From Rags to Riches: The Phenomenal Rise of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas »

Errol C. Friedberg is a Professor and Chair in the Department of Pathology of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. He is the author of: DNA Repair and Mutagenesis; The Writing Life of James D. Watson; and Correcting the Blueprint of Life: An Historical Account of the Discovery of DNA Repair Mechanisms. Dr. Friedberg is the recipient of the Rous Whipple Award from the American Society for Investigative Pathology and the Lila Gruber Memorial Cancer Research Award from the American Academy of Dermatology.

This book chronicles the remarkable ascendancy of The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas over the past sixty years. Beginning with the occupation of about 30,000 square feet of temporary Army barracks located on Oak Lawn Avenue, Dallas in 1943, the medical center is now one of the premier academic biomedical institutions in the world. It is home to four Nobel Laureates and seventeen members of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. The book is primarily based on personal interviews with prominent faculty members as well as Dallas philanthropists who have contributed to its success, and is liberally illustrated.