John P. McGovern, MD

John P. McGovern held seventeen professorships, received 29 honorary doctorates, and established the nation’s largest privately owned allergy and immunology clinic. He authored 252 professional publications including twenty-six books in the medical sciences and humanities, and served as president or chief elected officer of fifteen professional societies in medicine. The McGovern Foundation has given millions of dollars to local and national health charities, and many Houston landmarks bear the McGovern name. BRYANT BOUTWELL is a distinguished teaching professor and currently holds the John P. McGovern, MD, Professorship in Oslerian Medicine at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston.