Emory Clinic
To the Ultimate Good
A History of the Emory Clinic:
Early Years Through 1994
Atlanta, Georgia
A History of the Emory Clinic:
Early Years Through 1994
Atlanta, Georgia
The distinguished history of the Emory Clinic began with an initial gift in the 1930s from the legendary chairman of The Coca-Cola Company and philanthropist Robert W. Woodruff. Woodruff became the dominant contributor to the advancement of health sciences at Emory University. He sought to honor his mother and grandfather, both of whom died of cancer. He also wanted to ensure the availability of excellent medical care in the southeast. Robert C. Mizell envisioned Emory University as the perfect home for an excellent medical center for the region and Atlanta as the best location. Mizell was director of development and finance at Emory. The collaboration of Mizell and Woodruff progressed effectively. They involved a cadre of fine, early physicians, who were working in the Emory hospital, the dean of the School of Medicine, president of the University and others. Emory became home to three successive clinics—the Winship Clinic, founded in 1937, the Private Diagnostic Clinic in 1949, and in 1953 the Emory University Clinic—now Emory Clinic.
We hope interested readers will appreciate this book for its focus on the highly distinguished history of the Emory Clinic. Bookhouse Group, Inc. has been an excellent partner in this effort, and we are appreciative of their fine work on this book.
General Editor
As an essential part of the research for the Emory Clinic history book, Emory Clinic physicians and others participated in video interviews. To view the video interviews, click on the physician’s name below.
Clinic History Video YouTube Links
Short Video: Brief Memories of Three Emory Clinic Physician Elders
Hunter S. Allen Jr
Daniel L. Barrow, MD
William J. Casarella, MD
Penny Castellano, MD
S. Wright Caughman, MD
Stephen D. Clements, Jr., MD
Donald C. Davis, MD, PhD
Jane Ellis, MD, PhD, about Luella Klein, MD
Lamar L. Fleming, MD
Gilbert Grossman, MD
Charles R. Hatcher Jr., MD
Armand E. Hendee, MD
Mrs. Marilyn Holmes (widow of Hamilton E. Holmes, MD)
Ira R. Horowitz, MD
John W. Hurst Jr., MD, about his father, J. Willis Hurst, MD
Henry Smith Jennings, Sr., MD
Dr. Luella Klein: An Advocate for Women and Women’s Health
James T. Laney, PhD
Elizabeth (Libby) Braziel Wood Littrell, RN
Bruce Logue Sr., MD
Carolyn Luesing and Bruce Logue (daughter and son of R. Bruce Logue Sr., MD)
Michael Lubin, MD
Charles H. (Pete) McTier
Douglas Morris, MD
Rein Saral, MD
Van Schroder Waddy and Jack S. Schroder Jr. (daughter and son of J. Spalding Schroder, MD)
Robert B. Smith III, MD
Harlan Stone, MD
Yung-Fong Sung, MD, FACA
Suzie Tindall, MD
Roy Townsend
Nanette Wenger, MD
Thomas E. Whitesides, MD
Arthur Yancey, MD
