| Michael DeBakey  AKA Michael Ellis DeBakey
Born: 7-Sep-1908
Birthplace: Lake Charles, LA
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Doctor, Inventor
Party Affiliation: Republican Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Pioneering heart surgeon Military service: US Army Father: Shaker Morris DeBakey
Mother: Raheehja Zorba DeBakey
Brother: Ernest G. DeBakey
Sister: Lois DeBakey
Sister: Selma DeBakey
Sister: Selwa DeBakey
Wife: Diana Cooper (m. 15-Oct-1936, d., four sons)
University: BS, Tulane University (1930)
Medical School: MD, Tulane University (1932)
University: MS, Tulane University (1935)
Professor: Tulane University (1937-48)
Administrator: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (1948-93)
American Heart Association
Bush-Cheney '04
Cosmos Club
Eisenhower Institute Project Advisory Council
Lasker Foundation Trustee
Muscular Dystrophy Association
National Academy of Sciences
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Research Council
National Space Society
Research!America Board of Directors (Honorary)
Rotary International Houston
Royal Society honorary member
Teamsters Medical Advisory Committee
US Information Agency Medical Science Advisory Committee
Volunteer PAC
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society
Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society Honorary
Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society
Lasker Award Clinical Medical Research Award (1963)
Legion of Merit 1945
Presidential Medal of Freedom 1969
National Medal of Science 1987
John P. McGovern Award 1998
Aneurysm aortic (Feb-2006)
Open Heart Surgery (Feb-2006)
Lebanese Ancestry
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