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Interview with Edmund D. Pellegrino, October 29, 1985

Part of University of Kentucky Medical Center Oral History Project

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Title:
Interview with Edmund D. Pellegrino, October 29, 1985
Creator:
Edmund D. Pellegrino; interviewee. Richard C. Smoot; interviewer.
Format:
oral histories
Publication date:
1985
Date digitized:
2012
Description:
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.
Language:
english
Publisher:
Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries
Repository:
University of Kentucky
Type:
audio
Subject:
University of Kentucky. College of Medicine -- History, University of Kentucky. Medical Center -- History, Hospital buildings -- Design and construction, University of Kentucky -- Presidents, Pellegrino, Edmund D., 1920- -- Interviews, Community Health Services -- Kentucky, Medicine -- Study and teaching (Continuing education) -- Social aspects, Social medicine, Rural health -- Kentucky, Medical Care, Cost of, Kentucky. General Assembly, Chandler, Happy, 1898-1991, Kentucky. Governor (1959-1963 : Combs), Kentucky. Governor (1967-1971 : Nunn), Dickey, Frank Graves, Oswald, John W. (John Wieland), 1917-1995, Willard, William R., 1908-, Kentucky -- Politics and government
Source:
University of Kentucky Medical Center Oral History Project
Metadata record:
http://nyx.uky.edu/dips/xt7hdr2p649g/data/mets.xml