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In 2004, Dr. Salem established the
Michael DeBakey, M.D., Distinguished
Lectureship Series. The program
has brought some of the most
distinguished medical pioneers to
Lubbock – men like Dr. DeBakey
himself, Dr. Ben Carson, and
another of Dr. Salem’s mentors, Dr.
Denton Cooley. Every single lecture
is preserved in a high-tech video
platform that allows anyone to listen
to a particular presentation. Not only
is Dr. Salem’s story preserved for
posterity, but the lectureship series
provides rare access to some of the
most innovative thinkers in medicine.
The legacy is priceless. Dr. Salem has
the highest respect for his parents, and
his lifetime of achievements confirm
the integrity of the foundation they
laid. The benefit to West Texas is
incalculable.
MICHAEL POSTAR’S
Supporting
Lubbock Veterans
&
Texas South Plains
Honor Flight
In 2017, Dr. Salem received seen the AJ article online and
a heartwarming letter from a recognized the name Hub Hyatt
stranger. This is the amazing as the soldier who had saved his
backstory: father’s life. PFC Glenn Kirkbride
had been shot, and Lt. Hyatt
The Lubbock AJ printed a detailed picked him up and was carrying
report by staff writer Ray him to safety when he himself
Westbrook of his interview with was killed. Mr. Kirkbride, Sr.
Dr. Ted Hartman, who had been survived, went on to enjoy a 62-
a teenage tank driver in WWII. year marriage and a successful
Dr. Salem was so moved by the career, father four children, and
tribute article about his colleague is still thriving at the age of 96.
that he wrote a letter to the editor, Glenn, Jr. expressed his heartfelt
thanking Mr. Westbrook for the thanks for the heroic action of
piece. In his letter, Dr. Salem Lt. Hyatt and wanted his nearest
mentioned his uncle Hub Hyatt relative, Dr. Salem, to know.
who was killed during the Battle The Kirkbride family had been
of the Bulge, March 1, 1945. waiting 72 years to express their
Months later, he received a letter gratitude to Hub’s family. Every
in the mail from Glenn Kirkbride, story has a back story, especially
Jr. The Arizona resident had the epic ones.
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