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

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HUGH RAYMOND SPENCER. M.D. Professor oj Pathology and Head of the Department DEDICATID Dr. Hugh R. Spencer has officially announced his retirement as Professor of Pathology, effective July 1, 1956. Born in 1888 in Baltimore City, he grew up in the country, where he acquired the love of fishing and hunting. He graduated from the Baltimore Medical School in 1910 and was added to the University of Maryland Staff somewhat later when the two schools merged. After studying physiology for one year. Dr. Spencer redirected his interests to Pathology. He studied tliis subject at Johns Hopkins for two years and, later, during World War I, served in the United States Army for thirteen months as a Pathologist. After this war, he returned to become Professor of Pathology at University of Maryland in 1921. In addition to his academic duties. Dr. Spencer is also a member of the Admission Com- mittee who interviews each student before he is officially accepted into medical school. With his keen insight and judgment, Dr. Spencer is able to evaluate a man ' s capabilities and personality without his being aware of the observation. The Clinicians, as well as the students, will remember him also for his amazing ability to uncover bafiling cases for Saturday morning C.P.C. ' s. Many times has he demonstrated a dry wit as he reads the Pathological Diagnosis. We, the Senior Class of 1956, proudly dedicate our yearbook to Dr. Hugh Raymond Spencer and wish him continued successes and good health in the many years ahead.

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DEA WILLIAM S. STONE M.S., M,D., D.Soc. When Dr. William S. Stone was named Dean of the School of Medicine on July 1, 1955, he succeeded Dr. H. Boyd Wylie. He came from Walter Reed Army Medical Center where, as a Colonel, he served as Commandant of Army Medical Graduate School. He held this posi- tion until April 3, 1954 when he was named as Director of Medical Education and Research at the University. Dr. Stone is well known through the field of medicine. He won acclaim in 1943 when an important invasion of Italy was endangered by the spread of typhus fever. With the aid of many teams, he organized control measures with a then new drug, DDT. More recently he instituted measures for the elimination of Bang ' s disease in cattle, a serious disease in humans if contracted. In accepting the office of Dean, Dr. Stone emphasized that he had no intention of giving up his previous job at school. With the cooperation of the Departments, he intends to con- tinue the expansion of reasearch and encourage more students to take an active part.

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G. Edward Reahl, Jr. Editor in Chief Marshall Franklin Associate Editor and Cartoonist Betty Irene Ivens Associate Editor Robert L. Wright Photography Editor John E. Adams Business Manager CONTRIBUTORS Richard Belgrad James Castellano Robert Headley Virgil Hooper Patrick Laughlin Wilbur Pickett Edwin Whiteford Harry Wilson Joann Wright Albert Trucker Irvin Pollack Richard Belgrad James Stovin TERRA MARIAE MEDICUS WISHES TO THANK MR. AFFLECK AND MR. GARDEN OF THE MEDICAL SCHOOL ART DEPARTMENT AND DR. E. KLOHR FOR THEIR COOPERATION IN HELPING TO PHOTOGRAPH PART OF THIS BOOK. The opinions expressed by the Cartoonist in this annual are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Staff in general. ILLUSTRATOR PHOTOGRAPHY