Chapter 10: The Start of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at MD Anderson
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Administrative Experience: Dr. Knudson outlines how he became dean of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. He says that R. Lee Clark asked him to start a genetics program. As soon as he arrived, the plans changed because the medical school was created and would include a genetics program. He states that Clark believed the answer was the graduate school. Dr. Knudson explains that Clark persuaded him to become the dean. He notes the difference between MD Anderson and Stonybrook, where everything moved slowly.
Identifier
KnudsonA_01_20130305_C10
Publication Date
3-5-2013
Publisher
The Making Cancer History® Voices Oral History Collection, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
City
Houston, Texas
Interview Session
Alfred G. Knudson, Jr., MD, PhD, Oral History Interview, March 05, 2013
Topics Covered
Education at MD Anderson; MD Anderson History; MD Anderson Snapshot; Building/Transforming the Institution; MD Anderson Past; MD Anderson Culture; The Administrator
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
Disciplines
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine | Oncology | Oral History
Recommended Citation
Knudson, Jr., Albert G. MD, PhD and Rosolowski, Tacey A. PhD, "Chapter 10: The Start of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at MD Anderson" (2013). Interview Chapters. 308.
https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/308
Conditions Governing Access
Open
