Enduring legacy : the M.D. Anderson Foundation and the Texas Medical Center

Enduring legacy : the M.D. Anderson Foundation and the Texas Medical Center /

At the heart of Houston stands the Texas Medical Center. This dense complex of educational, clinical, and hospital facilities offers state-of-the-art patient care, basic science, and applied research in more than fifty medicine-related institutions. Three medical schools, four schools of nursing, an...

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Main Author: Kellar, William Henry, 1952- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2014
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Anderson, Monroe D. > (Monroe Dunaway), > 1873-1939.
Texas Medical Center > History.
M.D. Anderson Foundation (Houston, Tex.) > History.
Medical centers > Texas > Houston > History.
Houston (Tex.) > History.
Electronic books.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Early Houston: a magnet for entrepreneurs in business and medicine
  • Building the fortune: Anderson, Clayton & Company
  • The legal team: Fulbright, Crooker, Freeman & Bates
  • Legacy: creating the M.D. Anderson Foundation
  • Bold vision: first steps toward building a medical center
  • Building blocks: Baylor University College of Medicine
  • "One of the greatest medical centers ever developed"
  • A building boom in the Texas Medical Center
  • The biggest medical center in the world
  • Epilogue: the enduring legacy of Monroe Dunaway Anderson
  • Appendix 1. M.D. Anderson foundation trustees, 1936-2013
  • Appendix 2. Texas Medical Center member institutions.

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