;
Official Organ
of the
Alumni Association
of the
Medical College
of
Virginia
1958
Number 2
Official Organ of the
Medical College of Virginia Alumni Association
Published by the Medical College of Virginia Alumni
Association in February, May, August, and November
Editorial Committee
Robert V. Terrell, M'34, Editor-in-Chief and Chairman
James T. Tucker, M'27
William T. Sanger, Chancellor
Minnie M. Franck, Managing Editor
Mildred H. Clark, Assistant Managing Editor
Officers
f. Spencer Dryden, M'33, President
6816 Millwood Road, Bethesda 14, Md.
James T. Tucker, M'27, lmmed. Past President
Medical Arts Building, Richmond, Va.
R. Reginald Rooke, Y21, President-Elect
2929 Second Avenue, Richmond, Va.
J. Robert Massie, Jr., M'34, Vice-President
1000 West Grace Street, Richmond, Va.
Harry Lyons, D'23, Vice-President
Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
George F. Hendley, VIS, Vice-President
2125 Fairmount Avenue, Richmond, Virginia
Mrs. Anne F. Mahoney. N'29, Vice-President
907 West 31st Street, Richmond. Virginia
Peter N. Pastore, M'34. Secretary
Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
Harvey B. Haag, M'28. Treasurer
Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
Trustees
Term Expires December 31, 1958
Edward L. Alexander, M'27
Medical Arts Building.
Newport News, Va.
J. Pelham Broaddus, D'30
aklii
Va.
Ionald S. Daniel, M'24
Johnston-Willis Hospital,
Richmond, Va.
Ph
Spencer Dryden, M'33
6816 Millwood Road.
Bethesda 14, Md.
R. Reginald Rooke, P'21
2929 Second Avenue
Richmond, Va.
W. Roy Smith, P'41
•sicians Products Co., Inc
Petersburg, Va.
Term Expires December 31, 1959
Lloyd C. Bird, P'17
303 South Sixth Street,
Richmond, Va.
Richard A. Mighaux, M'37
Lee Medical Building,
Richmond, Va.
Edward Myers. D'26
511 Medical Arts Building,
Norfolk, Va.
Marguerite Nicholson, N'34
Cabaniss Hall, MOV
Richmond, Va.
E. Claiborne Robins. P'33
1407 Cummings Drive
Richmond, Va.
Robert V. Terrell. M'34
Medical Arts Building
Richmond, Va.
Term Expires December 31, I960
Hunter M. Gaunt, T'26
Main and Valley Streets,
Winchester. Va.
L. Frances Gordon. N'43
4514 West Grace Street
Richmond, Va.
W. C. Henderson, D'37
301 East Franklin Street,
Richmond, Va.
Philip W. Open. M'34
Greenbrier Valley Hospital
Ronceverte, West Va.
Wayerly R. Payne, M'2n
91 29th Street,
Newport News, Va.
H. Hunx.u.i, Ware. Jr., M'42
816 West Franklin Street.
Richmond, Va.
About The Cover
Dr. Daniel D. Talley, Jr., is emeritus professor of clinical
radiology of the Medical College of Virginia. After attending
McGuire's and St. Alban's School in Radford, Virginia, he en-
tered the University of Virginia where he was awarded his
bachelor's degree in 1904. He was graduated from the Medical
College of Virginia in the class of 1906 and served his intern-
ship at the Memorial Hospital.
After a brief period of general practice, under the guidance
ol Dr. Ennion G. Williams and Dr. George Ben Johnston, he
went north to specialize in radiology. Within ten years of the
initial basic observations on X-rays by their discoverer, Dr.
Talley spent a period in New York and Philadelphia at the
Jefferson Hospital where he studied with pioneers in this spe-
cialty. Returning to Richmond in 1909, he has been in con-
tinuous practice since that time and has been associated with
academic and clinical pursuits in the medical school during many
of these years.
Dr. Talley is a member of the American Roentgen Ray So-
ciety of which he served as first vice-president in 1913, a fellow
of the American College of Radiology, and holds membership
in numerous other medical societies. He is a member of the
board of directors of Tucker Hospital and secretary- treasurer of
Johnston-Willis Hospital, the only active member of the original
visiting staff.
In 1920 Dr. Talley was married to Anne Hays Myers of
Richmond. They have three sons, two of whom are physicians
active in radiology. Since its opening in 1917, he has had offices
in the Professional Building at Fifth and Franklin Streets,
which by coincidence stands on the site of the house of his birth.
Our Lost Sheep
We've exhausted all possible sources that we can think of
and now we ask your help to try to trace these lost alumni. The
address listed is the last one we had and mail has been returned
to us from it. If you know their whereabouts or can suggest
someone who might, won't you let us know. Each issue we plan
to list some of our lost sheep.
Mrs. Mary Sue Allen Adams N'45, 4406 Evert Avenue, Richmond 24,
Virginia; Mrs. Greta Kellison Alexander N'52, Route 2, Glen Allen.
Virginia; Miss Minnie Andrews N'20, 215 "D" Street N.W., Wash-
ington l, D. C. ; Mrs. Mary Baker N'44, 1665 Orange Blossom Ter-
race, Orlando, Florida; Mrs. Mary F. Ballou N'45. Fincastle, Virginia;
Mrs. Marcia A. Barlow N'47, 305 Pitt Street, Greenville, North Caro-
lina; Mrs. Edna G. Bays N'43 March, Route 9. Rodman Road, Rich-
mond, Virginia; Mrs. Margaret S. Berkley N'42. 1741 T Street, Apt.
302. Washington, D. C; Miss Shirley Berry N'53. 4100 Hermitage
Road, Richmond, Virginia; Mrs. Elizabeth N. Blair N'15. Urbanna,
Virginia; Mrs. Gay H. Boswell N'53. 2223 H Street NW. Everglades
Apt. 201. Washington 7. D. C; Mrs. Elizabeth P. Bowles N'4l. Route
1, Box 511. Ellerson. Virginia; Mrs. Elizabeth F. Bowlin N'46. 4363
Nickols Avenue SW. Apt. 229. Washington. D. C; Mrs. Barbara G.
Broocks N'51. 351 Norfolk Avenue, Lynchburg. Virginia; Mrs. Emma
B. Brook Nil, 1609 Rivermont Avenue, Lynchburg, Virginia; Mrs.
Kathleen W. Brown PHN'51, 345 Pochin Place, Hampton, Virginia;
Mrs. Marie Page Bryant N'47. Bladenboro. North Carolina; Mrs. Mary
M. Buffey N'40, 2917 E. Broad Street. Richmond 23. Virginia; Miss
Elsie M. Burrows N'55, 14S East 4Sth Street, New York 17, New
York; Mrs. Mabel D. Calder N'4l, Edgewood Knoll Apartments. Apt.
22, Asheville, North Carolina; Mrs. Louise S. Charfin N'36. 1800 Daron
Lane, Richmond 22, Virginia; Miss Man' A. Coleman N'43 March.
#1 Central Boulevard. Sunset Park. Wilmington. North Carolina; Mrs.
Fleda H. Colvard N'25. 3804 Plymouth Drive. Richmond 22, Virginia;
Mrs. Louise H. Cottingham N'3S. 152S Adams Street. Lafayette. Indiana;
Miss [zetta L. Couch N'49. 114 Venus Road. Oak Ridge. Tennessee;
Clara W. Curtis N'44, 1316 Pingree Street. Lincoln Park, Michi-
Mrs
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(Continued on page 28)
The Scarab
Published by The Alumni Association of the Medical College of Virginia
Volume 7, Nc
Richmond, Virginia
May, 1958
Message To Our Alumni
Dr. R. Blackwell Smith. Jr.
The many members of the Alumni As-
sociation who read and heeded our plea
for assistance as presented in the last issue
of The Scarab did much to help their
Alma Mater in a situation as grave as any
the College has faced in generations. At
that time Governor Stanley had just pre-
sented to the General Assembly his budg-
et recommendations for the 1958-60 bi-
ennium; and his were recommendations
which if adopted without amendment,
would have blocked much future progress
as effectively as a stone wall.
That was the situation in January when
Governor Almond took office and the
members of the General Assembly began
their difficult task of trying to allocate
the tax funds available with due regard
both to the needs of the several agencies
and institutions and to the necessity of
producing maximum returns in State serv-
ices for each tax dollar expended. Within
the first few days after Governor Almond
took office, he was good enough to receive
representatives of the College who laid
before him the facts and figures bearing
on the College's need for tax funds over
and above those recommended by Gov-
ernor Stanley — funds needed to supply
three absolute musts: (a) salaries for
clinical teachers in the school of medicine;
(b) a medical education building to house
most of the preclinical departments, now
badly scattered in inadequate quarters,
and the activities of the clinical depart-
ments for which no proper accommoda-
tions have ever been specifically designed
and built; and (c) certain administrative
offices now inadequately situated. Gov-
ernor Almond expressed his appreciation
of the perilous situation facing the Col-
lege; and, with his sympathetic encour-
agement and understanding, members of
the College administration set out to ac-
quaint the members of the Assembly with
the needs which would have to be met if
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essential programs of the College and its
services to the Commonwealth were not
to be allowed to deteriorate.
It was at this point that the College
called upon the Alumni Association for
assistance. Many alumni responded
promptly and effectively with the result
that members of the Assembly received
information concerning the College's
needs from their own constituents who
were well known to them as people dedi-
cated to the cause of better health for the
people of Virginia. Especially impressive
and appreciated was the help of Dr. Mal-
colm H. Harris, president of the Virginia
Academy of General Practice, who, en-
tirely on his own initiative, asked the
members of the Legislature to consider
sympathetically the needs of medical edu-
cation at both the State's medical schools.
One could not emphasize too strongly
the real interest and desire to be helpful
manifested by the great majority of the
legislators whenever they were approached
in connection with this problem. The
members of the House Appropriations
Committee and of the Senate Finance
Committee, as well as many other mem-
bers of the Assembly, recognized at once
the difficulties faced and moved promptly
to provide relief. In the end, the budget
bill as finally enacted provided for the
biennium Si, 094, 000 more than had been
recommended by Governor Stanley, a sub-
stantial proportion of the unallocated
funds available to the General Assembly
for appropriation. This additional sum
will provide $147,000 annually for the
salaries of clinical teachers in the school
of medicine; $287,500 annually for
maintenance and operation of the College
hospitals (support for indigent patients) ;
and $225,000 to prepare plans and speci-
fications for the Medical Education Build-
ing. However, even this magnificent re-
sponse will not make it possible to utilize
fully our hospital resources, a fact which
emphasizes eloquently the gross inade-
quacy of Governor Stanley's original
recommendations.
We have written to all members of the
Assembly to express our appreciation of
their assistance. It is hoped that every
alumnus located in Virginia will express
personally his own as well as the Col-
lege's thanks to his representatives in the
House of Delegates and in the Senate.
Those of us at the College must also
add deeds to words and do everything
possible to fulfill the obligations the As-
sembly's support has laid upon us. We
must put forth our best efforts to make the
funds provided maximally effective. To
exert any lesser effort would be to exhibit
ingratitude.
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A Backward Gl
ance
MEDICAL SCHOOL DEANS
1922-1958
By William T. Sanger, Chancellor
It has been suggested that alumni will be interested in seeing listed together those who have headed our school
of medicine during my association with the College, beginning July 1, 1925. This superb group can be contemplated
only with affectionate appreciation.
Manfred Call, 1922-1929- — Doctor Call was well established in leadership when I arrived. Though a part-time
official, few could have done more for his alma mater. He was warmly esteemed by students, faculty, and alumni.
Many remember him as an outstanding internist. His able leadership and great wisdom are gratefully recalled. He
helped the new president tackle many difficult problems, gave almost unlimited time when needed, and was unfail-
ing in his appreciation of the unrealized potentials of the institution. At the same time he had magnificent respect for
our honored past. He was a constant stimulation to me personally. His premature death is still secretely mourned.
Lee E. Sutton, Jr., 1929-1942. — Doctor and Mrs. Sutton made a real MCV team. In their home they did much
to supply in part our then lack of socializing opportunities. Mrs. Sutton is a gifted and generous hostess.
Dr. Sutton worked tirelessly to raise academic standards in medicine and lead in pediatrics as well. With more
time to give than most predecessors, when dean, he rather quickly made effective his high ideals and standards. This
bothered a few who preferred the old way of operating, but it must be recorded with pride that his efforts were most
timely and in the right direction. The impact of his constructive administration is still with us.
Jaccjues P. Gray, 1942-1946. — Doctor Gray was our war dean. He came to us from public health, well prepared
for meeting the challenge of accelerated medical education, despite certain disadvantages. He was an excellent team
member, contributing substantially to total institutional well being. Mrs. Gray met her responsibilities with apparent
ease and much charm. Their departure for Oklahoma occasioned great regret.
Interim Committee, 1946-1947. — This interim committee was headed by George W. Bakeman with Dr. James
P. Baker and Dr. Harvey B. Haag as associates. Such a committee can sustain academic and administrative gains
and deserves our continuing thanks. Mr. Bakeman's committee gave real leadership and was widely appreciated.
This is typical of all of Mr. Bakeman's work with us since he came to MCV in 1941, richly prepared for a career
here.
Harvey B. Haag, 1947-1951. — Doctor Haag was drafted for this post. He was in his office both early and late:
his research and teaching in pharmacology had to go on, too. He was always and still is as popular with alumni as
with students. "Harvey Haag Day" continues to be a happy occasion. Doctor Haag advanced the office of dean,
but felt called to return to full-time teaching and research, his first love.
John B. Truslow, January, 1951, to April 1, 1956. — Doctor Truslow came to Richmond from Columbia and left
us for the Medical Branch of the University of Texas at Galveston. During his administration our greatest gains in
research and finances in general perhaps were effected. He worked hard for general advancement in medicine and
medical education. Before many of his plans could be accomplished, however, he answered the call of the great
Southwest. Mrs. Truslow is remembered as a gracious hostess.
Interim Committee, April 1, 1956, to February 1, 1957, composed of Dr. Erling S. Hegre, professor of anat-
omy, George W. Bakeman, associate dean of medicine, and Dr. Wyndham B. Blanton, Jr., assistant to the dean,
deserves great praise for strenuous work well done. Routine had grown, and there were many special problems as
well. An interim committee does more extra work than most of us can realize. We are deeply indebted to such a
committee as Doctor Hegre's.
William F. Maloney, February 1, 1957, to date, and we hope that date will be long extended. Doctor Maloney
is an internist with a flair for administration and cooperation with other units of the College. He was the unanimous
choice of a large nominating committee, because of warm personality, experience, and medical education philosophy.
He is young, speaks well in public, and inspires confidence. We have great expectations of his promising leadership.
He has already shown the stature expected of him. As always, much hard work is at hand. In this he has under-
standing support from Mrs. Maloney, who is much liked by all who know her.
2 THE SCARAB
Those We Honor, The CI
asses
o
f 1908
MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA
School of Medicine
Dr. Meade S. Brent, Heathsville, Va.
Dr. Burt O. Choate, Sparta, N. C.
Dr. William L. Cowles, Shawmut, Ala.
Dr. Samuel C. Draper, Wytheville, Va.
Dr. Berkeley H. Martin, Richmond, Va.
Dr. John H. Moorman, Conicville, Va.
Dr. Guy M. Naff, North Emporia, Va.
Dr. Frank G. Scott, Jr., Orange, Va.
Dr. George W. Skaggs, Dublin, Va.
Dr. Alick T. Smith, Greensboro, N. C.
Dr. Evans M. Tanner, Bluefield, W. Va.
Dr. William R. Wallace, Chester, S. C.
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
School of Medicine
Dr. Eugene C. Eggleston, Richmond, Va.
Dr. Brady D. Epling, Petersburg, 111.
Dr. Antonio G. Fidanza, Providence, R. I.
Dr. Frank S. Givens, Roanoke, Va.
Dr. Anderson M. Owen, Gretna, Va.
Dr. E. Barbour Pendleton, Cuckoo, Va.
Dr. Bickerton L. Phillips, Richmond, Va.
Dr. David L. Rawls, Suffolk, Va.
Dr. Albin M. Saunders, Norfolk, Va.
Dr. Tivis C. Sutherland, Haysi, Va.
Dr. Alfred P. Upshur, New York, N. Y.
Dr. Edward P. J. Whelan, Nutley, N. J.
Dr. Harry F. White, Fishersville, Va.
NORTH CAROLINA MEDICAL
COLLEGE
School of Medicine
Dr. Frank L. Mock, Lexington, N. C.
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
School of Dentistry
Dr. Frederick A. Gill, Petersburg, Va.
Dr. John M. Hughes, Richmond, Va.
Dr. Harry L. Mears, Richmond, Va.
Dr. George E. Petty, Newport News, Va.
Dr. David E. Stone, Rocky Mount, Va.
Dr. William E. White, Yalaha, Fla.
MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA
School of Pharmacy
Mr. Charles F. James, Appomattox, Va.
Mr. Charles W. Mason, Va. Beach, Va.
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
School of Pharmacy
Mr. Banister Anderson, Danville, Va.
Mr. Robert R. Copeland, Ahoskie, N. C.
Mr. Theron E. Moore, Blackstone, Va.
Mr. S. Parrish Reams, Richmond, Va.
Mr. Thomas H. Wilson, Gastonia, N. C.
MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA
School of Nursing
Miss Frances Boyd
Mrs. Rebecca Bland Coleman
Miss Effie Holston
Miss Frances Liggett
Mrs. J. D. Payne, Costa Mesa, Calif.
Mrs. Courtney Perry Rogers
Mrs. Cleo Major Sherfey, Arlington, Va.
Miss I. L. Thomason, Fredericksburg, Va.
Miss Leulli Wood
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
School of Nursing
Mrs. Martha J. Campbell, Va. Beach, Va.
Miss Annie Clay, Lynchburg, Va.
Miss Mary N. Craft, Bramwell, W. Va.
Mrs. E. D. Goodloe, Charlottesville, Va.
Mrs. Sarah W. Healy, Norfolk, Va.
We wrote to our fifty year graduates and requested that they
send us a picture and a little incident that they remembered
from their college days or some interesting experience that oc-
curred during the years. The pleasant results appear on -the
following pages.
Dr. Meade S. Brent
After graduating in medicine from the
Medical College of Virginia, I served as
intern at Retreat for the Sick Hospital,
Richmond, Virginia, for one year. Then
on July 1, 1909, I joined the medical staff
of the Central State Hospital, Petersburg,
Virginia. After holding various positions
on that staff, I was appointed superin-
tendent of that Institution on July 1,
1938, which position I held until my
resignation and retirement on February 1,
1955. Since that time I have lived at
Heathsville, Virginia, where I was born.
Barbour Pendleton
My great grandfather's desk had a label
on one of its drawers: "Morphine, Water-
melon Seed, and Gunpowder." Morphine
was, of course, to alleviate suffering;
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watermelon seed, when soaked, made a
potent diuretic. I suppose the gun powder
was intended for old doctors who had
outlived their usefulness.
Following in the footsteps of my father,
grandfather, and great grandfather, I dis-
pense most of the drugs used by my
patients.
Dr. John H. Moorman
After graduation I located in western
Shenandoah County. Since 1908 I have
made many, many house calls through-
out my territory.
On July 13, 1946, I got a call I shall
remember. A girl called and said she
wanted me to go up to Old Sawmill Camp
to see her Uncle Pete who had suffered a
heart attack. I used all the alibis I could
think of and suggested the possibility
that Pete might be drunk. She assured
me not.
Agreeing to go and overlooking a re-
cent flash flood, I took a near-cut to save
mileage. I crossed the first stream and hit
quicksand. While trying to pull out, I
tore the tire and tube from one wheel.
Finding myself entirely surrounded by
water, I decided to climb a tree and
swing to the wire bridge. The tree broke
and I landed in three feet of water. I
climbed the bridge post and walked a
half mile for help. A truck pulled me
out and across two more creeks. I put on
a spare and continued to Old Sawmill
Creek and found Pete 100% drunk.
Due to his inability to pay, I charged
a very small fee and never got that !
Dr. Frank S. Givens
I was born at Newport, Virginia, in
1883 and graduated from the University
College of Medicine in 1908. After grad-
uation I engaged in general practice in
my home town. During 1918 I moved to
Wise County, Virginia, where I did gen-
eral practice until 1946 and served as
mayor of Wise, Virginia, from 1944 to
1946. At that time I moved to Roanoke,
Virginia, and was made a rating specialist
with the Veteran's Administration at
which position I served until 1958.
During the past fifty years many new
discoveries have taken place in medicine
and surgery. Two outstanding ones were
the antitoxin for diphtheria and insulin for
diabetes. I well remember a boy eight
years old in 1910 who looked hopelessly
ill with Iarygeal diphtheria. After adminis-
tering large doses of antitoxin, he made a
quick recovery. We had no remedy to
combat diabetes until insulin. Two other
outstanding discoveries were the anti-
biotics and the sulfa drugs. With these
we have effective remedies for pneumonia
and other blood stream infections.
During World Wars I and II, I served
on the County Examiners Boards where I
was located. I retired on January 1, 1958,
and live in Roanoke, Virginia. I have a
family of six living children, three boys
and three girls, who are all making good
citizens.
Mr. Banister Anderson
I attended the public schools in Dan-
ville, the Danville Commercial College,
and V.P.I. (Va. Tech), Blacksburg, Vir-
ginia. I am a registered pharmacist in
both Virginia and North Carolina. My
years in the drug business have been
spent as follows: ten years at one drug
store in Hampton, Virginia; twelve years
in a store at High Point, North Carolina;
and twenty-one years with my brother, the
late Samuel E. Anderson in the operation
of Anderson's Pharmacy, Danville, Vir-
ginia. At present, I am relief pharmacist
for Mr. Walter H. Jordan, Sr., owner of
Jordan's Pharmacy, Danville, Virginia. I
have been active continuouslv during the
fifty years.
I recall this incident from my days at
UCM. After a pleasant week-end at
Hampton and Old Point Comfort, I re-
turned to Richmond via the C & O Rail-
road, not many autos in those days. I was
a little late as I entered the class room
for a lecture on Chemistry. Professor
Rudd called on me to go to the black-
board and told me to write the Graphic
Formula, m-dihydroxybenzene. I could
not, so returned to my chair. All the class
laughed. He called upon each of the
others and not a one could. So Professor
Rudd asked, "Who's laughing now?"
Silence, of course.
I will be glad to hear from or be
visited by any members of the 1908 UCM
Pharmacy Class.
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THE SCARAB
Dr. Berkeley H. Martin
I matriculated at the Medical College
of Virginia in 1904. The Egyptian Build-
ing was one of the outstanding places of
beauty and architectural grandeur, with
three large lecture halls and many other
rooms of different sizes and uses.
There were seventeen professors ; the
small number gave us an opportunity of
knowing them quite well. They were
very friendly and helpful. Two or three
times during each session the students
were invited to their homes for dinner.
No student would turn down an invita-
tion to dine with the big dogs."
Dr. Charles A. Blanton, professor of
pediatrics, at the beginning of a lecture
would ask a question and then would
answer the question in detail. He then
would ask a student if his answer was
correct and the student would respond
with a "yes." Dr. Blanton would then
say, "No, sir, just the opposite."
Dr. William H. Taylor, professor of
chemistry, two or three times a year,
would lecture at night at which time the
students, the physicians, and citizens of
Richmond would be invited. The main
auditorium was always filled to overflow-
ing and he would explain to the audience
that it was not due to his popularity but
to his position as City Coroner, where he
was not in competition with any of his
audience. He also informed us something
about a woman's anatomy. He stated that
all women were bow-legged. This indi-