Title

Walter R. Livingstone Jr. Oral History Interview

Interviewee

Walter R. Livingstone Jr.

Files

Interviewer

Prather, E. Charlton

Publisher

University of South Florida Libraries

Date

2002-07-24

Publication Date

5-26-2016

Abstract

Dr. E. Charlton “Skeeter” Prather speaks with Walter Livingstone on the highlights of his life and career in Florida Public Health. Livingstone speaks on his past in academics at the University of Miami and his time serving in the military during the Korean War, his transition into sanitarian work with the Dade County Health Department, his gradual rise in rank to environmental administrator; and a myriad of incidents and public health events that impacted his career, from swimming restrictions on Miami Beach to cyanide runoff from metal plating shops.

Keywords

Emergency management., Environmental health., Environmental health--Administration., Miami-Dade County (Fla.), Public health., Public health--History.

Description

1 sound file (89 min.) : digital, MP3 file

Subject: topical

Emergency management.; Environmental health.; Environmental health--Administration.; Public health.; Public health--History.

Subject: geographic

Miami-Dade County (Fla.)

Language

English

Type

Sound

Genre

Oral histories, Online audio

Format

Audio

Holding Location

University of South Florida

Collection

Florida Public Health Oral History Project

Identifier

C53-00056

Recommended Citation

Livingstone, Walter R. Jr., "Walter R. Livingstone Jr. Oral History Interview" (2016). Florida Public Health Oral History Project. 5.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/fl_public_health_ohp/5