Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research & Training Institute

William Devries

Dr. William Devries implants the Jarvik-7 heart into Dr. Barney Clark at the University of Utah.

CVRTI Building

The Utah Board of Regents formally establishes the Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute (CVRTI) at the University.

First Director

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).