Coy Cornelius Carpenter

Coy Cornelius Carpenter M.D., born April 24, 1900, died November 7, 1971, was first dean of the School of Medicine of Wake Forest University from 1936–1967 and vice president for health affairs from 1963-1967. He guided the school through the transition from a two-year to a four-year program and the move from Wake Forest to Winston-Salem in 1941. He also authored The Story of Medicine at Wake Forest University (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1970). He resided in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Coy Cornelius Carpenter
Born(1900-04-24)24 April 1900
Died7 November 1971(1971-11-07) (aged 71)
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipU.S.A.
Occupationeducator
writer
Known foreducation
Spouse(s)Dorothy (Mitten) Carpenter

The Wake Forest University School of Medicine's Coy C. Carpenter Library and Dorothy Carpenter Medical Archives are named after the Coy Carpenter and his wife, Dorothy (Mitten) Carpenter.[1][2]

References
  1. Wake Forest University School of Medicine: The Coy C. Carpenter Library, http://www.wfubmc.edu/Library/About-the-Library.htm; and Dorothy Carpenter Medical Archives, http://ewake.wfubmc.edu:88/library/archives/about.html Archived 2012-03-16 at the Wayback Machine, last updated 7/26/2010.
  2. The A. N. Marquis Company: Who's Who in the South and Southwest, Chicago, Ill., 1952, p. 128.


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