Interview with A. D. Albright, March 10, 1986
Project: University of Kentucky Medical Center Oral History Project
Interview Summary
A.D. Albright (Director of the Bureau of School Services; Professor in the College of Education; Executive Dean of Extended Programs 1957 ; Provost 1960-1962 ; Executive Vice-President of Institutional Planning 1970-1973 ; Executive Director of Kentucky Council on Higher Education 1987 ; Morehead State University 1986-1987) came to the University of Kentucky as an administrator in the College of Education in 1954. In this interview, Albright discusses the University of Kentucky in the fifties, and the early struggles of the Medical Center with main campus faculty. He describes the founding philosophy of the early leaders of the Medical Center, particularly Dr. Willard. In addition, Albright discusses the impact the Medical Center had on the university as well as the state, and looks at the problems of providing education and health care in a poor state.Interview Accession
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Academic medical centers--Kentucky--Lexington Albright, A. D. (Arnold De Wald) Albright, A. D. (Arnold De Wald)--Interviews Health facilities--Kentucky--Lexington Kentucky Council on Higher Education Medical care--Kentucky Medicine--Kentucky--Lexington Physicians--Kentucky--Lexington Universities and colleges--Administration University of Kentucky University of Kentucky. Medical Center University of Kentucky. Medical Center--HistoryInterview Rights
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Albright, A. D. Interview by Richard C. Smoot. 10 Mar. 1986. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Albright, A.D. (1986, March 10). 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.
Albright, A. D., interview by Richard C. Smoot. March 10, 1986, University of Kentucky Medical Center Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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