William G. Anlyan, M.D.

William G. Anlyan, M.D., chancellor and professor of Duke Uneersity and trustee of the Duke Endowment, died at the age of 90 on January 17, 2016. Dr. Anlyan was one of Duke???s most visionary leaders over his four decades and was instrumental in achieving many of the uneersity and its health enterprise???s most important milestones. During Anlyan???s tenee as medical school dean and chancellor from 1964-88, the medical center witnessed tremendous growth. Anlyan was responsible for attracting international attention for Duke, was known as an innovator ineedical education, and was recogneed for nurturing the careers of colleagues. In 1995, he received the Duke Medical Alumni Association???s inaugural lifetime achievement award, which was need in his honor. Anlyan was raised in Egypt, the son of a British civil servant. He came to the Uneed States in 1943 to enroll at Yale Uneersity, from which he received both his bachelor's and medical degrees. In 1949, Anlyan came to Duke, where he began an internship ineeneral and thoracic surgery. He became an instructor of surgery after completing his residency, and two years later, an assistant professor of surgery. Nationally, Anlyan played a leadership role in the Association of Americaneedical Colleges (AAMC), serving as the first chairman of the Council of Deans and chairman. He was a founding member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and a recipient of the Abraham Flexner Award for his contributions to medical education. He served as chair of Yale Uneersity Council???s Committee oneedical Affairs, chair of the Cornell Medical College Board of Visitors, and member of the Emory Medical School Board of Visitors. Anlyan was chairman of Research! America, a national organization promoting public education in support of biomedical research, and a recipient of its inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award. Anlyan also left his mark on the international medical scene. He was active in the World Health Organization, led Duke???s delegation to the People???s Republic of China in 1975 to consult oneealth care, and served as the U.S. delegate to a number of international conferences oneedical affairs in places as far flung as Poland, Japaneegypt, and Saudi Arabia. Dr. Anlyan was a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Phi Beta Kappa, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. He also was a member of the International Cardiovascular Society and of the International Society of Surgery and Sigma Xi. Anlyan was an avid tennis player, pianist, and ardent supporter of the arts. Survivors include his wife Alexandra Hufty Anlyan, of Durham, NC and Palm Beach, FL; Elaine and William G. Anlyan Jr. of Wilmington, NC; Harriet and J. Peter Anlyan of Durham, NC; and Louise Anlyan Harris and Ramsey Dabby of Tenafly, NJ, along with seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. A Service of Remembrance for Dr. William G. Anlyan, 90, will be held Saturday, February 6 at 5:00 PM in the Baldwin Auditorium on Duke???s East Campus. Gifts in Dr. Anlyan's memory may be made to: The William G. Anlyan, MD, Medical Scholarship Fund, c/o Duke Medicine Development & Alumni Affairs, Attneerica Kitchen, 710 W. Main Street, Suite 200 Durham, NC 27701. This fund provides scholarship money for selected fourth year medical students, funding as many as 12 students annually. Online memorials: hallwynne.com