The Beta Kappa chapter was probably established at Duke in 1931. (Left to right, seated) Noumeer(?), Cree, Peter, Fitzgerald. (Kneeling) Jeffreys, Adams, Frazier, Goy(?) Ricks. (Standing) Calloway, Bridges, Jones, Mahl, Joyner, Boyce. At least five...
School of Medicine, class of 1932. These senior medical students are members of the first graduating class, a two-year class comprised of transfer students. (Left to right, row 1) Arena, Ward, Lovejoy, Walker, Blady, Wiley, Dalton. (Left to right, row...
Amoss was a member of the original faculty as professor and first chair of the Dept. of Medicine (1929-1933). George Richards Minot, a Massachusetts physician, was a medical "great" for whom the Minot Ward in Duke Hospital was named.
The first class of graduating students, dressed in traditional caps and gowns, plant ivy to commemorate commencement ceremonies. The entrance to the original School of Medicine (completed in 1930) is now referred to as the Davison Building.
Uniformed School of Nursing students on front steps of building. 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.
Class of 1932: Adams, Andrew, Arena, Blady, Bowman, Dalton, Depner, Dupuy, Haltom, Heinitsh, Joyner, Lovejoy, Stevenson, Upchurch, Robbins, Ward, Wiley, and Wilkinson. (From Alumni of the Duke University School of Medicine composites yearbook.)