1 audiocassette (75 min.) , 1 transcript (24 pages), correspondence, news clippings, 1 photoprint: color; 13 x 18 cm, 1988 November 11

File — Folder: 1195

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection: This interview with Dr. Jack A. Dillahunt (1914-1996) of Albuquerque, New Mexico, summarizes his 34 years' medical practice in New Mexico. A board certified ophthalmologist, one of the first in the state, Dr. Dillahunt came to Albuquerque in 1950 and established a private practice in his specialty which operated to the mid-1980s. Among the subjects discussed in this interview are Dr. Dillahunt's personal and professional backgrounds; the medical community of Albuquerque in the 1950s; the pioneer ophthalmologists of the city and state; the creation of a medical school in New Mexico; the clash between ophthalmologists and optometrists; and much else.