{"id":42677,"date":"2011-07-28T11:26:08","date_gmt":"2011-07-28T15:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=42677"},"modified":"2011-08-03T10:15:35","modified_gmt":"2011-08-03T14:15:35","slug":"health-center-history-there%e2%80%99s-more-to-explore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2011\/07\/health-center-history-there%e2%80%99s-more-to-explore\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Center History: There\u2019s More to Explore"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_42944\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42944\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/lyman-maynard-stowe-library.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-42944 img-responsive lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/lyman-maynard-stowe-library-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"A student in the Lyman Maynard Stowe Library at UConn Health Center. (Lanny Nagler for UConn Health Center)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/lyman-maynard-stowe-library-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/lyman-maynard-stowe-library-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/lyman-maynard-stowe-library-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/lyman-maynard-stowe-library.jpg 700w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42944\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A student in the Lyman Maynard Stowe Library at UConn Health Center. (Lanny Nagler for UConn Health Center)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This year\u2019s celebration of the UConn Health Center\u2019s 50th anniversary appears to have sparked an interest on campus about the Health Center\u2019s history and how it became the institution it is today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 50th anniversary section of the Health Center\u2019s website (<a href=\"http:\/\/celebrate50.uchc.edu\/\">http:\/\/celebrate50.uchc.edu<\/a>) features a lengthy article highlighting various aspects of our history, but many employees, students and friends have expressed a desire to learn more,\u201d says Evelyn B. Morgen, director of the Lyman Stowe Library.<\/p>\n<p>Morgen notes that the library offers a list of resources about the Health Center\u2019s history and staff librarians can help people access these materials:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Arcari, Ralph D: Facts &amp; Perspectives: the LM Stowe Library, DVD, UConn Health Center, 2005<\/li>\n<li>CT General Assembly: Report on the University of Connecticut Health Center, The Committee, 1975<\/li>\n<li>Deckers, Peter: Mission of the University of Connecticut Health Center, DVD, UConn Health Center, 2007<\/li>\n<li>Koeppen, Bruce M: The education of medical students: ten stories of curriculum change: Assoc of American Medical Colleges, Milbank Memorial Fund, 2000<\/li>\n<li>Massey, Robert: Reflections on medicine: essays by Robert U. Massey. Gordian Knot, 2011<\/li>\n<li>Orkin, Glenn: History of UConn Health Center. UConn Health Center history, DVD, CPTV, 1988<\/li>\n<li>Purcell, Elizabeth: Case histories of ten new medical schools. Josia Macy, Jr., Foundation, 1972<\/li>\n<li>Stave, Bruce: Red brick in the land of steady habits: creating the University of Connecticut, 1881-2006. University Press of New England, 2006<\/li>\n<li>UCHC: A day in the life of the Health Center, VHS, Biomedical Communications Department, UConn Health Center, 1988<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Listening to History<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the mid-1980s, prompted by the Health Center\u2019s 25th anniversary, a team headed by then-library Director Ralph Arcari interviewed numerous people involved in the institution\u2019s early years. The project produced recordings of 64 key individuals, including Homer Babbidge, UConn president from 1962 to 1972;\u00a0 John Dempsey, Connecticut governor from 1961 to 1971; Lois Stowe, widow of the first dean of the medical school, Lyman Stowe; John Patterson, who became medical school dean in 1965; and Lewis Fox, the first dean of the dental school.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the tapes have been converted to digital format, and written transcripts are available for 34 of them. This work is continuing. The library is preparing to make the recordings available online. In the meantime, users are welcome to listen to them in the library.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Images of History<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s said that every picture tells a story. Anyone interested in the Health Center\u2019s history will enjoy taking a walk down the corridors on either side of the academic entrance. The spaces feature numerous photographs of graduating classes and former deans, as well as listings of teaching awards.<\/p>\n<p><strong>And Just up the Road in Storrs\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many documents related to the history of the Health Center are housed in the Archives and Special Collections section at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center on UConn\u2019s Storrs campus. The collection consists of correspondence, reports, minutes, administrative documents and personal papers pertaining to the creation and ongoing development of the medical and dental programs of the University of Connecticut.<\/p>\n<p>University Archivist Betsy Pittman notes that any interested person is welcome to come to the center and explore the materials. The Dodd Center\u2019s reference desk is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Staff is available to assist users, and there are reproduction services onsite.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/doddcenter.uconn.edu\/findaids\/UCHC\/MSS19970129.html\">To get a sense of what\u2019s available at the Dodd Center, you can first visit the online \u201cfinding aid.\u201d <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Five Decades (Plus!) of Milestones<\/h3>\n<p>Here\u2019s an overview of some especially significant moments in the life of the University of Connecticut Health Center.<\/p>\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid #C3CCD5;padding: 12px;margin: 9px 0 9px 0;background-color: #eaedf2\">\n<h3>1960s<\/h3>\n<p>1961 (June 13) \u2013 Governor Dempsey signs legislation authorizing $2 million to plan and develop \u201cmedical-dental school.\u201d Companion legislation creates Site\u00a0Selection Committee.<\/p>\n<p>1962 (May 14) \u2013 Site Commission unanimously selects O\u2019Meara property in Farmington as location of medical-dental facility.<\/p>\n<p>1963 (May 16) \u2013 Lyman Maynard Stowe is named the first dean of the medical school; Lewis Fox, the first dean of the dental school.<\/p>\n<p>1966 (May 17) \u2013 Ground is broken in Farmington. 1967 (July 1) \u2013 Health Center takes over operation of McCook Hospital in Hartford.<\/p>\n<p>1968 (September 11) \u2013 First medical and dental classes begin.<\/p>\n<p>1969 \u2013 Hospital construction begins.<\/p>\n<p>1969 (May 21) \u2013 Auxiliary founded (University of Connecticut Health Center Association).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid #C3CCD5;padding: 12px;margin: 9px 0 9px 0;background-color: #f7f8f9\">\n<h3>1970s<\/h3>\n<p>1970 \u2013 UConn Health Center opens medical and dental outpatient services in new Burgdorf Health Center, transferring activities from McCook.<\/p>\n<p>1972 (June 5) \u2013 First Commencement held.<\/p>\n<p>1972 (September 6) \u2013 First classes begin in new building in Farmington.<\/p>\n<p>1973 (March) \u2013 Library moves into new building from its temporary quarters in Hartford Insurance Group, Hartford.<\/p>\n<p>1974 (July 2) \u2013 First medical outpatient unit (family medicine) opens in Farmington. 1974 (October 1) \u2013 First dental clinics open in Farmington.<\/p>\n<p>1975 (February 15) \u2013 Hospital opens. 1975 (April) \u2013 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit opens.<\/p>\n<p>1976 \u2013 Master of Science degree in community health approved and first students enrolled (changed to Master of Public Health degree in 1985).<\/p>\n<p>1977 (May 18) \u2013 Dedication of Health Center; hospital named for Gov. John Dempsey.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid #C3CCD5;padding: 12px;margin: 9px 0 9px 0;background-color: #eaedf2\">\n<h3>1980s<\/h3>\n<p>1986 \u2013 First baby born as a result of in vitro fertilization.<\/p>\n<p>1987 \u2013 South Park Inn Student Medical Clinic started.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid #C3CCD5;padding: 12px;margin: 9px 0 9px 0;background-color: #f7f8f9\">\n<h3>1990s<\/h3>\n<p>1990 \u2013 School of Medicine undertakes comprehensive evaluation\/revision of curriculum, becoming the first medical school to assess and reconfigure an\u00a0entire four-year curriculum.<\/p>\n<p>1993 \u2013 First-ever Research Strategic Plan, approved by the board of trustees in November 1992, is implemented; results in 50 additional researchers, the\u00a0creation of two new departments and five new centers. 1993 (December)\u2013 National Institutes of Health awards $7 million for General Clinical Research Center.<\/p>\n<p>1994 (May 12) \u2013 Andrew J. Canzoneti, M.D. Building dedicated.<\/p>\n<p>1995 \u2013 School of Medicine implements progressive new curriculum, which becomes a model for medical schools nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>1999 \u2013 Academic Research Building opens, marking first major expansion of research programs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid #C3CCD5;padding: 12px;margin: 9px 0 9px 0;background-color: #eaedf2\">\n<h3>2000s<\/h3>\n<p>2004 (May) \u2013 Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center is named.<\/p>\n<p>2004 (September) \u2013 Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center is named (in conjunction with the largest philanthropic gift in the Health Center\u2019s history).<\/p>\n<p>2005 (May) \u2013 Newly renovated Lyman Maynard Stowe Library dedicated.<\/p>\n<p>2005 \u2013 Medical Arts and Research Building, a state-of-the-art facility for a range of musculoskeletal programs and services, opens on the lower campus.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid #C3CCD5;padding: 12px;margin: 9px 0 9px 0;background-color: #f7f8f9\">\n<h3>2010s<\/h3>\n<p>2010 \u2013 Cell and Genome Sciences Building opens, ushering in a new era of bioscience discovery and collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>2011 (June) \u2013 Connecticut General Assembly passes the \u201cBioscience Connecticut\u201d legislation proposed by Gov. Dannel Malloy. The $864 million\u00a0initiative calls for constructing a new patient tower, a parking garage and an outpatient center; renovating John Dempsey Hospital and the original research\u00a0building; adding 100 students to the medical school and 48 to the dental school; and establishing a loan forgiveness program for students who become primary care\u00a0physicians in Connecticut.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year\u2019s celebration of the UConn Health Center\u2019s 50th anniversary appears to have sparked an interest on campus about the Health Center\u2019s history and how it became the institution it is today. \u201cThe 50th anniversary section of the Health Center\u2019s website (http:\/\/celebrate50.uchc.edu) features a lengthy article highlighting various aspects of our history, but many employees, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,1],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[96],"class_list":["post-42677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uconn-health","category-uncategorized"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-07 05:38:05","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42677"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42949,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42677\/revisions\/42949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42677"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=42677"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=42677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}