Florida Public Health Oral History Project
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Interviewer
E. Charlton Prather
Publication Date
9-23-2014
Date
1997-09-23
Abstract
Oral history interview with Jerome Conger, a former health officer with the Florida Department of Health. Conger began working as a state sanitary engineer after graduating from the University of Miami with a degree in botany and a minor in biology. His first job was in Palm Beach County where he worked on installing sanitary privies. After several years working in this capacity, Conger obtained his Master’s in Public Health from Tulane University. He was promoted to Assistant Chief Sanitarian of Palm Beach County where he stayed for two years until he went to work for the State Board of Health as an environmental health consultant and later working on statewide comprehensive health planning. After the state government was reorganized Conger became the bureau chief for the Bureau of Comprehensive Health Planning, then housed within the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services.
Keywords
Florida. State Board of Health, Sanitary engineering, Public health
Extent
01:17:53; 45 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Palm Beach County (Fla.)
Language
English
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
Digital Only
Identifier
C53-00005
Recommended Citation
Conger, Jerome, "Jerome N. Conger Oral History Interview" (2014). Florida Public Health Oral History Project. 26.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/fl_public_health_ohp/26
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