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“Happy is the doctor who, in devoting himself to continuous scientific advance, does not neglect spiritual development . With a summary of his guiding philosophy, Dr. Durant greeted our sophomore class as he initiated his well-organized and thought-provoking series of lectures in medicine. The next few months brought daily increases in the respect we felt for the Extensive knowledge, s l-logistic clarity, and diagnostic infallibility of our preceptor. Watching him as he stood before the class, poised and self-possessed, his hair seemed the outward manifestation of an inward flame, loo great to be contained even in his six-foot frame, and many of us wondered what sort of background had produced such a man. Here is the answer. Born in Evanston. Illinois, on November If), 1905, young Tom Durant spent the early years of his life attending, rather grudgingly, the public schools of Chicago and Washington, D. C. More interesting pursuits attracted his lance, and he spent most of his time, at school and (Otherwise, collecting stamps, designing automobiles, and day-dreaming about his favorite sport, baseball. I'o this day his encyclopedic fund of information includes the batting averages of major league stars for main years past. Shortly after finishing sixth grade, he became aware of the possibilities of education, decided to attend school “just to find out what it was all about. and promptly proceeded to become second in his lass. The intensity of his endeavor reached such proportions that his father, fearing a break, had to lure him away from summei school sessions by presenting him with a speedboat. It was not until he graduated from high school that Dr. Durant turned away from electrical engineering and embraced medicine as his chosen career. To this end, he entered the University of Michigan, and in 1930 emerged, having acquired in interim a B.S., a wife, the former Jean de Vries, and an M.D. The day was saved for education when, following a two-year internship at the University Hospital, he became an instructor in the Department of Medicine, then headed by Dr. Charles L. Brown, and gave up his intentions of entering private FRItno...TEACHER...
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practice in Kalamazoo. It was during this time that Dr. Durant came under the influence of Dr. Frank N. Wilson, cardiologist to the University Hospital, “an inspiring and stimulating man to work with”. Dr. Wilson aroused the young doctors interest in cardiology and it was not long before Dr. Durant had published two original papers: “Chromaffine Tumors of the Adrenal Causing Hyper• tension’' and Studies of the Q Waves of the Electrocardiogram In 1935 he became associate physician at the Desert Sanatorium in Tucson, Arizona; and a year later, through the efforts of Dr. Brown, he was called to Temple University to occupy the position of Assistant Professor of Medicine. Since then his career has been one of continuous achievement. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, a member of the American Heart Association, Vice-President of the American Federation (or Clinical Research, a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a diplomate AD SCHOLAR... VISOR...
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