Wake Forest School of Medicine - Gray Matter Yearbook (Winston Salem, NC)

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I tr 'rests' , A y PREFACE On the following pages are some of the ingredients of memories stored during a school year at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest College, Remote from the clashings of a hectic world-the furor of Washington scandals, riots in Egypt, Vishinsky vituperations, and Korean battle cries-the medical school has seen another customarily quiet year. Yet it has been an eventful one, The year marked the beginning of a second decade of service to the sick by the Bowman Gray School of Medicine and the affiliated Baptist Hospital, The summer of l95l saw the formal beginning of construction of a l5O-bed addition to the present hospital plant. ln the fall President Truman flew down from Washington to take part in the official groundbreak- ing ceremony for Greater Wake Forest College held on the campus site at Reynolda. ln October a great loss to this institution and its students was incurred by the death of Dr, Vann. Then too, the year will be remembered for many routine chores and pleasures that filled it . . . LE Wim EC ,i-55525 , '3 , JU gui! i 'Q EFF Vgyg EEJA ig, ffilii Eire it L7VL,.E'aM,:'1, -ff , ii 4l.QMf3El3ElIE EEE 1 - .veirfjw ce Y- g 3

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ROBERT LINDSAY MCMILLAN, M. D. Possessing many talents and an unusual liacultv for combining industry and relaxation. Dr. Mc- Millan does not ever have to be a XValter Nitty to derive pleasure and satisfaction from living. As Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine in the Bowman Gray School of Medicine. he is widely recognized as a top-flight internist and cardiologist. In this capacity, he packs in a full schedule between his olfice in the Private Diagnostic Clinic, lectures in the medical school, EKG readings in the Heart Station. daily ward rounds, staff meetings. medical conventions, and clinical research. He is certilied by the American Board of Internal Medicine and also by its Sub-specialty Board on Cardiovascular Disease: he is a member of Alpha Omega .-Xlpha, a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, and belongs to the American Medical Association and numerous other medical societies. At home he and Mrs. McMillan are kept busy with Sara, age 12, Robert Lindsay, lr., age 9, and Mary Graham. age -l. And then not only is he an authority on Hmvci gardening the specializes in camellias and .iyaleasl but also he can describe III detail the technique ol surlicasting for red drum and the lashing prospects in numerous lake and river retreats haunted by the black bass. Having cultivated an etlortless balance between vocation and axocation. Dr. Nlcalillan is a master ol the art ol: gracious living. In the hubbub ol' medical school lite where spastic is prone to become a standard byword among medical students. even casual contacts with Doctor Hob provide .1 refreshing relic-li lirom any sense of strain. And on any matterilrom chronic auricular librillation to the bvllhlliliegllltflll Cardinals-we can alwavs depend on him for a reliable and leisurely consultation. It is xi ith utmost pleasure that the Senior Class of the Bowman Gray School of isledicine ileilicates this yearbook to Dr. Robert Mcalillan. vnu: 13 n