{"id":12953,"date":"2008-07-14T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-14T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pededu\/davisscholarship\/about-dr-davis\/"},"modified":"2018-08-16T15:37:30","modified_gmt":"2018-08-16T19:37:30","slug":"about-dr-davis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/education\/clerkship\/davisscholarship\/about-dr-davis\/","title":{"rendered":"About Dr. Davis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h3>William Hersey Davis, Jr., MD<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-right\" title=\"drdavis top\" src=\"\/pediatrics\/files\/2018\/08\/drdavis_top.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Davis\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Davis was a beloved husband, son, father, and grandfather. He was also a mentor to countless young people and physicians. Born in 1918 in Louisville, Kentucky, the son of a Southern Baptist theologian, Dr. Davis received his BA and his MD degrees cum laude from Duke University. After service in WWII, he completed his residency in pediatrics at UNC.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Davis practiced pediatrics in Winston-Salem, North Carolina for 40 years. He taught as a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Bowman Gray School of Medicine from 1955 to 1990, and was Clinical Professor Emeritus from 1990 until his death in 1999.<\/p>\n<p>He received the North Carolina governor\u2019s award, the &#8220;Order of the Longleaf Pine&#8221; for his work in neonatology. Dr. Davis was married to Clarice Tyson Davis for 56 years. Mrs. Davis&#8217; warm and captivating personality delighted early Davis recipients as she always went out of her way to get to know each one personally up until her death in 2014.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>William Hersey Davis, Jr., MD Dr. Davis was a beloved husband, son, father, and grandfather. He was also a mentor to countless young people and physicians. 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