Eleanor Roosevelt Institute for Cancer Research
Biography
The Eleanor Roosevelt Institute was est. 1959 as part of the American Medical Center, Lakewood, Colo. Ground breaking ceremony held Nov. 16, 1959, but construction was never completed. In 1961, as a project of the Eleanor Roosevelt Cancer Foundation, Inc., it became part of the the University of Colorado Medical Center (renamed the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in 1979). The Foundation also established two other research centers (no longer in existence) at the University of Utah Medical Shcool, and the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa. The Foundation and the Denver Institute later merged. In 2003 the Institute became part of the University of Denver, under a shortened name, the Eleanor Roosevelt Institute (ERI). Do not confuse with the Eleanor Roosevelt Institute (presumably of Hyde Park, N.Y.) founded 1972 as a successor to the Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Foundation, which initiated and cosponsored projects to celebrate and perpetuate the values of Eleanor Roosevelt, esp. in fields of peace, youth, and social policy, and which merged with the FDR Four Freedoms Foundation to form the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute in 1979.
Found in 99 Collections and/or Records:
Eleanor Roosevelt Institute Staff Member in Laboratory, between 1990-1999
Eleanor Roosevelt Institute male staff member sits for portrait next to microscope in laboratory.
Eleanor Roosevelt Institute Staff Member in Laboratory, between 1990-1999
Eleanor Roosevelt Institute male staff member sits for portrait next to microscope in laboratory.
Eleanor Roosevelt Institute Staff Member in Laboratory, circa 1999 January
Eleanor Roosevelt Institute male staff member sits for portrait in laboratory.
Eleanor Roosevelt Institute Staff Member in Laboratory, circa 1990
Eleanor Roosevelt Institute male staff member holds award in laboratory.
Eleanor Roosevelt Institute Staff Member Inserts Syringe in Tube, between 1980-1989
A female Eleanor Roosevelt Institute staff member inserts a syringe in a tube.
Eleanor Roosevelt Institute Staff Member Records Data, between 1980-1989
A female Eleanor Roosevelt Institute staff member records data in a laboratory.
Eleanor Roosevelt Institute Staff Member Transfers Material, between 1980-1989
A female Eleanor Roosevelt Insitute staff member transfers material from a vial to a tube.
Eleanor Roosevelt Institute Staff Member Uses Computer, between 1980-1989
A male Eleanor Roosevelt Institute staff member uses a computer.
Eleanor Roosevelt Institute Staff Member Uses Lab Equipment, between 1980-1989
A male Eleanor Roosevelt Institute staff member uses laboratory equipment.
Eleanor Roosevelt Institute Staff Member Uses Lab Equipment, between 1980-1989
A male Eleanor Roosevelt Institute staff member uses laboratory equipment.