University of Kansas School of Medicine - Jayhawker MD Yearbook (Kansas City, KS)

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Jn Wlemouiam x 'l James B. Weaver, M.D. 1897-1956 Dr. Weaver received his B.S. from the University of Kansas in 1923, and his M.D. here in 1925. He ioined the faculty of the Bell Memorial Hospital and Dispensary as an assistant in Orthopedic Surgery in 1927. He was made an associate in Orthopedic Surgery in 1937, an assistant professor in 1939, associate professor in 1941, and in 1945, after his military leave with the Kansas University Hospital group, he was made Clinical Professor and Chief of the Orthopedic Section. ln 1952 he became Professor of Surgery. , He remained in this capacity in spite of the knowledge that he harbored within himself an incurable disease. He courageously continued with his large private practice, his clinics for crippled children, his administrative duties, as well as his inspiring lectures to his students, many of whom unaware that their teacher was quite ill. Dr. Weaver's many friends, colleagues and patients will all feel the loss of his personal inspiration .

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Hn Wlemouiam The death of Dr. MervinT. Sudler on June 22, 1956, closed the career of a man whom the University should always hold in esteem and affection. Who's Who in America, edition of I948, after listing his various aca- demic degrees and honors, adds the modest note, He developed the Medical School of the University of Kansas. This description of his ser- vices belongs to the category of classic examples of colossal under- statements. Mervin Sudler did more than develop the medical school. He blew the breath of lifeinto iton num- erous occasions when the last spark of life had apparently fled. He also gathered about him a group of ener- getic enthusiastic young men, whom he inspired with his enthusiasm for high standards in medical education and his determination that the Univer- sity of Kansas School of Medicine should not perish from this earth. Mervin Sudler came to the Univer- sity of Kansas in 1906 as dean of the scientific department of the medical school at Lawrenceand was later dean of the Kansas City division of the medical school in Kansas City although his official title at first was associate dean. The early years in Kansas City were strenuous ones. The fusion of five medical schools with the absorption of their faculties raised problems very difficult to adiust. The state government was hostile to the new school, the legislature allowed MERWN TUBMAN SUD'-ER' l875 l956 to school a total yearly budget of only S30,000, and the governor of the state favored abolition of the medical school, which he said was too costly. Instead he proposed that the state subsidize mediCOl Students and send them to other states for their education. This plan Dr. Sudler opposed vigorously, m0lf1fClif1in9 that Kansas had a duty to Kansas students that no other state had. It is almost axiomatic that, where ever there is a medical school in a large city, there is always a group of local physicians hostile to it. The University of Kansas School of Medicine was no exception. Finally Dean Sudler's fondest desire and greatest hope was realized. A new site was acquired, and the administration building of the present medical center was erected. Then an unexpected and unwarranted disappointment - the governor began a purge of the University, first Dr. Sudler and then Chancellor Lindley were dismissed. Dr. Sudler accepted the situation philosophically and withdrew to Lawrence, where he began the practice of surgery, which he continued until his retirement two years ago, enioying the esteem and respect of his professional brethren and the love and gratitude of his patients. Ralph H. Major, M.D.

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Mercy Hospital-The Pediatric division of the Kansas City General Hospital . About one- halfof the Junior Class will spend theirentire quarter on Pediatrics here. . .9- Kansas City Veteran 's Administration Hospital --Most Juniors on either Medicine or Surgery will spend one-half of these quarters at the VA , This beautiful hospital also offers rotations in Medicine and Surgery to K.U. residents Aliljiliated -Hoapitala General Hospital-Senior K.U. Students af- filiate three months here, during their quarter on Obstetrics and Gynecology. Approxi- mately one-half of the class'will have this experience . Menorah Hospital-The only private hospital in the group. One group of Junior students will spend one-half of theirquarter on Medi- cine here. Until this year, a similar Surgical affiliation was in effect.