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A graduate of Cornell Medical School, Dr. Addison B. Scoville Jr. came to Vanderbilt in 1939 as a resident. Upon receiving the National Research Council Fellowship, he became an instructor in pathology in 1942. 

Giles Christopher Savage, M.D., was an internationally known authority on diseases of the eye. He graduated from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia in 1878. He took on postgraduate work in London and Vienna for two years in surgery before…

Henry William Scott Jr., M.D., received his medical degree from Harvard University Medical School with highest honors in 1941. After his residency, he went to Johns Hopkins University Hospital in Baltimore in 1946 as chief resident in surgery, and a…

In 1924, Waller Leathers was recruited by Dean G. Canby Robinson to head the Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Dr. Leathers then succeeded Dr. Robinson as Dean in 1928 and served in this…

Paul W. Sanger received his secondary education at Webb School in Bell Buckle, Tennessee. Upon graduation from the University of Oklahoma in 1928, he entered Vanderbilt University Medical School, where he received his M.D. in 1931. Sanger did…

Dr. Joseph C. Ross, associate vice chancellor for health affairs, emeritus, received his medical degree from Vanderbilt in 1954. He returned to help lead Vanderbilt University Medical Center for some 20 years, and among many of his accomplishments…

Photographic portrait of David Elliot Rogers. David Elliot Rogers, M.D., went to college before completing high school. After just one year of college, he was accepted at Cornell University. Having just turned 22 years of age, Rogers graduated from…

Photographic portrait of Benjamin Howard Robbins Sr. Benjamin Howard Robbins Sr., M.D., graduated from Vanderbilt with his master's degree in chemistry in 1926 and went on to receive his M.D. in 1933. During the years prior to the official inception…

Samuel S. Riven was a superb physician with more than a half century of service to his patients and the Department of Medicine of Vanderbilt University.

Photographic portrait of Harris Dewitt Pete Riley, Jr. Harris D. Riley, Jr., was born in Clarksdale, MS, and grew up in Tupelo, MS. He attended Vanderbilt University, receiving his B.A. in 1944 and his M.D. in 1948. After internships at the Baltimore…