Duke University School of Medicine - Aesculapian Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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EDITORIAL STAFF E d itors-in -Chief Business Manager Faculty Editor Features Editor Senior Editors Iunior Editor Sophomore Editors Freshman Editors Artist Photography Stal? Business Stag Editorial Sta 17 Adviser Special Than lgs to David M. Hawkins Kirkwood T. Shultz Calvin C. Linneman, Ronald P. Krueger I. Battle Haslam Crawford F. Barnett, N. Bruce Chase Eugene I. Guazzo Wiley Bland Alvin M. Lewis Lee C. Underwood Robin T. Vollmer Frederick D. McFalls, M Kirkwood T. Shultz N. Bruce Chase I. Battle Haslam Lee C. Underwood Thomas C. Hoyle, III Robin T. Vollmer Paul Aaron Iohn Dunnin Lucy Krueger Helen Luly Mitz Martin Roberta McNeill Iane Shultz David Smith Sue Virgin Dr. Walter R. Guild Dr. Eugene A. Stead Dr. Walter L. Thomas Dr. William G. Anlyan Mrs. Iris Hildebran Mrs. Helen Thomas eight Ir Ir

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MEMORIAM '15 EDWIN CROWELL HAMBLEN--1900-1963 Edwin Crowell Hamblen, gynecologist and pioneer clinical endocrinologist was born at Greenville, Missis- sippi, August 23, 19oo. He received the degrees of Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Medicine at the Uni- versity of Virginia. He interned at the University of Virginia Hospital from 1928 to 1929, was resident in Ob- stetrics and Gynecology from Iuly to December, 1929. He served as assistant in Surgery and Gynecology at the Gamble Brothers and Montgomery Clinic in Greenville, Mississippi from December, 1929 to April, 1930. He began his teaching career of thirty-three years as clinical instructor and assistant in Obstetrics and Gyne- cology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine in April, 1930. In Iune, IQ5I, he moved to Durham to become associated with the Duke University School of Medicine as Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gyne- cology. In 1944, he was named as Clinical Professor U671 of Endocrinology and made Professor of Endocrinology in 1947. He founded the Division of Endocrinology Ianuary, 1937. He was the chief of this division until Iuly 1, 1955. Following this, he devoted his full time to teaching and research in the field of reproduction. He made important contributions to the physiology of repro- duction and to the pathology, diagnosis of treatment of disorders of gonadal function. He was the author of four books: g'Endocrine Gynecology, 1959, uFacts for Child- less Couples, 1942, Endocrinology of Woman, 1945, and 'KFacts About the Change of Life, 1949. Besides these he contributed more than 200 articles to various medical journals and chapters to many books. From 1950 until his sudden death on November 24, 1963 he was editor of the American Lectures in Gynecology and Obstetrics. Dr. Hamblen performed a large amount of post- graduate teaching in all sections of this cou11try, in seven countries of South America and in Canada. Partly due to his articles in Spanish and Portuguese, he was well known in Central and South America. He had many fellows from these countries study at Duke University with him, in addition to fellows from Scotland, Belgium, Canada, Israel, Lebanon, Iapan, Thailand, Iran and the Philippi11es. He was married ir. December, 1930 to Miss Agnes Morton Baptist of Albemarle County, Virginia. She survives him as well as two daughters and five grand- children. Dr. Hamblen had the most interesting hobby of gardening with special attentio11 to extensive rose grow- ing. He was instrumental in organizing the Durham Rose Society in 1948 and also served as a director-at- large of the American Rose Society for two 3-year terms. Edwin Crowell Hamblen will always be remembered for his teaching. His teaching material was always well organized and excellently presented.

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