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

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GROWTH Wake Forest College was founded by the North Carolina Baptist State Conven- tion in 1834 in Wake County near Raleigh. Intended to educate Baptists for the min- istry, the school gradually evolved to take on a larger educational role, becoming a prominent regional college of high aca- demic standards. above: the Alumni Building, completed 1905, housed the medical school from 1905 to 1932. The anatomy lab was on the top floor, in the right front room. g . elm above: The William Amos Johnson Building was named for an anatomy instructor killed in an automobile accident in 1927. The medical school occupied this building from 1932 until 1941. l Wake Forest Colleges economic hardships fol- lowing the Civil War 11861-1 8657 tempted the admin- istrators to establish a medical diploma mill as a means of adding revenue to the college. Because the proper quality of medical training could not be provided due to inadequate money and facilities, the idea was dismissed for about twenty years. ln the Fall of 1902, after nine years of scrutiny and fund-raising, the two-year Wake Forest Medical School was finally established. The first two deans of the medical school, Dr. Fred K. Cooke ttenure 1902-19059 and Dr. Watson S. Fiankin ttenure 1905-1909l, initiated a course of sound growth. A rigorous training program earned the school acceptance into the association of Ameri- can Medical Colleges atter only two years of exist- ence, and in 1908 the school became one of only eleven tout of 1605 U.S. medical schools requiring two years of college work prior to admission, These trends continued during the tenure of Dr. Thurman D. Kitchin, appointed dean in 1919. 7 -'Y-n. left: the first anatomy dissecting room was in the basement of the gymna slum. This photo, circa 1903-04. was contributed to the Medical School Arc hives by John B. Fleinhart. BGSM '43

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IN 1vii51vioRiA1vi Through her teaching, clinical skills, and research Dr. Carolyn Coker Huntley, professor emeritus of pediatrics, contributed significantly to the advancement of pediatrics during her 26 years as a faculty member at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine. Dr. Huntley founded the schools residency training pro- gram in pediatric allergy and immunology. Her research, pre- dominantly in that area, yielded seven chapters in textbooks and over sixty papers published in professional journals. Dr. Huntley received the A.B. degree from Mount Holyoke College and the M.D. degree from Duke University School of Medicine, where she was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha. She took residency training at Boston Children's Hospital and Washington, D.C. Children's Hospital and completed fellow- sh? training in pediatric allergy at Duke Medical Center. he had eld two appointments with the National Institute of Health. She served on its Bacteriology and Mycology Study Section and also with the Bureau of Biologics Com- mittee to Study Safety and Efficacy of Bacterial Vaccines. Dr. Huntley died October 18, 1984. Her career is an inspira- tion to aspiring physicians, and she will be sorely missed as a member of the medical community at Bowman Gray. If H X Carolyn Coker Huntley, M.D Lanfvence C. McHenry, Jr., M.D. Neurologist and medical historian Lawrence McHenry died of pancreatic cancer February 22, 1985. His gentle, warm character and contributions as a medical scholar have Earned him a special place in the hearts of many at Bowman ray. Dr. McHenry's interest in medical history was a hallmark of his career. He completely revised and enlarged Garrison's History of Neurology, and it has become the standard text in the field. Dr. McHenry had been appointed archivist and historian of the American Neurologic Association before his death. A lover of old books, especially those on neurology, he donated a significant collection to the Bowman Gray library. A graduate of Pomona College, Dr. McHenry attended the University of Oklahoma School of Medicine. He completed his neurology residency at New England Center Hospital in Boston and did fellowships in the field at Tufts University School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School. Dr. McHenry came to Bowman Gray in 1972. His research interests in- cluded the measurement of cerebral blood flow and the treat- ment of multi-infarct dementia. Dr. McHenry will be rememberd as an outstanding physi- cian, scholar and gentleman. All of the Bowman Gray School of Medicine was sad- dened by the untimely death of Carol Hanes, M.D. lclass of '84l on May 7, 1984, interrupting a professional career dedicated to serving others.

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The North Carolina Baptist Hospital QNCBHJ in Win- ston-Salem, started by the Baptist State Convention, opened its 88-bed facility in 1923. ln 1935, believing there to be an oversupply of physi- cians, the American Medical Association proposed clos- ing all two-year medical schools. Because ofthis, in 1937, a state commission, with later support from an anony- mous benefactor, investigated the possibility of enlarging one of North CaroIina's two two-year medical schools. The administrators at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill rejected the commission's offer to enlarge their two-year school. They were opposed to the benefac- tor's stipulation that the school be moved to Winston- Salem and mezged with the NCBH. Dr. Coy C. arpenter, dean of the two-year Wake Forest Medical School ttenure 1936-19633, recoginized W 4 , f ,ff I :Xt A above: The North Carolina Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, circa 1923-25. right: An architect's drawing tabout 19401 shows the NCBH's entrance, as seen from above Hawthorne Fload. In the background is the posterior side of the pro- gohsed Fhovgmanfiriy Ai! i c oolo e icine. ot e - -f Q ld. , e . . left is the proposed West A 1 il ll I 1 155 I .' ' L-.I - Wing. HI :wi llllilir 11,-. 'grliga' --,',,.., , Tkqulirggfgg , 1-lily, itl l ,'k:,,re:' .N ffl . 9 11, Iv4f'l: E ' il li 1 , If Y I . L fa' I A2 ' L?-I rt ' - '1- If- ' t ' ..1-'. , f.f ,.'fi -...X . 4 - W P413 relist 1 1 4 . . .. .5-1 V. .ii 5 J fl -' w' 1, ' 5.13511 ,' ' !:'fx:Si'li,Q.V , ,Q f.- U, I dr - ! -,g:v:.ff I it 3. ,. -,tu x 41, 115 d 4 . H W 5 I ' . w'11 -X et J Qfjl I sit. 1 .4 sal -.N ' ' ts-gg V321 ' I ' 4 , ' 4 'Y' 1 , . 4 , V f sm. i . ,yfiigg-3, K .f AW- A .,, ,U 8 Y ' gnnvuuv 4. on ev-A.ARLn-u'rECTb i r ' ' '