Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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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

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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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First row, left to right: Romance Languages, Religion, Women ' s Healtli and Pliysical Education. Second row: Sociology, I-u«, Diviuily. Third row: Physics, Psychology, History. Fourth row: Zoology, Poiitical Science, Men ' s Health and Physical Education. FACULTY 20