This book chronicles the remarkable ascendancy of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas over the past sixty years. From its beginnings in 1943 in about 30,000 square feet of temporary Army barracks located on Oak Lawn Avenue the medical center has become one of the premier academic biomedical institutions in the world. It is home to four Nobel Laureates and seventeen members of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. This book, liberally illustrated, is based primarily on personal interviews with prominent faculty members as well as Dallas philanthropists who have contributed to the center's success.