University of Oregon. Medical School

George Earle Chamberlain (b.1913), grandson and namesake of the former governor and senator of Oregon, son of otolaryngologist Dr. Charles Thomson Chamberlain. He received a BA from the University of Oregon in 1936, and an MD from the University of Oregon Medical School in 1938. Chamberlain served as captain and resident physician in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during WWII. He began serving in 1941, when he was stationed in New York, N. Y.,at the New York Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Infirmary. He returned to Portland, Oregon after the war and began to practice otolaryngology in 1947, both in private practice and on faculty at the Medical School. He married Dorothy McCall of Redmond,Or., herself a grand-daughter of a governor of Massachussetts and sister of future Oregon Governor Tom McCall.

From the guide to the George E. Chamberlain Papers, circa 1942, (Oregon Health & Science University Historical Collections & Archives)

Gwynn Brice Dockery was born in Portland, Oregon. She attended Portland General Extension and the London School of Economics in London, England, in 1937-39. Later she also attended New York University. In 1942, she was hired as the secretary to Ralf Couch, Business Manager and Administrator of Outpatient Services at the University of Oregon Medical School. She later served as the assistant administrator of Hospitals and Clinics of the University of Oregon Medical School and continued in this capacity when the medical, nursing, and dental schools merged to become the University of Oregon Health Sciences Center (UOHSC). She held a faculty position as Associate Professor (1970). By 1973 title listed as Administrative Director, Hospital and Clinic Central Services. In late 1973 became Assistant Administrator Outpatient Clinics, and at time of retirement in 1977 was Assistant Administrator of UOHSC Hospitals and Clinics.

From the guide to the Guide to the Gwynn Brice Dockery Papers, 1934-1977, (Oregon Health & Science University Historical Collections & Archives)

J(ohn) Peter Bentley, a professor of biochemistry in the School of Medicine, received a Bsc in 1952 from the Royal College of Technology (England), an MS (1961), and a PhD (1963) from the University of Oregon Medical School. Faculty Emeritus, OHSU, in the Department of Academic Affairs. Recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship to Czechoslovakia (1990). His primary focus in research since coming to the United States in 1957 concerned wound healing. He was part of the research team of Dr. J. Englebert Dunphy at Harvard researching this subject. In Oregon he partnered since 1984 with Dr. Jack Fellman on creating a new artificial skin for burn patients, made from calf collagen, and funded in part by a Navy contract hoping for a portable wound healing kit. This project led to several patents and by 1992 the project resulted in an artificial skin marketed under the name Integra. He mentored (1981 on) students in internships at the medical school with the Minority High School Apprenticeship Program. He also served as Assistant Dean for Planning (1988). His biochemical expertise frequently saw him sought out for comment by area newspapers on alcohol-related stories; such as Exxon Valdez Capt. Hazelwood’s coming to Oregon to replicate the alleged alcohol intoxication he was charged with after the environmental disaster in Alaskan waters (1989), and supporting warning labels on wine (1990). He was also an amateur thespian, appearing in local theater productions (1969).

From the guide to the J. Peter Bentley Collection on Faculty Senate, 1976-1977, (Oregon Health & Science University Historical Collections & Archives)

Robert L. Bacon (1918-2009) received a B.S. from Hamilton College in Clinton N.Y. in 1940 and a Masters and a PhD in zoology from Yale in 1944. He taught anatomy at Stanford University in California prior to his tenure at the University of Oregon Medical Schoo as professor of anatomy. He then served at the Medical School as professor of cell biology and anatomy in the School of Medicine (1955-1982) A firm believer in a well-rounded education, he mentored the Robert L. Bacon Endowment which endeavored to expose medical students to studies outside their regular curriculum. Dr. Bacon did research on embryology and cancer. Among his non-medical passions were environmentalism and wine making. He was a key player in lobbying for passage of the Oregon Beach Bill of 1967, despite threats and terrorism. He felt this to be his greatest achievement. He also had great influence on the development of the Oregon Wine Industry. He died after a long illness on January 12, 2009. Honors Winner of student-selected Dr. Allen J. Hill Award for Excellence in Teaching seven times in a twenty- year period.

From the guide to the Robert Bacon Papers, 1963-1965, (Oregon Health & Science University Historical Collections & Archives)

Dr. Ivan Medhurst Woolley was born in Roseburg, Oregon on October 23, 1893. He moved to Portland in 1905. He went to Washington High School and took pre-med classes at Oregon Agriculture College, now Oregon State College. He attended medical school at the old Oregon Medical School across from Good Samaritan Hospital and graduated in 1919. His class was the last to graduate before the school burned down. To earn money while in school, he became the driver of a seven-passenger Pierce Arrow touring car on old Mt. Hood road to Government Camp. He was one of the first drivers to the Mountain. Years later, he wrote, “Off to Mt. Hood: An Auto-Biography of the Old Road,” 1959. He also worked as a medical officer at the police station during WWI. He interned at Ancher Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota then returned to Portland. He was licensed in Oregon in 1920.

For ten years he practiced general medicine, then in 1930 he went to the University of Michigan Medical School where he studied radiology. He practiced X-ray medicine the rest of his life, having an office in the Medical Arts Building, becoming Portland’s leader in the field until he retired in December of 1962. Dr. Woolley also worked and taught, sometimes, at the “Free Dispensary”. In 1923 he joined the Multnomah County Medical Society. At his death he was the Society’s historian. Before he retired in 1962, Dr. Woolley had been president and staff member at Emanuel Hospital and Portland Sanitarium, and staff member at Holiday Park Hospital. He was also a faculty member at the University of Oregon Medical School. He was a founder and president of the Oregon Radiological Society and the Pacific Northwest Radiological Society. He became vice-president of the American College of Radiology and the Radiological Society of North America. He also became president of the Oregon Medical Association, Multnomah County Medical Society, and University of Oregon Medical School Alumni Association. He was also busy with civic activities and served on the board of Albertina Homes, the staff of White Shield Home and was a president of Columbia Edgewater Country Club. He held membership in Rotary, Aero Club and the Oregon Historical Society as well as being a founding member of the early KGW radio show “The Hoot Owls.” Before his death, he wrote a second book, “Roentgenology in Oregon – The First Fifty Years,” 1954.

Dr.Woolley died of a heart attack on Friday December 29, 1967, while visiting in Claremont, California. He was 74.

Medical Practice Staff member at Emanuel Hospital Staff member at Portland Sanitarium Staff member at Holiday Park Hospital Faculty member at the University of Oregon Medical School Board member of Albertina Homes Staff member of White Shield Home 1920 – 1930 general medicine practiced in Portland, Oregon X-Ray Medicine in the Medical Arts Building until 1962

Memberships Multnomah County Medical Society Oregon Radiological Society Pacific Northwest Radiological Society American College of Radiology Radiological Society of North America Oregon Medical Association Multnomah County Medical Society University of Oregon Medical School Alumni Association Columbia Edgewater Country Club Rotary Club Aero Club Oregon Historical Society

Publications “Roentgenology in Oregon – The First Fifty Years,” 1954. “Off to Mt. Hood: An Auto-Biography of the Old Road”, 1959

From the guide to the Guide to the Ivan Medhurst Woolley Papers, 1924-1968, 1877-1979, (Oregon Health & Science University Historical Collections & Archives)