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The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is a graduate-level institution that is part of the University of North Texas System. Fort Worth is the sixth-largest city in the state of Texas, located about 30 miles west of Dallas on the West Fork Trinity River and forming part of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. ...
UNT HealthScienceCenter is approved by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and is a member of the Alliance for Higher Education, the Association of Academic HealthCenters, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, and the Council of Graduate Schools.
The healthsciencecenter is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award masters and doctoral degrees.
Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine is fully accredited by the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation of the American Osteopathic Association, which is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
The college was to be located in FortWorth due to the large concentration of osteopathic physicians there, including the founding officers: George J. Luibel, chairman; D.
By 1969 the Texas osteopathic profession had raised sufficient funds to open an administrative office and hire Henry B. Hardt, chairman of the chemistry department at Texas Christian University, as associate dean and chief administrative officer.
In conjunction with the rapid growth of the clinical science and research programs, TCOM became one of the first medical schools in the nation to commit itself to a curriculum based on the promotion of health.