Oral history interview with M. Kenton King, 1991-92. 1991-92.

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Oral history interview with M. Kenton King, 1991-92. 1991-92.

Throughout the interviews, King talks about the role of the Executive Faculty and colleagues such as Carl Cori, Oliver Lowry, and Carl Moore. In the 1st interview: King discusses the dispute between the Washington University School of Medicine (and its dean, Edward Dempsey) and Barnes Hospital (and its chairman, Edgar M. Queeny) in the early 1960s. After Dempsey's abrupt departure to a position in Washington, D.C., King became the acting dean of the medical school in 1964 and then dean the following year. 2nd interview: King discusses the WUSM under vice chancellor for medical affairs William H. Danforth, from 1965-71. 3rd interview: King discusses student unrest at Washington University during the Vietnam War and racial unrest at the medical school in the late 1960s. He also discusses Sam Guze, who succeeded Danforth as vice chancellor for medical affairs. 4th - 9th interviews: King discusses his recruitment of department heads, such as Roy Vagelos, Philip R. Dodge, David Kipnis, William Landau, Samuel Guze, and Philip Needleman, during his tenure as dean.

Transcript : 62 leaves.

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