Oklahoma Health Center: A History - Hardcover

Bob Burke

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1885596766 ISBN 13: 9781885596765

Publisher: Oklahoma Heritage Association, 2009

Synopsis

The Oklahoma Health Center is the unique epicenter of amazing, quality-of-life-changing progress in health care, research, medical education, technology, and community service. On 300 acres south of the State Capitol in Oklahoma City, more than $3 billion in capital investment has produced a world-class research and health care complex. This is the story of the growth and development of the institutions that make up the Oklahoma Health Center-the dream of business leaders to transform an area of blighted neighborhoods and aging public buildings into productive and technologically modern structures in which lives are saved; the tragedy of disease is slowed, if not halted; and cutting-edge research promises a better life for all Oklahomans and citizens of the entire world. The saga of the Oklahoma Health Center is far from complete. Its future is unlimited, building on the work of many men and women who changed the face of scientific research, medical training, and health care in Oklahoma.

About this title

About the Author:

BOB BURKE has written more historical non-fiction books (116) than anyone else in history. He was born in Broken Bow, Oklahoma, and graduated with a journalism degree from the University of Oklahoma and a law degree from Oklahoma City University. He was director of what is now the Department of Commerce in the administration of Governor David Boren and managed Boren's first campaign for the U.S. Senate in 1978. Burke is the father of Robert, Amy, and Cody, stepfather of Natalie, Lauren, and Calli, and grandfather of Nathan, Jon, Ridge, Fallon, Greyson, Mia, and Emerson. He and his wife, Chimene, live in Oklahoma City where he practices law and writes books. Burke is a member of the Oklahoma Hall of Fame, the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame, and the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oklahoma Heritage Association
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1885596766
• ISBN 13: 9781885596765
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 216
• Editor: Gini Moore Campbell