126:
In 2018 Cole began training to become a
Spiritual Director under Rabbi James Ponet. He was ordained in 2021 by Rabbi Ponet, Rabbi David Lyon, Rabbi Richard Address, Dr. Catherine Stephenson, Reverend Laura Mayo, and Dr. Thelma Jean Goodrich. In 2021, he founded Congregation Beth Israel's Center for
45:, Connecticut. His father, Burton David Michel, died in a car accident in September 1953, when Cole was 4 years old. His father's death prompted a lifelong personal and academic inquiry into issues of spirituality, aging, and the question of what it means to grow old.
64:. He graduated in 1971 under the mentorship of philosopher of religion Merold Westphal and political philosopher William McBride. He earned a master's degree in American intellectual history under the direction of Donald Meyer at
293:
99:
examined the tradition of
European thought and art about aging, traced its evolution in America, and emphasized the absence of social and cultural meaning in later life.
27:
120:
In 2004 Cole became the founding director of the McGovern Center for
Humanities and Ethics. With Ronald Carson and Nathan Carlin, he co-authored
48:
Cole married Letha
Birkholtz in 1972 and had two children, Jacob and Emma. He was divorced and married Thelma Jean Goodrich in 2007. They live in
109:
Cole and his student at the time, Kate de
Medeiros, taught Life Story Writing Workshops to groups of elders in Galveston from 1998 to 2003. The
572:
592:
471:
127:
Healing, Hope, and the Human Spirit with Rabbi David Lyon and began working as a
Spiritual Director at Temple Beth Israel in Houston.
567:
26:. He is currently the McGovern Chair in Medical Humanities and Director of the McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics at the
310:
85:
76:(1980). His dissertation examined the history of aging in middle-class America in mid-19th and early 20th centuries.
587:
231:
Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?: An
Annotated Bibliography of Aging and the Humanities.
504:"McGovern Medical School | McGovern Center celebrates a decadeMcGovern Medical School - McGovern Medical School"
582:
577:
287:
503:
165:
355:
260:
88:, where he assisted his mentor, Ronald Carson, in developing the nation's first Ph.D. Program in
73:
557:
42:
446:
224:
142:
562:
279:
Faculty Health in
Academic Medicine: Physicians, Scientists, and the Pressures of Success.
528:"Center For Healing, Hope, and the Human Spirit at Beth Israel - Congregation Beth Israel"
311:
http://reflections.yale.edu/article/test-time-art-aging/journey-life-interview-thomas-cole
8:
143:
No Color Is My Kind: The Life of
Eldrewey Stearns and the Integration of Houston, Texas
65:
89:
330:
479:
428:
363:
69:
420:
331:"Thomas R. Cole, Ph.D. - John P. McGovern, M.D., Center for Humanities and Ethics|"
387:
255:
246:
237:
218:
172:
159:
The
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), August 2011.
61:
527:
424:
31:
551:
483:
432:
367:
23:
294:
Critical Humanities and Ageing: Forging Interdisciplinary Dialogues
49:
106:, the story of Eldrewey Stearns and the integration of Houston.
30:. He is also a spiritual director at Congregation Beth Israel's
219:
What Does It Mean to Grow Old? Reflections from the Humanities
305:
22:(born March 15, 1949) is a writer, historian, filmmaker, and
97:
The Journey of Life: A Cultural History of Aging in America]
233:
Washington, D.C.: Gerontological Society of America, 1988.
472:"Turning to Autobiography for Emotional Growth in Old Age"
335:
John P. McGovern, M.D., Center for Humanities and Ethics|
110:
273:
Practicing the Medical Humanities: Forms of Engagement.
173:
Old Man Country: My Search for Meaning Among the Elders
68:(1975) and a Ph.D. in history under the mentorship of
28:
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
247:
Voices and Visions of Aging: a Critical Gerontology
147:
1997. 2nd edition, University of Texas Press, 2021.
151:The Journey of Life: A Cultural History of Aging.
549:
60:Cole studied philosophy as an undergraduate at
32:Center for Healing, Hope, and the Human Spirit.
153:New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992.
411:Astrow, Alan (1993-12-30). "Book Review".
200:Life Stories: Aging and the Human Spirit
316:
285:A Guide to Humanistic Studies in Aging.
550:
410:
353:
206:Stroke: Conversations and Explanations
41:Cole was born into a Jewish family in
469:
267:Handbook of the Humanities and Aging.
212:
238:Handbook of the Humanities and Aging
181:
163:Medical Humanities: An Introduction.
122:Medical Humanities: An Introduction.
275:University Publishing Group, 2003.
194:Still Life: The Humanity of Anatomy
84:In 1982 Cole became a professor at
13:
573:21st-century American male writers
130:
79:
14:
604:
593:American male non-fiction writers
299:
296:. New York, NY: Routledge, 2022.
568:21st-century American historians
281:Totowa, NJ: Humana Press, 2009.
413:New England Journal of Medicine
269:Springer Publishing Co., 1999.
251:Springer Publishing Co., 1993.
242:Springer Publishing Co., 1992.
520:
496:
463:
439:
404:
380:
354:Norman, Michael (1996-01-14).
347:
323:
288:Johns Hopkins University Press
188:The Strange Demise of Jim Crow
177:Oxford University Press, 2019.
117:was made about the workshops.
1:
55:
36:
7:
425:10.1056/NEJM199312303292721
10:
609:
470:Rimer, Sara (2000-02-09).
306:http://www.thomasrcole.com
166:Cambridge University Press
256:The Oxford Book of Aging
135:
588:American gerontologists
261:Oxford University Press
74:University of Rochester
583:Filmmakers from Texas
578:American medievalists
225:Duke University Press
317:Notes and references
532:www.beth-israel.org
447:"Lost in the Cause"
104:No Color is My Kind
102:In 1997 Cole wrote
66:Wesleyan University
476:The New York Times
388:"Graduate Program"
360:The New York Times
213:Edited collections
90:medical humanities
16:American historian
419:(27): 2043–2044.
356:"Living Too Long"
182:Documentary films
70:Christopher Lasch
600:
542:
541:
539:
538:
524:
518:
517:
515:
514:
500:
494:
493:
491:
490:
467:
461:
460:
458:
457:
443:
437:
436:
408:
402:
401:
399:
398:
384:
378:
377:
375:
374:
351:
345:
344:
342:
341:
327:
608:
607:
603:
602:
601:
599:
598:
597:
548:
547:
546:
545:
536:
534:
526:
525:
521:
512:
510:
502:
501:
497:
488:
486:
468:
464:
455:
453:
445:
444:
440:
409:
405:
396:
394:
386:
385:
381:
372:
370:
352:
348:
339:
337:
329:
328:
324:
319:
302:
215:
184:
138:
133:
131:Published works
95:His 1993 book,
82:
80:Academic career
62:Yale University
58:
39:
17:
12:
11:
5:
606:
596:
595:
590:
585:
580:
575:
570:
565:
560:
544:
543:
519:
495:
462:
438:
403:
379:
346:
321:
320:
318:
315:
314:
313:
308:
301:
300:External links
298:
214:
211:
210:
209:
203:
197:
191:
183:
180:
179:
178:
169:
160:
157:The Brewsters.
154:
148:
137:
134:
132:
129:
86:UTMB Galveston
81:
78:
57:
54:
38:
35:
20:Thomas R. Cole
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
605:
594:
591:
589:
586:
584:
581:
579:
576:
574:
571:
569:
566:
564:
561:
559:
558:Living people
556:
555:
553:
533:
529:
523:
509:
505:
499:
485:
481:
477:
473:
466:
452:
451:Houston Press
448:
442:
434:
430:
426:
422:
418:
414:
407:
393:
389:
383:
369:
365:
361:
357:
350:
336:
332:
326:
322:
312:
309:
307:
304:
303:
297:
295:
291:
289:
286:
282:
280:
276:
274:
270:
268:
264:
262:
259:
257:
252:
250:
248:
243:
241:
239:
234:
232:
228:
226:
222:
220:
207:
204:
201:
198:
195:
192:
189:
186:
185:
176:
174:
170:
167:
164:
161:
158:
155:
152:
149:
146:
144:
140:
139:
128:
124:
123:
118:
116:
112:
107:
105:
100:
98:
93:
91:
87:
77:
75:
71:
67:
63:
53:
51:
46:
44:
34:
33:
29:
25:
24:gerontologist
21:
535:. Retrieved
531:
522:
511:. Retrieved
507:
498:
487:. Retrieved
475:
465:
454:. Retrieved
450:
441:
416:
412:
406:
395:. Retrieved
392:imh.utmb.edu
391:
382:
371:. Retrieved
359:
349:
338:. Retrieved
334:
325:
292:
284:
283:
278:
277:
272:
271:
266:
265:
254:
253:
245:
244:
236:
235:
230:
229:
223:Durham, NC:
217:
216:
205:
199:
193:
187:
171:
162:
156:
150:
141:
125:
121:
119:
115:Life Stories
114:
108:
103:
101:
96:
94:
83:
59:
47:
40:
19:
18:
563:1949 births
508:med.uth.edu
552:Categories
537:2023-01-27
513:2016-01-03
489:2016-01-12
456:2016-01-12
397:2016-01-03
373:2016-01-12
340:2016-01-12
484:0362-4331
433:0028-4793
368:0362-4331
56:Education
43:New Haven
37:Biography
290:, 2009.
263:, 1994.
227:, 1986.
72:at the
208:(2007).
168:, 2014.
50:Houston
482:
431:
366:
202:(2001)
196:(2001)
190:(1998)
136:Books
113:film
480:ISSN
429:ISSN
364:ISSN
421:doi
417:329
111:PBS
554::
530:.
506:.
478:.
474:.
449:.
427:.
415:.
390:.
362:.
358:.
333:.
92:.
52:.
540:.
516:.
492:.
459:.
435:.
423::
400:.
376:.
343:.
258:.
249:.
240:.
221:.
175:.
145:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.