School of Medicine students performing the 1940 student-faculty show, from OPC to CPC. The annual show is entirely student-run and offers a comedic view of the experiences of a medical student at Duke. From L-R: Bill Sellers, Kenneth Brown, Stephen...
Dr. Smith was the James B. Duke Professor of Microbiology; chair of the Department of Microbiology (1930-1958); and associate professor of medicine in the Division of Preventive Medicine (1950-1966) at Duke University.
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.
Dr. William G. Anlyan and School of Medicine students. (Left to right) Rebecca Trent Kirkland, Joyce Umstead, Thomas F. Henley, Jay Hopkins, Gitta Jackson Lampertz, and Richard Damiano. Dr. Anlyan was chancellor of Duke University Medical Center from...
Eleanor Flanagan Branch in classroom. Given in a scrapbook to Helen Kaiser in 1968. Branch was an alumni class of 1951 and a physical therapy faculty member for 40 years.
Wolfgang (Bill) Joklik was James B. Duke Professor of Microbiology at Duke University, cancer researcher, and co-founder of the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center. Joklik was chair of the Dept. of Microbiology from 1968 to 1994.
Physical Therapy faculty and staff in the old gym area. Front row, left to right: William Schmidt, Helen Kaiser, Carolyn Burnett, Wilma Abrams, Eleanor Flanagan, Beth Usher, Connie Jenks, Robert Federchuck; Back row, left to right: Lois Perkins,...
Class of 1932: Adams, Andrew, Arena, Blady, Bowman, Dalton, Depner, Dupuy, Haltom, Heinitsh, Joyner, Lovejoy, Stevenson, Upchurch, Robbins, Ward, Wiley, and Wilkinson. (From Alumni of the Duke University School of Medicine composites yearbook.)
Ewald W. Busse in the 1970s. Ewald W. Busse was a early leader in the field of geriatric psychiatry and a founder of the Center for Aging and Human Development, Professor Emeritus of the Department of Psychiatry and Dean Emeritus of Medical and Allied...
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...
Medical illustration of the spinal cord. Bob Blake was coordinator of the Division of Medical Illustration within the Duke University School of Medicine. He produced medical illustrations for Duke from about 1942 through the 1970s. (Robert L. Blake...
Dr. Conant joined Duke University in 1935 as an instructor in the Dept. of Microbiology. He served as an instructor in bacteriology, microbiology, and mycology and professor at many levels, including chair of the Dept. of Microbiology (1958-1968) and...
McGovern graduated from Duke University in 1945 (B.S. and M.D.). He served on the Duke Hospital house staff from 1948 to 1949. He received the Markle Award in 1950. The McGovern-Davison Children's Health Center at Duke University is named in honor of...
School of Medicine students performing the student-faculty show or a mock clinic. The annual student-faculty show is entirely student-run and offers a comedic view of the experiences of a medical student at Duke.
Railroad tracks were placed for steam engine trains to bring building materials, including rocks from the nearby quarry, to the site of the future Duke University School of Medicine. The partially-constructed School of Medicine as well as some workers...
Wilburt Davison (holding shovel) and John McGovern replanting the Osler ivy outside of the Davison Building. The first School of Medicine graduating class originally planted ivy in 1932 to commemorate commencement ceremonies.
Construction was started September 1, 1927 and was completed in 1930. The original main entrance to the School of Medicine is now known as the Davison Building.
Dr. Onyekwere E. Akwari, a Nigerian-American, was the first African-American surgeon at Duke University. A strong advocate for expanding and celebrating diversity at the university, Akwari supported the introduction of Duke’s women’s and minority...
Dai, a psychotherapist, was a professor of mental hygiene and psychotherapy at Duke University from 1943 until 1969. Dai, a native of China, graduated from St. John's University in Shanghai, China in 1923. He came to the U.S. on a fellowship to the...
Dan Blazer is former Dean of Medical Education, Duke University School of Medicine; J.P. Gibbons Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; and scientist at Duke's Center for Spirituality, Theology, and Health.
Ewald W. Busse in the 1970s. Ewald W. Busse was a early leader in the field of geriatric psychiatry and a founder of the Center for Aging and Human Development, Professor Emeritus of the Department of Psychiatry and Dean Emeritus of Medical and Allied...
An aerial view of the first three units of the Bell building and nearby landscaping and cars. The Bell Building was originally constructed in 1947 and underwent renovations in 1958, 1960, 1964 and 1979. The building was home to offices of the...
Dr. Ross helped organize the Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Duke University School of Medicine, where he was acting chair of the department from 1930 to 1931 and professor from 1930 to 1952.
Dr. Dennis Bernard Amos (center) working in the lab with two others. Dr. Amos was professor of immunology and experimental surgery at Duke University from 1962 to 1993.
James Paisley Hendrix was an associate professor of pharmacology and therapeutics from 1938 to 1972. He became a leading specialist in internal medicine.
Arena graduated from Duke University School of Medicine in 1932 as a member of the first graduating class. He made his career at Duke University as a pediatrician from 1933 to 1979. Arena also helped to develop the Duke Poison Control Center, which was...
Prentiss L. Harrison graduated from the Duke Physician Assistant Program in 1968. He was the first African American physician assistant in the country.
Robert Lee Flowers addresses faculty and house staff during the tenth anniversary celebration of the School of Medicine, held from November 29-30, 1940. Flowers was President of Duke University from 1941 to 1949.
Duke faculty and hospital staff in the amphitheater. (Left to right, Row 1) Watt Eagle, Mary Poston, Julian Ruffin, Nell Paschall, Lillie Pladman, Mary Stokes. (Row 2) Durena Wetmore, Carrie Sykes, Annie H. Campbell, Lillian Trevathan, Susan Whitfield,...
Eugene Anson Stead, Jr. was professor of medicine and chair of the Dept. of Medicine at Duke University from 1947 to 1967. He was a Lt. Col. with the 65th General Hospital between wars and helped start the Cardiovascular Teaching and Training Program...
School of Medicine, class of 1932. These senior medical students are members of the first graduating class, a two-year class comprised of transfer students. (Left to right, row 1) Arena, Ward, Lovejoy, Walker, Blady, Wiley, Dalton. (Left to right, row...
Dr. Anlyan came to Duke University in 1949, where he completed residency training in general and thoracic surgery at Duke University School of Medicine between 1949 and 1955. In 1955 he passed the examinations of the American board of thoracic Surgery....
Kinney graduated from the Duke University School of Medicine in 1936. He served as chair of the Department of Pathology from 1960 to 1975 and associate provost of the School of Medicine from 1973 to 1974. His administrative activities included...
School of Medicine students performing the student-faculty show or a mock clinic. The annual student-faculty show is entirely student-run and offers a comedic view of the experiences of a medical student at Duke.