With very little money but with a groundswell of support from all sectors of the state, the two-year medical school at the University of Mississippi in Oxford became the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson in 1955. Including more than fifty photographs, Promises Kept traces the development of the medical center from one school and two hospital wings to a major center for professional health education with four hospitals, five schools, a work force of more than 7,500 and a $650 million annual budget.
In the 1960s, medical center leadership faced the challenge of...
With very little money but with a groundswell of support from all sectors of the state, the two-year medical school at the University of Mississipp...
