Mrs. David T. Smith stands with her husband and the life-size oil portrait
of Dr. Smith which was presented to Duke University by the School of Medi
cine at a medical alumni banquet held October 7. Dr. Smith, Professor of
Microbiology and Chairman of the Department of Preventive Medicine, was
described by the Dean of the Medical School, Dr. William G. Anlyan, as
“one of the most distinguished faculty members at Duke since the Medical
School’s inception.”
A Tribute to Dr. David T. Smith
The October 9 newspaper arti
cle read : ‘ ‘ The presentation of a
life-size oil portrait of Dr.
Hniith to Duke University was
the highlight of a Medical Alum
ni banquet held [Thursday] at
the -Jack Tar Hotel. ]\Iaking the
])resentation for the medical
school was Dr. William G.
Anlyan, dean.”
Those were the reported facts.
But the evening in question was
more than just a time for a por
trait presentation; it was also a
time for a tribute.
And facts, alone, cannot fully
do justice to a tribute, for a trib
ute by nature involves more
than facts—it involves feelings.
In an attempt to convey the
“feelings” of at least one man
who participated in the October
7 tribiite. Intercom has been
given permission to share with
its readers the remarks made by
Dr. Barnes Woodhall, Vice Pro
vost of the University, upon ac
ceptance of the portrait of Dr.
David T. Smith for Duke Uni
versity.
# # «
“Dr. Hiatt, Distinguished
Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen :
' It seems peculiarly approi)ri-
ate that we should engage in this
matter at hand during a meet
ing of our medical ahuxini.
]\Iany of you have been taught
the basic science of microbiol
ogy, the clinical science of dis
eases of the chest, and the rare
art of the practi-e of medicine
by Dr. Smith.
]\Iany of you have been happy
hosts to his exquisite talent for
telling stories. 1 hope that we
may be favored in this regard
this evening.
You may not know that all of
us liave been taught in one way
or another by Dr. Smith, be
cause he is a very wise man in
the ways of men and women.
In these days, every year we
lose a small number of students
from medical school for diverse
and sometimes rather obscure
reasons. A few years ago, when
Dr. Smith was a medical stu
dent, students were largely lost
from medical school for a single
reason—tuberculosis; and Dr.
Smith was one of these.
Few students, however, subse
quently were found as advanced
students in the Ko:-kefeller In
stitute, few have been awarded
the Trudeau Gold Medal,* and
few have been honored as Presi
dent of every major national
and international society de
voted to this subject [tubercu-
Tuberculosis was eventually
controlled in lai-ge part by a
magic drug derived, as I recall,
from the science of organic
chemistry.
Sometime later. Dr. Smith re
tired as Chairman of the De-
l)artment of ^Microbiology. Be
fore and after this moment, he
* The coveted Trudeau Medal was
presented to Dr. Smitli in 1957 by
the National Tuberculosis Association,
which singled out Dr. Smith as the
person who had made the most out
standing contribution in tuberculosis
work in the United States.
(Continued, page 6)
PROFESSIONAL NEWS
(Continued from page 2)
MR. JOHN B. CAHOON, Assistant Professor of Radiologic Tech
nology, was the keynote speaker at the Northwest Symposium for
Radiologic Technologists at the University of Oregon ^Medical Cen
ter in Portland, Oregon October 15-17. ilr. Cahoon spoke on
“Radiograjjliic Exposure Factors,” and presented a new system
of radiographic conversion worked out jointly between Duke and
the DuPont Company. The sym[)Osium was sponsored by the Ore
gon State System of Higher Education.
DR. PATRICK 1). KENAN, Assistant Professor of Otolaryngol
ogy, attended the Vlllth International (’ongress of Otorhinolaryn
gology. The Congress, which is held every four years, was held
this j^ear in Tokyo, Jajjan, October 24-80.
DR. ROY T. PARKER, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
and Chairman of the Department, presented a paper on “Chemo
therapy in Genital Cancer” at the District IV meeting of the
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, held October
20-28 in Norfolk, Virginia. DR. BAYARD CARTER, Professor
of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Chairman-Emeritus of the De-
j)artment, presented two papers at the meeting: ‘ ‘ Post-Surgical
Treatment of Carcinoma of the Ovary” and “Hirsutism.”
DR. SAUL BOYARSKY, Professor of Urology and Assistant Pro
fessor of Physiology, j)articipated in the 14th Annual Spinal Cord
Injury Conference and presented a paper on “New Vistas in the
Pharmacology and Other Control ^Mechanisms of the Ureter.” The
conference was sponsored by the Veterans Administration and was
held at Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, (’anada, October
27-29.
DOROTHY TATE, Director of Dietetics, aiul HELEN McLACH-
LAN, Education Director in Dietetics, ])articipated in the Ameri
can Dietetic Association I\Ieeting held in Cleveland, Ohio, October
80-November 5. Miss Tate participated as a delegate from North
(’arolina. During the Conference for Dietetic Internship Directors
and University Faculties, Miss ilcLachlan appeared on a panel
which discussed “The Future Education of the Dietitian.”
DR. 1). C. TOSTESON, Professor and Chairman of the Depart
ment of Physiology, aiul DR. JOHN W. JMOORE, Associate Pro
fessor of Physiology, attended the New York Academy of Science’s
Conference on “Biological Jlembranes: Rec^ent Progress,” held
October 4-7 in New York City. Both presented papers. Dr. Toste-
son presented a paper on “Some Proj)erties of the Plasma ]\Iem-
braues of High Potassium and Low Potassium Sheep Red Cells.”
The subject of Dr. ^Moore’s paj)er was “Alkali Cation Selectivity of
the S(juid Axon ^Membrane. ”
Dr. Tosteson also j>articipated in the Sodium Symposium spon
sored by the University of North (’aroliim and held in Chapel Hill
October 18.
DR. JOSEPH E. MARKEE, Chairman of the Department «f
x\natomy and Assistant Dean in Charge of Admissions, partici
pated in the meeting of the Southeastern Section on Student Affairs
of the American ^Medical College in Little Rock, Arkansas, Septem-
bei’ 27-28. Dr. Markee presented a paper on “Multiple Factors
Utilized in Selection of iledical Students.” Also in attendance
were Dr. Suydan Osterhout, Associate in iledicine and Assistant
Professor of Microbiology, and Dr. E. Croft Long, Assistant Dean
in Charge of Medical Student Affairs.
DR. WILLIA^I P. WILSON, Professor of Psychiatry, has been
elected Secretary to the Section on Neurology and Psychiatry of
the Southern Medical Association.
BEI'LAH M. ASHBROOK, Registrar of the School of Medical
Technology, attended the ASMT—ASCP Regional Seminar on
“Jledical Technology Education,” October 8-9 at the West Vir
ginia University Medical Center, Morgantown, W. Va.
(Continued, page 6)
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