James Oliver (physician)
James Oliver is a physician from Hernando, Mississippi. He was the first African-American M.D. to graduate from the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC).[1][2]
In order to pay for college, Oliver worked construction as well as earning a music scholarship to Mississippi Vocational College (MVC) in
Penn State, he chose to return to Mississippi to attend UMMC in September of 1968. He graduated as a cardiologist in 1972.[3]
He interned at Boston City Hospital on the Harvard Medical Service.[4]
References
- ^ https://www.wjtv.com/living-local/focused-on-health/mississippi-native-perseveres-to-become-medical-schools-first-black-graduate/
- ^ "Largest Class Ever at UM Medical School". McComb, Mississippi: Enterprise-Journal. May 29, 1972. p. 3. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ https://www.umc.edu/news/News_Articles/2022/03/Mississippi-Medicine-Oliver.html
- ^ "First Black Receives UMC Medical Degree". Jackson, Mississippi: Clarion-Ledger. May 29, 1972. p. 12. Retrieved 22 February 2023.