Oral history interview of Michael DeBakey by Donald A. Schanche (tape 4)
- Contributor(s):
- Schanche, Donald A. (Interviewer) DeBakey, Michael E. (Michael Ellis), 1908-2008
- Publication:
- Produced: 6 March 1972
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Genre(s):
- Archival Materials Oral histories (document genres) Interviews Transcripts
- Abstract:
- In 1972, journalist Donald A. Schanche (1926-1994) conducted a series of interviews with DeBakey as part of his research for a planned biography. Schanche worked on the project for several years, but the book was never completed. Several letters in the NLM DeBakey Papers indicate that Schanche, though a talented, experienced writer and editor, had difficulty drafting DeBakey's life story because of the sheer number and variety of DeBakey's interests and achievements. In 1976, Schanche joined the Foreign Division of the Los Angeles Times, and moved to Cairo. It appears that neither he nor DeBakey were able to follow up with the biography.. Topics covered in this interview include: DeBakey's training in France with Rene Leriche and in Germany with Martin Kirschner; contrasts between the two clinics; witnessing the growing Nazi movement in Germany, including forced sterilization; meeting with Dr. Ferdinand Sauerbruch; his preference for academic medicine over private practice; his brother Ernest's accidental burn in 1936, and help from Ochsner and Dr. Mims Gage; joining the surgical consultants group in World War II; the housing shortage in Washington, DC in late 1942; Experiences with Dr. Fred Rankin; Wartime work with the Army Surgeon General's office; growing awareness of the role of government, and also of the amount of inefficiency in the military and government generally.
- Copyright:
- This item may be under copyright protection; contact the copyright owner for permission before re-use.
- Extent:
- 60 pages
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101743405X311 (See in Profiles in Science)
- Profiles in Science ID:
- FJBBTH
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101743405X311
- Archival Collection:
- The Michael E. DeBakey Papers (Profiles in Science)