<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/notable-alumni/frank-spencer.html" dsn="news"><item_date>08/21/2013 09:41:00 AM</item_date><title>Frank Spencer</title><alumni_category>Health and Science</alumni_category><alumni_decades>1940s</alumni_decades><prefix/><firstname>Frank</firstname><lastname>Spencer</lastname><suffix/><deceased>1925-2018</deceased><graduation_year>('44)</graduation_year><body>Retired chair of surgery at New York University; created techniques that paved the way for modern cardiac surgery. He also is a former president of the American College of Surgeons and a recipient of the Navy's Legion of Merit</body><thumbnail_alumni><img src="/sites/default/files/thumbnails/frank-spencer_distinguished-alumni-thumb.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Dr. Frank Spencer"/></thumbnail_alumni><featured>Featured</featured><image><img src="/sites/default/files/notable-alumni/frank-spencer_featured.jpg" width="1000" height="610" alt="Dr. Frank Spencer"/></image><featured_text/><link>https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc29762/m1/22/</link><type>alumni</type><categories/><relationships/><main-content>
    
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