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W. R. Boyd and Iowa medical education reform
The article recounts W. R. Boyd’s 1909 push to create Iowa’s state board of education and his behind the scenes role in expanding the University of Iowa College of Medicine. It details Flexner’s critique, the Perkins law for indigent treatment, the Children’s Hospital, and Boyd’s lobbying to secure Rockefeller and Carnegie funding for a new hospital and facilities.
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W. R. Boyd
Boyd
Cedar Rapids
Board of Education
Iowa
James H. Trewin
Abraham Flexner
U. S
Canada
Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching
Flexner
Iowa Medical School
Carnegie Foundation
Children’s Hospital
Iowa City
John D. Rockefeller
SAI
Walter Jessup
Rockefeller Fund
Rockefeller
Carnegie Foundations
Jessup
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General Education Board
Carnegie Group
Iowa Board of Education
Rockefeller Boards
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