson 1972-1977
• William Deal (interim dean and dean) 1977-1988
• Lee Dockery (interim dean) 1988-1989
• Allen Neims 1989-1996
• Edward Copeland (interim dean) 1996-1997
• Kenneth I. Berns 1997-2002
• C. Craig Tisher 2003-         

Contents note: Copies of correspondence that was circulated interdepartmentally as well as outside the College of Medicine.

Box 1

• Curricular Revision, 1964
• Executive Committee of the Faculty, Minutes and Correspondence, 1966
• Project One, 1968

Box 2

• Counsel of Academic Deans, 1968-1971
• Medical Practice Committee, 1968-1971
• Minutes, VA Deans Committee
• Health Center Planning and Building, 1969-1971

Box 3

• EPPC Committee, 1969-1972
• Reading File, Tom V. Harris, James P. McLean, Chandler A. Stetson, January-June 1974

Box 4

• Reading File, Mr. McLean, Tom Harris, July 3, 1974-October 10, 1974
• Reading File, Dr. Deal, Mr. McLean, Tom Harris, October 15, 1974-January 28, 1975
• Reading File, 1975

Box 5

• Reading File, July 1975-September 1975

Box 6

• Correspondence, January 1, 1976-April 30, 1976
• Dean’s Office, Reading File, May 1976-July 31, 1976

Box 7

• Reading Files, August 1976-October 31, 1976
• Cost Studies Correspondence
• Reading File, Tom V. Harris, November 1, 1976-January 31, 1977

Box 8

• Management Committee Minutes
• June 1977-August 1977 

Box 9

• Reading File, February 1, 1977-May 1977

Box 10

• Reading Files, April 1, 1978-June 30, 1978
• Correspondence, July 1978-October 31, 1978

Box 11

• Reading File, November 1, 1978
• Management Committee Meeting Minutes, 1978

Box 12

• Reading File, Dean’s Office, June 1, 1979
• Reading File, Dean’s Office, Tom V. Harris, March 1979

Box 13

• October 1979-December 1979
• Reading File, Dean’s Office, August 1, 1979

Box 14

• Reading File, Dean’s Office, November 1979-December 1980
• Reading File, Dean’s Office, January 1, 1980-February 29, 1980

Box 15

• Reading File, Dean’s Office, March 11, 1980-May 30, 1980
• Reading File, Dean’s Office, 6/2/80-8/31/80

Box 16

• Reading File, Dean’s Office, 9/1/80-11/18/80 

Box 17

• 1981
• Reading File, Dean’s Office, 1/1/81-2/28/81

Box 18

• 1981
• Reading File, Dean’s Office, Tom V. Harris, 4/10/81-5/31/81

Box 19

• Correspondence, April-July 1981
• 1981

Box 20

• Reading File, Dean’s Office, July 1, 1981-July 31, 1981
• 1981

Box 21

• CBMI Conference, August 1981
• Reading File, Dean’s Office, August 1981

Box 22

• Correspondence, August/September 1981
• Reading File, Dean’s Office, September/October 1981

Box 23

• 1981
• Reading File, Dean’s Office, October 1, 1981
• Dean’s Office, Reading File, November 1, 1981

Box 24

• Correspondence, October 1981-March 1982
• Charles P. Gibbs, Department of Anesthesiology, 1982 Reading File
• Charles P. Gibbs, Assistant Dean for Curriculum, 1982 Reading file

Box 25

• 1982
• Reading File, Dean’s office, January 1982
• Reading File, Dean’s Office, March 10, 1982

Box 26

• Dean’s Office Reading File, February 1, 1982-March 9, 1982
• William Deal Correspondence, 9/1/82-12/30/82
• W.B. Deal Correspondence, 4/1/82-8/31/82

Box 27

• Reading File, Dean’s Office, May 1, 1982
• 1982

Box 28

• Reading File, Dean’s Office, July 1982
• Reading File, Dean’s Office, September 1, 1982

Box 29

• October 14, 1982-December 1, 1982
• December 2, 1982-February 7, 1983

Box 30

• Charles P. Gibbs, Assistant Dean for Curriculum, 1983 Reading File
• Charles P. Gibbs, Department of Anesthesiology, 1983 Reading File
• Deal Correspondence, January-June 1983

Box 31

• February 8, 1983
• March 21, 1983
• May 4, 1983

Box 32

• July 18, 1983-September 15, 1983
• Deal Correspondence, July-December 1983

Box 33

• September 16, 1983
• Dean’s Office Reading File, October-December 1983

Box 34

• Charles P. Gibbs, Assistant Dean for Curriculum, Reading File, 1984
• Curriculum Reviews, Phase C Course Evaluations, 1984

Box 35

• Curriculum Review, Phase B Course Evaluations, 1984
• Curriculum Review, Consultant Interviews

Box 36

• Curriculum Review, 1984, Goals, GPED, Questionnaires, and Seminars
• Deal Correspondence, 1/84-6/84
• Reading File, Dean’s Office, 1/84

Box 37

• Reading File, Dean’s Office, March 1, 1984-April 9, 1984
• 4/9/84-5/7/84

Box 38

• Reading File, Dean’s Office, May 8, 1984
• June 1984

Box 39

• Deal Correspondence, July 1, 1984-October 31, 1984
• Reading File, July 31, 1984-November 1984
• Temporary Dean’s Office, 9/16-10/4/85

Box 40

• September 24, 1984-November 15, 1984
• Deal Correspondence, November 1984-January 1985

Box 41

• Charles P. Gibbs, Assistant Dean for Curriculum, 1985 Reading File
• Minutes, Curriculum Review

Box 42

• Dean’s Office Reading File, January 1985
• Reading File, November 1985

Box 43

• Reading File, 2/11-3/12/85
• Reading File, March 11-April 2, 1985
• Temporary Dean’s Office, 3/19-4/18/85

Box 44

• Deal Correspondence, 4/30/85-2/1/85
• Temporary Dean’s Office, 4/16-5/23/85
• Temporary Dean’s Office, 4/25/86-5/19/85

Box 45

• Temporary Dean’s Office, 4/1-5/3/85
• Temporary Dean’s Office, 5/21-6/11/85
• Temporary Dean’s Office, 6/3-8/28/85

Box 46

• Deal Correspondence, 5/1-7/31/85
• Temporary Dean’s Office, 5/28-7/15/85
• Temporary, 7/15-8/2/85
• 8/13/85-9/19/85

Box 47

• 9/27-11/18/85
• 12/5/85-1/9/86
• Charles P. Gibbs, Assistant Dean for the Curriculum, 1986 Reading File

Box 48

• Deal Correspondence, August-December 1985
• January 1986

Box 49

• Deal Correspondence, January-March 1986
• 3/6/86-4/14/86
• 4/8/86-4/29/86

Box 50

• W.B. Deal Reading File, March 1, 1986-June 30, 1986
• 5/15/86-6/6/86
• 6/27/86-7/28/86

Box 51

• 7/18/86-8/8/86
• August 25 to September 24, 1986
• August 1986
• 9/23/86-10/20/86

Box 52

• Deal Correspondence, July 1, 1986-September 30, 1986
• 10/20/86-11/14/86

Box 53

• Deal Correspondence, October-December 1986
• J. Lee Dockery Correspondence, January-March, 1987

Box 54

• Deal Correspondence, January-March 1987
• Deal Correspondence, April-June 1987

Box 55

• Deal Correspondence, April/June 1987
• J. Lee Dockery Correspondence, April-July 1987

Box 56

• W.B. Deal Correspondence, July-September 1987
• W.B. Deal Correspondence, October-December 1987

Box 57

• 1987
• AAMC Meetings, 1990