| Description | Video recordings of a series of six interviews with William MacGowan (former Registrar, Professor of Surgery and Dean of the Medical Faculty at RCSI) conducted by Michael Horgan (former Chief Executive Officer of RCSI) over the course of several sessions in 2018. No accompanying documentation.
Interview one duration: 1 hour 0 minutes 10 seconds.
Interview two duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 36 seconds.
Interview three duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 33 seconds.
Interview four duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 00 seconds.
Interview five duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 01 seconds.
Interview six duration: 44 minutes 36 seconds.
Total duration: 6 hours 45 minutes 56 seconds.
The interview pertains to MacGowan's time as a student in RCSI, his surgical career in the Richmond Hospital, and his role as Registrar of RCSI. Discussion topics include the first kidney transplant carried out in Ireland, exchange program between RCSI and John Hopkins University, the 1984 Bicentenary of RCSI, visits to Libya, meetings in Singapore, RCSI's interest abroad including developments and recruitment in Bahrain, Tabuk and Saudi Arabia in the early 1990s, work in Sudan and plans for an updated history of RCSI. |