Interview with John Sprague, October 24, 1985
Project: University of Kentucky Medical Center Oral History Project
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During Dr. Sprague's (Director of University of Kentucky Student Health Services 1957) second interview, he details the founding cadre assembled by Dr. Willard to head the Medical Center. He also considers the problems they faced and the reasoning and identity of the opponents of the Medical Center. In addition, Sprague compares different educational institutions, both medical and premedical, and the impact of the Medical Center on the community and on health care in Kentucky.Interview Accession
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Academic medical centers--Kentucky--Lexington Fayette County Medical Society (Ky.) Health facilities--Kentucky--Lexington Medical education Medicine--Kentucky--Lexington Physicians--Kentucky--Lexington Sprague, John, 1911- Sprague, John, 1911- --Interviews University of Kentucky University of Kentucky. Medical Center University of Kentucky. Medical Center--HistoryInterview Rights
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Sprague, John Interview by Richard C. Smoot. 24 Oct. 1985. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Sprague, J. (1985, October 24). 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.
Sprague, John, interview by Richard C. Smoot. October 24, 1985, University of Kentucky Medical Center Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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