School of Nursing cadet nurses in uniform. Bessie Baker was the first dean of the School of Nursing (1930-1938). The first class was admitted on January 2, 1931 and graduated on June 7, 1933.
(Left to right) Mickey or Mickie Harold, Duke Hospital; Hilda Burnham, nursing arts instructor; Julia Hampton, surgical supervisor; Margaret Pinkerton, dean; Gunter(?); Mildred Sherwood, pediatrics supervisor.
Major Julia White, 65th General Hospital chief nurse. The idea for a Duke hospital army unit was born in October 1940, the brainchild of Wilburt C. Davison, then dean of the Duke University School of Medicine. The Army reserve unit's original core,...
Dormitory for School of Nursing students, located on Erwin Rd. The Nurses' Dormitory was constructed to relieve the crowding caused by the influx of United States Cadet Nurse Corps students on the Duke campus during World War II. Construction of this...