Henry Kahn oral history interview, September 12, 2019
Scope and Contents
Interviewed by Andy Reisinger. In this interview, Kahn covers much of his early life as a young Jewish boy in postwar New York City. He describes the anti-Semitism he and his family faced, his parents' political differences, and his early experiences with socialism. He discusses his education at Harvard, his work in medicine, and his civil rights activism. He describes his travels, his own political journey, and his work with the CDC.
Dates
- Creation: September 12, 2019
Creator
- Kahn, Henry, 1943- (Interviewee, Person)
Restrictions on Access
Oral history available for research.
Biographical Note
Dr. Henry Kahn was born in 1943 in Poughkeepsie, NY. He graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Medical School. He was a resident at Boston City Hospital and Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center (in the Bronx, NYC). He has been a general medical internist in Atlanta since 1973, and served in the Epidemic Intelligence Service at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). He was a professor at Emory University School of Medicine and worked with Grady Memorial Hospital to establish neighborhood health centers. Now in retirement (Professor Emeritus), he occasionally publishes commentary as a chronic-disease epidemiologist.
Extent
1 item(s) (audio/video (3:37:02 duration))
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
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