Interview with Robert L. Johnson, March 11, 1986

Interview Summary

Dr. Robert F. Johnson (Director of the Division of State and Local Services, 1960-1968) recounts his role as the UKMC's Director of the Division of State and Local Services, and the attempt to reach out to the community's needs without being a traditional Public Relations department. He tells how, by taking more of a community organizer approach, he was able to coordinate experts with leaders to develop health facilities, and gives specific examples. He also details the administrative struggles inherent in the Medical Center's relationship with the rest of the University, and the legacy of the Medical Center. He lastly bemoans the reversion of the UKMC away from the original vision of distinctiveness in which it was conceived, into a more traditional Medical Center.

Interview LC Subject

Academic medical centers--Kentucky--Lexington HB health facilities series Health facilities--Kentucky--Lexington Johnson, Robert L. Johnson, Robert L.--Interviews Kentucky Medical Foundation Medicine--Kentucky--Lexington Miner's Memorial Hospital (Hazard, KY) Physicians--Kentucky--Lexington Saint Claire Regional Medical Center University of Kentucky University of Kentucky. Medical Center University of Kentucky. Medical Center--History

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