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

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PROFILE Dr. Peele was born in Wayne County, N. C., on August 16, 1908, and received the A.B. degree from Duke University in 1929. While at Duke, Dr. Peele was a member of the Taurian Players, the student drama group, and received many scholastic awards, includ- ing election to Phi Beta Kappa. He was awarded the M.D. degree from Duke Univer- sity Medical School in 1934 and served as Intern-Assistant Resident in Medicine at Duke from 1934 to 1936. He completed an Intern- ship-Residency in Neurology at Bellevue Hospital in 1937 and a Fellowship in Anat- omy at Johns Hopkins in 1938. In 1938-39, he was an Instructor in Anatomy at the Uni- versity of Rochester. Dr. Peele returned to Duke in 1939 to become Professor of Anat- omy f1963j, Associate Professor of Neurol- ogy Q 19631, and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics f1958j. In 1945 he served as temporary Assistant Professor of Neurology at Northwestern University and as lecturer in Neuroanatomy at U.N.C. from 194-7 to 1950. Dr. Peele is a member of the North Carolina Medical Society, the A.M.A., the North Carolina Neuropsychiatric Association, the American Association of Anatomy, and the Cajal Club. In addition to Phi Beta Kappa, he is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha, Theta Alpha Phi, and Phi Beta Pi. Dr. Peele is the author of numerous papers in neuroanatomy and of the N euroanatomical Basis For Clinical Neurology. He has served as Secretary of the Duke Medical Alumni Association for many years. In 1966 he was awarded the Golden Apple Award by the students of Duke Medical School for excellence in teaching. in .J Mt QA 'Nl In my concept of medical education one is always a student . . . L Q J, l I I, . . . the student should have fun in his studies of biologic systems, and he should not lose sight of systems that are not biologic . . . 5-1 f Qs isis I. i ,.-,ig H - Q- 'gal - . . . life is hard . . . 7

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