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W. Reece Berryhill

Berryhill was physician-in-chief at the University infirmary and director of the student health service in Chapel Hill from 1933 to 1941, then professor of medicine and dean of the UNC School of Medicine from 1941, leading its expansion from a two-year to a four-year program.

Source: UNC Libraries finding aid: Walter Reece Berryhill Papers, 1919-1979

Also found in catalogs as W. Reece (Walter Reece) Berryhill.

6 indexed records are connected with this person, and the index includes one work by W. Reece Berryhill.

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Norma Berryhill : a North Carolina treasure

Berryhill, Norma · 2006

UNC

Bettering the health of the people : W. Reece Berryhill, the UNC School of Medicine, and the North Carolina Good Health movement

McLendon, William W. · 2007 · UNC Library and Medical Foundation of NC, Inc.

A childhood in the rural South -- Undergraduate, teacher, and medical student -- Harvard, UNC, and Western Reserve -- University physician and medical school faculty member -- Dean of the two-year school of medicine -- …

NC Cardinal Duke NC State UNC Durham Library of Congress Wake Forest Davidson CH Historical Society

Medical education at Chapel Hill.

Berryhill, W. Reece · 1979 · School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

[v. 1]. The first hundred years / by W.R. Berryhill, W.B. Blythe, and I.H. Manning -- [v. 2]. Centennial alumni directory / compiled and edited by Raleigh Mann ...

NC Cardinal Duke UNC CH Historical Society

Bullitt History of Medicine Club records, 1950s-2018

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. School of Medicine. Bullitt History of Medicine Club · 1954

UNC

Walter Reece Berryhill papers, 1919-1979.

Berryhill, W. Reece (Walter Reece), 1900-1979 · 1919

UNC

Office of the Dean of the School of Medicine of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill records, 1905-2020 (bulk 1952-1996)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. School of Medicine. Office of the Dean · 1905

UNC

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  1. W. Reece Berryhill becomes dean of the UNC School of Medicine Berryhill, who had been physician-in-chief at the University infirmary and director of the student health service in Chapel Hill since 1933, became professor o…Search the index · UNC Libraries finding aid: Walter Reece Berryhill Papers, 1919-1979
  2. UNC admits Edward O. Diggs, its first Black medical student UNC mailed Edward O. Diggs of Winston-Salem, a pre-medical student at A&T College in Greensboro, his letter of admission to the School of Medicine under the tr… People: W. Reece Berryhill, Gordon GrayDaily Tar Heel (DigitalNC): A&T Student Becomes First To Enter UNC, April 25, 1951
  3. Berryhill Hall is completed and named for W. Reece Berryhill The University completed a medical school building in Chapel Hill in 1970 and named it for W. Reece Berryhill, who had been dean of the School of Medicine sinc…Search the index · Carolina Story: W. Reece Berryhill, Norma Berryhill and Berryhill Hall

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