Interview with Wimberly Royster, May 7, 1986
Project: University of Kentucky Medical Center Oral History Project
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Dr. Wimberly Royster (Chair of Department of Mathematics from 1963 to 1969), a mathematics professor at the University of Kentucky who eventually became chairman of the department, aand later dean of the college of arts and sciences, Royster discusses initial opposition to the Med Center, and the impact which the medical center had on the university, the city and state. He also discuss the necessity of a second medical center in Kentucky, and the tensions the Medical Center brings out both within UK and in the wider community.Interview Accession
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Academic medical centers--Kentucky--Lexington Health facilities--Kentucky--Lexington Hospitals--Administration Medicine--Kentucky--Lexington Medicine--Research Medicine--Study and teaching (Continuing education)--Social aspects Physicians--Kentucky--Lexington Royster, Wimberly Royster, Wimberly--Interviews University of Kentucky University of Kentucky. Medical Center University of Kentucky. Medical Center--HistoryInterview Rights
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Royster, Wimberly Interview by Richard C. Smoot. 07 May. 1986. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Royster, W. (1986, May 07). 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.
Royster, Wimberly, interview by Richard C. Smoot. May 07, 1986, University of Kentucky Medical Center Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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