Dr. Denton Cooley – Performed the First Heart Transplant

This is another letter that I got when I was in college. Dr. Cooley performed the first human heart transplant operation in the United States in 1968. I wrote to him at the Texas Heart Institute and got a great letter back. He tells students to pursue a career in medicine. One of the great things about all of these letters is how closely they match to the person’s profession, or personality.