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.
Martin Anderson (economist)
Anderson was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, on August 5, 1936. He received his AB (summa cum laude) from Dartmouth College in 1957, and his MS in engineering and business administration at Thayer School of Engineering and Tuck School of Business Administration in 1958. In 1962, he earned the first PhD in industrial management ever granted by a college or university from the MIT Sloan School of Management.