Interview with Thomas D. Clark, February 10, 1986

Interview Summary

Dr. Thomas D. Clark (Department of History Chairman 1941-1965). This interview gives a unique perspective on the formation of the Medical Center and the Medical School at the University of Kentucky. Dr. Clark's prospective as a member of faculty outside of the medical school reveals a discord between the existing faculty and those brought in to help create the medical school and medical center. Topics discussed include the earliest efforts to start a medical school and center at the University of Kentucky, resistance to the creation of the medical school and center by members of the faculty, the objection by the University of Louisville of the creation of a medical school at the University of Kentucky, and how the University of Kentucky acquired land to serve as sites for the building of the medical center and the medical school.

Interview LC Subject

Academic medical centers--Kentucky--Lexington Chandler, Happy, 1898-1991 Clark, Thomas Dionysius, 1903-2005--Interviews Dental schools Dickey, Frank Graves Health facilities--Kentucky--Lexington Kentucky. Governor (1959-1963 : Combs) Kentucky. Governor (1967-1971 : Nunn) Medicine--Kentucky--Lexington Oswald, John W. (John Wieland), 1917-1995 Physicians--Kentucky--Lexington Rural health--Kentucky Singletary, Otis A., 1921-2003 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-

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