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Retired city doctor honored by collegeJEFF ALDERTONTime«-N®ws Staff WrltarCUMBERLAND - A retired Cumberland physician who graduated from Randolph-Macon College in 1926 was recently named as an honorary member of the college’s Board of Trustees.Dr. Clay E. Durrett, who operated medical offices on Virginia Avenue in South Cumberland for 38 years until his retirement in 1969, recalled his medical career during a recent interview at his Grand Avenue residence.“I made house calls every day. In January and February when flu season was in, I made 20 house calls a day. The most I made was 28 in one day in1960,” said Dr. Durrett.The good doctor began making those house calls after graduating from Randolph-Macon College and the University of Maryland Medical School in 1930. He began his practice upon completion of an internship at the UniversityDr. Clay E. DurrettHospital in Baltimore.And the cost of his eight-year education? Approximately $5,900, according to records kept by his parents, the lateSee — City doctor — 3B
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Cumberland Times News
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Tue, Apr 28, 1992
Page 11
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