Volume 75
Number 4


The Lord of Misrule

Emory Medalists

Enigma: The Haunting of Uppergate House

The Emory Century

Wonderful Woodruffs
The Ubiquitous Woodruff
Living up to the Legacy
The Return of the
Bright Brigade

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE EMORY CENTURY
BRICKS AND MORTAR
DIVERSITY
EMORY TRADITIONS
FOUNDING SCHOOL
GIANTS
RESEARCH & SCHOLARSHIP
STUDENTS
TURNING POINTS
EMORY AND
THE WORLD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 
 
 
 
1940–Luther C. Fisher deeds Crawford W. Long Memorial Hospital, located in downtown Atlanta, to Emory.
 
  1941–Following the death of Bishop Warren A. Candler, the University sponsors its first dance, a form of recreation Candler had opposed.
 
  1941Dooley’s Frolics begin.
  1943–In the midst of World War II, the U.S. Navy institutes a college training program known as V-12. During the war, military students outnumber civilians by two to one.
 
  1943Elizabeth Gambrell is the first woman admitted to the School of Medicine.
  1944–The nursing school first offers a collegiate program.
  1944–Atlanta-Southern Dental College becomes Emory’s School of Dentistry.
  1946–The G.I. Bill creates an influx of students, sending the University scrambling for additional housing for more than thirty-five hundred students and nearly two hundred new faculty and staff.
 
  1947–The tradition of holding an Opening Convocation is instituted.
  1948–The first Ph.D. degree is awarded at Emory to Thomas P. Johnston in chemistry. Johnston’s doctoral research was directed by Professor of Chemistry Osborne R. Quayle, who organized and directed Emory’s inaugural Ph.D. program. R. A. Day, ’36C-’37G, professor emeritus of chemistry, writes, “Dr. Quayle’s tireless efforts over many years certainly made a significant change in the history of the University.” J. Jack Kirkland ’48AB-’49MS-’74DSc writes, “One of the greatest moments in Emory’s history was when Dr. Osborne Quayle was hired. . . . [Quayle’s] wise, strong efforts and winning personality drew together a cadre of faculty members that set the pace towards a program in chemistry that is now recognized as one of the finest in the country.”
 
 
 
 
 
 
  1949Alben Barkley 1900C, vice president of the United States under President Harry S. Truman, delivers the Commencement address, the first event televised at Emory.
 
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