Interviewer
Barbara K. Dent
Project
El Paso Medical Community
Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee
El Paso City-Count Health Director; longtime El Paso pediatrician.
Summary of Interview
Part of Health Care on the Border Project; recalls El Paso childhood and participation in El Paso's first Sun Carnival; WW II in El Paso including the internment of German rocket scientist, landing of German V-2 rocket in Juarez, crash of B-24 Liberator Bomber on Mt. Franklin; work as an orderly in Thomason Hospital's emergency room; distribution of SABIN Oral Sundaes; El Paso County Medical Society Foundation; public health problems and issues along U.S.-Mexico border; relationship of El Paso City-County Health District to Wm. Beaumont Army Hospital and Cd. Juarez.
Date of Interview
8-7-1991
Length of Interview
1 hour
Listen to the Interview
Tape Number
No. 828
Transcript Number
No. 828
Length of Transcript
34 pages.
Interview Number
No. 828
Terms of Use
Unrestricted
Recommended Citation
Interview with Laurance N. Nickey, M.D. by Barbara K. Dent, 1991, "Interview no. 828," Institute of Oral History, University of Texas at El Paso.