As director of NIH, Dr. Dyer organized the Division of Research Grants, assisted in planning the Clinical Center, and helped establish three new institutes: the National Heart Institute, the National Institute of Dental Research, and National Institute of Mental Health. He also served as a member of the scientific board of directors of the International Health Division of the Rockefeller Foundation and as director of research at Emory University until 1957.
His papers are held at the National Library of Medicine.[4]
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^Harden, Victoria A. (2000). "Dyer, Rolla Eugene (1886-1971), research physician and public health administrator". American National Biography. doi:10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1201796. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
rolla, dyer, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, 2014, learn, w. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Rolla Dyer news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message Rolla Eugene Dyer November 4 1886 June 3 1971 was an American physician born in Delaware County Ohio Dyer received his B A in 1907 from Kenyon College in Gambier Ohio and his M D in 1914 from the University of Texas 1 He joined the U S Public Health Service in 1916 2 Rolla Eugene Dyer6th Director of the National Institutes of HealthIn office February 1 1942 September 30 1950PresidentFranklin D RooseveltHarry S TrumanPreceded byLewis R ThompsonSucceeded byWilliam H Sebrell JrPersonal detailsBorn 1886 11 04 November 4 1886Delaware County OhioDiedJune 7 1971 1971 06 07 aged 84 Atlanta GeorgiaNationalityAmericanAlma materKenyon CollegeUniversity of TexasScientific careerFieldsInfectious disease researchInstitutionsU S Public Health ServiceNational Institutes of HealthEmory University School of MedicineHis first assignment involved fieldwork on bubonic plague in New Orleans Five years later he joined the staff of the U S Hygienic Laboratory became chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases in 1936 and director of National Institutes of Health from 1942 until his retirement in 1950 An expert in infectious diseases he demonstrated how endemic typhus is spread and is noted for developing a vaccine to protect against the disease As director of NIH Dr Dyer organized the Division of Research Grants assisted in planning the Clinical Center and helped establish three new institutes the National Heart Institute the National Institute of Dental Research and National Institute of Mental Health He also served as a member of the scientific board of directors of the International Health Division of the Rockefeller Foundation and as director of research at Emory University until 1957 He died in Atlanta on June 3 1971 3 His papers are held at the National Library of Medicine 4 References edit Harden Victoria A 2000 Dyer Rolla Eugene 1886 1971 research physician and public health administrator American National Biography doi 10 1093 anb 9780198606697 article 1201796 Retrieved 25 May 2020 Barry Jeannette 1960 Notable contributions to medical research by Public health service scientists PDF U S Department of Health Education and Welfare pp 12 13 Dr Rolla E Dyer Ex Director Of Institutes of Health Is Dead New York Times June 3 1971 p 42 Rolla E Dyer Papers 1929 1964 National Library of Medicine Government officesPreceded byLewis R Thompson Director of National Institute of Health1942 1948 Position abolishedNew title Director of National Institutes of Health1948 1950 Succeeded byWilliam H Sebrell Jr nbsp nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to a physician in the United States is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rolla Dyer amp oldid 1084368652, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
