The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Dr. Levi Watkins

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Dr. Levi Watkins

2/5/2007

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2007.044

Medical professor and cardiac surgeon Dr. Levi Watkins (1944 - 2015 ) was a professor of cardiac surgery and dean for Postdoctoral Programs and Faculty Development at John Hopkins University. He performed the world’s first human implantation of the automatic implantable defibrillator in 1980, and established the nation's first postdoctoral association. Watkins was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 2/5/2007, in Baltimore, Maryland. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 5; Total Run Time: 02h 00m 59s

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Watkins, Levi, 1944-

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Distinguished surgeon Dr. Levi Watkins, Jr., was born on June 13, 1944, in Parsons, Kansas, the third of six children; his father, Levi Watkins, Sr., was a college professor who became president of Alabama State College in Montgomery, Alabama. After graduating as valedictorian from the Alabama State Laboratory High School, Watkins entered Tennessee State University, majoring in biology and further developing his interests in political science and civil rights. After graduating with honors from T...