University of Kentucky SIP METS submitted to KDL. University of Kentucky SIP METS and associated file(s) submitted in University of Kentucky Preservation Repository. 1986OH098_UKMC30_Albright.xml Interview with A.D. Albright, March 10, 1986 University of Kentucky Medical Center Oral History Project A.D. Albright; interviewee Richard C. Smoot; interviewer Albright, A. D. (Arnold De Wald) -- Interviews University of Kentucky. Medical Center -- History Kentucky Council on Higher Education Universities and colleges -- Administration Medical care -- Kentucky Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries 1986-03-10 oral histories audio KUK:1986OH098_UKMC_30 english This digital resource may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent distribution in print or electronically. Physical rights are retained by the owning repository. Copyright is retained in accordance with U. S. copyright laws. Please go to http://kdl.kyvl.org for more information. A.D. Albright (Director of the Bureau of School Services; Professor in the College of Education; Executive Dean of Extended Programs 1957 ; Provost 1960-1962 ; Executive Vice-President of Institutional Planning 1970-1973 ; Executive Director of Kentucky Council on Higher Education 1987 ; Morehead State University 1986-1987) came to the University of Kentucky as an administrator in the College of Education in 1954. In this interview, Albright discusses the University of Kentucky in the fifties, and the early struggles of the Medical Center with main campus faculty. He describes the founding philosophy of the early leaders of the Medical Center, particularly Dr. Willard. In addition, Albright discusses the impact the Medical Center had on the university as well as the state, and looks at the problems of providing education and health care in a poor state. 2012 View Collection Guide to obtain rights information.