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Richard E. Wainerdi and the Texas Medical Center

"In the 1980s, Wainerdi took charge of the Texas Medical Center, embarking on a "second career" that ultimately expanded the center from thirty-one institutions to fifty-three and increased its size threefold. Wainerdi pushed for and ensured a culture of collaboration and cooperation....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Kellar, William Henry
Otros Autores: LeMaistre, Charles A., 1924-2017, Bush, Barbara
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2017.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The early years: from New York City to Oklahoma
  • First steps: from the Air Force to Oak Ridge, 1952-1957
  • The academic years: building the Texas A & M Nuclear Science Center
  • The administrative years: Texas A & M University, 1970-1977
  • Years of transition: from academe to industry
  • Taking the reins as president: the Texas Medical Center, 1984-1990
  • Years of trial and growth: the Texas Medical Center, 1991-2000
  • Building and rebuilding: the challenges of a new century
  • Firming the foundation for "Houston's gift to the world"
  • The end of an era
  • Appendix: Texas Medical Center institutions, 1943-2012
  • Notes.