Biographical
Information
Sheldon Gottlieb was born on December 22, 1932. He received a B.A. from Brooklyn College
in Brooklyn, New York, in 1953, and an M.S. from the University of Massachusetts in 1956,
and a Ph.D. at the University of Texas Medical Branch in 1959. He served in the U.S. Army
from 1954 until 1956, and married Eda Judith Robin in 1956.
From
1959 until 1964, Gottlieb worked as a research physiologist at the Linde Division Union
Carbide Corporation in Tonawanda, New York. He then worked from 1964-1968 as an Assistant
Professor in Physiology and in Anesthesiology at Jefferson Medical College. From 1968
until 1972, he was an Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, and from 1972 until
1980, he was Professor of Biological Sciences at Indiana University and Purdue University
at Fort Wayne. From 1980 until 1997, Gottlieb was a Professor of Biology, the Dean of the
Graduate School, and Director of Research at the University of South Alabama. During this
time, Gottlieb also worked at the Baromedical Research Institute in New Orleans,
Louisiana, from 1984 until 1998.
During
his career, Gottlieb also belonged to many professional organizations. From 1984 until
1986, he was President of USA’s Sigma XI. He received awards for being an Outstanding
Scholar from the USA Alumni Association in 1994, for Excellence in Teaching in the
Gerontology Undergraduate Certificate Program in 1994, and for Outstanding Scholarship in
Gerontology from the USA Programs in Gerontology in 1995.
As a
member of the Biology Department, Dr. Gottleib was very active in both departmental and
campus-wide affairs. He was especially
interested and important to the creation of some new courses and monitoring the
relationship between campus faculty leaders and the University Administration. Many of his published articles, which are numerous,
are included in this collection, along with several very interesting letters to the editor
of the Press-Register.
Box
Inventories
Box 1
1.
Academic Freedom - Correspondence
2. Acquisition of an Office Computer (1988)
3. Articles, Letters to the Editor (1985-1995)
4. Barbara Haley’s Report on Gerontology
5. Biology of Aging Course (1991)
6. Biology of Drugs (Pharmacology) Course (1985-1991)
7. Brochures from Various Consortiums, Conferences
8. Certificates of Award, Membership, Appreciation
9. Committee on Gerontology - Department of Health and Human Services
10. Committee on Gerontology - Papers
11. Faculty Senate - Correspondence Regarding Administration and Faculty Salary Policies
12. Faculty Senate - Minutes
13.
Faculty Senate - Proposed Resolutions Pertaining to Issues of Academic Freedom for Faculty
14.
Faculty Senate - Resolutions and Agendas (Jan. - Feb., 1996)
15. Free Thought Association Materials (1994)
16.
Grade Dispute - Information Received from the American Association of University
Professors on Academic Freedom
17.
Grade Dispute - Letter of Support from Dr. Joseph Coggin and Dr. Herbert Walker
18. Letters to Editor, Book Review, re: faith and science
19-20. Mozert v. Hawkins County Public Schools
21. Published Articles - Abstracts
22. Published Articles (1959-1967)
23. Published Articles (1968-1971)
24. Published Articles (1972-1976)
25. Published Articles (1977-1979)
26. Published Articles (1980-1984)
27. Articles re: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and Letters to Editor (1986-1989)
28. Articles re: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and Letters to Editor (1990-1992)
29. Articles re: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and Letters to Editor (1993-1998)
30. Published Articles - Related Correspondence
31. Resume (April, 1996)
32-33. Douglas Smith v. Board of School
Commissioners and Smith v. Fob James
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