Medical College of Virginia - X Ray Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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SENIORS in MEDICINE Lefl to Right: William Berry, Winston Cowherd, Miriam Carmichael, Robert Repass CLASS OFFICERS Winston Cowherd President William J. Berry Vice-President Miriam Carmichael Secretary-Treasurer Robert Repass Historian R. FiNLEY Gayle, III Student Council William Hotchkiss Student Council Martel Dailev Honor Council Garnett B. Moneymaker Honor Council V. Archer Marks X-Ray Representative Harold W. Miller, Jr Athletic Representative CLASS HISTORY TIj ' OUR years ago the class of 1951 entered the Medical College ■ of Virginia with eighty-four in its ranks. At that time the greater majority of the class had done little more than read a few pocket-books and possibly the sports pages of the newspaper for several years. Our indoctrination into medical science was competently handled by the professors at McGuire Hall, and, later on that year, the professors of Biochemistry and Bacteriology. The return to studying was an ordeal for the old bucks who still imagined they were young bucks . The mid-morning coffee at Shaias put new life into these senile ones after a trying morning in the black hole on the third floor of McGuire Hall. In the spring not only were the flowers showing their finer points but also were the lassies around MCV, making it hard for concentration on Bacteriology and Biochemistry. The beginning of our second year we had a great many of our classes at McGuire Hall ; and to many, it seemed, if we had stayed there much longer, they would have been dealing out those veal skins in Room 209. But, lo and behold! the Junior year finally dawned and we spent time in the hospital where we were seen nonchalantly strolling down the halls with a stethoscope dangling very conspicuously from the pocket of our shiny new white coats. It was there that we differentiated the socialite who shook hands with the middle finger extended, the OB-Gyn doctor who shook hands with the middle and index finger extended, and the few Eagle Scouts who still held to the three finger variety. This, our final year (I hope), we have seen, somewhat, medi- cine practiced and at times even done a little ourselves. Contrary to what we had been told, surgery turned out to be an interesting and highly informative service; though a CBC and urinalysis q7d, whether needed or not, became rather tiresome. Several die-hards said they even enjoyed the OB service, though they were apparently different from any who had taken it in the past six years. As usual, Medicine and Pediatrics turned in their fine quality of instruction. Dr. Drewry with his dry humor made the month on Psychiatry mighty fine, and let us not forget that one wonderful month of Elective. During our four years here we have lost fifteen men from our original class. At the beginning of the Junior year we gained twenty-eight, which included transfers from West Virginia and a few boys who repeated a year. At the present time our vital statistics are : ninety-seven in the class, seventy-nine veterans, fifty-seven married inen and thirty-six children. These children are those spoken of and does not include those of students who have no children to speak of. Along the way we have gained and lost a good deal. One of our greatest losses was when Dean Haag, who started out with our class, retired to the depths of McGuire Hall after completing three and a half years with us. However our gain, and the gain of those following us, was Dean Truslow who stepped into a pair of shoes hard to fill. It is with regret that we leave MCV and with mixed feel ings that we enter the uncertain future. For most of us have spent our lives in school, at war and back to school, with only enough time since World War II to barely complete our Medical edu- cation before the clouds of war threaten once again our bright and promising horizons. 25

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William Branch Porter, M.D. Dedication Dedicated to Dr. William Branch Porter IN continuing appreciation of his many years OF SERVICE AT THE MeDICAL CoLLEGE OF Virginia. His lectures and clinics have BEEN inspiring AND WE ARE PROUD THAT SUCH A RECOGNIZED LEADER IN THE FIELD OF MEDICINE HAS TAKEN PART IN OUR TRAINING. — The Class of 1951. {.24

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HUPERT ELMORE BATTEN Portsmouth, ' irgin[a Ph, Chi Rensselaer Polvtechnic Institute; Virginia Polv- lie Institute; Sigma Phi Epsilon; Sigma Alplia Chi; Military Serviee: Navy AppninlrMitl: Riverside Count Hnsp!t.il Arlington, California Nl CARLOS S. BERROCAL Mayaguez, Puerto Rico Alpha Kappa Kappa ■ Ser ' ; Na Presbyterian Hospital ■ce, Puerto Rirn WILLLAM JA.SPER BERRY Oak Hill, West Virginia Phi Chi ' Milit A i mnlnifnl; Lewis-Gale Hospital Roanoke, Virginia i ehool of Medicine R.A.LPH HAROLD BOONE Wheeling, West Virginia Phi Chi A.B., B.S., West Virginia University; Intramural Basket- ball, ' 49- ' 51 ; Varsity Basketball, ' 50- ' 51 ; Military Service: Army Air Force AppoinlmrnI: St. Mary ' s Hospital Huntington, West Virginia JOHN FREMONT BOS BuCKHANNOiV, WeST ViRGIM; Phi Chi Appmnlment: St. Joseph ' s Hospital Phoenix, .Arizona COURTNEY COX BOWEN Tazewell, Virglnia Phi Beta Pi iversity of Richmond; Phi Kappa Sigma; Service: Army Appointment: Touro Infirmary {26}