The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-20

pital with whom we have the same affiliaton.
 President Brookings Gave Millions.
 MT. Brookings long had cherished the hope that the Washington Univer- sity Medical School might become an institution of the first rank, and, in fact, is said to have contributed toward the realization of that hope several million dollars.
 The officers of government and in struction of the Washington Univer- sity Medical School include about 100 medical specialists, many of the fore most of whom devote to the school their entire time.
 Besides the General Faculty, there is an Executive Faculty, those members of which, In addition to Chancellor David Franklin Houston, who is on leave of absence in order that he may serve as Secretary of Agriculture in President Wilson's Cabinet, and Acting Chancellor Frederic Aldin Hall are Dr. Philip A. Shaffer, whose election as dean has just been announced; Dr. George Dock, Dr. Joseph Erlanger, pr. Fred T. Murphy, Dr. Eugene L. Opie and Dr. Robert J. Terry, secretary.
 Records of Heads of School.
 Dr. Shaffer, who is professor of biological chemistry, received his training at Harvard and his subse- quent experience in several important positions, including that of chemist to the Huntington Fund for Cancer Re search, which he occupied from 1906 to 1910, and that of pathological chemist and head of the Chemical Section of the Laboratory of Bellevue Hospital, which he filled in 1909-10
 Since the bestowal of the degree of M. D. upon Dr. Dock by the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania, in 1884, both his alma mater and Harvard have con- ferred honorary degrees upon him, in recognition of his contributions to medical science. Dr. Dock served as professor of pathology and clinical medicine at Texas Medical College and Hospital, 1SSS-91; professor of medicine at the University of Mich igan, 1S91-190S; professor of medicine at Tulane University 190S-10; and dean of the Medical Faculty of Wash ington University, 1910-12. Besides be- ing member of the Executive Faculty of the reorganized medical school, he is professor of medicine there, con- sulting physician to the St. Louis City Hospital and physician-in-chief to Barnes Hospital.
 Following the conferment of the de- gree of M. D. upon Dr. Erlanger at Johns Hopkins University in 1899, he became resident house officer of Johns Hopkins Hospital, and from 1900 to 1906 he served Johns Hopkins Uni versity as fellow in pathology, assist ant, instructor, associate, and associate professor of physiology. pr. Erlanger was professor of physiology at the University of Wisconsin from 1906 to 1910 and now, besides being a member of the Executive Faculty and pro- lessor of physiology at the Washington University Medical School, is a member of the Editorial Committee of the American Journal of Physiology.
 Dr Murphy has brought to Washing ton University the benefit of years of experience as a teacher at the Har- yard Medical School. His record, fol lowing his graduation from Harvard in 1901, with the degree of M. D., follows: Interne and graduate assistant, Mass achusetts General Hospital 190l-02; assistant in anatomy and Austin teach ing fellow in surgery, Harvard Medical School, 1903-05: assistant surgeon, h. fants' Hospital, Boston, 1904-0S; sur geon to out-patients, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1907-11; visiting surgeon to clinic, Harvard Medical School, 1909-11; assistant in surgery, Harvard Medical School, 1910-11; pro- lessor of surgery at Washington Uni versity Medical School and surgeon-in- chief to Barnes and St. Louis Chil- dren's Hospitals.
 Dr. Opie is a Johns Hopkins man "all the way" having received at that uni versity his A. B. as well as his M. D. degree His record since his acquire ment in 1897, of the latter degree, fol lows: Resident house officer, Johns Hopkins Hospital 1S97-9S; assistant resident pathologist there, 1900-02; fellow, assistant, instructor and as- sociate in pathology. Johns. Hopkins Medical School, 1S97-O4; associate and member of the Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research, New York, 1904-10; pathologist to the Presbyterian Hos pital of New York, 1907-10; co-editor of the Journal of Experimental Medi- cine, 1904-10; professor of pathology of the Washington University Medical School and Dr. Shaffer's immediate