Dr. James Grotta was principal investigator in Houston for the first major trial showing benefits of clot-busting drug Tissue Plasminogen Activator (tPA).
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He started as a research scientist at the University of Texas Medical Center in Houston in 1978.
In 1964 Westberg became the Dean of the Institute of Religion, which was located in the heart of the Texas Medical Center in Houston and linked to five Texas seminaries, providing a graduate program in pastoral care and counseling.
The Anderson Foundation agreed to match the state funds if the hospital were located in Houston at the Texas Medical Center (another project of the Anderson Foundation), and named after Anderson.
The fund's first gift was a check of $1,000 to the Junior League Eye Fund for eyeglasses.