William H. Northway, Jr : An Oral History
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- In this oral history William H. Northway Jr., Professor of Medicine, Emeritus, discusses his family’s relationship to Stanford, his days as an undergraduate and medical student at Stanford in the 1950s, and his career in pediatric radiology.
- Summary
- In this oral history William H. Northway Jr., Professor of Medicine, Emeritus, discusses his family’s relationship to Stanford, his days as an undergraduate and medical student at Stanford in the 1950s, and his career in pediatric radiology. Northway grew up in Palo Alto, attended Palo Alto schools, lived on the Stanford campus as an undergraduate, and attended Stanford Medical School in San Francisco. Upon graduation, he interned in radiology at Cornell University Hospital in New York City. He then joined the U.S. Air Force and was stationed in Biloxi, Mississippi, where he practiced diagnostic radiology and with a colleague initiated a program in nuclear medicine at Keesler Air Force Base Hospital. There he met and married his wife, Linda, and they later lived in Paris, France, for a year, where Northway was a medical resident in pediatric radiology at L’Hôpital des Enfants-Malades. Northway returned to Stanford in 1964 as an instructor in Pediatric Radiology, and was later awarded a joint appointment to the faculty in Pediatric Medicine. He describes working with prematurely-born infants and his research on the detrimental effect of supplemental oxygen therapy on newborns. He also discusses the relocation of the Stanford School of Medicine from San Francisco to the Stanford campus and comments on the school’s culture and the effect of new technology on the specialty of radiology. In describing the expansion of the Department of Radiology, he emphasizes the importance of good clinical practice, research, and teaching, and notes the importance of the 1991 opening of the Lucile S. Packard Children’s Hospital. In closing, Northway discusses his role as an administrator and comments on Stanford’s growth in size and stature since his student days.
Description
| Type of resource | sound recording-nonmusical, text, still image |
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| Extent | 3 audio files; 1 text file; 1 photograph |
| Place | Stanford (Calif.) |
| Publisher | Stanford Historical Society |
| Date created | July 15, 2016 - 2016-08-22 |
| Language | English |
| Digital origin | born digital |
Creators/Contributors
| Interviewee | Northway, William H., 1932- | |
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| Creator | Northway, William H., 1932- | |
| Interviewer | Scott, Kandis V. | |
| Publisher | Stanford Historical Society |
Subjects
| Subject | Northway, William H., 1932- |
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| Subject | Stanford University. School of Medicine |
| Subject | Lucile S. Packard Children's Hospital @ Stanford |
| Subject | Pediatric radiology |
| Genre | Interview |
Bibliographic information
| Biographical Profile |
William H. Northway Jr., Professor of Radiology and Pediatrics, Emeritus, has been around the Stanford School of Medicine for his entire life. Raised in Palo Alto, Northway’s father commuted to work at the medical school in San Francisco where he was a professor in the Department of Physical Medicine.
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| Transcript |
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| Finding Aid | |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/tb357ww9071 |
| Location | SC0932 |
| Repository | Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- Digital recordings from this collection may be accessed freely. These files may not be reproduced or used for any purpose without permission. For permission requests, please contact Stanford University Department of Special Collections & University Archives (speccoll@stanford.edu).
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2013 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved.
Collection
Stanford Historical Society Oral History Program interviews, 1999-2022
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