Author Biographical Info

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.

Publication Date(s)

April 1, 2017

Language

English

Keywords

NASA, Microbiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Dentistry, Medical School, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Abstract

An oral history interview with Millicent Goldschmidt about her career at University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) where she has held faculty positions in the Department of Diagnostic and Biomedical Sciences at UTHealth School of Dentistry, UTHealth Medical School, and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.

Millicent Edna Goldschmidt, Ph.D., came to the Texas Medical Center after an educational journey that included parental objections and a husband’s ethical concerns about research.

Once in Houston, her professional journey took her to almost every institution in the Texas Medical Center – from Baylor College of Medicine to The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, UT Medical School (now known as McGovern Medical School at The UT Health Science Center), and the UT Dental Branch. In doing so, she perfected methods of rapid identification of bacteria, prepared a safe laboratory landing spots for the first moon rocks and mentored students in her chosen field of microbiology, all the while partnering with a husband whose career and intellect matched her own and raising two bright children. Now in her tenth decade, Dr. Goldschmidt maintains her professional credentials, speaking to groups of microbiologists and women scientists. She remains a dogged proponent of women scientists and their right to be respected in the workplace. See more at Texas Medical Center-Women's History Project and its finding aid.

She was born June 1, 1926 in Erie, PennsylvaniaSee more at Texas Medical Center-Women's History Project and its finding aid.

Comments

Interview by: Ruth SoRelle
Transcription: Danielle Bustillos SoRelle
Date: October 28, 2016

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