MS 110 Guide to David Paton, MD Papers (1969-1977)

Authors

David Paton (1930-)

Author Biographical Info

David Paton was born August 16, 1930, in Baltimore, Maryland. His father Richard Townley Paton founded the world’s first eye bank in 1946 and his grandfather, Stuart Paton, MD, was a psychiatrist and neurologist. Paton graduated from Princeton University in 1952 and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1956. He finished an internship at Cornell University Medical College in 1957 and then worked for the National Institute of Health and Johns Hopkins University. Paton moved to Houston in 1971 to join the Cullen Eye Institute at Baylor College of Medicine. He spent 1982 to 1984 at King Khaled Eye Hospital in Saudi Arabia, 1984 to 1986 as the founder and director of eye surgery company OcuSystems, and then seven years at Weill Cornell Medical College. He has been a professor emeritus of Baylor College of Medicine since 1998.

Identifier

MS 110

Language

English

Publication Date(s)

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Abstract

The David Paton, MD papers contains correspondence, minutes, drafts, legal records, course descriptions, memos, legislative/government documents (a Bill proposal and several drafts), institutional publications, handwritten manuscripts, pamphlets, reports, newspapers, university documents, and one monograph regarding Dr. David Paton’s life and professional endeavors.

Keywords

Ophthalmology, Houston (Tex.), Baylor College of Medicine, David Paton, Baylor College of Medicine Cullen Eye Institute, University of Houston, correspondence, minutes (administrative records), memorandums, reports, newspapers, legal documents, legislative records, publications (documents), pamphlets, bills (legislative records)

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Recommended Citation

David Paton (1930-), "MS 110 Guide to David Paton, MD Papers (1969-1977)" (2000). Manuscript Finding Aids. 185.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/findingaids/185