Honors and Awards
MLA
- Honorary Member, 1997
- Joseph Leiter NLM/MLA Lectureship, 1990
- Michael E. DeBakey Library Services Outreach Award established, 1993
(established and awarded by Friends of the National Library of Medicine. MLA supports this award.)
Other Awards (Few selected)
- NLM Michael E. DeBakey Fellowship in the History of Medicine established, 2016
(established with support from the DeBakey Medical Foundation) - Congressional Gold Medal, 2008
- United Nations Lifetime Achievement Award, 1999
- National Medal of Science, 1987
- Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1969
- Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Research, 1963
- U.S. Army Legion of Merit Award, 1945
Other Accomplishments & Activities (Few selected)
- Chairman, Lasker Foundation Medical Research Awards Jury, 1964-94
- Chairman, President’s Commission on Heart Disease, Cancer, and Stroke, 1964
- Member, NLM Board of Regents,1957-60,1994-98; Chair, FY1958, FY1998
- Surgical Consultants Division, Office of the U.S. Army Surgeon General, 1942-46
Publications (5 representative)
- DeBakey ME. The National Library of Medicine. Evolution of a premier information center. JAMA. 1991 Sep 4;266(9):1252-8.
- DeBakey ME. Panel Chair. Improving health professionals’ access to information: Challenges and opportunities for the National Library of Medicine, A report of the Outreach Planning Panel of the Regents of the National Library of Medicine. Bethesda, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health; 1989.
- DeBakey ME. Concepts of the President's Commission on Heart Disease, Cancer, and Stroke. Clin Res. 1965 April;13(2):146. https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101743405X144
- DeBakey ME. Chaos among the stacks. Med World News 1963 April 26:58,61. https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101743405X140
- DeBakey ME. Research related to surgical treatment of aortic and peripheral vascular disease. Circulation. 1979 Dec;60(7):1619-35. Doi:10.1161/01.cir.60.7.1619. PMID:387292
Professional Positions (selected)
- Chancellor Emeritus, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 1996-2008
- Chancellor, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 1979-96
- Director, The DeBakey Heart Center, Houston, TX
- Director, National Heart and Blood Vessel Research and Demonstration Center, 1976-84
- Olga Keith Weiss Professor of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 1981-2008
- President, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 1969-79
- Distinguished Service Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 1968-2008
- Professor and Chairman, Cora and Webb Mading Department of Surgery, Baylor University College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 1948-69
MLA published statements about the fellow
- Proceedings, Ninety-seventh annual meeting Medical Library Association, Inc. Seattle, Washington May 24-28, 1997. Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1998 Jan;86(1):130. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC226342/?page=14
Education
- Postgraduate study University of Strasbourg, France and University of Heidelberg, Germany, 1935-37
- MS, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 1935
- Surgical Residency, Charity Hospital, New Orleans, LA, 1933-35
- MD, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 1932
- BS, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 1930
Contributed by Betsy L. Humphreys, MLS, FMLA
