Interview with Edmund D. Pellegrino, October 29, 1985
Project: University of Kentucky Medical Center Oral History Project
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Dr. Edmund D. Pellegrino (Chairman of the Department of Medicine 1959-1966). This interview focuses heavily on the creation of the Medical School and the Medical Center at the University of Kentucky. Dr. Pellegrino discusses his views on practicing medicine in rural areas, his impressions on the early staff of the Medical School and Medical Center, the view of Kentucky's politicians toward the University of Kentucky's decision to start a Medical School and Center, his experiences practicing medicine in rural Kentucky and the future of the medical profession.Interview Accession
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Academic medical centers--Kentucky--Lexington Chandler, Happy, 1898-1991 Community Health Services--Kentucky Dental schools Dickey, Frank Graves Health facilities--Kentucky--Lexington Hospital buildings -- Design and construction Kentucky--Politics and government Kentucky. General Assembly Kentucky. Governor (1959-1963 : Combs) Kentucky. Governor (1967-1971 : Nunn) Medical care, Cost of Medicine--Kentucky--Lexington Medicine--Study and teaching (Continuing education)--Social aspects Oswald, John W. (John Wieland), 1917-1995 Pellegrino, Edmund D., 1920- Pellegrino, Edmund D., 1920- --Interviews Physicians--Kentucky--Lexington Rural health--Kentucky Social medicine University of Kentucky University of Kentucky--Presidents University of Kentucky. College of Medicine--History University of Kentucky. Medical Center University of Kentucky. Medical Center--History Willard, William R., 1908-Interview Rights
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Pellegrino, Edmund D. Interview by Richard C. Smoot. 29 Oct. 1985. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Pellegrino, E.D. (1985, October 29). Interview by R. C. Smoot. University of Kentucky Medical Center Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Pellegrino, Edmund D., interview by Richard C. Smoot. October 29, 1985, University of Kentucky Medical Center Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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