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  • Prentiss L. Harrison

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    Prentiss L. Harrison graduated from the Duke Physician Assistant Program in 1968. He was the first African American physician assistant in the country.
    Date:
    1968

  • Merel H. Harmel

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    Dr. Harmel was chair of the Dept. of Anesthesiology from 1970 to 1983.
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  • Medical team in discussion

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    Dr. Onye Akwari works with a medical team.
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  • Louis Sullivan at Department of Surgery event

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    Dr. Louis Sullivan, Secretary of Health & Human Services during the H.W. Bush administration, seated at table with Dr. David Sabiston in the background. Dr. Sullivan was the keynote speaker for this meeting.
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  • Joseph McCord

    Description:
    In 1968, graduate student Joseph McCord and Dr. Irwin Fridovich discovered of a class of enzymes called superoxide dismutases.
    Date:
    1974

  • Joseph E. Markee

    Description:
    Dr. Markee was chair of the Dept. of Anatomy (later Dept. of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy) from 1943 to 1966.
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  • Joseph A.C. Wadsworth

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    Dr. Wadsworth was the first chair of ophthalmology at Duke University, serving from 1965 until 1983. Duke honored him by naming the facility that houses the eye center the Joseph A.C. Wadsworth Building.
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  • John V. Salzano

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    Dr. Salzano was acting chief of the Division of Physiology of the Dept. of Physiology and Pharmacology from 1974 to 1977.
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  • Joanne A.P. Wilson

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    Joanne A.P. Wilson graduated from the Duke University School Of Medicine in 1973, becoming the second African-American woman to graduate from Duke's medical school. She joined the Duke faculty in 1986 as Associate Professor and Associate Chief of...
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  • Jean Spaulding

    Description:
    Jean Spaulding was the first African American woman to graduate from the Duke University School of Medicine in 1972.
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