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was the last living charter member of the TAFP when he died in 2007. The Texas academy has
established the S. Perry Post, MD, Medical Student Scholarship Fund in his honor.
The S. Perry Post, M.D. collection consists his original AAGP membership certificate (issued May 1,
1948), and his Century Club certificate from 1950. Post also donated similar items on behalf of
Academy member Terry S. Vincent, M.D., which are part of this collection. One notable file
pertains to the organization of the Family Practice Student Association at the University of Texas
Medical School in San Antonio in 1971. The collection also contains files and photos related to the
Texas chapter’s program called “Physician of the Day” for the Texas Legislature. Also included are
items from the early years of both the AAGP and TAGP, including medical study report forms,
membership directories, constitution and bylaws, banquet programs, and some early issues of Texas
chapter newsletters. These include materials from the Alamo Chapter of the Texas AGP and the
Bexar County (TX) Academy of General Practice.
Price, James G., M.D. (1926-2009)
c. 1973-1990
2 boxes – See also: Audio-Visual Collection; Photograph Collection; and Slide Collection
Born in Brush, Colorado in 1926, James Gordon Price, M.D. received his B.A. degree in 1948 and
his M.D. in 1951, both from the University of Colorado. After completing an internship at the
Denver General Hospital in 1952, Dr. Price returned to Brush, where he established a general
practice which served the local community from 1952 to 1978. In 1978, Dr. Price moved to Kansas,
where he served as a professor of Family Practice at the University of Kansas Medical Center from
1978 to 1993, and also as chairman of the Department of Family Practice from 1982 to 1990, and as
dean of the University of Kansas School of Medicine from 1990 to 1993. From 1973 to 1990, Dr.
Price also authored a nationally syndicated newspaper column entitled “Your Family Physician.” In
addition to his professional positions, Dr. Price was also an active leader in several Family Medicine
organizations. In 1964, he served as president of the Colorado Academy of Family Physicians, and
then on the national level, served as vice-speaker (1967-1968) and Speaker (1969-1972) of the
Academy’s House of Delegates, and as president of the AAFP from 1973 to 1974. From 1979 to
1980, he also served as president of the ABFP (now ABFM). In 1988, the Academy honored Dr.
Price by presenting him with the Thomas W. Johnson Award for Outstanding Contributions to
Family Practice Education. Dr. Price died on October 17, 2009 at the age of 83.
The James G. Price, M.D. Collection is comprised of a collection of Dr. Price’s writings and
speeches, including a manuscript and copies of his small book “A Manual For Presiding Officers at
Annual Business Meetings,” written c. 1973; a copy of a statement made before the FDA Cardio-
Renal Advisory Committee on May 11, 1976; and galley proofs, clippings, typewritten carbons,
word processed versions and a handwritten version of his “Your Family Physician” newspaper
column, together with correspondence relating to its syndication. Also included in the collection is a
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