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Dr. Sydney M. Friedman (1916 - 2015)
Interview date: Thursday, February 28 and Thursday June 13, 1985 CWMR Friedman
Interviewer: Sharlene Stacey
Transcriber: Patricia Startin
Funding: The Woodward Foundation
Identifier: Book 1
Biography Dr. Friedman arrived at UBC as Professor of Anatomy in 1950 where he stayed for his entire career.
Summary: Tape 1:

His recruitment rom MdGill in 1949; early days of anatomy teaching in the medical school; the huts, early staff recruitment; Dean Patterson; Dean Weaver; starting up the medical library; Connie Friedman; visiting lecturers; Dean McCreary; the 'health team' concept; the Dept of Anatomy; cadavers.

Tape 2: The medical students and the curriculum; biochemistry; clinical medicine vs. medical science; social life.

Transcript: Read transcript