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Dr. Blair E. Batson, M.D. '44 Vanderbilt University, served as chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Mississippi School of Medicine from its opening in 1955 until he retired. 

Dr. Donald L. Thurston (1910-1988) received his B.A. and M.D. degrees from Vanderbilt in 1934 and 1937.

Louise Rector Allen (1903-1983) was one of the first women admitted to Vanderbilt Medical School. She graduated M.D. in 1929. While at Vanderbilt, she married Joseph Beard, but they later divorced.

Dr. Owen Wilson was a professor of pediatrics at Vanderbilt Medical School and had a large pediatric practice in Nashville. He was the author of The Care and Feeding of Southern Babies: A Guide for Mothers (1920). 

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…

Jud Randolph, M.D., graduated with a B.A. and M.D. from Vanderbilt University in 1950 and 1953, respectively. He served one of his residencies in pathology at Vanderbilt in 1954. A specialist in pediatric surgery, Randolph was named professor…

Photographic portrait of Ann Stone Minot. Ann Stone Minot grew up on a family farm in New Hampshire and graduated from Smith College in 1915. She carried out her doctoral work at Harvard Medical School, but since she was female, her degree was…

Photographic portrait of Robert E. Merrill. Robert E. Merrill earned his B.S. from Tulane University in 1946 and his M.D. from Vanderbilt University Medical School in 1949. He completed his postgraduate training and fellowship appointments at…

Photographic portrait of David Theodore Karzon. David T. Karzon, M.D., came to Vanderbilt in 1968 as Professor and Chair of the Department of Pediatrics. Previously he had been Professor of Virology, Department of Bacteriology and Immunology and…

William Donald, M.D., graduated from Vanderbilt in 1947. He completed his residency in 1947 and served on the Vanderbilt faculty as Associate Professor in Pediatrics from 1960 to 1987.