Growth
(continued from page fourteen)
The Clinical Research II Building,
which houses the hyperbaric chambers
and other research projects, was
completed in 1967.
Rehabilitation I, the "new" section of
Baker House, was built next in 1968.
Also in 1968, the Nanaline H. Duke
Medical Sciences Building, housing
research and teaching programs of several
pi-e-clinical departments, was dedicated.
In 1969, the Marshall I. Pickens
Rehabilitation Center was opened.
Most recently, builders have finished
all four buildings in the innovative
Research Park complex. The vivarium, a
facility for animal care, is nearing
competion, and ground was broken in
May for construction of a new mental
retardation facility with financial support
from the Civitan organization.
More plans for other patient care,
teaching, administration, and research
buildings are on the drawing boards and
will be outlined in forthcoming issues of
Intercom.
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FIRST FOUR-YEAR MEDICAL CLASS - Pictured above is the entering freshman
class of the Duke School of Medicine in October, 1930. In the center is Dr. Eleanor
•Easley, an obstetrician and gynecologist in Durham. First from left in the back row is
Dr. Lenox Baker, professor of orthopaedic surgery.
WASHINGTON DUKE
When both Union and Confederate
soldiers were waiting for peace terms and
demobilization after the Civil War, they
"appropriated" all the tobacco they
could find in Durham and other Southern
cities. After they returned to their homes,
the soldiers sent orders back to Durham
and tobacco growers like Mr. Duke for
more of the "bright leaf" which they had
enjoyed. He began making "Duke's
Mixture" and the tobacco business
boomed. With his sons, Benjamin and
James, Washington Duke thus began what
was later to become a giant tobacco
corporation.
JAMES BUCHANAN DUKE
1856-1925
In hi's will, Mr. Duke left 10 million
dollars to Duke University with four
million to be used for a Medical School,
Hospital, and nurses' home. His indenture
reads in part, "I have selected hospitals as
another of the principal objects of this
trust because I recognize that they have
become indispensable institutions, not
only by way of ministering to the
comfort of the sick, but in increasing the
efficiency of mankind and prolonging
human life. .."
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