Inventory of the Dennis Bernard Amos papers, 1963 - 1991
Abstract:
Dr. Dennis Bernard Amos was professor of immunology and experimental surgery at Duke University from 1962 to 1993. This collection contains photographs, writings, an address, an autobiographical sketch, lab notebooks and patient logs for skin graft work. Major subjects include the Department of Immunology and Duke University Medical Center. Materials range in date from 1963 to 1991.
- Contact Information:
- Duke University Medical Center
Archives and Memorabilia
DUMC 3702
Durham, North Carolina
27710 USA
Phone: (919) 383-2653
Fax: (919) 383-1649
Email: dumc.archives@mc.duke.edu
Descriptive Summary
- Repository
- Duke University Medical Center Library
- Creator
- Amos, Dennis Bernard, 1923-
- Title
- Dennis Bernard Amos papers, 1963 - 1991
- Extent
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- About 5100 items,
- 6.25 linear feet
- 5 boxes
- Call Number
- MC0019
- Location
- Archives Stacks: 16c
Administrative Information
- Access Restrictions
- This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals or IRB approval may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which Duke University assumes no responsibility.
- Materials in boxes 2-5 must be screened for sensitive or confidential materials before they can be accessed.
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], Dennis Bernard Amos papers, Duke University Medical Center Archives.
- Processing Information
- Processed by Archives staff, April 2006
- Encoded by Emily Glenn, April 2006
- Updated by Cate Putirskis, March 2007
Biographical Note
Dennis Bernard Amos was born April 16, 1923 in Bromley, Kent, England. He attended Bromley School, Sir John Cass Technical Institute and later worked as a technician at Burroughs Wellcome. From 1940 to 1945, Dr. Amos worked at Ratcliff Infirmary in Oxford. During that time, he was assistant scoutmaster to children evacuated from London. In 1946 he returned to London and worked as a technician in Harley Street for D. Scott Jones. He attended Chelsea Polytechnic (M.B.) before entering Guy's Medical School in 1947 (M.B., B.S., 1951; M.D., 1963).
From 1952 to 1955, Dr. Amos was a postdoctoral fellow and pathology trainee at Guy's Hospital. From 1955 to 1962, he was a senior research scientist at Roswell Park Memorial Hospital in New York state. In 1962, Dr. Amos joined Duke University as James B. Duke Professor and head of the Division of Immunology. One of Dr. Amos' many contributions included demonstrating the use of lymphocytes for typing MHC antigens to match donors and recipients for organ transplantation. Following Dr. Amos' research, the first kidney transplant between a recipient and living related donor who was selected on the basis of MHC matching was performed at Duke University in 1965.
In 1969, Dr. Amos organized, with Dr. David Hume, the first regional organ sharing program in the United States, later known as the South-Eastern Organ Procurement Foundation. He also organized the first International Histocompatability Workshop in Durham; subsequent workshops led to competitive studies that helped define the MHC (HLA) complex. Amos was the first chair of the WHO HLA Nomenclature Committee and a member of the Organizing Committee of the Fist International Congress of Immunology. In addition, he served as president of the American Association of Immunology from 1980-1981.
On February 21, 2000, members of Duke's original transplant team and current members gathered to celebrate the future of the program, and a graduate scholarship was endowed, the Bernard Amos Training Fellowship for Immunology, to honor Duke's first immunologist. Dr. Amos passed away on May 15, 2003.
Collection Overview
This collection contains photographs, writings, an address, an autobiographical sketch, lab notebooks and patient files for skin graft work. Major subjects include the Department of Immunology and Duke University Medical Center. Materials range in date from 1963 to 1991.
Online Catalog Headings
- Duke University. Medical Center.
- Duke University. Dept. of Immunology.
- Skin Transplantation.