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  • William McNeal Nicholson

    Description/Abstract: Nicholson, a graduate of Duke University (A.B., 1927) became chief of the metabolism clinic (1940-1955) and dean of continuing medical education (1949-1968). His research interests were in metabolic diseases, particularly the treatment of diabetes.
    Date: undated

  • William Alexander Perlzweig

    Description/Abstract: Perlzweig was a member of the original faculty of the School of Medicine. He served as professor of biochemistry from 1929 to 1949. His research interests were primarily in the biochemistry of nutrition. Together with Frederic Moir Hanes, Wiley D....
    Date: undated

  • Will Camp Sealy

    Description/Abstract: Will Camp Sealy was chief of the general surgery section in the 65th General Hospital. In 1949 he worked with other Duke faculty to start the Cardiovascular Teaching and Training Program.
    Date: undated

  • Wilburt Cornell Davison

    Description/Abstract: Davison was pediatrician, chair of pediatrics (1930-1954), and first dean of Duke University School of Medicine (1927-1960). In 1926, Duke University president William Preston Few recruited Davison away from Johns Hopkins University. Davison's...
    Date: undated

  • Wilburt C. Davison dining with students and colleagues

    Description/Abstract: School of Medicine Dean Wilburt C. Davison (looking at camera) dining with students and colleagues. This dinner is likely at Turnage's Barbecue, a popular local destination during the 1950s.
    Date: circa 1950

  • Wilburt C. Davison at his desk

    Description/Abstract: Wilburt Cornell Davison (“Dave”), first dean of the School of Medicine, smoking a pipe at his office desk. Davison was the chair of pediatrics (1930-1954) and first dean of Duke University School of Medicine (1927-1960). In 1933, he inaugurated a...
    Date: circa 1940

  • Warner Lee Wells

    Description/Abstract: Warner Lee Wells received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Duke University (A.B., 1934; M.D., 1938). He was a member of the house staff of Duke Hospital and an associate in the Dept. of Surgery (1938-1945).
    Date: 1941

  • Walter Kempner

    Description/Abstract: Walter Kempner was born in 1903 in Germany. He joined Duke in 1934 as a member of the Department of Medicine. Kempner was interested in the effect of diet on various diseases including hypertension and diabetes. Observing that those diseases were...
    Date: undated

  • Walter E. Daniel

    Description/Abstract: Walter E. Daniel was on the Duke house staff and an instructor in urology from 1932 to 1934 and 1937 to 1938.
    Date: 1933

  • Violet Olive Horner Turner

    Description/Abstract: Violet Olive Horner Turner was on the Duke house staff and assistant professor of obstetrics (1941, 1943-1966).
    Date: undated