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

Page 11 text:

Dr. H. Boyd Wylie Dfan oj the School oj Medicine I he Dean has played a leading role in guiding 11 ihriiMgh our cars of medical school. He is llie person who has linked the ludrMl ImkIn and ifir farult and adniinistraliun and made thetn fnM tion moothlv. UNIVCRSITV or MARYLAND THE FUnmE CF THE CUSS Of 195li As each cl«3s Is graduated uios« wtio h«vr guidtd Ui« rrcsrric ul ' its weUrs try lo lock «lth U)«« Into th«lr futto-cs. Thosi IcAchtrg who «r« interested In lh«lr students «r« clerc to thcLr succt acs «nd their problem, a ooh ta«eher senses Uvat sou- thine ' e°n out of his liXe when each eUss leovts hlB «t crtdutlon. He wonders irtietner ne has left sonettilne undone and hopes th«t his Instruction will bear fruit. It has been the writer ' s ejiprrlence that a r teachers have done a good ,1ob of Instruction which becotses unlfpst to the jraduale Jloly, at first, throi h the early haie of the inUm hip» tut Rort nearly as he advances In his oedical career. It is iry sincere wish that each nesber of the 19Su Class has so availed hiiwrlf of his opportunities at school that he will also att-))n recopfijtson unri success a: a Maryland irraduate. Miss Loretta Conway Secretary to the Dean ... to her the Editorial Staff gives thanks for an ever helping hand.

Page 10 text:

Dr. Harry Clifton Byrcl President Emeritus of the University of Maryland This )ear marks the end of a long and produi- tive association between Dr. Byrd and the Uni- versity. During the forty-two years in wliitii he has been with the lniversit . he has played a prominent part in its growth from a small agri- cultural college to one of the nation ' s leading schools. Dr. Byrd first came to the University as a Student. He graduated in the class of I ' JOo and relumed after four years as an English instruc- tor. He was later coach of the football team and while still in this capacity served as Assistant to the President. It was in 1936 that he became President of the I ' niversity and remained in that post until January of this year. Dr. Byrd, more than any other one person, has come to sym- bolize the University of Maryland.

Page 12 text:

Maurice C. Pincoffs, M.D. A Chicagoan by birth. Dr. Pincoffs graduated with a B.S. from the University of Chicago in 1909. Journeying to Baltimore, he graduated from the Johns Hopkins Medical College in 1912. Up to the first World War, young Dr. Pincoffs practiced medicine in his chosen city. Baltimore. When the United States entered the conflict in 1917, he volunteered for active duty, winning the D.S.C. and Croix De Guerre. He returned to Baltimore after the conflict to resume his prac- tice and engage in medical research. Shortly thereafter, in 1921. Maurice Pincoffs was made Professor of Medicine at the University of Mary- land Medical School. At the death of Dr. Gordon Wilson in 1932. he became head of the depart- ment of Medicine. Once again in World War II, when his countrv called, he enlisted and was elevated to the rank of Brigadier General. He is editor of the Annals of Internal Medicine and Assistant to the President of the University as regards the Medical School. He has been the civilian advisor to the Secretary of War, Chair- man of the Commission for Medical Care in the State of Maryland. President of the American College of Physicians, and President of the Mary- land Medical Chirurgical Faculty. He is now a council member of the Board on Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases of the Federal Security Agency. National Institute of Health in Wash- ington.