The Four Advising Societies
The Pritzker School Advising Societies are named for key figures who made seminal contributions to research, clinical care, and education at the University of Chicago. They are:
Lowell T. Coggeshall
Lowell T. Coggeshall (1901-1987) served as Dean of the Biological Sciences Division and the Medical School for 16 years. Dr. Coggeshall's greatest contribution to American medical education was his role in reshaping the AAMC into an effective voice for academic medicine.
Joseph Bolivar DeLee
Joseph Bolivar DeLee (1869-1942) is often called the father of modern obstetrical care. Dr. DeLee was a late-nineteenth century pioneer who devoted his life to providing socially responsible medical care to the women of Chicago. Following his graduation in 1896, Dr. DeLee founded a clinic on Chicago’s west side to provide obstetrical care to poor pregnant women. In 1914, he opened what later became Chicago Lying-In Hospital.
Charles B. Huggins
Charles B. Huggins (1901-1997) was the leading urologist of his day. He served as Director of the Ben May Laboratory for Cancer Research beginning in 1951 and was named the William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor in 1962. Dr. Huggins won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1966 for his pioneering discoveries regarding the relationship between hormones and prostate cancer.
Dallas B. Phemister
Dallas B. Phemister (1882-1951) became the first professor of surgery in the new Billings Hospital at the University of Chicago, a position he held from 1927 to 1947 when he became emeritus. In the 1930s, Dr. Phemister proved that most cases of surgical shock are caused by loss of blood. The widespread use of blood transfusion largely eliminated surgical shock as a cause of death.
Please visit the Pritzker Advising webpage for more details about each Advising Society.
