Dr. E. James Potchen, professor emeritus and former chair of the Michigan State University Department of Radiology, reflects upon his life and career
Michigan State University Professor Emeritus E. James Potchen, M.D., former Chair of the MSU Radiology Department, reflects upon his life and career at Michigan State University. Potchen talks about his parent's passion for education, their careers and their influence on his life. He describes his own academic history, including becoming both a doctor and a lawyer, his research and teaching positions and his fascination with nuclear medicine. Potchen also discusses coming to MSU to establish the Radiology Department as the university medical school was being created and the various academic and research projects which took him around the world. He points with pride to the memorial garden at the Radiology Building which was created with his financial support and guidance and he says that MSU was "a wonderful place to live a life." Potchen is interviewed by retired MSU Professor Pauline Adams for the Michigan State University Faculty Emeriti Association Oral History Project.
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G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date
- 2013-04-04
- Interviewees
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Potchen, E. James, 1932-
- Interviewers
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Adams, Pauline
- Recordist
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Vincent Voice Library
- Subjects
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Potchen, E. James, 1932-
Michigan State University
Michigan State University. Department of Radiology
Families
Learning and scholarship
Universities and colleges--Faculty
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Sound recordings
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English
- Extent
- 00:53:02
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Recorded by the Vincent Voice Library, Apr. 4, 2013.
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Vincent Voice Library
- Call Number
- Voice 18203
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b10162366
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