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Collection |
Thomas R. Godkins Collection, 1968-1993 |
Title |
Thomas R. Godkins Collection, 1968-1993 |
Date |
1968-1993 |
Year Range from |
1968 |
Year Range to |
1993 |
Scope & Content |
Contains the papers of Thomas R. Godkins who served twice as the president of the American Academy of Physician Assistants (1972-73) and 1975-1976) and was the first non-physician President (1979-1980) of the Association of Physician Assistant Programs (now the Physician Assistant Education Association). Types of materials include early editions of bylaws, brochures and newsletters of the AAPA; correspondence, newspaper and magazine clippings and manuscripts and reprints. For a PDF finding aid CLICK HERE |
Creator |
Thomas Godkins |
Admin/Biographical History |
Thomas Regis Godkins was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on January 5, 1944. He served as a US Navy Corpsman from 1964-1967, with his last duty being to the U.S. Naval Hospital in Portsmouth, Virginia. He graduated from the Duke Physician Assistant Program in 1969. He received a Master of Public Health Degree from the University of Oklahoma following undergraduate work at Youngstown, Duke, and Oklahoma. He was the first PA to be employed by the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota and their first formally trained PA to be placed in a satellite clinic. He served on the faculty of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC) for 35 years; 10 years as Associate Director of the PA Program and 25 years with the central administration as Assistant Provost, Director of Capital Planning, and Associate Vice President for Facilities Management. Godkins served twice as the president of the American Academy of Physician Assistants (1972- 73 and 1975-1976) and was the first non-physician President (1979-1980) of the Association of Physician Assistant Programs (now the Physician Assistant Education Association). He was a founding member and fellow of the AAPA and served as the first newsletter editor. In recognition of his many contributions, the Oklahoma Academy of Physician Assistants in collaboration with the University of Oklahoma Physician Associate Program established an endowed Annual PA Student Scholarship Award in his name. Godkins died June 28, 2010. |
People (Last Name, First Name) |
Godkins, Thomas R. |
Catalog Number |
AC2015-006 |
Object Name |
Collection |
Copyrights |
Copyright for the Society of Physician Assistant History records is held by the Society; 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], Thomas R. Godkins Papers, 1968-1993, Society for Preservation of Physician Assistant History, Johns Creek, GA, USA |
Containers |
AAPA Academy Awards Script 1193 AAPA Brochure AAPA Bylaws AAPA Newsletters Clippings - General Clippings - General Clippings - Godkins Correspondence Duke University 25th Anniversary PA Program Manuscript - Roots of the AAPA Reprints |