| Other author/creator | White, Augustus A., III, 1936- interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Hayden, Robert, interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Hickey, Matthew, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title |
History Makers video oral history with Dr. Augustus A. White, III |
| Portion of title |
Dr. Augustus A. White, III |
| Abstract |
Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Augustus A. White III, was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on June 4, 1936, the son of a doctor and a librarian. White completed his pre-medical studies at Brown University in 1957, and in 1961 was the first African American graduate of the Stanford University School of Medicine. Receiving his Ph.D. in orthopedic biomechanics at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, he worked as the first African American surgical resident at the Yale-New Haven Hospital. Specializing in care of the spine, White worked at Harvard Medical School as a professor of orthopedic surgery and as the Ellen and Melvin Gordon Professor of Medical Education. For thirteen years, he served as chief of the orthopedic surgery department at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston. White also founded the academic orthopedic program at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. White was also a noted author of many standard reference books for orthopedic surgeons. |
| Credits | Videographer, Matthew Hickey. |
| Performer |
Robert Hayden, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Weston, Massachusetts 2005 April 21. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2005.107 HistoryMakers |
