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

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The University of Michigan Medical School opened its doors ninety-two years ago, in 1849. The aim of the six professors of that day and the goal of a faculty at pres- ent are synonymous. These men must pass on their knowl- edge of medicine, their feeling for humanity, and their desire for research, to each student. The Medical School grew rapidly after its founding. From a staff of six men, no hospital, no facilities for clinical instruction, the school has grown to its present professorial staff of forty-four men and two women, a physical lay-out that includes three huge buildings hous- ing the pre-clinical departments, the state owned Univer- sity Hospital which is the largest state hospital in the country, and the very complete Medical library. Clinical instruction is received in the University Hospital and also through affiliation with Detroit hospitals. Today the Michigan Medical School is known through- out the world for its excellence. The University Hospital with its capacity of thirteen hundred and twelve beds is the principle place of instruction and research. Good scholarship furnishing a groundwork of theory, inquisitive intelligence to promote an enlivened practice , and an indominable desire to relieve suffering are the gifts of Michigan doctors to the nation ' s people. Most of the eight hundred Medical students are resi- dents of Michigan, but nearly every state in the union is represented, as are several foreign countries. Because of this set-up, the contacts made by the students are broad- ening and make possible a sound close-knit academic scheme which is typical of the medical profession. DEAN ALBERT C. FURSTENBERG 26

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Although industry had not started to mechanize until 1890, the Physics Department of the University estabished a course in engineering as early as 1855. In 1895, the College of Engineering was established as a separate department of the University. As the increasing complexity of industry became an ever more potent factor of modern society, the expert engineer occupied a position of increased importance. The University of Michigan College of Engineering, the second oldest of its kind in the United States, has kept pace with this development and has anticipated the need for men with practical experience and sound training. The policy of the school is based on theory and gen- eral information, for it is believed that practical applica- tion can prove more beneficial if practiced with respect to the position into which the graduate may be called. This is accomplished by virtue of an efficient staff of in- structors who are experts in practical instruction as well as scientific training. Dean Crawford has served as Dean of the School of Engineering at the University of Michigan since 1940. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineer- ing from the University of Colorado in 1912. He was in- structor and professor of Civil Engineering at that Univer- sity from 1912 to 1923. He was the Dean and Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Idaho from 1923 to 1937, and was Dean of the School of Engineering at the University of Kansas from 1937 to the time of his coming here. Top Row: I. A. Baier; E. 1. Eriksen; H. W. Miller; A. H. Lovell. Front Row: E. Boyce; C. G. Brandt; R. S. Hawley; E. W. Conlon; G. G. Brown. Missing: O. W. Boston. . 25

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In 1916 the College of Architecture and Design had its meager beginning as a department of the College of Engineering. Emil Larch was one of the first heads of the department, and the graduating class of 1909 numbered only five future builders. With the passage of a very few years, however, the Department of Architecture had outgrown its original position as a part of the Engineer- ing College so, in 1915, the School of Architecture was founded. As a separate and distinct unit of higher learn- ing its enrollment increased by leaps and bounds, neces- sitating the construction of the present Architecture Build- ing in 1927. If all goes well, seventy of the eight hun- dred students in the College of Architecture and Design (as the school has been known since 1932) will graduate in 1948. The present dean of the College of Architecture and Design is Wells I. Bennett who came to the University in 1912. He received his Bachelor of Architecture in 1911 at Syracuse University and his M.A. at Michigan in 1947. Doctor Bennett ' s special interest is in housing, and the Architecture School is stressing this project now. Among its important graduates are: Kenneth Black, class of 1925, who has always been an active alumnus and is now the architect for the Business Administration building; James Blaine Newman, class of 1914, whose gruelling under-graduate years are now paying big div- idends in the firm of Ely Jacques Kahn, Architects, New York City. Malcolm Roderick Sterton, class of 1932, is back on campus and hard at work as the architect for the new service building. Top Row: Dean Wells I. Bennett; W. V. Marshall; J. P. Slusser; G. M. McConkey. Front Row: R. W. Hammett; H. O. Whittemore; R. Bailey. 27