George Stancel, PhD, Chair, UT Health Science Center at Houston Michael Fordis, Jr., MD, Vice Chair, Baylor College of Medicine Lewis E. Foxhall, MD, Secretary, Houston Academy of Medicine Gregory Bernica, Houston Academy of Medicine Patricia Butler, MD, UT Health Science Center at Houston Stephanie Fulton, MSIS, UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Hiram F. Gilbert, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine Anne S. Gill, Dr PH, MS Baylor College of Medicine Stephen B. Greenberg, MD, Baylor College of Medicine Eric D. Malmberg, EdD Texas Woman’s University, Sunny E. Ohia, PhD Texas Southern University Robert C. Robbins, MD Texas Medical Center Dana C. Rooks, MLS University of Houston Dean F. Sittig, PhD UT Health Science Center at Houston L. Maximilian Buja, MD Executive Director The TMC Library

The origins of the library date back to 1915, when the Houston Academy of Medicine (HAM) established a small library in downtown Houston to serve the Harris County Medical Society. This Library was combined with the Baylor College of Medicine’s (BCM’s) small library in 1949 to form a centralized collection. As more institutions joined the Texas Medical Center, they also shared the resources of the TMC Library, thereby creating a unique point of collaboration among the institutions of the TMC.
A permanent home for this new library was built in the early 1950’s, through the efforts of HAM and BCM. Jesse H. Jones contributed funding for the construction, and in 1954, the approximately 27,000 square foot, three-story “Jesse H. Jones Library Building” was dedicated. By 1975, a new addition to the building had added another 76,000 square feet for the Library’s growing collection. At this time, the Library officially became known as the Houston Academy of Medicine – Texas Medical Center Library. Today the library uses the shorter operating name of The TMC Library. Find out more at History of the Library from the library website.