The Houstorian Calendar by James Glassman

Author:James Glassman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Published: 2019-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

JULY 15, 2008

Dr. Michael DeBakey Died

Today in 2008, the casket of renowned surgeon and medical innovator Dr. Michael DeBakey, who died days earlier a few weeks shy of one hundred, was placed in City Hall, where an estimated two thousand Houstonians paid their respects. He remains the only person to receive that honor. During World War II, he helped develop mobile army surgical hospital (MASH) units; was a major contributor to the creation of the Veterans Health Administration Hospital System; improved the National Library of Medicine; chaired the President’s Commission on Heart Disease, Cancer and Stroke; and served serve three terms on the National Heart, Lung and Blood Advisory Council of the National Institutes of Health. Among his many awards and recognitions were the Lasker Foundation medal, the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction (the highest civilian award a United States citizen can receive) and the Congressional Gold Medal. Houston institutions that bear his name are the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, the Michael E. DeBakey High School for Health Professions, Baylor College of Medicine’s Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery and the Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center. Dr. Michael DeBakey was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

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