Florida Public Health Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Prather, E. Charlton
Publication Date
10-8-2013
Date
1999-07-09
Abstract
Interview with Mrs. Elisabeth C. Beck, a retired entomologist with the state of Florida. Mrs. Beck began her career identifying mosquitoes during the start of World War II and later joined the state Board of Health in 1944 working for the Bureau of Mosquito Control. Her primary duties at the time involved mosquito identification. She would eventually become head of the mosquito identification lab for the state of Florida. During her tenure, Mrs. Beck was involved in many different insect control programs around the state and her research contributed to both the control of malaria and encephalitis as well as an early treatment program for tertiary syphilis. Mrs. Beck worked closely with many state health officers including Dr. John Mulrennan who was instrumental in Florida’s work on mosquito control. Mrs. Beck retired after working nearly five decades for the state of Florida.
Keywords
Mosquitoes -- United States -- Identification., Mosquitoes -- Control., Malaria -- Prevention., Public health – Florida -- History., Public health personnel -- Florida -- Interviews., University of South Florida -- College of Public Health
Holding Location
University of South Florida
Language
English
Media Type
Oral histories, Online audio
Format
Audio
Identifier
C53-00002
Recommended Citation
Beck, Elisabeth, "Elisabeth Beck Oral History Interview" (2013). Florida Public Health Oral History Project. 41.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/fl_public_health_ohp/41
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