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Dr. William Gibson (1913 - 2009)
Interview date: Thursday, February 28 and Thursday June 13, 1985 CWMR Gibson
Interviewer: Sharlene Stacey
Transcriber: Patricia Startin
Funding: The Woodward Foundation
Identifier: Book 1
Biography Dr. Gibson arrived at UBC in 1949 where he became professor of neurological research. From 1963 he was professor of the history of medicine and science.
Summary: Early negotiations about the medical school; the Premedical Society; Norman Mackenzie; post-war campus expansion; thoughts about a medical school in the 19th Century; the Vancouver Medical Association; the Dolman Report; beginnings of the medical library; integrated medical programs.
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