10/24/2016
If you’ve not already done so, please consider attending our weekly seminar presented in collaboration with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health, Rice University & the University of Houston.
This week we are joined by Philip Montgomery who is Head of the John P. McGovern Historical Collections and Research Center. He’ll be discussing about the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC) established by President Truman in 1945, after the surrender of Japan at the end of World War II, with the goal of developing knowledge in terms of long-term effects of radiation.
If you’re curious about the McGovern Historical Center, or learning more about Mr. Montgomery -- visit their homepage at http://library.tmc.edu/mcgovern/.
The John P. McGovern Historical Collections and Research Center at The TMC Library has notable historical collections on the foundations of the medical specialties, Texas medicine, rheumatology and North American public health. The archival collections focus on the development of the institutions an...