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Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient Dr. Denton Cooley
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Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient Dr. Denton Cooley
DR. DENTON COOLEY
Awarded by
President Ronald Reagan
March 26, 1984
In an outstanding professional career, Dr. Denton Cooley has distinguished himself time and again in the field of medicine. As one of this country's leading heart surgeons, he has charted new territory in his search for ways to prolong and enrich human life. His efforts have saved the lives not only of his own patients, but of those of many other doctors who have studied and developed techniques mastered by him. As a heart surgeon and as a creative, independent thinker, Dr. Denton Cooley is a force for innovation in American medicine.
Dr. Denton Cooley being congratulated by President Ronald Reagan for Medal of Freedom
Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas
The Denton A. Cooley Building
DENTON ARTHUR COOLEY, son of a Houston dentist, was born in 1920. He attended the Houston Public Schools and graduated from San Jacinto High School.
He then attended The University of Texas where he was a member of Kappa Sigma Fraternity.
He was a member of the Southwest Conference Champion Basketball teams of that era.
He graduated with highest honors and Phi Beta Kappa. He attended the University of Texas Medical School at Galveston for two years and transferred to Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore where he graduated in 1944 with highest ho
nors and Alpha Omega Alpha.
He completed his surgical residency under -Dr. Alfred Blalock serving for six years with a leave of absence between 1946 and 1948 to serve military duty in the 124th Station Hospital, Linz, Austria.
Upon completing his residency, he joined Mr. Russell Brock at Brompton Hospital in London, England where he was Senior Surgical Registrar.
Dr. Denton A Cooley is a world-renowned cardiovascular surgeon who has pioneered and developed many of the techniques used in cardiovascular surgery today. He has been involved in cardiovascular surgery for over 50 years. One of his major contributions is the development of techniques for repair and replacement of diseased heart valves and the development of operations to correct congenital heart anomalies in infants and children. He has received a series of honours and awards. He has developed over 200 surgical instruments and is a pioneer in the area of artificial heart technology.
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