Interview, October 30, 2019

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Duke University. Medical Center. Department of Surgery.

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30143010.000

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This oral history interview was conducted with Paul R. Newman on October 30, 2019 by Taylor Patterson as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project.

Duration: 01:01:16

During the interview, Newman discusses his education; how he became interested in the Hospital Administration program at Duke; becoming an assistant football coach at Duke to help pay for graduate school; how he chose to pursue working in hospital administration over a career as a foot coach; the details of his job as a hospital administration supporting clinical chairs in academic departments, with Sabiston being one of them; experiences working at the Private Diagnostic Clinic (PDC), including the merger of the surgical and medical PDC; the details of his role as a hospital administrator; the creation of the Duke University Health System; Sabiston's control over the Building Fund; and his memories of working with Sabiston as a master educator, master politician, and the tremendous influence he had at both Duke and on a national level. Digital files include transcript (DOCX), interview (MP3), consent form (PDF), and TXT files.

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