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

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In Dedication Jl n June of 1968, Dean William S. Stone completed a decade and a half of academic and administrative service with the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Beginning in 1954, Dean Stone was appointed by the President and Regents as Director of Medical Research and Education and a year later he became Dean of the Faculty. Under Doctor Stone’s leadership, the school greatly expanded its research facilities and person- nel in many parameters, developed broadly its postgraduate training pr ogram and improved its curriculum for undergraduate education. He was one of the major architects of the overall develop- ment program of the medical center. His broad ex- perience in diverse medical fields and his prom- inence in the national scene were instrumental in keeping the University abreast of national and international trends. The faculty and student body know him as a modest man, a diligent administrator, a tenacious fighter for principles and a dedicated Dean of the School of Medicine. The occasion of Dean Stone’s retirement is a sobering moment but it also provides a refreshing realization that the medical school has developed and progressed, that it has maintained its tradition of teaching good medicine, that it has provided an opportunity for students and house officers with potential to undertake research, and it now has an active ongoing program of research by the staff. These opportunities required facilities and these he has labored doggedly to achieve. The record of Dean Stone’s accomplishments are shown in his biographical summary and bibliog- raphy which follow. Born 1902. Graduate, Uni- versity of Idaho, 1924-B.S.; 1925-M.S. Graduate, University of Louisville School of Medicine, 1929- M.D. DSC (Hon.) 1946. Internship, William Beaumont General Hos- pital, 1929-31; Army Medical School, 1931-32; Surgical Service, Fort McPherson Hospital, 1932- 34. Chief, Parasitic Disease Division, Army Medical School, 1934-38. Army Medical Research Board, 1938-39. Pathologist Gorgas Hospital, 1940-41. Chief, Laboratories Division and in charge of re- search program in Preventive Medicine, Surgeon General’s Office, U.S. Army, 1941-43. Consultant, Preventive Medicine and Chief of Research, North African and Mediterranean Theatres 1943-45. Chief, Preventive Medicine Division, Air Surgeon’s Office 1945-46. Chairman, Army Medical Research Board, 1946-50. Commandant, Army Medical Serv- ice Graduate School, 1950-54. Director of Medical Education and Research, University of Maryland, 1954. Dean, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 1955. Diplomate, American Board of Pathology, American Board of Preventive Medicine. U.S. Army representative to National Research Council, 1946-50, Committee on Medical Research, Department of Defense. The Halstead Society, District of Columbia Academy of Medicine, Consultant to the Surgeon General, U.S. Army. Chairman, Medical Education for Na- tional Defense. A.A.M.C. Sternberg Medalist U.S. Army Medical Corps — 1932. Sigma XI. Phi Beta Kappa. Alpha Omega Alpha. President’s Science Advisory Committee — 1961. Field of special inter- est— Medical Education and Health Services dur- ing National Emergencies.

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School of Medicine University of Maryland Terra Mariae Medicus 1968

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WILLIAM S. STONE M.S., M.D., D.Sc. Director, Medical Education and Research and Dean, School of Medicine University of Maryland