Interview with Robert Straus, October 9, 1985
Project: University of Kentucky Medical Center Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Dr. Robert Straus (Chair of the Department of Behavioral Science 1959-1987) discusses attending Yale, developing medical school at Syracuse University, being a member of the group that founded the University of Kentucky Medical Center and Medical School. Provides significant detail on the role of Dr. William Willard in creating the Medical Center and the Medical school and the obstacles in accomplishing those tasks. Dr. Straus also discusses the role of behavior science in medical education, the construction of the medical center and the other key individuals recruited to build the University of Kentucky Medical Center and Medical School. Highlights include frank assessment of University of Kentucky Presidents as well as Governors of Kentucky.Interview Accession
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Academic medical centers--Kentucky--Lexington Community Health Services--Kentucky Dental schools Health facilities--Kentucky--Lexington Hospital buildings--Design and construction Kentucky. General Assembly Kentucky. Governor (1959-1963 : Combs) Medical care, Cost of Medicine--Kentucky--Lexington Medicine--Study and teaching (Continuing education)--Social aspects Noonan Syndrome Physicians--Kentucky--Lexington Rural health--Kentucky Social medicine Straus, Robert, 1923- Straus, Robert, 1923- --Interviews University of Kentucky University of Kentucky--Presidents University of Kentucky. College of Medicine--History University of Kentucky. Medical CenterInterview Rights
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Straus, Robert Interview by Richard C. Smoot. 09 Oct. 1985. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Straus, R. (1985, October 09). 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.
Straus, Robert, interview by Richard C. Smoot. October 09, 1985, University of Kentucky Medical Center Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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