University of Maryland School of Medicine - Terrae Mariae Medicus (Baltimore, MD)

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HAMILTON BOYD VYLIE, M.D. Among the things Dr. Wylie misses most after having attained what another chemist might call an endpoint in his career in the medical school is his former close association with the students. He has always been one of those educators to whom the personal touch, and even intimacy with his students has meant much. In his nearly forty years here; first as an instructor in Biochemistry in 1912 when fresh out of what was then called the Baltimore Medical College; as Professor of Biochemistry in 1919; progressing through such titles as Assistant to the Dean and Acting Dean, to 1948 when he became Dean; he has become an inescapable subject of conversation whenever this school is mentioned. Every- one knows him, but our present senior class is the last to have known him as the teacher that he prefers to be: friendly, smiling, somewhat of a disciplinarian, and gixing lectures riddleil ith cliches of his own making that we might ijctter remember the otherwise dry facts. 10

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MAURICE CHARLES PIXCOFFS, B.S., M.D. A Chicagoan by birth, Dr. Pincoffs stayed there long enough to earn a B.S. from the University of Chicago in 1909; then migrated to Baltimore where the years have been spent constructing an amazingly varied and prominent medical career. Beginning with his graduation from The Johns Hopkins Medical Col- lege in 1912, he spent the years up to World War I as a general practitioner in his chosen city, then volunteered early when the U.S. entered the conflict. Captain Pincoffs won the DSC and Croix De Guerre in 1918, and, returning to his former haunts engaged in medical research in addition to his practice. These activities netted him an offer to become Professor of Medicine at this school in 1921. Since that time he has managed to become a Brigadier General in World War II, Editor of the Annals of Internal Medicine, civilian advisor to the Secre- tary of War, chairman of the Commission for Medical Care in the State of Maryland, and Assistant to the President of the University as regards the medical school.

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UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE BALTIMORE I MARYLAND OFFICE OF THE DEAN I swear I vfill keep this oath according to the law of medicine . For the benefit of my patients I will pass my life and practice my art . The fulfillment of this obligation is the most cherished privilege of the true physician. To the young physicians of the Class of 1951 I can wish no greater personal gratification than that which results from the con- scientious practice of this precept. U . , yiie, M. IX HBVY:LMC