Walter Pagel, ELS, Oral History Interview, August 10, 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
Interview Chapters
Chapter 08: Offering Support for MD Anderson Writers
Chapter 09: Strengthening Biomedical Editing Nationwide and Within MD Anderson
Chapter 10: Initiatives and Committees
Chapter 11: Presidents and a Senior Vice President
Chapter 12: Paying Attention: A Professional and Personal Habit
Identifier
PagelW_02_20120810
Publication Date
8-10-2012
Publisher
The Making Cancer History® Voices Oral History Collection, The University of Texas MD Anderson 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 10, 2012" (2012). Interview Sessions. 170.
https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewsessions/170
Conditions Governing Access
Open
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