Left to right, Arena, Davison, and McGovern standing. Arena and Davison both wearing glasses. Presentation inscription: "To Jay Arena from Dave W. Davison."
Helen Kaiser in the Helen L. Kaiser Library. The plaque text reads: "This library has been designated the Helen L. Kaiser Library by the Board of Trustees of Duke University in honor of Helen Louise Kaiser, R.P.T. for her dedicated service to the...
Joseph W. Beard was professor of surgery from 1937 to 1973. Beard, and his wife Dorothy, were an internationally prominent cancer team. In 1946 Beard became the James B. Duke professor of surgery and was appointed professor of virology in 1965.
The Dept. of Neuropsyhiatry was established in 1931 with Ernest Marsh Poate as chair. The chair of the department during the time of this photograph was Richard S. Lyman (1940-1951).
Pickrell was a professor of plastic surgery from 1944 to 1981 and chief of the Division of Plastic Surgery from 1944 to 1975. During World War II, Pickrell was a consultant in chemical warfare at Edgewood Arsenal and assisted with the program of...
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...
Elon H. Clark (left) and Tom Jones during Jones' visit to Duke University. Elon Clark said that Tom Jones was "a world famous medical artist, second only to Max Brodel." In the background is a model of an infant's head and Clark's drawing of...
Ewald W. Busse in the 1980s. 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...
In 1929, Baker was recruited by Wilburt C. Davison (first dean of the Duke University School of Medicine) to become the first dean of the Duke University School of Nursing. Baker officially joined Duke University in 1930 as professor and dean; the...
Group photograph of pathology staff in military uniform on front steps of building. Individuals pictured may have been members of the 65th General Hospital. Wiley D. Forbus was chair of the department from 1930 to 1960.
At the center, a line of men and women can be seen in front of a large piece of medical equipment. A nurse is using the piece of equipment on a male patient, while another nurse stands behind her.
James Paisley Hendrix was an associate professor of pharmacology and therapeutics from 1938 to 1972. He became a leading specialist in internal medicine.
Josiah Charles Trent received his undergraduate degree from Duke in 1934. From 1939 to 1948 he was on the house staff and assistant professor of surgery in charge of thoracic surgery. He died in 1948. The Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation...
J. Lamar Callaway graduated from Duke University School of Medicine in 1932. Callaway, Wiley D. Forbus, Mary A. Poston, Edward Orgain, Douglas Sprunt, William Schulze, and Elbert Persons are assembled in a Duke Hospital meeting room.
Division of Neurosurgery physicians. Row 1 (l-r): Edward Ganz, Barnes Woodhall, Robert H. Wilkins, W. Jerry Oakes; Row 2 (l-r): Blaine Nashold, Guy L. Odom, Richard S. Kramer, Wesley A. Cook. The Division of Neurosurgery was established in 1937 as...
Uniformed members of the Department of Psychiatry staff. The department was founded in 1940 following the gift of the Highland Hospital by Dr. Robert S. Carroll. The department was also supported largely by annual grants from the Rockefeller...
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...
Barnes Woodhall examining x-ray, nurses in background. Woodhall was the chief of Duke University Medical Center's Division of Neurosurgery from 1937 to 1960. He became the second dean of the School of Medicine, serving from 1960 to 1964. Woodhall...
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.
Lowenbach was a professor of neurology from 1940 to 1963 and chair of the Dept. of Psychiatry from 1951 to 1953. He returned to Duke as a visiting professor in the early 1970s.
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...
Thelma Ingles came to Duke university in 1944 supported by a United States Public Health Service grant to study the role of the nurse in the clinic. She returned to Duke in 1949 as professor and chair of the Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing...
Herman Max Schiebel was member of the house staff of Duke Hospital and served as professor of surgery during the early 1930s. He became assistant chief of surgical services for the Office of Civilian Defense, Reserve Unit of the United States...
Hansen-Pruss came to Duke University in 1930 as a member of the original faculty of the Duke University School of Medicine. Hansen-Pruss originated the Allergy Clinic in 1930 and became chief of the Allergy Service. He served as chief of the...
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....
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...
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.
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...
Portrait of Dr. Catherine Wilfert. Wilfert came to Duke University School of Medicine in 1969, where she achieved rank of division chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases in the Department of Pediatrics (1976-1994) and professor in the Department...
R. Wayne Rundles graduated from Duke University (M.D., 1940). He was an associate professor of medicine at Duke University from 1945 until the mid-1980s and served as director of the hematology and chemotherapy service at the Duke University...
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...