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

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It is to these rural districts that we look in large measure for the bone and sinew of our country . . . . . . and education when conducted along sane and practical, as opposed to dog- matic and theoretical lines, is, next to religion, the greatest civilizing influence . .

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DEDICATION Julian Deryl Hart, M.D. With gratitude and respect we dedicate the 1965 AESCULAPIAN to you, Julian Deryl Hart, distinguished surgeon, administrator, and educator. Your breadth of experience and influence have contributed inestimably to the growth and strength of the Duke Univer- sity Medical Center, as well as to the University itself. As physician and administrator you were among the original faculty of the School of Medicine. You have contributed much to the community at large by your organiza- tion of the Duke plan of group practice, making available new funds and facilities in the Medical Center. As educator you guided the University through a period of transi- tion, out of which came the beginnings of an unparalleled period of growth. Your con- tributions to the University shall live and be evident in her greatness. They are now an essential chapter in her history. Julian Deryl Hart was born August 27, 1894, in Buena Vista, Georgia. He attended Emory University where he received the A.B. degree in 1916 and the A.M. degree in 1917. He entered The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine where he earned his medical degree in 1921. Dr. Halsted invited him to enter the surgical residency program, which Dr. Hart completed in 1929. Already a member of the senior staff at The Johns Hopkins, Dr. Hart was asked to fill the position of Professor and Chair- man of the Department of Surgery at Duke University Medical Center when it opened in 1930. He served in this capacity during the formative years of the Medical Center, spearheading the formation of the Private Diagnostic Clinic. His plan for the financial organization of that clinic has contributed enormously to the capital improvements of both the Medical Center and the whole University. The outpatient clinics, the intensive nursing unit and the operating suites were made possible through funds accumulated by the PDC group practice plan. The blood bank, the Department of Medical Illustration, as well as the surgical equipment and electronics shop were fostered by Dr. Hart's interest and initiative. All of these contributions he made in addition to maintaining a large surgical practice, teaching, and building the Department of Surgery. At the same time he was carving a significant niche for himself in the history of surgery with his introduction of the use of ultraviolet light for control of airborne infections in the operating rooms. It was in 1960 that recognition of Dr. Hart's proven administrative talents led the University Board of Trustees to appoint him President Pro tem and then President of the University during a period of ad- ministrative reorganization. He served in this post until 1963, when he retired after having guided the University through a difficult period of intensive planning for further development. In appreciation, the Board of Trustees designated him President Emeritus upon his retirement. Dr. Hart, your career exemplifies those qualities of wisdom, breadth of vision, and practical concern upon which the Medical Center and the University depend for life and growth. For this we thank you, not only for ourselves but also for those who were be- fore us and for those who are to follow. nine

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. . . I have selected hospitals as another of the principal objects of this trust be cause I recognize that they have become indispensable institutions .... JAMES B. DUKE eleven