11. Isaac Hall Manning, 1866-1946
Dr. Isaac Hall Manning was a member of UNC’s medical class of 1895, the first professor of physiology and biological chemistry at UNC medical school, and dean of the medical school from 1905 to 1933. He worked tirelessly, against funding constraints and political roadblocks, to strengthen the basic science departments, add faculty, improve the medical library and laboratories, increase enrollment, raise entrance requirements, secure suitable housing for the school, and expand the two year program into a four year program.
Manning resigned as dean in 1933, when university President Frank P. Graham overruled his decision regarding the admission of a Jewish student. However, Manning continued to serve as professor of physiology and chairman of the physiology department until his retirement in 1940.
Manning also founded Hospital Savings of North Carolina, which provided medical care for all North Carolina citizens and eventually became Blue Cross/Blue Shield.
Source: Continue to Kay Kyser
- Berryhill, W. Reece, William B. Blythe, and Isaac H. Manning. Medical education at Chapel Hill: the first hundred years. Chapel Hill: UNC-CH School of Medicine, 1979. (In the North Carolina Collection Reading Room, Call No. CR378 UZm10)
- Silent Sentinels of Stone.
- Image of Manning: North Carolina Collection, University of North Carolina Libraries at Chapel Hill.
