Dr. Jolm Dees, Mrs. Edwin P. Alyea and Dr. Alyea are shown at the DYSURIA
banquet that honored both the senior urologists.
Medical Alumni
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great talent in planning and de
velopment. He had ina.iored in
mathematics in college and had
received honors in this field.
From figures and volumes and
programs he could envisage im
ages of useful and strong facili
ties. Thus the public and pri
vate out-patient clinics, the pa
tient floors, the operating rooms
—these areas that Dr. Knight
will dedicate—have served thou
sands of people.”
Others speaking on the occa
sion of the famed surgeon’s be
ing honored were: Dr. Clarence
B. Gardner, Jr., professor emeri-
Alcw I'nitaorship
Hears Alyea Kanie
In the spring of 196G at the
Chicago meeting of the Ameri
can Urological Association, an
organization was formed and
given the name of DYSURIA.
The name was derived from
the first letters of the words:
Duke Youthful Society of Urol
ogy Residents Interested in Ad
vancement.
The constitution of the new
organization, also adojited at the
('hicago meeting, states its pur
pose as being for the promotion
of scicntifie advancement in the
field of urologic surgery, the
supi)ort of the Duke urologic
training ])rogram, and the main
tenance of ])rofossional and per-
soiud ties among those who have
been affiliated with the Duke
])rogi'am.
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tus of surgery; Dr. Ivan W.
Brown, Jr., James Buchanan
Duke Professor of Surgery and
president of the Deryl Hart So
ciety; Dr. AV. C. Davison, dean
emeritus of the School of Medi
cine ; and Dr. David C. Sabiston,
Jr., professor and chairman of
the Department of Surgery.
The w’eekend program was de
signed to inform participants of
what is going on in medicine at
Duke today. The program also
included the presentation of
honorary membership in the
iledieal Alumni Association to
Dr. W. C. Davison and the pre
sentation of gifts of $12,228 by
the class of ’41 and $3,265 by
the class of ’56 to the medical
center.
At the Symposium on Uro
logic Education, held at Duke
in October, the members of DY
SURIA met together for the
first time since the Chicago meet
ing and contributed to a fund
for the establishment of the first
visiting professorship in the
Duke Division of Urology. The
man for whom tlie professorship
was to be named, however, was
kept a closely guarded secret
and was not announced iintil the
night of the symposium’s special
DYSURIA banquet.
The banquet got under way
when the president of DYSU
RIA, Dr. Sam S. Ambrose, a
former Duke resident now in
j)rivate practice in Atlanta, pre
sented certificates of honorary
membership in the organization
to Dr. John E. Dees, professor
of urologj', and Dr. Edwin P.
Alyea, professor of urology and
chief emeritus of the division.
(Dr. Dees, who came to Duke
in 1939, and Dr. Alyea, who
came in 1930 to establish the
Division of Urology, are the two
men who have been with the
division for the longest period
of time.) Dr. Alyea then pre
sented membership certificates to
thirty-two of his former resi
dents. (Thirty-two ovit of the
forty-three residents who have
trained under Dr. Alyea re
turned for the occasion.)
Following the presentation of
the certificates. Dr. Ambrose an
nounced the new visiting pro
fessorship, prefacing the an
nouncement w’itli: ‘ ‘ Every or
ganization needs to have a pur
pose, and one of the prime pur
poses of this organization is to
honor Dr. Edwin P. Alyea by
establishing in liis honor the
Edwin P. Alyea Visiting Pro
fessorship of Urology.”
The new visiting professorship
will enable the division to bring
each year an outstanding urolo
gist to Duke for several days to
make rounds with the staff and
residents and to deliver talks.
The first will be invited during
1967.
Society Lauds
Dr. R. J. Reeves
The sixth meeting of the R. J.
Reeves Radiological Society, held
at Duke in November, was in
honor of Dr. Reeves, professor
of radiology and chairnuui emer
itus of the department.
Invited speaker was Dr. Ross
Golden, professor of radiology
at U.C.L.A. who was chairman
of the Radiology Department at
Columbia-Presbyteriau when Dr.
Reeves joined the staff there
after finishing his residency at
Harvard. (It was from Colum
bia that Dr. Reeves came when
he joined the Duke staff in 1930
as chairman of the newly created
Department of Radiology.)
The society was founded in
1955 by former residents and
staff of the Department of Ra
diology. At present there are 92
members; and, when the resi
dents who began their training
under Dr. Reeves complete their
program, membership will total
100. Of tliese, ten are now in
academic departments, and two
are departmental chairmen.
Highlighting the meeting was
a banquet honoring Dr. Reeves.
A scroll was presented to the
radiologist, bearing the signa
tures of his former residents and
staff with resolutions of appre
ciation for his years of dedi
cated teaching at Duke. Also
presented were two sets of radi
ology text books for the R. J.
Reeves Library, to be located in
the department’s new quarters
scheduled for completion in
March. A personal gift was
given by Dr. and ]\Irs. James
Semans. It was announced that
members of the society have
commissioned an oil portrait of
Dr. Reeves, also for the new
library.
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With obvious pride and affection, Mrs. Deryl Hart observes the plaque that
boars her husband’s name and tells of the tribute recently paid him by the
university—the naming of the Deryl Hart Pavilion in his honor.