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

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Dr. Hamilton’s wife, Dr. Angie Hamilton, a woman of professional achievement in her own right, was an Associate in Physiology at Temple for some years after private practice. She later left Temple to assume a research position in the Harrison Department of Surgical Research of the University of Pennsylvania. Today, retired from medicine, she is an accomplished sculptress and painter. Dr. Robert Hamilton is a man whose time and talents are occupied by many things. He has long been active in professional societies, having held the chairmanships of the Physiological Society of Philadelphia and the Biochemist’s Club of Philadelphia. His duties at the medical center are concerned not only with teaching and research, but also extend into administration. He is a member of the Admissions Committee, Graduate Study Committee, Fels Foundation Management Committee, and is one of the faculty representatives on the University Trustees’ Medical School and Hospital Committee. He is also a Counselor to the Temple Chapter of the Society of the Sigma Xi. The Hamiltons take an active role in church activities, Dr. Hamilton having served as a deacon of the Second Baptist Church in Germantown. An admitted do-it-yourself proponent, he has constructed a Hi-Fi recording set, and possesses a fine set nf nower tools to handle all the caroentrv 6

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ROBERT H. HAMILTON Ph.D., M.D. Throughout this time academic pursuits were not his sole interest. While in college, he met a charming University of Texas co-ed. Miss Angie Stiles. A few years later, during his stay at Minnesota. l)r. Hamilton re-met this young lady, now I)r. Stiles, a resident in Obstetrics-Gynecology. They were married in 1933. The following year was one of travel for the Hamiltons. He was awarded a National Research Council Fellowship for study in Europe. The Doctors Hamilton spent a very enjoyable year working and visiting many of the lesscr-seen parts of England. Holland, and Switzerland. After a short tenure teaching physiology at Minnesota, on his return from Europe. Dr. Hamilton was invited by Temple University to accept an assistant professorship in the Department of Biochemistry and to become the director of the hospital chemistry laboratory. January. 1936, marked the beginning of an association which has now spanned almost three decades, a period rewarding for both Dr. Hamilton and the medical center. Eight years after his arrival at Temple, in 1944, he was appointed Head of the Department of Biochemistry. During the early years of World War II, feeling that his medical services might be required. Dr. Hamilton filled a void in his extensive professional career — that of internship. He completed this requirement at Temple University Hospital over the course of two years, while still executing his teaching duties. 5

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in his home. In addition to these pursuits, he somehow still finds the time and energy to return to Texas every summer, where he helps supervise the family farm on the Gulf Coast. Dr. Hamilton is particularly interested in the development of clinical applications of analytical methods. He has authored many papers dealing with this topic, mainly pertaining to quantitative analyses in biological materials. Having performed so productively in the past, Dr. Hamilton now looks towards the future with anticipation. The advent of our Research Building has signaled expansion of the biochemistry department both in staff and in research programs. All projects of a biochemical nature undertaken at Temple University, at both postgraduate and undergraduate levels, will be centrally coordinated from the departmental office. New areas of investigation will be explored in both the basic and clinical sciences. Much is being done in cooperation with the Departments of Surgery. Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dermatology, and Cardiology. It is with a great deal of pleasure that we, the Class of 1963, dedicate our SKULL to you, Dr. Robert H. Hamilton, in recognition of the services you have rendered to Temple University, to its students, and to medicine. 7