BRESLOW, Lester (b. 1915). Professor of Public Health.

Lester Breslow Interview. Interviewed by Frances Lomas Feldman. Dates of interview: 6-20/27-90. 3 cassette tapes (3 duplicate tapes). Length of interview: undetermined. Transcript of interview: 75 pp.

Interview topics: Development of public health in California; work with California State Dept. of Public Health; personal role in politics of public health in California; work with voluntary health agencies; impact of Reagan's governorship on public health; UCLA School of Public Health; work as dean of School of Public Health; Watts riots and establishment of King Medical Center; long-time interest in cancer control; work in health promotion.

Additional Materials:

Curriculum Vitae "Dr. Lester Breslow: Mr. Public Health," Los Angeles Times (13 October 1997), Section S, 1, 6. 1 diskette of transcript of interviews.