MEDICAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

The association would have to move quickly to save the building. The school's old library (which carried the name "Davidge Hall" since opening in 1913) across the street from the medical building, had been recently razed to make room for a new health sciences library. Would the medical building also succumb to the wrecking ball? Alumni began pleading their case for preserving the building as a national treasure and petitioned the board of regents to have the name "Davidge Hall" transferred to the medical building in memory of the school's first dean. This request was granted in 1958. Dr. Yeager, elected president in 1962 (and who served as director of the University of Maryland Hospital from 1963-71), continued to advocate a more active role for the association in restoring and preserving the building. In 1967, association president John O. Sharrett, M.D. (Class of 1952) received permission from campus officials to initiate the establishment of Davidge Hall as a state historical..

Also known as: medical alumni

Primary location: Baltimore United States