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Biography of Denton Cooley (1920-2016) | Emoria

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Biography of Denton Cooley

22. Aug 1920 – 18. Nov 2016(96 years)Houston, Harris County

American heart surgeon

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Biography

Houston, Harris County

Houston, Harris County

United States

Burial Place

Glenwood Cemetery

Occupation(5)

cardiac surgeon university teacher surgeon basketball player physician

Awards(5)

National Medal of Technology and Innovation Presidential Medal of Freedom Theodore Roosevelt Award Commander of the Order of the Sun of Peru‎Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise

Education(5)

University of Texas at Austin University of Texas Medical Branch Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Heights High School San Jacinto High School

US-amerikanischer Chirurg

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6 Events

1920

Born in Houston, Harris County

1970

Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise

1980

Theodore Roosevelt Award

1984

Presidential Medal of Freedom

1998

National Medal of Technology and Innovation

2016

Died in Houston, Harris County

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