Walter Pagel, ELS, Oral History Interview, August 1, 2012
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Description
Major Topics Covered:
- Personal and educational background
- The craft of the scientific editor
- A reader-centered philosophy of editing
- Department of Scientific Publications: history, role of, services for faculty and institution
- MD Anderson publications (e.g. The Heart Bulletin, The Year Book of Cancer, Cancer Bulletin, Breast Diseases, Neuro-oncology, The First Twenty Years, the Cancer Care Series)
- Electronic publishing
- Work with national biomedical editing organizations
Identifier
PagelW_01_20120801
Publication Date
8-1-2012
Publisher
The Historical Resources Center, Research Medical Library, The University of Texas Cancer Center
City
Houston, Texas
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
Topics Covered
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas System. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute at Houston, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute
Disciplines
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine | Oncology | Oral History
Recommended Citation
Pagel, Walter ELS and Rosolowski, Tacey A. PhD, "Walter Pagel, ELS, Oral History Interview, August 1, 2012" (2012). Interview Sessions. 169.
https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewsessions/169
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About the Interview
About the Interview Subject:
Walter Pagel (b. December 18, 1947, West Point, New York) joined MD Anderson as an Assistant Editor of Scientific Publication in 1971. Since 1984 he has served as Director of the Department of Scientific Publications. His philosophy of scientific writing has shaped the Department’s editorial and teaching services provided to MD Anderson faculty. Mr. Pagel has been a member of the Council of Biology Editors for twenty-two years. While serving on the Board of Editors in the Life Sciences, he had nationwide impact by helping to develop accreditation guidelines for editors in the biomedical sciences. In 2001 he received the John P. McGovern Award for Excellence in Biomedical Communication.