Orgain was a professor of medicine from 1934 to 1975. Together with Mary Poston, a bacteriologist, he published extensively on diagnosis and treatment of endocarditis in the pre–penicillin era. In 1945 he founded Duke’s Cardiovascular Disease...
Parker was a member of the house staff of Duke Hospital from 1946 to 1947. After completing his residency, Parker went into private practice. He returned to Duke University in 1953 as a professor and later became chair of the Department of...
James H. Semans, professor of urology in the Dept. of Surgery, served on the Duke faculty for 28 years. In the 1960s Semans, along with his wife Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, helped to establish the North Carolina School of the Arts in...
Julian Meade Ruffin, professor of medicine from 1930 to 1970, was a member of the original faculty. He assisted with the program of wartime graduate medical meetings and served the Office of Civilian Defense of the United States Public Health...
James H. Semans, professor of urology in the Dept. of Surgery, served on the Duke faculty for 28 years. In the 1960s Semans, along with his wife Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, helped to establish the North Carolina School of the Arts in...