University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
MD Anderson was created by an act of the Texas Legislature in 1941, making it a part of The University of Texas System and was established by the National Cancer Act of 1971. Today it is one of 49 Comprehensive Cancer Centers designated by the National Cancer Institute. The cancer center provided care for more than 137,000 patients in Fiscal Year 2017 and employs more than 20,000 people.
Edwin Maffitt Anderson
Born in Savannah, Georgia, Anderson entered the Confederate Navy in October 1861, enlisting as a master's mate and being promoted within a month to midshipman. Briefly serving under Captain Raphael Semmes aboard the CSS "Savannah", he was sent across the Atlantic and, in August 1862, joined the "Alabama" in the Azores just before its official commission and would remain aboard the commerce raider throughout its entire career. Wounded during the battle with the USS "Kearsarge" on June 19, 1864, in which the "Alabama" was sunk, Anderson was rescued by the "Deerhound", a British yacht, and taken to England.