Dr. William Devries implants the Jarvik-7 heart into Dr. Barney Clark at the University of Utah.
JA Abildskov, MD is appointed Director and serves until 1994.
The Utah Board of Regents formally establishes the Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute (CVRTI) at the University.
Maxwell M. Wintrobe, MD, then Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine, serves as the Planning Coordinator of CVRTI and later as the first Director (1969).
