Lyman Maynard Stowe (March 14, 1914 – June 2, 1965) was an American physician and academic administrator. He served as the first dean of the University of Connecticut School of Medicine.[1][2] The Lyman Maynard Stowe Library at the UConn Health Center was named in his honor.[3]
Lyman Maynard Stowe | |
|---|---|
 Stowe circa 1965 | |
| Born | March 14, 1914 |
| Died | June 2, 1965 (aged 51) |
| Occupation(s) | Physician, academic administrator |
| Title | Dean of the UConn School of Medicine |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Yale University (BA, MD) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Obstetrics and gynecology |
| Institutions | University of Connecticut Stanford University |
Early life and education
editStowe was born in Hartford, Connecticut, on March 14, 1914. Graduating from Loomis Chaffee School in 1930, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University in 1934 and an M.D. from Yale School of Medicine in 1938. He specialized in obstetrics and gynecology. He spent two years as a rotating intern and resident at the Jersey City Medical Center before returning to New Haven for a year-long residency in pathology in 1940.[1][4]
Career
editUpon completing his residencies in Jersey City and New Haven, Stowe next served as a teaching fellow in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Minnesota Hospital from 1941 to 1944, when he enlisted in the United States Navy during World War II. He served for two years and received an honorable discharge at the rank of lieutenant in 1946. He served on board the USS Effingham when the ship engaged in the Battle of Okinawa.[3]
On leaving the Navy, Stowe spent a final year at Minnesota before rejoining his alma mater, Yale School of Medicine, as an instructor in obstetrics and gynecology from 1947 to 1949. In 1949, Stowe became an assistant professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine, where he was promoted to associate professor in 1955.[2] He became Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the Stanford Medical School,[5] where he oversaw research and the curriculum and participated in a major study of medical education for the California Coordinating Committee on Higher Education.[1] He published in academic journals such as Obstetrics & Gynecology, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Journal of Medical Education.[6][7][8][9]
Stowe became the first dean of UConn's new medical school in Farmington in May 1963, only two years after the Connecticut General Assembly authorized the establishment of a state medical center.[3] Stowe recruited William Fleeson, assistant dean at the University of Minnesota, and John Patterson, dean at the University of British Columbia, as the UConn medical school's first faculty to help him build the program.[10]
Stowe espoused progressive ideas on medical education. He streamlined laboratories so that students could conduct all their lab work in the same spaces, promoted a focus on holistic medicine, and advocated for new doctors to move more quickly through their residencies and for promising students to advance to medical training at a younger age.[1] He also published an academic journal article on Stanford's progressive approach.[5]
Stowe was a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Society for Clinical Research. He consulted for the medical schools at the universities of Arizona, British Columbia, Brown, Buffalo, Duke, Wisconsin, Kansas, Louisville, and Missouri.[1]
Death and legacy
editStowe suffered a heart attack at his Farmington home in the early hours of June 2, 1965. He died soon afterward at Hartford Hospital. He was 51 years old.[2] He was survived by his wife of 27 years, Lois Schneider Stowe, and their three sons: Maynard, David, and John.[1] John Patterson succeeded him as UConn medical school dean.[11] The Lyman Maynard Stowe Library at the UConn Health Center was named in his honor.[3] UConn Health also issues the Lyman Stowe Award for Patient Care and the Lyman Stowe Award for humanitarianism in medicine.[12][13][14]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f "Dr. L. M. Stowe Dies; UConn Med School Dean". The Hartford Courant. 1965-06-03. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
- ^ a b c "Lyman M. Stowe, Medical Dean, 51: Connecticut Educator Dies–Also Served Stanford". The New York Times. 1965-06-03.
- ^ a b c d "LM Stowe Biography | UConn Health Sciences Library". University of Connecticut. 2017-12-28. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
- ^ Historical Register of Yale University, 1937-1951. New Haven, CT: Yale University. 1952. p. 291 – via HathiTrust.
- ^ a b Stowe, Lyman M. (November 1959). "The Stanford Plan An Educational Continuum for Medicine". Academic Medicine. 34 (11): 1059–1069. ISSN 1040-2446. PMID 13835032.
- ^ Stowe, L. M. (November 1959). "The Stanford Plan: an educational continuum for medicine". Journal of Medical Education. 34: 1059–1069. ISSN 0022-2577. PMID 13835032.
- ^ Stowe, L. M. (August 1950). "Female gonadal dysfunction; survey of its background, its clinical manifestations, its rational treatment". Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 5 (4): 447–467. doi:10.1097/00006254-195008000-00001. ISSN 0029-7828. PMID 15430030.
- ^ Stowe, Lyman M. (June 1954). "Acute Inflammatory Masses of the Female Pelvis: Combined medical and surgical treatment". Obstetrics & Gynecology. 3 (6): 662–668. ISSN 0029-7844. PMID 13166174.
- ^ Stowe, Lyman M. (1946-01-01). "A histologic study of the effect of irradiation on adenocarcinoma of the endometrium". American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. 51 (1): 57–66. doi:10.1016/0002-9378(46)90300-6. ISSN 0002-9378. PMID 21011007.
- ^ Fleeson, William (1996). ""Dogpatch," and Such Other Places". Connecticut Medicine. 60 (1): 35–40. PMID 8821928 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Stave, Bruce M (2006). Red brick in the land of steady habits: creating the University of Connecticut, 1881-2006. Lebanon, NH: Univ. Press of New England. p. 186. ISBN 978-1-58465-569-5. OCLC 836219917.
- ^ "Health Center Accolades". UConn Today. 2011-10-18. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
- ^ "Governor's Newsletter - Connecticut Chapter" (PDF). American College of Physicians. June 2013. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
- ^ "Leadership Team | Turnbridge". www.turnbridge.com. Retrieved 2021-04-03.