Boston University - HUB Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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SCHOOL OF LAW THE SCHOOL or LAW wAs FOUNDED in 1872 after a committee of the Trustees of the University reported on the advisability of opening such a department. From the outset, the School has pioneered many advances in legal teaching. The Law School was the first to require a period of collegiate training of at least three years before admission, and was the first law school to require an entrance examination. Many distinguished scholars have taught and studied at the School. During the years since its inception, the School has given legal training to many men and women who, in later life, have been prominent in their profession. Many federal and state judges, mem- bers of Congress, state legislators, and district attorneys as well as practicing lawyers, are graduates of the School. The School is a member of the Association of American Law Schools, and is approved by the American Bar Association. Eight deans have guided the destinies of the School since its es- tablishment. Dr. Melvin M. Johnson, present dean, has been a member ofthe faculty of the School since 1918 when he was named a lecturer on law. He was appointed a professor of law in 1920, and named dean in 1935. Dean Johnson received the degrees of Ph.B. and A.B. lrom Tufts College in 1892, and in 1895 was graduated lrom Boston University with the degree of LL.B., magna cum laude. In 1936, the University of Vermont awarded him the honor- ary degree of LL.D. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Theta Delta Chi and Phi Delta Phi. Melvili M. Johnson, Ph.B., A.B., LLB., LL.D., Dean 261

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THE SCHOOL or TIIEOLOGY TRACES 1Ts origin to a meeting ol' min- isters and laymen who met in Boston in 1839 to establish a theologi- cal institution in New England 'ladapted to the economy ol' Method- ismf' Classes were begun in the fall of 1841 at Newbury, Vermont. In 1847 the legislature of New Hampshire approved the merger of the Concord Biblical Institute and the Newbury Biblical Institute which became the Methodist General Biblical Institute located at Concord, New Hampshire. In 1867 this Institute was moved to Boston to become known as the Boston Theological Seminary. Four years later, under a new act of legislature, it became the first department ofthe then newly chartered Boston University as its School of Theology. During its more than a century of existence, it has rendered distinguished service to the Church and to young men preparing themselves for Christian service. Earl B. Marlatt was appointed dean ofthe School ol' Theology in 1938. He has served on the faculty ofthe School since his appoint- ment as assistant professor ol' philosophy in 1923. Dean Marlatt was graduated with the degree oi'A.B. from DePauw University in 1912. In 1922 he received the degree ofS.T.B. lrom Boston Universityg in 1929 he was awarded his Ph.D. degree. DePauw University con- ferred upon him the degree of Litt.D. in 1931. Dean Marlatt has also done graduate study at the University of' Berlin and at O1-:lord University, and has done lecturing on religious education at Welles- ley College. SCHOOL OF THEOLCGY Earl B. Marlatt, A.B., S.T.B., Ph.D., Litt.D., Dean l E251

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THE ScHooL or MEDICINE ORIGINATED IN 1848 as an institution called the Female Medical Education Societyf' the purpose of which was to provide for and promote the education of nurses and Women physicians. In 1873, four years after the chartering of Boston University, the then called New England Female Medical Col- lege was incorporated as a department ofthe University, known as the Boston University School of Medicine. It has always been, since its incorporation with the University, a co-educational School. The School has had only four deans in its nearly seventy-year history. Dr. I. T. Talbot was the first dean, serving from the time of the School's incorporation with the University until his death in 1899. Dr. Talbot was succeeded by the late Dr. John P. Sutherland, Who died in February of this year. Dr. Sutherland retired in 1923 as dean, but remained a member of the School's faculty until several Years ago. The late Dr. Alexander S. Begg served as Dean from 1923 Until his death in September, 1940. Dr. Bennett F. Avery was named to succeed Dr. Begg in January, 1941. Dean Avery is one of' the Y0Ungest deans of a medical school in this country. Dean Avery received the degrees of B.S., M.S., and M.D. from the University of Michigan. At the time of his appointment as dean, he was teaching at Yale, and was on sabbatical leave from the American University of Beyrout, Syria, where he served as acting dean of the medical school of the University and professor of' an- atomy. SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Bennett F. Avery, B.S., M.S., M.D., Dean l27l