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

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For the past decade, Medical College of Virginia has flourished under the leadership of Dr. Robert Black- well Smith, Jr. A native Virginian, Dr. Smith received his Bachelor of Science degree from the School of Pharmacy here at Medical College of Virginia in 1937. In 1938, the University of Florida awarded him a Master of Science degree in pharmacology and bacteriology. Dr. Smith was a graduate scholar in pharmacology while at the University of Florida, and a university fellow in pharmacology at the Uni- m ft ' ■% versity of Chicago, where, in T941, he received his Ph.D. in pharmacology. During World War II, Dr. Smith was a pharmacologist for the Division o; PtTSffTffacology of the Un ited States Food and Drug Administration. In 1945, he returned to the Medi- Eal College of Virginia as Assistant Dean of the School of Pharmacy. Two years later, he became Dean of that school. In July of 1954, .Dr. Smith :■ ' -If- ' . I was appointed assistant president of the Medical Col- lege of Virginia: and, in July of 1956, he assumed the presidency. Dr. Smith maintains a membership in various professional and scientific organizations. Among ihese are the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Association of Ameri- can Medical Colleges, and the Richmond Dental Society. Dr. Smith is a member of Sigma XI, Phi Kappa Phi, Rho Chi, and Omicron Kappa Epsilon honorary societies. HM 19

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BOARD OF R. Reginald Roofce, C Francis Cocke Eppa Hunton IV Mrs. Anne F. Mahoney Richard A. Michaux Edward Myers W. T. Reed, Jr. 20