1. A Tribute to Bill and Dolores Fleming Historical Perspective William A. Neal, M.D. May 19, 2016

3. WVU Hospital

4. 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 1937-1960 Expert consultant to Surgeon General Affiliate of the Royal Society of Medicine (London) Litt.D. from University of Virginia

5. John Nathan Simpson, M.D. Trained at Johns Hopkins First Dean of Two Year School of Medicine (1903-1935)

6. Anatomy students at Hick House

7. High Street Morgantown 1920’s

8. South Park Morgantown 1920’s

9. Cheat Lake 1926

10. The Depression hits Morgantown A run on banks

11. 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That the approval of the Council on Medical Education and Hospitals of West Virginia University School of Medicine be withdrawn…” Feb. 20, 1935

12. 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

13. Dent vs State of West Virginia Distinguished attorney Marmaduke Dent

14. Dr. George Garrison demonstrating how he shot Dr. George Baird Wheeling Daily Register May 21, 1891 Sequel to Dent vs State of West Virginia

16. Accelerated Medical class WW II

17. 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

18. March 10, 1951

19. Van Liere’s Vision

20. WVU School of Medicine, 1962 Morgantown, West Virginia

22. Halsted Society visits WVU

23. 1965 WVU School of Medicine

24. White Coat Ceremony 2001

25. Medical Center Historian Dolores Fleming

26. Continuity with the past “The great history of medical science would be unfelt by students except in classroom work.” -Milton Horn, Sculptor

28. 1991 WVU School of Medicine

29. Alumni Weekend 2013

30. A Part of Our Legacy Bill and Dolores Fleming

31. School of Medicine Alumni Staff with Bill and Dolores