Thomas R Cole

Thomas R. Cole, PhD, is Professor and Graduate Program Director at the Institute for the Medical Humanities, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston. He is a past Chair of the Humanities and Arts Committee of the Gerontological Society and serves on various editorial boards. Senior editor of "What Does It Mean to Grow Old? Reflections from the Humanities "(1986) and of "Handbook of the Humanities and Aging "(Springer Publishing Company, 1992), he is also author of "The Journey of Life: A...See more

Thomas R. Cole, PhD, is Professor and Graduate Program Director at the Institute for the Medical Humanities, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston. He is a past Chair of the Humanities and Arts Committee of the Gerontological Society and serves on various editorial boards. Senior editor of "What Does It Mean to Grow Old? Reflections from the Humanities "(1986) and of "Handbook of the Humanities and Aging "(Springer Publishing Company, 1992), he is also author of "The Journey of Life: A Cultural History of Aging in America "(Cambridge, 1992). He is now completing "No Color is My Kind: The Life Story of Eldrewey Stearns, Texas Integration Leader "(University of Texas Press), and "The Oxford Book of Aging, "to be published in 1994. See less