Frederick F. Becker, MD, Oral History Interview, June 19, 2008
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Description
Major Topics Covered:
- Personal and educational background; personal stories about MD Anderson figures, recruitment to MD Anderson, promotion to VP of Research, the working environment and culture
- The Department of Pathology: vision for in 1976, evolution of
- Views of R. Lee Clark, Charles LeMaistre, and other early MD Anderson figures MD Anderson as a Texas institution
Interview Chapters
Chapter 01: R. Lee Clark Chooses His Chairman of Pathology
Chapter 02: Stories: The Pathology Department in 1976 and MD Anderson as a Texas Institution
Chapter 03: Stories: A Vision for Pathology and an Office for a New VP of Research
Chapter 04: Building the Department of Pathology: Clinical Service, Research, Education
Chapter 05: The Search for Dr. Clark’s Replacement and Charles Lemaitre’s Administrative Impact
Identifier
BeckerFF_01_20080619
Publication Date
6-19-2008
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
Becker, Frederick F. MD and Brunet, Lesley W., "Frederick F. Becker, MD, Oral History Interview, June 19, 2008" (2008). Interview Sessions. 79.
https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewsessions/79
Conditions Governing Access
Open
About the Interview
About the Interview Subject:
Pathologist Frederick F. Becker (b. July 23, 1931 in New York City) was recruited to MD Anderson in 1976 to serve as Chair of Pathology. He quickly made a research impact with his discovery of epigenetic changes during pre-malignancy and in malignant tumors. He served as the first Vice President for Research from 1979 until his retirement in 1998, during which time he redesigned the center’s research format, recruited outstanding basic scientists and department chairs, promoted collaborative interdisciplinary research and shepherded extensive physical expansion. From 1998 until 2001, he was a special advisor to M. D. Anderson President John Mendelsohn, M.D., who credited Becker with “creating the scholarly climate in which research has flourished at M. D. Anderson.”