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CUSHING WARD’S prize winniii" Christmas decoration. First-place winner
in the hospital’s annual Christmas decoration contest, Cushing Ward’s tree,
gifts and stocking-hung mantel look like a good old-fashioned Christmas.
Mrs. James M. Lee helps Santa by making sure the stockings are “hung by
the chimney with care.” (Duke Photo by Sparks)
J4i^klig,hH o/1960
DEAN W. C. DAVISON, guidhig spirit of the Medical Center for 33
years, retired on Julj’ 1. Tribute of one colleague: “On all of our walls under
the paint, one finds inscribed, ‘Davison was here.’ ”
Stepping into harness as second dean of Duke Universitj’ Medical School:
DR. BAKNES WOODIIAIjJ.,, a member of the surgical faculty at Duke for
23 years. Prior to his appointment as dean. Dr. Woodhall served as head of
the division of neurosurgery.
The Medical Center shone with reflected glory, when Dll. DEEYL
HART, chairman of the department of surgery, was named President Pro-
teni of Duke Univei’sity.
“Open for business’ this summer: the new RADIATION THERAPY
AND RESEARC’II DRHSION. Housed in a .ii375,000 addition to Duke
Hospital, the division provides extensive facilities for radiatioii treatment
of cancer. E(|uipment includes a “cobalt (>()” therapy unit and a “cesium
137” imit.
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Mildred Perkins
Farrar
Mrs. Mildred Perkins Farrar, as
sistant librarian and one of the orig
inal staff membei-s of the Duke Uni
versity Medical Center, died in Duke
Hospital on November 25, 1960. She
was 88.
With her daughter. Miss Judith
Farrar, Duke Medical Center libraj--
ian, Mrs. Farrar had played a major
role in the operation and develop
ment of the Medical Center Library
since its opening in 1930. Born in
Nelson Couiity, Virginia, Mrs. Farrar
was the sister of the late William R.
Perkins, personal counsel of James
B. Duke and one of the original trus
tees of the Duke Endowment. She
■was a member of the first graduating
cla.ss of Converse College, Spartan
burg, South Carolina, receiving the
A.B. degree in 1892. Before join
ing the Duke staff, she tutored and
taught in the public schools of South
(’arolina.
Mrs. Mary Semans, chairman of
the Duke Medical Center library com
mittee said of Mrs. Farrar, “Hers
was the type of untiring devotion that
is rare. It is this spirit which makes
the real difference in whether or not
an institution can function and de
velop to greatness. For her dedi
cated and creative assistance to the
Medical Center Library throughout
these years, we will be forever grate
ful.”
Auxiliary
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l)rofessioiuil leader in this ca])acity.
Mrs. Keck enters her new' post with
a wealth of experience and back
ground. A graduate of the Univer
sity of Cincinnati, she has most re
cently spent three years in similar
work in the big (’inciiuiati General
lIos])ital. Prior to that time, she
served as Head Teacher for the Me
morial Community Center Day Cen
ter in Cincinnati, did public rela
tions for the C’omniunity Chest and
s]>ent some time in social w'ork in
(,’incinnati.
A “Brunch” January 18 in the
Gi-aduate Center gave the Auxiliary
niembersliii) a chance to welcome Mrs.
Keck.