Title:

Michael DeBakey at the topping out ceremony for the DeBakey Center for Biomedical Education and Research

Date:

15 November 1978

Description:

In honor of "his untiring pedagogic and investigative efforts," the trustees of Baylor College of Medicine built and established the Michael E. DeBakey Center for Biomedical Education and Research in 1978, recognizing DeBakey's crucial role in the creation and rise to prominence of the medical school. In a 1983 interview, DeBakey noted that the trustees wanted to create a facility "that's a research facility, but it also is a learning facility teaching students." He went on to say that he "had nothing to do with naming it" and that "I'm humbly gratefully about that, but the important thing is that we were able to raise funds for the building." The crane in the photo appears to be holding a miniature pine tree.

Location:

Box: 29

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of the Baylor College of Medicine Archives.

Genre:

Photographic prints

Format:

Still Image

Extent:

1 pages

Legacy ID:

FJBBDG

NLM ID:

101743405X45

Profiles Collection:

The Michael E. DeBakey Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101743405X45

Story Section:

New Directions for Cardiac Surgery and for Baylor, 1963-2008