Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Clifford Houston Clifford Houston
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Other authors / contributors: | Houston, Clifford, 1949- interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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Sound characteristics: | digital
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Digital file characteristics: | video file
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Notes: | Videographer, Matthew Hickey. Larry Crowe, interviewer. Recorded Galveston, Texas 2013 January 31. Vendor-supplied metadata.
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Summary: | Microbiologist and administrator Clifford Wayne Houston was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on December 3, 1949. Houston graduated from Oklahoma State University with his B.S. degree in microbiology and chemistry in 1972, and his M.S. degree in biology in 1974. He earned his Ph.D. degree in microbiology and immunology from the University of Oklahoma in 1979. Upon completion, Houston was awarded a James W. McLaughlin postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB). Houston began his career at UTMB as an assistant professor in 1981. As an administrator, Houston participated in the management development program at the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University in 1994. He served as deputy associate administrator for education in the Office of Education at NASA Headquarters from 2003 to 2005. In 1997, Houston was named the Herman Barnett Distinguished Professor of Microbiology and Immunology. Houston was elected president of the American Society for Microbiology in 2006.
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