Duke University faculty and guests from other institutions gather at the Davison building, entrance to the School of Medicine on the occasion of the dedication of the Duke University School of Medicine and Duke Hospital on April 31, 1931. Speakers are...
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.
Robert James Reeves was a member of the original faculty. He served as professor of radiology from 1930 to 1968 and as first chair of the Dept. of Radiology from 1930 to 1965. He was in the reserve unit of the United States Public Health Service and...
D. Gordon Sharp (M.A. Duke, 1937 and Ph.D., Duke, 1939) operates the electron camera in a laboratory. "This $18,000 electron microscope which takes pictures of tiny viruses and magnifies them as much as 100,000 times their actual size, has just been...
Philip Handler was a professor (1939-1984) and chair (1949-1969) of the Department of Biochemistry at Duke University. Handler was a recipient of the National Medal of Science in 1981. He served as president of the National Academy of Sciences from...
(Three groups from left to right) Staff, including Bessie Baker (dean) at the front of the line, and administrators; first class of the School of Nursing students (in black tights); nurses of Duke Hospital. The first class entered on January 1931 and...