Steve Fisch
The first African-American to graduate from the Stanford School of Medicine returned to help celebrate this year’s graduating class.
Fifty-six years after giving a speech as the first African-American graduate of the Stanford School of Medicine, Augustus White III, MD, PhD, returned to the podium of his alma mater with gray hair and a strong message.
“I believe that health care should be an inalienable human right,” White said, addressing the School of Medicine’s graduating class of 2017 at the June 17 diploma ceremony. “We must work hard so that we come as close as possible to that ideal.”
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