Authors

Texas Medical Center Historical Resources Project

Interview with Dr. Benjamin F. Byrd, Jr.

Publication Date

1-23-1976

Identifier

AVV-IC084-019

Keywords

Breast--Cancer--Environmental aspects, Breast--Cancer--Nutritional aspects, Cancer--Research, Medical education, Houston (TX), Nashville (TN), Texas Medical Center, N. Don Macon, MDA-TV (Television station : Houston, TX), American Cancer Society, Vanderbilt University, American College of Surgeons. Commission on Cancer, interviews, oral histories, audiovisual materials, videotapes

Abstract

Dr. Benjamin F. Byrd, Jr. Interviewed by Don Macon. Video tape recorded 1/23/1976. Approximately 25min, Color-sound, MDAHH Master #473-1-76. Produced for the University of Texas - Texas Medical Center Historical Resources Project. Summary: Dr. Byrd, current President of the American Cancer Society, discussed his educational training at Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tennessee where he was born and raised. He spoke of his own studies in cancer and those of the American Cancer Society and the American College of Surgeons Cancer Commission. Emphasis was lent to environmental and nutritional factors in breast cancer. See more at https://archives.library.tmc.edu/avv-ic084-019.

Copyright

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Comments

Digital copies made available by the Texas Medical Center Library.

Recommended Citation

Citation Information:Texas Medical Center Historical Resources Project, "Interview with Dr. Benjamin F. Byrd, Jr." (1976).
DigitalCommons@TMC, Historical A/V from the TMC (1973-1991), Texas Medical Center A/V Recordings. Paper 105.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/historical_av/105