Archibald Philip Bard Collection
Collection Overview
Creator: Bard, Archibald Philip, (1898-1977)
Collection Date: 1935-1939
Extent: 1 box (0.20 cubic feet)
Biography
Philip Bard was born in Hueneme, California. After serving in the U.S. Army Ambulance Corps during World War I, Bard entered Princeton University and completed his A.B. in 1923. He continued graduate studies at Harvard University with Walter B. Cannon, earning his Ph.D. in 1927. Bard then spent two years on the biology faculty at Princeton before returning to Harvard to assume the post of assistant professor of physiology and tutor in normal medical sciences.
In 1933, Bard joined the faculty of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine as a professor of physiology and director of the department of physiology. He held these posts for 31 years. Bard was dean of the medical faculty from 1953 to 1957, succeeding Alan Chesney.
Scope and Content
Laboratory Notebook, labeled “Philip Bard, Department of Physiology” documenting experiments on cats E-45, E-50, E-51, E-52, E-53, E-54, E-55, E-57, and E-58.
Additional Bard material can be found in the records of the office of the Dean of the School of Medicine