Temple University School of Medicine - Skull Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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DEDICATION The first professor Temple medical students get to know, and know well, is Dr. John Franklin Huber. For thirteen years he has headed the anatomy department, introducing freshmen to medical science. Dr. Huber's aim is to present in one unified course clear concepts of human anatomy—blending gross dissection, microscopic analysis and embryologic study with reading and lectures on the separate regions of the body. His association with students is close and rewarding, as a patient guide in pointing out essential material by his questions, as an understanding listener to queries and problems, and as a genial and gracious chaperone at many class dances. Familiar to Temple medical students are Dr. Huber's clarification and descriptive nomenclature of the bronchopulmonary segments. This innovation of basic anatomical knowledge has found its way into many standard texts, having its chief clinical value in the fields of radiology, bronchoscopy, and surgery. In addition to publishing his findings, Dr. Huber has worked out exhibits, models, and a film in attempting to put across the concept of the bronchopulmonary segments. The son of a late professor and head of anatomy, scholar and teacher at Michigan, professor and head of anatomy at Temple, skilled anatomist and gifted teacher. Dr. John Franklin Huber is the humble friend to students and faculty members alike at Temple University School of Medicine. JOHN FRANKLIN HUBER A.B., M.A., M.D., Ph.D. PROFESSOR AND CHAIRMAN DEPARTMENT OF ANATOMY

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John Franklin Huber was born on November 8, 1904, the son of Dr. G. Carl Huber, who was then a member of the anatomy staff of the University of Michigan School of Medicine. His grade school, high school, and undergraduate training were completed in Ann Arbor, where he graduated A.B. from the University of Michigan in 1925. One of Dr. Huber's chief interests while an undergraduate was writing for Chimes, a campus literary magazine. That Fall he entered the medical school at Michigan. He served as a student assistant instructor in anatomy from his second year in medical school, and spread the junior year over two years, teaching anatomy half the time. In 1928 he received his M.A. in anatomy, and in 1929 his M.D. degree. Dr. Huber feels that the prime value of his medical course was that he was both a student and an instructor at the same time, working under his father, who was by then Head of the Anatomy Department and Dean of the Graduate School. It was during this period of being a student for half the day, and an instructor for the rest, that he became keenly aware of both points of view involved in the learning process, and the difficulties and problems facing each. Following medical school. Dr. Huber continued working as an instructor in his father's department. While doing research in comparative neuroanatomy he also taught gross anatomy to dental students, post-graduate courses in anatomy, summer sessions in embryology, and an anatomy course for art students (one of whom did the bust of Dr. Huber now in his study at home). During these years of teaching separate aspects of human anatomy, while realizing the lack of systematic connection in the way they were taught, Dr. Huber began contemplating the possibilities of teaching anatomy in a correlated manner. Dr. Huber's graduate research led to his Ph.D. in anatomy in 1983; his thesis concerned the cell columns of the spinal cord of the pigeon. In 1931, the Michigan Anatomy Department acquired an X-ray machine for itself. Dad assigned me to a semester in the X-ray department to learn its technique and application.” While studying there he met Gladys Boutilier, whose home was in Lynn, Massachusetts. During the spring vacation of 1933, having recently finished his Ph.D. thesis. Dr. Huber married My sweetheart, Miss Boutilier. On moving to Philadelphia in 1936, the Hubers settled and built their home in suburban Wynnewood. In October 1937, their daughter, Candace (Candy) was born, followed by their son, John Parker (Parky), in August, 1940. The Hubers’ main project at home is gardening in the summer. Dr. Huber, 6