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James "Red" Duke
American physician
James Henry "Red" Duke, Jr. (November 16, 1928 – August 25, 2015) was a trauma surgeon and professor at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, where he worked on-site since 1972.
He was instrumental in introducing Memorial Hermann's Life Flight program and bringing a level I trauma center to Houston.
Duke had a nationally syndicated television spot called Texas Health Reports or Dr. Red Duke's Health Reports, which aired on local television stations in the United States for fifteen years.[1][2]
Early life
Duke was born in Ennis, Texas.[3][4] He graduated from Hillsboro High School and later earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Texas A&M University in 1950.[4] He served as a yell leader at Texas A&M and was the first person to deliver the poem "The Last Corps Trip" publicly.
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