Editing Michael DeBakey (section)

==Early life and education==
Michael DeBakey was born Michel Dabaghi ({{langx|ar|ميشيل دبغي}}) on September 7, 1908 in [[Lake Charles, Louisiana]]. His parents, Shiker ({{langx|ar|شاكردباغي}}) and Raheeja Dabaghi ({{langx|ar|راجيها داباغي}}) (which was anglicized to DeBakey) were immigrants from [[Marjeyoun]], Lebanon although they did not meet until both were living in the United States. Shiker, who had been a traveling salesman, settled in Lake Charles in the early 1900s and began to establish retail businesses, particularly general and drug stores. Both of them spoke French. Young Michael helped out with manual chores and keeping the books.<ref name="Richmond2008">{{cite news |author=Caroline Richmond |date=July 14, 2008 |title=Michael DeBakey: Cardiovascular surgeon whose innovations revolutionised the treatment of heart patients |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/michael-debakey-cardiovascular-surgeon-whose-innovations-revolutionised-the-treatment-of-heart-patients-866902.html}}</ref> DeBakey was the eldest of five children. His brother Ernest also became a physician, specializing in general and thoracic surgery. His sisters Lois and Selma were also scholarly, and eventually joined their eldest brother at Baylor College of Medicine as faculty members in medical communications. Another sister, Selena, died in 1952.

As a child, DeBakey learned to play the saxophone and was taught by his mother to sew, [[crochet]], [[knitting|knit]]<ref name="Altman2018">{{cite news |last=Altman |first=Lawrence K. |date=July 13, 2008 |title=Michael DeBakey, Rebuilder of Hearts, Dies at 99 |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/13/health/13debakey.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss |access-date=March 4, 2019}}</ref> and [[Tatting|tat]].<ref name="hc">{{Cite news |last=Ackerman |first=Todd |author2=Eric Berger |author2-link=Eric Berger (meteorologist) |date=July 12, 2008 |title=Dr. Michael DeBakey: 1908-2008 |work=Houston Chronicle |url=http://www.chron.com/business/technology/article/DeBakey-s-death-is-a-heartfelt-loss-for-Houston-1606817.php |access-date=September 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100130230649/http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5884576.html |archive-date=January 30, 2010}}</ref> He could sew his own shirt by the age of 10. He also became intrigued with the ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]''<ref name="Richmond2008" /> and is said by colleagues to have read it from beginning to end. He learned French and German and participated in a [[Boy Scout troop]]. He won awards for vegetables he had grown in his garden.<ref name="DeBakeyPapers">{{Cite web |title=The Michael E. DeBakey Papers: Biographical Information |url=https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/ps/retrieve/Narrative/FJ/p-nid/322 |access-date=February 27, 2019 |website=profiles.nlm.nih.gov}}</ref>