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 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 10, 2012" (2012). Interview Sessions. 170.
https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewsessions/170
Conditions Governing Access
Open
