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VOLUME 19, NUMBER 45
November 17, 1972
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
7 Awards Scheduled Two Full Days’ Activities
At Tonight’s Dinner
The presentation of seven awards and
the induction of an honorary alumnus
will highlight tonight's banquet of the
Duke Medical Alumni Association at the
Durham Hotel.
For the first time, a Distinguished
Service in Health Award will be
presented. The recipient will be Miss
Grizzelle Mitchell (Dell) Norfleet, who
was among those primarily responsible
for establishment of the N.C. Cerebral
Palsy Hospital in Durham.
In fact, Miss Norfleet, who now lives
in retirement in Winston-Salem, operated
a cerebral palsy treatment unit in Durham
that was a forerunner of the present
hospital, and a number of Duke
physicians helped her with her patients.
The Honorary Alumrius Award will go
to John Alexander McMahon, who
became president of the American
Hospital Association Nov. 1. Since 1968
he had been president of N.C. Blue Cross
and Blue Shield, Inc., and he is chairman
of the Duke University Board of Trustees.
Distinguished Alumni Awards will go
to the following:
--Dr. Cyrus C. Erickson, professor of
pathology at the University of Tennessee
and a member of the Duke medical
faculty from 1937-50.
-Dr. W. Proctor Harvey (M.D. Duke
'43), professor of medicine at
Georgetown University and director of
the Division of Cardiology at Georgetown
University Hospital.
-Dr. Henry D. McIntosh, chairman of
the Department of Medicine at Baylor
University, and a member of the Duke
medical faculty from 1954-70.
-Dr. Marc J. Musser, chief medical
director of the Veterans Administration
Central Office in Washington and a Duke
medical faculty member from 1966-70.
8th Annual Reunion Starts Today
The medical center's physician count
will increase by about 125 today and
tomorrow when Duke medical graduates
and former house staff members return
for the eighth annual Duke Medical
Alumni Weekend.
In addition to the formal program, a
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MEMORIAL SERVICE—As part of the
Duke Medical Alumni Weekend, a
memorial service for Dr. Wilburt C.
Davison will be conducted this afternoon
at 4:45 in Duke Chapel. Dr. Davison,
dean of medicine from 1927-60, died
June 26.
--Dr. Charles C. Richardson (M.D.
Duke '60), professor of biological
chemistry at Harvard.
-Dr. John Victor Verner Jr. (M.D.
Duke '54), in private practice of internal
medicine at Watson Clinic in Lakeland,
Fla.
number of special events also are
scheduled, including a memorial service
for Dr. W. C. Davison, a special program
for women, an exhibition of prints and
art objects on medical themes and the
conferring of several special honors at
tonight's banquet. (See story at left, "7
Awards Scheduled.")
Alumni began arriving yesterday and
attended the Director's Hour lecture by
Dr. Philip Handler, president of the
National Academy of Sciences, and a
reception last night at the home of Dr.
William G. Aniyan, vice president for
health affairs.
Today's scientific programs begin in
the Hospital Amphitheater at 9:15 a.m.
and 2:30 p.m. Dr. David T. Smith, James
B. Duke Professor Emeritus of
Microbiology, presides at the morning
session and Dr. F. Bayard Carter,
professor emeritus of obstetrics and
gynecology, chairs the afternoon sessions.
At 10:30 a.m. in Room 3031, Dean
Ruby Wilson of the School of Nursing
will meet with women guests at the
meeting to discuss educational
opportunities at the medical center.
The alumni luncheon meeting will
begin at 12:30 in the Union Ballroom.
At 4:45 in Duke Chapel a special
memorial service is scheduled for Dr.
Davison, dean of the School of Medicine
from 1927-60, who died June 26.
Those speaking at the service will be
Dr. Aniyan, Mrs. James H. Semans, the
Rev. James T. Cleland, dean of Duke
Chapel, Dr. Jay Arena, secretary-treasurer
of the alumni association, and Dr. John P.
McGovern of Houston, Texas.
Tomorrow morning alumni will be
invited to "drop-in" teaching rounds at
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