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Article: Northwestern University honors the legacy of 'Dr. Dan: America's first open-heart surgeon.(Biography)
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- Ebony
- Article date:
- December 1, 2004
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MORE than 111 years after Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performed the first successful open-heart surgery, his alma mater, Northwestern University School of Medicine in Chicago, celebrated his legacy by dedicating an auditorium and atrium in his honor.
A distinguished gathering of alumni, faculty, business and community leaders, including John H. Johnson, publisher and chairman of Johnson Publishing Company, and Eunice W. Johnson, secretary-treasurer and producer-director of the Ebony Fashion Fair, attended the Chicago dedication in honor of the pioneering surgeon who was known to his friends and colleagues as "Dr. Dan."
Speakers said Dr. Williams' operation ...