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Larry J. Gordon Papers

Selected Digitized Papers
1961 “Community Support – Public Relations.” Presentation, U.S. Public Health Service Communicable Disease Control Course #324, “Communicable Disease Control in the Community – Administrative,” Atlanta, GA, 1961.
1961 “Fees for Service: Pros and Cons.” Presentation, U.S. Public Health Service Communicable Disease Control Course #324 “Communicable Disease Control in the Community – Administrative,” Atlanta, GA, 1961.
1962 “The General Environmental Health Problem.” Presentation, U.S. Public Health Service Sanitary Engineering Center Training Course, “Urban Planning for Environmental Health, Boulder, CO, September 3-7, 1962.
1966 “Comments on Environmental Health Programs of Metropolitan Areas.” Presentation, Conference of Municipal Public Health Engineers, San Francisco, CA, November 2, 1966.
1967 Presentation, Annual Meeting of the New Mexico Public Health Association, Las Cruces, NM.
1968 “Comprehensive Health Planning and Consumer Food Protection.” Presentation, Conference on Consumer Food Protection, Colorado Healthy Environment Committee, Denver, CO, November 8, 1968.
1968 “Relevance of the Environment to Health Planning.” Presentation, American Medical Association Conference on Community Health Planning, Miami Beach, FL, November 30, 1968.
1969 “Pesticides.” Draft paper, U.S. Conference of City Health Officers, 1969.
1969 “Is Health Planning Comprehensive?” Presentation, Environmental Health Section, U.S.-Mexico Border Public Health Association Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, June 4, 1969.
1969 “Environmental Engineering – A Fable, and a Challenge.” Presentation, Southwestern Chapter, New Mexico Society of Professional Engineers, Las Cruces, NM, February 22, 1969.
1969 “Directions for Environmental Health.” Presentation, Sanitarians Short Course, sponsored by the Montana State Health Department, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, October 28, 1969.
1970 “The Role of State Governments in Programs of Environmental Management and Consumer Protection.” Santa Fe, NM, January, 1970.
1970 “Health Hazards Associated with Products Consumed or Used.” Presentation, Workshop on Health Aspects of Environmental Pollution, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN, May 29-June 1, 1970.
1970 “Problems Related to Environmental Health Manpower Production and Utilization.” Notes for a panel discussion, “Health Service Manpower Roadblocks,” American Public Health Association, Houston, TX, October 26, 1970.
1973 “A Potpourri of Environmental Management Methods.” Presentation, New Mexico Environmental Improvement Agency, Santa Fe, NM, October 15-19, 1973.
1973 “Impact of New Federalism on State Environmental Health Organizations.” Presentation, American Public Health Association Special Session, San Francisco, CA, November 6, 1973.
1973 “Approaches to Effective Re-Organization.” Presentation, American Public Health Association session on “Trends in Reorganizations Affecting Environmental Health,” San Francisco, CA, November 8, 1973.
1974 "Programming for Effective Problem Solving.” Presentation, Managerial Training Program, Santa Fe, NM, December 12, 1974.
1975 “Environmentalists, Sanitarians (or Whatever) and the Environment.” Presentation, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, February 20, 1975.
1975 “The Environment in Relation to a National Health Insurance Program.” Presentation, Colorado Environmental Health Association, National Environmental Health Association, Colorado State Health Department, and others, Denver, CO, February 21, 1975.
1975 “Organizational Alternatives for the New Mexico Public Health Association.” Presentation, Annual Meeting of the New Mexico Public Health Association, Albuquerque, NM, March 6, 1975.
1975 “Organization of Environmental Programs at the State Level.” Presentation, Annual Meeting of the International Association of Milk, Food, and Environmental Sanitarians, Toronto, Canada, August 13, 1975.
1976 “Administration of a Water Pollution Control Program.” Presentation, Civil Engineering Seminar, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, March 17, 1976.
1976 “Changing Public Health Curriculum.” Presentation, School of Public Health Colloquium, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, March, 18, 1976.
1976 “Planning and Management of Environmental Health Programs in Urban Areas.” Presentation, 49th Annual Educational Conference of the National Environmental Health Association, Nashville, TN, June 29, 1976.
1976 “Managerial Concepts Regarding Environmental Agencies.” Presentation, 29th Annual Conference, Western Association of Food and Drug Officials, Santa Fe, NM, August 9-12, 1976.
1978 “Environmental Health—Everybody’s Responsibility.” Keynote address, “Strategy Session on Directions for Environmental, Public, and Occupational Health Programs,” sponsored by the American Medical Association, Chicago, IL, November 16, 1978.
1979 “Health Education in the Health and Environment Department.” Presentation, Governor’s Conference on Rural Medical Practice, Albuquerque, NM, November 16, 1979.
1980 “Environmental Health Organization and Management—Some Different Experiences.” Presentation, Environmental Science/Human Ecology Seminar, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, TX, January 18, 1980.
1980 “Must We Have a Sick Environment to Have a Healthy Economy?” Presentation prepared for the 1980 National Health Forum, sponsored by the National Health Council, Phoenix, AZ, March 20, 1980.
1980 “APHA-Affiliate Relationships.” Presentation, New Mexico Health Association Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, May 9, 1980.
1980 “Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.” Presentation prepared for the New Mexico Governor’s Conference on Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Albuquerque, NM, July 31-August 1, 1980.
1981 “Environmental Health Personnel and Program Priorities for the Eighties.” Workshop, Rockville, MD, July 14-16, 1981.
1981 Presentation prepared for the National Student Nurses Association.
1981 Presentation prepared for the Michigan Conference of Local Health Officers, February 4, 1981.
1981 Presentation, New England Council of Optometrists, March 5, 1981.
1981 Presentation, Illinois Public Health Association, April 29-May 1, 1981.
1981 Presentation, Conference of State Sanitary Engineers, May 4, 1981.
1981 “Industry’s Role in Disease Prevention.” Presentation prepared Annual Meeting of the Single Service Institute, Pinehurst, NC, May 28, 1981.
1981 “Analysis of the Effect of Public and Private Policies on Public Health.” Presentation, Albert J. Chesley, M.D. Memorial Lecture, Annual Meeting of the Minnesota Public Health Association, Bloomington, MN, September 30, 1981.
1981 “The Impact of Reagan’s Health Policies and Budgets on New Mexico.” Presentation, Annual Meeting of the New Mexico Hospital Association, Albuquerque, NM, October 23, 1981.
1981 “Environmental Health: New Problems, New Responses for the 1980s.” Presentation, “Projected Changes in Public Health Training in the Decade of the 1980s,” American Public Health Association, Los Angeles, CA, November 3, 1981.
1981 “Federal Clean Air Act.” Testimony, Environment and Public Works Committee, US Senate, Washington, D.C., July 9, 1981.
1981 “Federal Clean Air Act.” Testimony, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, Energy and Commerce Committee, US House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., December 7, 1981.
1981 “The Health Professions’ Role in Addressing National Energy Problems.” Presentation, Conference on Health & Energy Issues of the 80s, sponsored by the National Alliance for Energy Contingency Planning for Health Resources, Kansas City, MO, December 10, 1981.
1982 “Why Population is Important to Americans.” Presentation, National Audubon Society’s Western Regional Conference, Asilomar Conference Center, Monterey, CA, April 3-6, 1982.
1984 Keynote address, Health Day, Indianapolis, IN, May 23, 1984.
1984 “Testimony Regarding Management of Hazardous Waste at the Local Level.” Provided to Senator Domenici, Mr. Ruckelshaus, July 1984.
1985 “Statement Regarding Right-To-Know.” Meeting preparations, New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board, Albuquerque, NM, November 7, 1985.
1986 “Albuquerque’s Multi-Faceted Air Pollution Issues.” Presentation, New Mexico Chapter, American Society for Public Administration, Albuquerque, NM, February 26, 1986.
1986 “Blueprint for Environmental Health.” March 3, 1986.
1986 “Skills/Roles Required of Personnel Dealing with Quick Response Situations.” Presentation, “Education and Training for Health Risk Assessment and Management of Hazardous Waste,” Arlington, VA, March 25, 1986.
1986 “Summary of Soviet-American Seminar on Public Health Issues CA-606.” April 13-28, 1986.
1987 “Medicine/Public Health Interface: A Challenge.” Convocation Address, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, May 16, 1987.
1987 “Evaluating the Environmental Health Work Force.” Keynote Address, National Evaluating the Environmental Health Work Force Conference, Airlie House, Warrenton, VA, July 13, 1987.
1987 Presentation, [NM] Legislative Finance Committee, December 7, 1987.
1988 “Desirable Knowledge, Skills & Abilities of Environmental Health Graduates from Schools of Public Health or Graduate Environmental Health Programs.” Presentation, Career Development in Environmental Health Project, Washington DC, December 6, 1988.
1991 “Educating Environmental Health Science & Protection Professionals: Problems, Challenges & Recommendations.” Booklet. May 5, 1991.
1992 “The Future of Environmental Health.” Keynote address, California Environmental Health Assn., Fresno, CA, April 8, 1992.
1992 “The Future of Environmental Health and Protection.” Presentation, Richard G. Bond Memorial Lecture, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, October 8, 1992.
1993 Health Care Forum Panel Comments, Idaho Public Health Association, April 21, 1993.
1993 “Memories of UNM.” [Remarks by] Larry Gordon, 1993 UNM Zimmerman Award, Albuquerque, NM, September 30, 1993.
1994 Letter from Larry J. Gordon to Family, January 12, 1994.
1994 “Public Service: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.” Commencement Address, UNM School of Public Administration, Albuquerque, NM.
1994 “The Evolving Nature of Environmental Health and Protection.” Presentation, School of Public Health Colloquium, University of Texas, Houston, TX, February 17, 1994.
1994 “Public Health: A Blurred Vision.” Presentation, University of South Carolina School of Public Health, April 6, 1994.
1994 “Public Health in an Era of Change.” Workshop, December 15, 1994.
1995 “An American Family: Not Merely a Couple with Children.” January, 1995.
1995 Keynote Presentation, New Mexico Environmental Department, Field Services Division, Albuquerque, NM, May 17, 1995.
1996 “Leading Change, or Being Left Behind?” Keynote Presentation, Michigan Environmental Health Association, March 13, 1996.
1996 “Enhancing the Good, Abolishing the Bad and the Ugly.” Keynote Presentation, New Mexico Environmental Health Association, December 5, 1996.
1998 “Some Components of Environmental Health and Protection Systems.” Presentation, Turning Point New Mexico Environmental Health Task Group, August 19, 1998.
1999 “Local Boards of Health and Environmental Health: Which Way to Go?” Presentation, National Association of Local Boards of Health Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, July 29, 1999.
1999 “Taken from an Interview with Larry J. Gordon, MS, MPH.” Transcript, Jake Spidle, PhD [Interviewer], Albuquerque, NM, 1999.
2000 “Setting the Context: Environmental Health Practitioner Competencies.” Presentation, American Public Health Association – National Center for Environmental Health Workshop, Washington DC, February 28, 2000.
2001 “Competencies to Survive and Thrive.” Keynote address, Colorado Environmental Health Association, September 12, 2001.
2002 “Leadership: The Road less Traveled.” Presentation, Regional Institute for Health and Environmental Leadership, Class of 2002 Leadership Training Program.
2002 “Looking for Love in all the Wrong Places.” Commentary, Rocky Mountain Institute for health and Environmental Leadership, January 23, 2002.
2004 “Moving Forward to be all you can be.” Keynote Presentation, Wisconsin Environmental Health Conference, WI, October 25, 2004.
2005 “There's no use running if you're on the wrong road.” Presentation, Environmental Health Capacity Building Workshop, Pittsburgh, PA, May 20, 2005.
2006 “Adventures in Environmental Health Policy and Politics: Examples Move the World More Than Doctrine.” Presentation, Environmental Health Leadership Institute, St. Louis, MO, October 27, 2006.
2006 “The Future of the Environmental Health Revisited: Past Recommendations and Future Challenges.” Presentation, National Environmental Health Conference, Atlanta, GA, December 5, 2006.
2007 “Embracing Environmental Health: In Whole, or by Parts?” Presentation, California Conference of Directors of Environmental Health, San Francisco, CA, September 20, 2007.
2008 “Dogs Don’t Bark at Parked Cars: Leadership Midst the Din.?” Presentation, NEHA Leadership Section, Tucson, AZ, June 24, 2008.
undated “Mounds and Memories.” Personal recollections by Larry Gordon of his childhood and family, undated.
More information about Mr. Gordon's career can be found on the following websites:

National Conference of Local Environmental Health Administrators website: http://www.ncleha.org/

Larry J. Gordon personal website: http://www.larryjgordon.com/