William Simpson Elkin

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William Simpson Elkin was dean of Emory's medical school from 1915 to 1925. Elkin oversaw the medical school's move to Emory's campus in Atlanta's Druid Hills neighborhood in 1917 and the addition of a new hospital facility in 1922.

Courtesy of Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University.

William Simpson Elkin

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