University of Michigan - Michiganensian Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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1911 MICHI G ANENSIAN DENTISTRY XKLVILLE SOULE HOFF, D.D.S., Acting Dean Born, Elizabeth, W. Va., July 20, 1854. Prepared at Pomeroy High School. Graduated at Ohio College of Dental Surgery in 1876. In 1888 came to University of Michigan as Asst. Professor of Practical Dentistry. Full Professor in 1891. Secretary of Dental Faculty preceding Deanship. Member of Ohio Dental Association, National Dental Society, American Society of Orthodon- tists, Michigan Dental Association. Editor of Dental Record. The first agitation for the creation of this depart- ment came in 1865, and in 1875 the Legislature appropriated $3000 per year, for a term of two years, with which to establish a school of dentistry at Ann Arbor, and in May of that year the regents took steps to provide for the department. Two pro- fessorships were created and first filled by Jonathan Taft and J. A. Watling. The department had its early existence under the general supervision of the Medical Department. The course consisted of two years ' work, the terms being only six months long, March to October, but in the fall of ' 84 the terms were lengthened to nine months. In 1889 the course was finally made to consist of three years of nine months each, and the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery was given. The first accommodations were in the Homoeopathic building, and in 1891, at the completion of the new University Hospital, they occupied the old Hospital building. At this same time the Dental Society of the University of Michigan was organi ed, and assumed charge of the publishing of the Dental Journal. The new Dental building recently finished is undoubtedly the best equipped and most complete Dental building in the world, especially in Technics, Laboratories and Dental Operating Rooms. The Taft library is sheltered here and contains almost every work in Dentistry and practically complete files of every Dental journal published. The Dental museum is also included within the building, and the odontological collection is especially strong probably the largest and best of its kind to be found in any Dental college. It contains the collections of the late Professor Ford and of Drs. Williams and Louis Mitchell of London, England. The museum lias been named the Ford- Mitchell museum. [23]

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911 MI CHI G AN ENS I AN .Ill JUKI C i Cj C AlifitmfJ. iBB n H it jmiflj II lull IE y BBS y i VICTOR CLARENCE VAUGHAN, M.D., Ph.D., LL.D., Dean Born, Randolph County, Mo., Oct. 27, 1851. Studied at Central College, Fayette, Mo. Graduated from Mt. Pleasant College with B. S. in 1872. In 1874 entered University of Michigan for gradu- ate study. Obtained Master of Science in 1875 and Ph. D. in 1876. Entered Department of Medicine and graduated in 1878. In 1876 Asst. in Chemistry Laboratory. Asst. Professor of Medicinal Chemistry in 1880. Made full Professor in 1883 and Director of Hygienic Laboratory in 1887. Dean of the Department since June, 1891. Major Surgeon in Spanish War. Member of the German Chemistry Society, French Society of Hygiene, Hungarian Society of Hygiene, and Association of American Phy- sicians. The Department of Medicine and Surgery was ! ' i ii existence by the organization of a fc. faculty by the University on May 15, 1850. The Department formally opened the following October with Abram Sager as president. The course con- sisted of lectures which extended over a period of J s ' x raon ths, from the first of October to the last of March. Clinical instruction was furnished from the beginning, and it was for the benefit of these clinics that various efforts were made to move the department to Detroit. However, in September, 1858, the regents formally decided against the Detroit project, thus insuring a more compact and unified department. In the year 1870-71, eighteen women were enrolled in the department. By this time the need of laboratory instruction was apparent, and as a result, in 1872 the laboratory of Pharmacology was procured. This was followed by one for Physiology in 1884, Hygiene in 1888, and Clinical Medicine in 1891. Laboratory instruction has always been very thorough. In the same year, the new University Hospital was opened, accommodating about eighty patients. In 1880 the course was lengthened to three years, and in 1890 to four years. About the year 1890 a six-year course leading to the degrees of A.B. and M.D. was offered, and the final step has lately been taken which requires the degree of A.B. before that of M.D. can be conferred. A valuable addition to the hospitals is that of the Psychopathic Ward which the Legislature some time ago provided for. In this way the medical student is furnished with an unusual opportunity for the study of insanity and nervous disorders. The new Medical building was completed in 1903, and is a remarkably well designed and complete structure. [22]

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1Q11 MICHI G ANENSI AN P MAC. MAC Y nr-r rrn-rr rrrrrr rrirrr JULIUS OTTO SCHLOTTERBECK, Ph.C., Ph.D., Dean Born, Ann Arbor, Sept. 1, 1865. Prepared Ann Arbor High School. Graduate from School of Pharmacy, U. of M., 18S7. Asst. in Pharmacy, 1888. In 1891 given the degree of B. S. in Chemistry. Instructor in Pharmacognosy and Botany, ' 92- ' 95. Received the degree of Ph. D., ' 95-96, from University of Berne. Returned to University as Asst. Professor of Phar- macognosy. In 1904 was advanced to Junior Professor. In 1905 was made Dean. Member of .American and Michigan Pharmaceutical Associations, American Association for Ad- vanced Science and American Conference of Pharmaceutical Faculties. The school was organized and made independent of any other department in the year 1876-7. Before that time a course in Pharmacy had been given in the Chemistry building under the general supervision of the chemical faculty. The requirements demanded for admission were in general a full and complete High School education. At the present time they vary, depending whether the student is a candidate for the degree of Pharmaceutical Chemist, which is a two-year course, or whether he is candidate for the B.S. of Pharmacy, in which case the requisites are practically those for the B.S. degree in any other department. In 1880 the laboratory of General Chemistry was completed, and this was used as the home of the department up to the present year. With the completion of the new laboratory the school has moved into new and commodious quarters with splendid facilities for special work. Practical work is obtained from the botanical gardens, where the principal plants for medicinal use are grown and studied. Frederick Sterns and Co., Detroit, offer a fellowship of $350 a year, which has been main- tained since 1895. Appointment is made by the Board of regents upon recommendation of the Faculty. [24]