The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Dr. Augustus A. White, III

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Dr. Augustus A. White, III

4/21/2005

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2005.107

Medical professor and orthopedic surgeon Dr. Augustus A. White, III (1936 - ) was the first African American graduate of the Stanford University School of Medicine. White taught at Harvard Medical School as a professor of orthopedic surgery, in addition to serving as the chief of the orthopedic surgery department at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, and the founder of the academic orthopedic program at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. White was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 4/21/2005, in Weston, Massachusetts. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 5; Total Run Time: 02h 27m 44s

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White, Augustus A.

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Augustus A. White III, 1936- , BA, 1957, Brown University; MD, 1961, Stanford University; PhD, 1970, Karolinska Institute, orthopedic surgeon, was named Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Harvard Medical School in 1978, and was Ellen and Melvin Gordon Professor of Medical Education at Harvard Medical School in 2001. White served as Orthopedic Surgeon-in-Chief at Beth Israel Hospital (later Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) in Boston, Mass. from 1978 to 1991, and directed the Daniel E. Hogan...