Committee on Heart Disease, Cancer and Stroke/Appointments (FG 645/A)

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Committee on Heart Disease, Cancer and Stroke/Appointments (FG 645/A)

1964

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This file unit contains letters and telegrams related to appointments to the President's Commission on Heart Disease, Cancer and Stroke by President Lyndon B. Johnson including, correspondence to President Johnson accepting appointment to the Commission and a letter dated March 9, 1964, from President Johnson to Dr. Michael DeBakey inviting Dr. DeBakey to serve as Chairman of the Commission.

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Lyndon Baines Johnson Library

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Lyndon Baines Johnson Library

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DeBakey, Michael E. (Michael Ellis), 1908-2008

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Michael E. DeBakey (b. Michel Dabaghi, Sept. 7, 1908, Lake Charles, LA–d. July 11, 2008, Houston, TX) was a famous cardiovascular surgeon. During World War II, DeBakey served in the U.S. Army and helped develop the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) units. He then joined the faculty of Baylor University College of Medicine, serving as faculty, president of college, and chancellor, and Chairman of the Department of Surgery. He was among the earlier surgeons to perform coronary artery bypass sur...