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Making Cancer History Voices Oral History CollectionEleanor MacDonald Interview, May 19, 2000
Biographical NoteEleanor MacDonald was born on March 4, 1906 in Sommerville, Massachusetts to Angus and Catherine MacDonald. She attended and graduated Radcliffe College in 1928. At Harvard Medical School, she studied under E. Bidwell Wilson which led to her eventual appointment as the Epidemiologist to Boston’s State Cancer Program. Her work there lead to the publishing of her seminal work “The Incidence and Survival in Cancer” in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1948. Her work in New England caught the attention of Dr. R. Lee Clark who recruited her to be the head of the newly created Department of Epidemiology at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute. During her tenure she developed a 200-code method for transcribing patient charts that provided statistical information to M. D. Anderson’s physicians and researchers. She retired from the institution in 1982 and had been serving as professor emeritus since 1974. She was among the first female scientists inducted into the Texas Medical Center Hall of Fame. She passed away in Houston, Texas on July 26, 2007. Return to the Table of Contents RestrictionsRestrictions on AccessThis collection contains no restrictions Restrictions on UseAll requests for copying of materials must be submitted to the Historical Resources Center in writing for approval. All reproductions will be handled by HRC staff Authorization to publish, quote, or reproduce must be obtained in writing by the Historical Resources Center Return to the Table of Contents
Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationProvenanceThe interview was conducted between Eleanor MacDonald and Louis Marchiafava on May 19, 2000 in Houston, Texas Preferred CitationEleanor MacDonald Interivew, May 19, 2000, Research Medical Library, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Processing InformationOral history was edited by Jose Javier Franco Garza Return to the Table of Contents Interview
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