When Deciding to Rename the Medical Center Did Management Look to Lubbock, Texas?
To the Editor: On our recent trip through the American prairie, we had to stop at Lubbock, Texas, to take care of an ear infection. Our old map showed the medical center in the center of town. No, it was not there any longer. It had moved out of town, away from easy reachability, was now some driving distance away for the elderly, an expensive taxi ride in a large new complex of buildings. The name: “University Medical Center.” We asked, “Is there a medical school in Lubbock?” “Oh, no,” was the answer. “There is some technical school. The students like to learn how to use all those instruments.” How practical as long as they don’t use some instruments for the first time on my eardrum. What do I learn as we returned to Princeton? Our medical center is now the “University Medical Center.” Are the leaders of the Princeton and Lubbock medical centers singing from the same hymnal? Did they use the same consultant to come up with that? I can’t believe that Princeton paid $700,000 to come up
