Charles Aubrey LeMaistre, MD, Oral History Interview, October 24, 2012
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Description
Major Topics Covered:
- Developing outpatient services
- Managed care crisis
- The Board of Visitors
- Research on keratin
Identifier
LeMaistreCA_02_20121024
Publication Date
10-24-2012
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
LeMaistre, Charles Aubrey and Rosolowski, Tacey A. PhD, "Charles Aubrey LeMaistre, MD, Oral History Interview, October 24, 2012" (2012). Interview Sessions. 251.
https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewsessions/251
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About the Interview
About the Interview Subject:
Charles Aubrey LeMaistre, M.D. (b. 10 January 1924, Lockhart, Alabama) came to MD Anderson in 1978 as president of the institution after serving for seven years as Chancellor of the University of Texas System. He served as president until 1996. Early in his research career, Dr. LeMaistre developed tetracycline-like antibiotics and treated patients with tuberculosis and other pulmonary diseases. Dr. LeMaistre established MD Anderson’s Division of Cancer Prevention. Dr. LeMaistre received the President’s Award from the American Lung Association in 1987, the American Medical Association’s Distinguished Service Award in 1996, and the American Cancer Society’s Medal of Honor in 1998. He also served on first U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory Committee on Smoking and Health, contributing to a landmark report (1964) identifying smoking as a major health hazard.