Francis Huntington Swett was a member of the original faculty as a professor and chair of the Dept. of Anatomy from 1930 to 1943. He co-wrote Introduction to the Medical Sciences for Medical Record Librarians, with J.H. Neese. He died in 1943.
Joseph W. Beard was professor of surgery from 1937 to 1973. Beard, and his wife Dorothy, were an internationally prominent cancer team. In 1946 Beard became the James B. Duke professor of surgery and was appointed professor of virology in 1965.
Hamblen came to Duke University in 1931 as a member of the original faculty. He organized Duke's Division of Endocrinology in 1936 as a division of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. During his career at Duke, Hamblen was an associate...
Portrait of Dr. Brenda Armstrong, who is a professor of pediatrics, associate dean of medical education, and director of admissions at the School of Medicine. She first came to Duke Medicine as a resident in 1975.
Formal portrait of Frederick Bernheim from the 1950s. Dr. Bernheim was one of the original members of the faculty of the Duke University Hospital and School of Medicine. He served as professor of pharmacology from 1930 until 1974 or 1975.
In 1929, Baker was recruited by Wilburt C. Davison (first dean of the Duke University School of Medicine) to become the first dean of the Duke University School of Nursing. Baker officially joined Duke University in 1930 as professor and dean; the...
Samel E. Upchurch was a member of the Duke Hospital house staff and an associate in surgery from 1933 to 1945. He was also a member of the 65th General Hospital as assistant chief of surgical service and group consultant in plastic surgery.