Ed Thalmann Papers, 1970-2003

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Summary

Creator:
Thalmann, Edward
Abstract:
Contains the professional papers of Ed Thalmann (1945-2004), former assistant clinical professor in anesthesiology for Duke University's Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and assistant medical director of the Divers Alert Network in Durham, North Carolina. Types of materials include correspondence, reference files, articles, slides, manuals, and notes. Major subjects include decompression, decompression sickness, and diving. Materials range in date from 1970 to 2003, with the bulk of material undated.
Extent:
28.5 Linear Feet (18 cartons, 3 flat boxes)
Language:
English
Collection ID:
MC.0094

Background

Scope and content:

Contains the professional papers of Ed Thalmann, former assistant clinical professor in anesthesiology for Duke University's Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and assistant medical director of the Divers Alert Network in Durham, North Carolina. Types of materials include correspondence, reference files, articles, slides, manuals, and notes. Major subjects include decompression, decompression sickness, and diving. Materials range in date from 1970 to 2003, with the bulk of material undated.

Biographical / historical:

Edward DeForest Thalmann was born in 1945 in Jersey City, New Jersey. After attending Georgetown Medical School, Thalmann enlisted in the Navy. During his twenty-two year tenure in the navy, Thalmann helped develop new diving decompression tables, measuring the performance of and writing specifications for diver thermal protective equipment, studying the effects of underwater exercise on diver performance, and improving underwater breathing apparatus design and testing. In 1994, he became an assistant clinical professor in anesthesiology for Duke University's Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Environmental Physiology. He had also been an assistant medical director of the Divers Alert Network in Durham, North Carolina. He was regarded as one of the world's foremost authorities on diving decompression.
Thalmann died in July 2004 and was survived by his former wife Brenda Thalmann and two daughters.

Acquisition information:
Accession A2005.037 (gift by Edward Thalmann, July 2005)
Processing information:

Processed by Archives staff; encoded by Ruth Cody and Dawne Howard Lucas: 2010-2012

Arrangement:
Organized into the following series: Papers, 1970-2005.
Physical location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Duke University Medical Center Archives.
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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.

Terms of access:

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], Ed Thalmann Papers, Duke University Medical Center Archives.