UCSF Medical Center - Medi Cal Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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BOOK ONE COLLEGE OF PHARMACY O B Q Q K 'I' W 0 COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY . BOOK TI-IBEE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE 0 BOOK EOUB SCHOOL OF NURSING

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OT so many years ago a united cam- pus at the Medical Center was just an idea, something of which the more enlightened and progressive minds merely dreamed. These castles in the air are Worthless if lasting, substantial foundations are not laid to support them. The year 1940 institutes a new era in the history of the Medical Center. In it the first spadefuls of earth marking the beginnings of these substructures have been turned. By the publication of this book We, THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF THE MEDICAL CENTER, have made a definite forward step toward a mutually beneficial understanding. lf we succeed only in the unification of the students of the component schools, We feel that the l94O MEDICAL CENTER has been completely successful.

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'f E Z -1 -' . . K 31. tr ' Dr. Willard C. Fleming was born on October 11, 1899 in Sausalito. In 1918 he graduated from Alameda 1-ligh School and entered the University of California College of Commerce, but transferred almost immediately to the Col- lege of Dentistry. 1-le was active in student affairs and served as student body president. As an undergraduate he developed a strong interest in research and worked with the California Stoma- tological Research Group. After graduation in 1923 he divided his time between private practice in Oakland and teaching at the College. I-le did not give up his interest in research and continued investigations and study in the field of paradentics. ln 1935 Dr. Fleming was appointed Assistant Dean of the College of Dentistry and in 1939 became Dean of the College. Dr. Fleming confesses to being an amateur photographer and has put his hobby to good account in the field of dentistry. 1-le is interested in sports and admits trying them all. He says that with the single exception of golf his performance has been bad. 1n golf, he adds, 1 am really. terrible. Dean Fleming is a member of the American Dental Association, American College of Dentists, Epsilon Alpha, Psi Omega and the Masonic Order. 234. .Za Pcwzim . Dr. Langley Porter has been Dean and Professor of Med- icine in the University of California Medical School from 1927 to 1940, except during the tenure of office of Dean Williams McKim Marriott, Iuly 1 to November ll, 1936. When Dr, Marriott passed away, after a short illness, Dean Porter returned to the deanship. I-le is on sabbatical leave of absence this semester and he will retire on Iune 30, 1940. The medical students have the greatest affection and admiration for Dean Porter because of his kindly sympa- thetic manner, his unfailing interest in their problems and his desire to help them in every way possible. Dr. Porter, a graduate of Cooper Medical College fnow Stanford University School of Medicineb in 1896, was in practice in San Francisco for many years prior to his ap- pointment as Dean. His practice was limited to pediatrics and he has a national reputation in that field as well as in the fields of musical education and administration. He has always been interested in medical history and bibliography, and his publications include several in that subject as well as in pediatrics. He is a member of various medical so- cieties, including the San Francisco County Medical Society, the California Medical Association, the California Academy of Medicine, the American Medical Association, the Amer- ican Pediatric Society, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.