His passion for the field of anesthesiology always burned brightly, leading him to serve
A lasting
as president of The Methodist Hospital medical staff in the
LEGACY mid-1970s.
By Donna Hurst
Department of Anesthesiology benefits from Chalmers charitable trust
4HE YEAR WAS A TIME OF NEW IDEAS AND A HOST OF lRSTS 4HE 5NITED 3TATES #ENSUS "UREAU RECEIVED THE 5.)6!# THE lRST COMMERCIAL COMPUTER PRODUCED IN THE 5NITED 3TATES FANS SAW THE lRST ."! !LL 3TAR GAME PLAYED IN THE "OSTON 'ARDEN THE WORLD S lRST EXPERIMENTAL NUCLEAR POWER PLANT %"2 OPENED IN A DESERT NEAR !RCO )DAHO AND h) ,OVE ,UCYv MADE ITS TELEVISION DEBUT ON #"3
The Methodist Hospital circa 1951
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Dr. Presley H. Chalmers