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Series 2 College of Medicine, Office of the Dean
Series 2b Emanuel Suter Dean
Physical Description: 1.6 linear ft. (4 boxes)
Arrangement note: Contains the daily journals kept by Dr. Suter during his time
as dean.
Agency note: The University of Florida College of Medicine opened
officially for students in the fall of 1956, after a long period while the legislature
approved a College of Medicine located in Gainesville, and during which the Medical
Center Study was conducted. The first Dean of the College, Dr. George T. Harrell,
was hired as a consultant for the study and then became intimately concerned
in planning the Center. He was offered the position of Dean of the College in
1953 and officially began his tenure as dean in 1954. Shortly thereafter he began
to hire faculty. He was an innovative thinker famous for his attention to detail
and his foresightedness. His original faculty consisted of rising stars, rather
than older and established physicians, and he believed strongly in the importance
of research in medical education. He also believed in the importance of medical
humanities and in educating physicians to focus on case histories in aiding diagnosis.
Many of his innovations and ideas about curriculum were dropped over the years,
while many have become increasingly important- in some cases, medical education
has returned to what he saw was important many years before. Thus, his legacy
is an important one for the College of Medicine, although future deans would
focus to a greater or lesser extent on education, versus clinical practice or
research in their funding and hiring initiatives.
Dean of COM:
-George T. Harrell 1954-64
-Emanuel Suter 1964-1972
-Chandler Stetson 1972-1977
-William Deal (interim dean and dean) 1977-1988
-Lee Dockery (interim dean) 1988-1989
-Allen Neims 1989-1996
-Edward Copeland (interim dean) 1996-1997
-Kenneth I. Berns 1997-2002
-C. Craig Tisher 2003-
Contents note: Records of Dr. Suter’s meetings, conversations, evaluations
of job applicants, etc.
Box 1 Notes from 1965, 1966, 1967
Box 2 Notes from 1968, 1969
Box 3 Notes from 1970, 1971
Box 4 Notes from 1972