Author Biographical Info

Dr. Ernst William Bertner was born at Colorado City, Texas, August 18, 1889. Dr. Bertner was one of the founders of the Texas Medical Center and was its first president from 1945-1950. He was named by the University of Texas as acting director of the M.D. Anderson Hospital for Cancer Research when that institution was conceived. He was responsible for the professional organization and the operation of the hospital for the first four years of its existence. He served as professor and chairman of the department of gynecology for the Baylor College of Medicine since its establishment in Houston from 1943 until his death in 1950. Learn more at Bertner, Ernst William (1889–1950).

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Identifier

MS002-007

Publication Date(s)

1950-06-12

Language

English

Description

E. W. Bertner receiving an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Baylor at a ceremony in his Rice Hotel apartment. Bertner is in academic regalia and surrounded by Jesse Jones, William Bates, three nurses, and others. See more at Ernst William Bertner, MD Papers and its finding aid.

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Keywords

Doctors, Academic rites and ceremonies, Rice Hotel, Houston (TX), Ernst William Bertner, Jesse H. (Jesse Holman) Jones, William B. Bates (1889-1974)

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