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{"id":27812,"date":"2023-11-02T11:00:39","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T15:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/?p=27812"},"modified":"2025-01-22T14:49:55","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T19:49:55","slug":"louis-w-sullivan-papers-now-available-for-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2023\/11\/02\/louis-w-sullivan-papers-now-available-for-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Louis W. Sullivan Papers Now Available for Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By John P. Rees and James Labosier ~<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_27831\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27831\" style=\"width: 241px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231005_15543334.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"27831\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2023\/11\/02\/louis-w-sullivan-papers-now-available-for-research\/img20231005_15543334\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231005_15543334.jpg?fit=963%2C1200&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"963,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"img20231005_15543334\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Secretary Sullivan\u2019s official HHS portrait, Box 86<\/p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231005_15543334.jpg?fit=241%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231005_15543334.jpg?fit=822%2C1024&ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-27831\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231005_15543334.jpg?resize=241%2C300&ssl=1\" alt=\"A formal portrait of a black man in a suit in front of an American flag.\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231005_15543334.jpg?resize=241%2C300&ssl=1 241w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231005_15543334.jpg?resize=822%2C1024&ssl=1 822w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231005_15543334.jpg?resize=768%2C957&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231005_15543334.jpg?resize=840%2C1047&ssl=1 840w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231005_15543334.jpg?w=963&ssl=1 963w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27831\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Secretary Sullivan\u2019s official HHS portrait, Box 86<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A new archival collection, the <a href=\"https:\/\/findingaids.nlm.nih.gov\/repositories\/ammp\/resources\/__101760854\">Louis W. Sullivan Papers<\/a>, is now available at the National Library of Medicine for those interested in the history of the Department of Health and Human Services, Morehouse School of Medicine, public and minority health programs, and racial and ethnic diversity in the health professions.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/findingaids.nlm.nih.gov\/repositories\/ammp\/resources\/__101760854\">Louis W. Sullivan Papers<\/a> consists of correspondence, speeches, briefing files, subject files, news clippings, photographs, videotapes, and awards and honors that predominantly document Louis Sullivan\u2019s tenure as Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from 1989-1993. His pre- and post-HHS career as a hematology research scientist and medical educator, health policy expert, promoter of healthy lifestyles, advocate for improving health equity and disparities for Black and underserved populations, and increasing racial and ethnic diversity in the health professions are also documented.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_27835\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27835\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231011_14090764.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"27835\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2023\/11\/02\/louis-w-sullivan-papers-now-available-for-research\/img20231011_14090764\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231011_14090764.jpg?fit=1600%2C1164&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1164\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"img20231011_14090764\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Sullivan family home and funeral home, Box 86<\/p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231011_14090764.jpg?fit=300%2C218&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231011_14090764.jpg?fit=840%2C611&ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-27835\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231011_14090764.jpg?resize=300%2C218&ssl=1\" alt=\"Two brick buildings, one residential and one with a wide metal awning and boarded up windows and doors.\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231011_14090764.jpg?resize=300%2C218&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231011_14090764.jpg?resize=1024%2C745&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231011_14090764.jpg?resize=768%2C559&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231011_14090764.jpg?resize=1536%2C1117&ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231011_14090764.jpg?resize=1200%2C873&ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231011_14090764.jpg?resize=840%2C611&ssl=1 840w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231011_14090764.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27835\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sullivan family home (background) and funeral home (foreground), Box 86<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Louis_W._Sullivan\">Louis Wade Sullivan<\/a> was born November 3, 1933 in Atlanta, Ga., however the family moved to Blakely, Ga. shortly thereafter. His mother was an English teacher and his father was a mortician who operated a funeral home and ambulance service. His parents sent him, and his brother Walter, to live with friends in Atlanta during the school year. As a young boy he found a role model in Dr. Joseph Griffin, a local physician. Sullivan was impressed both by\u00a0his professional demeanor and skill and also by how rarely he encountered a Black physician, inspiring Sullivan to pursue a medical career early on.<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan graduated from Atlanta\u2019s Booker T. Washington high school in 1950 as salutatorian and in 1954 he graduated from Morehouse College magna cum laude with a degree in biology. His early career started in Boston, MA. after he earned his M.D. at the Boston University School of Medicine. Certified in internal medicine and hematology, Dr. Sullivan spent the 1960s and early 1970s researching and teaching at Boston City Hospital, Harvard University, and Boston University Medical Center with a short tenure as professor at Seton Hall College of Medicine. One of his most <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/14223917\/\">notable studies<\/a> investigated the correlation between alcoholism and its effect on the human-blood forming system.<\/p>\n<p>In 1966 he became co-director of Hematology at Boston University Medical Center. The next year he founded Boston University Hematology Service at Boston City Hospital and directed the Boston Sickle Cell Center. He remained acutely aware that, despite his success, he was still as relatively unique as a Black health care professional as Dr. Griffin had been thirty years earlier.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_27820\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27820\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231010_10540029.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"27820\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2023\/11\/02\/louis-w-sullivan-papers-now-available-for-research\/img20231010_10540029\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231010_10540029.jpg?fit=1600%2C1014&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1014\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"img20231010_10540029\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Boston Sickle Cell Center newsletter, Box 2<\/p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231010_10540029.jpg?fit=300%2C190&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231010_10540029.jpg?fit=840%2C532&ssl=1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-27820\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231010_10540029.jpg?resize=840%2C532&ssl=1\" alt=\"A printed newsletter from May 1975 with a photograph of a young black man and a young black woman looking at each other outdoors.\" width=\"840\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231010_10540029.jpg?resize=1024%2C649&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231010_10540029.jpg?resize=300%2C190&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231010_10540029.jpg?resize=768%2C487&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231010_10540029.jpg?resize=1536%2C973&ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231010_10540029.jpg?resize=1200%2C761&ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231010_10540029.jpg?resize=840%2C532&ssl=1 840w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231010_10540029.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27820\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boston Sickle Cell Center newsletter, Box 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 1975 he accepted an invitation from his alma mater, Morehouse College, to build a medical education program there. A two-year program in basic medical sciences established in 1978 matured by 1985 into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msm.edu\/about_us\/msm-history.php\">Morehouse School of Medicine<\/a>, a four-year program under his stewardship as president and dean. He augmented his efforts to encourage minority medical education at Morehouse in 1977 by cofounding the Association of Minority Health Professions Schools, which advocated for training, career counseling and more scholarships for minorities in the United States. Looking more broadly at the lack of educational opportunities outside the U.S., in 1985 he was instrumental in founding Medical Education for South African Blacks (MESAB), which he chaired from 1994 to 2007. MESAB has raised scholarship funds in the U.S. and South Africa to educate thousands Black health professionals in South Africa.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-carousel-extra='{"blog_id":1,"permalink":"https:\\\/\\\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/02\\\/louis-w-sullivan-papers-now-available-for-research\\\/","likes_blog_id":"52242398"}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 840px; height: 559px;\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-original-height=\"559\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 445px; height: 559px;\" data-original-width=\"445\" data-original-height=\"559\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2023\/11\/02\/louis-w-sullivan-papers-now-available-for-research\/img20231005_15535865\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"441\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"555\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"27830\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231005_15535865.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"953,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Dr. Sullivan, ca. 1974\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231005_15535865.jpg?fit=238%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231005_15535865.jpg?fit=813%2C1024&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231005_15535865.jpg?w=441&h=555&ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231005_15535865.jpg?w=953&ssl=1 953w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231005_15535865.jpg?resize=238%2C300&ssl=1 238w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231005_15535865.jpg?resize=813%2C1024&ssl=1 813w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231005_15535865.jpg?resize=768%2C967&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231005_15535865.jpg?resize=840%2C1058&ssl=1 840w\" width=\"441\" height=\"555\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"441\" data-original-height=\"555\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Dr. Sullivan, ca. 1974\" alt=\"A black man in a business suit stands in a wood-paneled room by a bookcase filled with books and papers.\" style=\"width: 441px; height: 555px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Dr. Sullivan in his Morehouse School of Medicine office, ca. 1974, Box 86 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-2\" style=\"width: 395px; height: 559px;\" data-original-width=\"395\" data-original-height=\"559\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2023\/11\/02\/louis-w-sullivan-papers-now-available-for-research\/img20231005_15570205\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"391\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"278\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"27833\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231005_15570205.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1138\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Hugh Gloster Medical Sciences Building Groundbreaking\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231005_15570205.jpg?fit=300%2C213&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231005_15570205.jpg?fit=840%2C597&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231005_15570205.jpg?w=391&h=278&ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231005_15570205.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231005_15570205.jpg?resize=300%2C213&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231005_15570205.jpg?resize=1024%2C728&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231005_15570205.jpg?resize=768%2C546&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231005_15570205.jpg?resize=1536%2C1092&ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231005_15570205.jpg?resize=1200%2C854&ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231005_15570205.jpg?resize=840%2C597&ssl=1 840w\" width=\"391\" height=\"278\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"391\" data-original-height=\"278\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Hugh Gloster Medical Sciences Building Groundbreaking\" alt=\"Five men in suits stand with two shovels by a small hole with folding chairs in the background.\" style=\"width: 391px; height: 278px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> L-R: Edgar Smith, Chairman, Morehouse School of Medicine Board Of Overseers; Tom Norris, Chair, Morehouse College Dept. of Biology; Hugh Gloster, President, Morehouse College; Joseph Gayles, Jr., Prof., Morehouse College Dept. of Chemistry, Louis W. Sullivan, Founding Dean and President, Morehouse School Of Medicine <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2023\/11\/02\/louis-w-sullivan-papers-now-available-for-research\/img20231005_15552036\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"391\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"273\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"27832\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231005_15552036.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1119\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Hugh Gloster Medical Sciences Building Groundbreaking\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231005_15552036.jpg?fit=300%2C210&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231005_15552036.jpg?fit=840%2C587&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231005_15552036.jpg?w=391&h=273&ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231005_15552036.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231005_15552036.jpg?resize=300%2C210&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231005_15552036.jpg?resize=1024%2C716&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231005_15552036.jpg?resize=768%2C537&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231005_15552036.jpg?resize=1536%2C1074&ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231005_15552036.jpg?resize=1200%2C839&ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img20231005_15552036.jpg?resize=840%2C587&ssl=1 840w\" width=\"391\" height=\"273\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"391\" data-original-height=\"273\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Hugh Gloster Medical Sciences Building Groundbreaking\" alt=\"Two at a table smile at booklets and papers.\" style=\"width: 391px; height: 273px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Dr. Sullivan and Georgia Governor George Busbee, Sr. Hugh Gloster Medical Sciences Building groundbreaking events, Morehouse School of Medicine, Box 86 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>In 1982, Dr. Sullivan was invited by Vice-President George H.W. Bush to accompany him on a diplomatic tour of African as one of several prominent Black Americans. Dr. Sullivan and Barbara Bush became close friends as they toured educational facilities and literacy programs. Mrs. Bush then joined the Morehouse School of Medicine Board of trustees and was a staunch supporter and outspoken advocate for the school. The Sullivans and Bushes developed their personal and professional relationship over the ensuing years leading to Dr. Sullivan leaving Morehouse to serve as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from 1989 to 1993 under now-President George H.W. Bush. As Secretary he supported several public and minority health initiatives. HHS released <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/healthy_people\/hp2000.htm\">Healthy People 2000<\/a> as a guide to better health and disease preventions activities. The Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990 mandated new FDA labeling on packaged foods to better inform consumers. And under Dr. Sullivan, HHS established the NIH Office of Minority Health, which ultimately became the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nimhd.nih.gov\/about\/overview\/history\/\">National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities<\/a> (NIMHD) and launched a $100 million minority male health and injury prevention program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jetpack-slideshow-noscript robots-nocontent\">This slideshow requires JavaScript.<\/p><div id=\"gallery-27812-1-slideshow\" class=\"jetpack-slideshow-window jetpack-slideshow jetpack-slideshow-black\" data-trans=\"fade\" data-autostart=\"1\" data-gallery=\"[{"src":"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/img20231010_11330722.jpg?fit=840%2C571\\u0026ssl=1","id":"27823","title":"img20231010_11330722","alt":"Three people in a private airplane cabin.","caption":"Bushes and Sullivan aboard Air Force Two, 1982 Vice-Presidential Africa trip, Box 3","itemprop":"image"},{"src":"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/img20231010_11140779.jpg?fit=791%2C1024\\u0026ssl=1","id":"27822","title":"img20231010_11140779","alt":"A notebook page headed Travel Andrews to Cape Verde Wednesday November 10, 1982, with notes on events between 5:30 and 7:15.","caption":"Page 1 from Sullivan\\u2019s travel diary, 1982 Africa trip, Box 2-3","itemprop":"image"},{"src":"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/img20231010_11090596.jpg?fit=840%2C642\\u0026ssl=1","id":"27821","title":"img20231010_11090596","alt":"An invitation in the form of a printed card with Dr. Louis W. Sullivan typed on it.","caption":"Nigerian state banquet invitation, 1982 Africa trip, Box 2-3","itemprop":"image"},{"src":"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/img20231005_15471399.jpg?fit=840%2C674\\u0026ssl=1","id":"27824","title":"img20231005_15471399","alt":"A man is sworn in by a judge in front of the DHHS logo, a handwritten note says To Lou Sullivan on this very special day with pride in you. Sincerely, G Bush.","caption":"Dr. Sullivan swearing in ceremony, signed by President Bush, Box 86. L-R: Dr. Sullivan, Barbara Bush, Ginger Sullivan, President Bush, Judge A. Leon Higgenbotham.","itemprop":"image"},{"src":"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/img20231005_15511072.jpg?fit=840%2C577\\u0026ssl=1","id":"27828","title":"img20231005_15511072","alt":"Two men sit by a coffee table, one looking at papers.","caption":"Secretary Sullivan in the Oval Office and West Wing, Box 86","itemprop":"image"},{"src":"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/img20231005_15492227.jpg?fit=840%2C577\\u0026ssl=1","id":"27826","title":"img20231005_15492227","alt":"Four men in business suits sit around a coffee table holding papers and talking.","caption":"Secretary Sullivan in the Oval Office and West Wing, Box 86","itemprop":"image"},{"src":"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/img20231005_15482191.jpg?fit=840%2C674\\u0026ssl=1","id":"27825","title":"img20231005_15482191","alt":"A man and a woman sit on a sofa, the man hods a cup and saucer.","caption":"Secretary Sullivan in the Oval Office and West Wing, Box 86","itemprop":"image"},{"src":"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/img20231005_15501509.jpg?fit=840%2C573\\u0026ssl=1","id":"27827","title":"img20231005_15501509","alt":"A man and a woman in business attire celebrate with big smiles.","caption":"Secretary Sullivan and Barbara Bush, Head Start 25th Anniversary events, Box 86","itemprop":"image"},{"src":"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/img20231005_15522920.jpg?fit=822%2C1024\\u0026ssl=1","id":"27829","title":"img20231005_15522920","alt":"A man with a baseball bat stands at home plate in a park while spectators and teammates look on.","caption":"Secretary Sullivan playing softball on the National Mall, Box 86","itemprop":"image"}]\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><\/div>\n<p>In 1993 Dr. Sullivan returned to Atlanta as president and dean of Morehouse School of Medicine, which he continued until his retirement in 2002. In 2003 he then led the <a href=\"https:\/\/campaignforaction.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/SullivanReport-Diversity-in-Healthcare-Workforce1.pdf\">Sullivan Commission on Diversity in the Health Care Workforce<\/a>, an outgrowth of a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to Duke University School of Medicine, which conducted research made policy recommendations addressing the scarcity of minorities in the health professions. The Commission led to the establishment of the Sullivan Alliance in 2005, which acted on the Commission\u2019s reports and recommendations to emphasize the importance of racial and ethnic diversity in health professions and stimulate academic programs to carry out these initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>In 2012 Sullivan published\u00a0<em>The Morehouse Mystique: Becoming a Doctor at the Nation’s Newest African American Medical School<\/em>, a history of Morehouse School of Medicine\u2019s creation. He published his autobiography <em>Breaking Ground: My Life in Medicine<\/em> in 2014, and <em>We\u2019ll Fight It Out Here<\/em>, in 2022. Several awards and scholarships have been created in his name and Sullivan is the recipient of more than 70 honorary degrees.<\/p>\n<p><em>The <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/findingaids.nlm.nih.gov\/repositories\/ammp\/resources\/__101760854\"><em>Louis W. Sullivan Papers<\/em><\/a> <em>consist of 100 boxes of records which predominantly chronicle Dr. Sullivan\u2019s tenure as <\/em><em>Secretary of Health and Human Services from 1989-1993. His pre- and post-HHS career as a hematology research scientist and medical educator, health policy expert, advocate for improving health equity and disparities for Black and underserved populations, and increasing racial and ethnic diversity in the health professions are also documented to a smaller degree. <\/em><em>Additionally, a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive-it.org\/collections\/21841\"><em>digital archive of top web-search results for Dr. Sullivan is accessible online<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Watch a 2016 NLM History Talk by Dr. Sullivan, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/videocast.nih.gov\/summary.asp?live=19739\">A Personal Perspective on Race, Opportunity and the U.S. Health System<\/a>.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>John Rees is Archivist and Digital Resources Manager for the Archives and Modern Manuscripts Program in the History of Medicine Division at the National Library of Medicine.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>James Labosier is Associate Curator for the Archives and Modern Manuscripts Program in the History of Medicine Division at the National Library of Medicine.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Louis W. 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