Vanderbilt University Medical School

60 Years Ago, This Tennessee State University Student Demanded Academic Excellence at His College and Got It

Donald V. Watkins

Apr 82 min read

60 Years Ago, This Tennessee State University Student Demanded Academic Excellence at His College and Got It

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on April 8, 2024 In Memoriam to Dr. Levi Watkins, Jr., MD -- June 13, 1944 to April 11,...

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Denied Admission to UA Medical School, an Undeterred Levi Watkins, Jr., Soldiered On to Co-Develop the Cardioverter Defibrillator and Implant the First One in a Human Patient

Donald V. Watkins

Mar 62 min read

Denied Admission to UA Medical School, an Undeterred Levi Watkins, Jr., Soldiered On to Co-Develop the Cardioverter Defibrillator and Implant the First One in a Human Patient

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on March 6, 2024 If you are one of the 200,000 heart patients each year who received an...

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Donald V. Watkins

Sep 1, 20234 min read

“VU Med School Gets 1st Negro”

By Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on May 28, 2019; Updated and Republished on September 1, 2023 On May 29, 1966, The...

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Donald V. Watkins

May 28, 20193 min read

“VU Med School Gets 1st Negro”

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on May 28, 2019 On May 29, 1966, The Tennessean (Nashville, Tennessee) published an...

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Donald V. Watkins

Apr 27, 20185 min read

The Bridge Builders

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published (via Facebook) on August 30, 2016; Updated and Republished on April 27, 2018 The Bridge...

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