The Technical Side of Operators Working from Home The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is named after Monroe Dunaway Ander- son, a banker, and businessman born on June 29, 1873, in Jackson, Tennessee. His family be- gan buying and selling cotton in 1904 and in 1907 MD Anderson moved to Houston, Texas to grow the family business. Monroe established the MD Anderson Foundation in 1936 before his death in 1939. When the Texas Legislature authorized The University of Texas to establish a hospital for cancer research and treatment, the MD An- derson Foundation matched the $500,000 that was appropriated for the hospital which was then named for its benefactor. MD Anderson is the largest cancer treatment center in the United States and ranks number 1 in cancer care by U.S

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