School of Nursing preclinical students and parents arriving at Baker House. Faculty members and junior big sisters greet them. Bessie Baker was the first dean of the School of Nursing (1930-1938). The first class was admitted on January 2, 1931...
Sherwood with two pediatric patients outside of Duke Hospital. In 1930, when Duke Hospital was opened, Mildred M. Sherwood was put in charge of the Children's Ward. She was an instructor in pediatrics, and a nurse with the Mobile Medical Emergency...
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...