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  2. 1930 - Dean Wilburt C. Davison, MD, the medical school's founding dean, recruits Bessie Baker, RN (1930-1938)to become the first dean of the School of Nursing and head of Nursing Services for Duke Hospital.

  3. Dec 13, 2021 · The School of Nursing officially opened on January 2, 1931 as inaugural Dean Bessie Baker welcomed the students who would take part in the three-year degree program. Fourteen of them would eventually earn Dukes first nursing degrees in 1933.

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  4. Oct 1, 2023 · Duke School of Nursing January 2, 1931, the school opened its doors to its first class of 24 undergraduate students under the direction of Dean Bessie Baker and instructor Ann Henshaw Gardiner. Learn More About Our History

  5. Abstract. Ninety years ago, on January 2, 1931, the Duke University School of Nursing opened its doors to its first class of 24 students. Only a year earlier, Dean Bessie Baker, RN, moved to Durham to lead the new nursing school and to also become head of Nursing Services for the new Duke Hospital.

  6. Historically, the school has been a health care leader, first awarding baccalaureate degrees in 1938, establishing the bachelor of science in nursing degree in 1953, and initiating one of the first nursing graduate programs in 1958.

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