Brunet, Lesley Williams

Daughter of a real estate firm operator, Marion Wall Lowrey was born in Gettysburg, South Dakota. In 1936, she attended the Rochester Junior College in Rochester, Minnesota to become a medical secretary. Following her graduation, she worked as a surgical secretary at the Mayo Clinic, where she first met Dr. R. Lee Clark.

During World War II, she worked at the Army Air Forces Aero Medical Center in Heidelberg, Germany as a civilian. The center's mission was to translate captured German aero medical documents. Prior to her move to Germany, Dr. Clark was appointed first Director of MD Anderson and offered her a position upon her return. While in Germany, he also sent her book titles he sought to help grow the institution's library.

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