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RESOLUTION ON DEATH OF DR. SMITH

The following resolution, prepared by Judge Garnett, was unanimously adopted.

Resolution upon the death of Dudley Crofford Smith, M. D.,
a member of the faculty of the Medical Department of the
University of Virginia

Dr. Dudley Crofford Smith, who was born on December 15, 1892, at Lafayette Springs,
Mississippi, departed this life on August 30, 1950.

After receiving his bachelor's degree at the University of Mississippi in 1914 he entered
the Medical Department of the University of Virginia and graduated in 1916. He became an instructor
in the Medical Department of this University in 1919, and became successively assistant professor,
associate professor and finally professor of dermatology and syphilology in 1934, and founded the
Department of Dermatology and Syphilology at the University.

He became a member of A O A; Raven Society; Sigma Xi; ODK; Kappa Sigma; Phi Beta Pi and
Tilka. He served as President of the Rotary Club of Charlottesville.

Dr. Smith was the author of many scientific articles and his work at the University was a
reflex of his desire to serve his fellowmen. A few months before his death he was honored by the
chairmanship of his section of the American Medical Association.