[horse_doc]

Not listed in this story, is his interest in expanding the field of veterinary cardiovascular surgery, with the establishment of the DeBakey Institute at the TAMU College of Veterinary Medicine.

He realized that the transfer of advanced medical skills to veterinary researchers, would advance human medicine, with the side benefit of relieving pain and suffering in the animal world. This partnership will be paying dividends in the lives of people, for decades to come. I will always be proud that I had the tiniest of parts, as an anonymous student researcher, in this effort.

And this was just a minor project, for him - more than most of us do in our entire lives.

[Guenevere]

bttt for a great man!