Chapter Five: Dean, Background, 1939 - 2002

Executive Faculty Minutes 1939-1950 abstracted by Collins; Exec Fac minutes of 22 May 1961 dealing with responsibilities of Dean; EWG papers filed as Dean and located in Eskind Archives as abstracted by Collins; Items copied from EWG correspondence in this file include: Letter EWG to Carmichael, May 1940 about patents, Exec Fac Minutes May 27, 1943 authorizing survey med school and hospital, EWG to Carmichael Oct 1945 about title as "Head" rather than Chairman, EWG to Bennett April, 1946 about Harrison serving as Dean in two places, EWG to Sheppard May 1946-1947 about problems with Donner Foundation Award (multiple letters to and fro), EWG to Lentz July, 1947 about hospital care of patients from Davidson County, Connell to EWG Dec 1947 about affiliation between VUH and Nashville General, Brooks to Branscomb March, 1948 protesting spring holidays, newspaper account of charging indigents $8.50 per day, Aileen Bishop to Louise (Corbitt) June, 1948 about original contract between VU and Nashville General; Branscomb to EWG Oct 1948 about plans for a new city hospital (Note EWG although Dean of Med School was not on committee), Cason to EWG June, 1949 about Cason's role in moving hospital to present site, [a role apparently dismissed by EWG, followed by page from Conkin on this matter, some bio material on Cason], EWG to VA about Dean's Committee Sept, 1949, undated note from Sam Clark probably about EWG's controversial plan for med school; File 178 in Heard Archives on Henry Clark correspondence; EWG's committee assignments, as abstracted by Collins; Memo from Tim Dempsey in VU Development showing endowment in 1940-1955, present (2000) job description for Dean at VU; Collins review of Exec Fac Minutes showing Leather's last date on Minutes; Miscellaneous: Exec Fac Minutes Oct 1949 about death of Cobb Pilcher; Excerpt from Kampmeier Making of Clinical Teacher about ambience of Med School; Organization Chart of Vanderbilt University (probably 1948) showing Superintendent of Hospital reporting to Chancellor (only document Collins found showing this organization. Note Henry Clark clearly reported to Chancellor.) Reflections on deanship by Chapman-citation in Acad Med 1998; Newspaper accounts of EWG's appointment as Dean; Joe Merrill's Goodpasture's Dilemma in JAMA 1985.