Title:

Director, DeBakey Heart Center

Affiliation:

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston,Texas 77030 USA

Gender:

Male

Year Deceased:

2008

Award Discipline:

Biological Sciences

Award Year:

1987

Citation:

"For his pioneering medical innovations throughout his medical career and his unique ability to bring his vast professional knowledge to bear on public policy as a national and international medical statesman."

Presented by President Reagan at a White House Ceremony on June 25, 1987.