A Tribute to Bill and Dolores Fleming Historical Perspective William A. Neal, M.D. May 19, 2016
WVU Hospital
Edward J. Van Liere, M.D., Ph.D “Father of the WVU Medical Center” MS in physiology from Wisconsin MD from Harvard Medical School WVU Professor of Physiology PhD from University of Chicago Dean, WVU School of Medicine Expert consultant to Surgeon General Affiliate of the Royal Society of Medicine (London) Litt.D. from University of Virginia
John Nathan Simpson, M.D. Trained at Johns Hopkins First Dean of Two Year School of Medicine ( )
Anatomy students at Hick House
High Street Morgantown 1920’s
South Park Morgantown 1920’s
Cheat Lake 1926
The Depression hits Morgantown A run on banks
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION Council of Medical Education and Hospitals “RESOLVED, That the approval of the Council on Medical Education and Hospitals of West Virginia University School of Medicine be withdrawn…” Feb. 20, 1935
Reasons for loss of accreditation Organization of the school is unsatisfactory and partisan politics influences admission Too many students (80/yr) Insufficient qualified faculty The physical plant is totally inadequate Insufficient clinical facilities
Dent vs State of West Virginia Distinguished attorney Marmaduke Dent
Dr. George Garrison demonstrating how he shot Dr. George Baird Wheeling Daily Register May 21, 1891 Sequel to Dent vs State of West Virginia
Accelerated Medical class WW II
Gov. Okey Patteson and the Pop Tax (1951) Penny Tax per bottle Strongly opposed by national soft drink companies Original Bill defeated 1949 because of controversy about location of the Med School Governor Patteson selects Morgantown as location of WVU Medical Center
March 10, 1951
Van Liere’s Vision
WVU School of Medicine, 1962 Morgantown, West Virginia
Halsted Society visits WVU
1965 WVU School of Medicine
White Coat Ceremony 2001
Medical Center Historian Dolores Fleming
Continuity with the past “The great history of medical science would be unfelt by students except in classroom work.” -Milton Horn, Sculptor
1991 WVU School of Medicine
Alumni Weekend 2013
A Part of Our Legacy Bill and Dolores Fleming
School of Medicine Alumni Staff with Bill and Dolores