The Reader’s Notebook: Daniel Hale Williams

January 18, 2022 — Daniel Hale Williams was an American general surgeon, who in 1893 performed what is referred to as “the first successful heart…

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January 18, 2022

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January 18, 2022 — Daniel Hale Williams was an American general surgeon, who in 1893 performed what is referred to as “the first successful heart surgery”. In 1913, Williams was elected as the only African-American charter member of the American College of Surgeons.

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Greg Jenkins

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Greg Jenkins has been the Operations Director at MSPR since 1999. Greg is a 1996 graduate of Morehead State University with a BME in Music Education and received a Masters of Science in Industrial Technology in 2008. Greg oversees training, scheduling, and evaluation of the student board operator staff, preparation of the daily traffic logs and serves as weekday classical music host. He is also the webmaster of the MSPR website and maintains MSPR's webstreaming and podcasting.

The Reader’s Notebook: Daniel Hale Williams

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