Medical University of South Carolina - Tres Anni Yearbook (Charleston, SC)

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'-QFEIEEEE: MISS RUTH CI-IAMBERLIN, R.N,, B,S,, M.A. Dean of the School of Nursing Professor of Nursing Miss Chamberlin, a graduate of the Mt. Siani Hospital School of Nursing, received her B,S. and M,A, degrees in Nursing Education and Administration from Teacher's College, Columbia University in New York City. Miss Chamberlin has served as Night Supervisor at Mt. Siani Hospital, Assistant Directorof Nursing at Rochester General Hospital and as Educational Director and Director of Nursing at the Syracuse University School of Nursing. ln 1937 she was appointed Education Director of the Medical College of South Carolina School of Nursing and also was Director of Nursing Service at Roper Hospital and Director of the School of Nursing in 1949. The title of Dean was given in 1949 though the position remained a dual role until 1958 when the Dean of the School was expected to devote full time to the school, a responsibility which she still carries. During World War ll, she held the rank of Major in the Army Nurse Corps. After active participation in a number of committees, Miss Chamberlin became the first president of the South Carolina State League for Nursing Education and is a past president of the State Nurses' Association. She served as nurse representative for the State Nurses' Association to the Executive Committee of The State Board of Health from 1949 to 1963. Miss Chamberlin is a member of Delta Kappa Gamma, honorary society for teachers, and appears in several Who's Who publications including the first edition of Who's Who of American Women in 1958. She is a charter member of the Altrusa Club of Greater Charleston and has served as a member ofthe Board of Directors, Historian, and Parlia- mentarian. 9

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H, RAWLING PRATT-THOMAS, A,B,, M.D., LL,D. President, Medical College of South Carolina Professor of Pathology Dr. Pratt-Thomas was born in Barnsley, England in 1913. He was reared in Sumter County, South Carolina, and received his A,B, degree from Davidson College in 1934 and his M,D, degree from the Medical College of South Carolina in 1938. He received his internship and residency training at the Cincinnati General Hospital, He is a member ofthe American Medical Association, College of American Pathologists and American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists. He is a former chairman of the Section of Pathology of the Southern'Medical Asso- ciation. Dr. Pratt-Thomas is a Diplomate of the American Board of Pathology and is the consultant in pathology at the Charleston Naval Hospital, He has written some thirty-five scientific articles and is a member ofthe National Hon- orary Scholastic Medical Society, Alpha Omega Alpha. He has served as Chairman of the Department of Pathology and Dean of the School of Medicine at the Medical College of South Carolina. In the spring of 1964, he was elected a Fellow in the American College of Physicians. 8

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MR. GLENN B, SEARCY, A,B, Superintendent of the Medical College Hospital ------- W- -,f-fg,,y7m73Wl:,2?,,Z.t,,,5.,Z,.,V,,,,. .,,, ,, , . f 'iz We, f , ,M Q' MISS VIRGINIA T I-IOLCOMBE f ,. , ' f I Q. - My , ' ' ' f ' A54 54 H, , 'Q - ff , . si ,si ', , f S eett I , f, ' X ., ' Q'fi122i,i7fli ..,. . , , 7 ' , , , ., ff W gc A I I ' i1,a,,,,w 5-1 I .V gf. ,tj C, sw. M . 4.:,,,,: .,., .. 6: . X, Mews, , Y ,is f ,, . ,,,-- , my I of , ,,,....,., wzffw-M12 . W f ff if ff-- 2 ,amz 37 V XA? WC! ' Z-WJ ,C ul' 'ihQ7f '.-,W Www f K Q X15 If ms, .N ,V J - : f,i ff 'f2gZQ2'f 7 , ...,,.. 4 ..., J .. y Mi, 7 1 MISS EMILY K. MCNELLEY, Director of Nursing Service Medical College Hospital Associate Professor of Nursing I0 R.N 3 WZ 4' f xl in-are I I Y 'IJ I . ., B.S., B.A. 1 4-ummm f ' fi, l f x 'K J W , , Swv, ff , , , If fvi , ,