Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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W. C. Davison Now entering his twenty-fourth year of service to the Duke Medical School, Dr. Wilburt C. Davison has been Dean and professor of pediatrics here since 1927. After graduating from Princeton with an A.B. degree, Dr. Davison went to England on a Rhodes Scholarship. Between 1914 and 1919, he earned an A.B., a B.S., and an M.A. degree from Oxford. Returning to this country, he was awarded an M.D. from Johns Hopkins University, where he became an instructor and finally an assistant dean in the medical school. He held this position until he came to Duke in 1927. Later he re- ceived a B.SC. from Wake Forest College and an LL.D. from the University of North Carolina. Dr. Davison is a mem- ber of the division of medical sciences of the National Re- search Council as well as consultant to the Office of the Surgeon General, U. S. Army. An honorary member of the Guatemalan Medical Society, he also serves the N. C. Hos- pital Board of Control. Dean Florence K. Wilson is head of the School of Nursing of Duke University, a position which she assumed in 1946. Miss Wilson, who taught botany before taking up nursing. received her A.B. from the University of Michigan. Later she attended Vassar Training Camp for Nurses and the City Hospital School of Nursing in New York City. In 1930, her M.A. was acquired from Western Reserve University. Being quite fond of music. Dean Wilson frequently spends time listening to her record collection and attending concerts. She also retains her interest in botany and collects flower prints. Arthur M. Proctor was appointed Director of Summer Ses- sions at Duke University in 1947. He received an A.B. at Duke in 1910, an M.A. at Columbia in 1923, and a Ph.D. at Columbia in 1930. Dr. Proctor has been an educator for many years, beginning his work in public schools systems. He at- tended graduate school at Columbia for his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees, and came to Duke in 1923. Dr. Proctor is president of the Faculty Club, as well as local division president of the American Association of University Professors. He is also a member of the Faculty Curricular Committee. Although a busy member of Omicron Delta Kappa and Phi Beta Kappa, he is able to work with the State Department of Education. To him relaxation means fishing, which he does whenever the opportunity arises. A. M. Proctor 18

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UITIVERSITY SCHOOLS C ' - H. A. Bosley From out of the West came Dr. H. A. Bosley, Dean of Duke ' s Divinity School, and one of the preachers to the Uni- versity. Awarded his A.B. degree at Nebraska Wesleyan in 1930, Dean Bosley then attended the University of Chicago, receiving his B.D. in 1932, and his Ph.D. the following year. Before coming to Duke in 1947, he held the positions of Director of Religious Activities at Iowa State Teachers Col- lege, and minister of the Mount Vernon Place Methodist Church. Dr. Bosley stands out as one of the leading Meth- odists in the country. He has written several books and countless articles in the field of religious literature. His latest work, Main Issues Confronting Christendom, was selected by the Religious Book-of-the-Month Club as outstanding. Charles L. B. Lowndes, acting Dean of the School of Law, was an instructor at Georgetown University before he came to Duke. He received an A.B. degree from Georgetown, and an LL.B. and S.J.D. from Harvard. Dean Lowndes is well known in his field. An instructor at Duke since the fall of 1934, he was named by Secretary of the Treasury Fred Vin- son to a committee of six tax experts, charged with the task of showing the way for cutting down the volume of Federal tax legislation. Mr. Lowndes has written numerous articles on the subject of federal taxation for magazines and period- icals. He is a member of the New York and North Carolina bars, the American Association of University Professors, and Phi Delta Phi. Dean of the Duke School of Forestry, Dr. Clarence F. Korstian comes from Saline County, Nebraska. At the state university there he received his B.S.G. and M.F. degrees in 1911 and 1913. He then attended Southeastern Christian College to earn his M.A. As a research fellow at Yale, he was awarded his Ph.D. in 1926. Dr. Korstian came to Duke in 1930 as director of Duke Forest and professor of silviculture. He assumed his present duties as Dean of the Forestry School in 1938. He is a member of a long list of forester societies, in many of which he has been an officer. He is also an author of several books and articles on Forestry. In the community life of Durham, he is an active member of the Rotary Club and the Durham Executives Club. His family garden and prize stamp collection are his chief outside interests. C. L. B. Lowndes C. F. Korstian 17

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BOAHL OF TRUSTEES Left to right: Alex H. Sands, Jr.; R. S. Brower; A. Hollis Edens; Willis Smith; Paul M. Gross; G. G. Allen; Amos R. Kearns; Charles E. Jordan. A POSITION on the Board of Trustees— the men behind the men behind the desks — means more than just appearing on the board ' s letterhead. It means that each mem- ber, whether a Methodist minister, or a profes- sional or business man, was chosen by the North Carolina and Western North Carolina Confer- ences to serve the University from behind the scenes. It means having a hand in the future of Duke University. ALUMHI DEPAHTMENT HOUSED in various and sundry places throughout the West Campus Union, the Duke Alumni Department is re- sponsible for maintaining the ties between the University and its 21,000 living alumni. Through such publications as the Alumni Register and the Alumni News, this department, headed by Charles A. Dukes, keeps Duke grads posted on themselves and on the University. In addition to Alumni affairs, Mr. Dukes and his staff are charged with the upkeep of the In- formation Desk, the mailing office, the Univer- sity House, and the Union facilities. Mr. Charles A. Dukes, Blrector, and Miss Anne Garrard, Assistant Director. 19