--Taken from "Community and change in the North Carolina Mountains: oral histories and profiles of people from western Watauga County" compiled and edited by Nannie Greene and Catherine Stokes, page 203-204.
Dr Gordon Shelton Dugger was a native of the Vilas community. He was born to John Gray Dugger and Ruth Ruby Combs Dugger on July 17, 1921. Shelton attended school at Cove Creek and graduated from Cove Creek High School in 1937 at the age of 15 with one of the highest grade averages ever recorded at that time. He left Vilas in the fall of that year.
At the age of 16, he entered the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he graduated with a pre-medical degree. He was an honor student and was inducted in to Phi Beta Kappa fraternity. After a year of medical school there, he transferred to John Hopkins Medical School as a member of the Army Special Training Group. Upon graduation, he was sent to the Panama Canal Zone where he served for two years. He spent some time at the Veterans Administration Hospital in American Lake, Washington, and then went into private practice in Saint Helena, Oregon. Later he entered the McGill School of the Montreal Neurological Institute.
Upon completion of his training in Montreal, Doctor Dugger returned to the University of North Carolina in 1954 as an associate professor of neurosurgery. Within two years he became the Chief of Neurosurgery and served in that capacity until he retired in 1978. At Chapel Hill he established a graduate program for medical students that became renowned throughout the Southeast.
Among his many achievements, Dr Dugger developed a surgical procedure called the "pituitary stalk section" used to treat certain types of malignant tumors. Because of his long and distinguished service, the School of Medicine named its neurology library in his honor.
Doctor Dugger was also interested in history and he served on the executive board of the North Carolina Department of Archives and History. Although Dr Dugger never returned to Vilas to live, he did come back for visits. Family members and friends were aware of his accomplishments as a neurosurgeon, and they followed his success in the field of neurology closely. He died at the age of 59, leaving his legacy in the medical profession.
Dr Gordon Shelton Dugger was a native of the Vilas community. He was born to John Gray Dugger and Ruth Ruby Combs Dugger on July 17, 1921. Shelton attended school at Cove Creek and graduated from Cove Creek High School in 1937 at the age of 15 with one of the highest grade averages ever recorded at that time. He left Vilas in the fall of that year.
At the age of 16, he entered the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he graduated with a pre-medical degree. He was an honor student and was inducted in to Phi Beta Kappa fraternity. After a year of medical school there, he transferred to John Hopkins Medical School as a member of the Army Special Training Group. Upon graduation, he was sent to the Panama Canal Zone where he served for two years. He spent some time at the Veterans Administration Hospital in American Lake, Washington, and then went into private practice in Saint Helena, Oregon. Later he entered the McGill School of the Montreal Neurological Institute.
Upon completion of his training in Montreal, Doctor Dugger returned to the University of North Carolina in 1954 as an associate professor of neurosurgery. Within two years he became the Chief of Neurosurgery and served in that capacity until he retired in 1978. At Chapel Hill he established a graduate program for medical students that became renowned throughout the Southeast.
Among his many achievements, Dr Dugger developed a surgical procedure called the "pituitary stalk section" used to treat certain types of malignant tumors. Because of his long and distinguished service, the School of Medicine named its neurology library in his honor.
Doctor Dugger was also interested in history and he served on the executive board of the North Carolina Department of Archives and History. Although Dr Dugger never returned to Vilas to live, he did come back for visits. Family members and friends were aware of his accomplishments as a neurosurgeon, and they followed his success in the field of neurology closely. He died at the age of 59, leaving his legacy in the medical profession.
--Taken from "Community and change in the North Carolina Mountains: oral histories and profiles of people from western Watauga County" compiled and edited by Nannie Greene and Catherine Stokes, page 203-204.
Dr Gordon Shelton Dugger was a native of the Vilas community. He was born to John Gray Dugger and Ruth Ruby Combs Dugger on July 17, 1921. Shelton attended school at Cove Creek and graduated from Cove Creek High School in 1937 at the age of 15 with one of the highest grade averages ever recorded at that time. He left Vilas in the fall of that year.
At the age of 16, he entered the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he graduated with a pre-medical degree. He was an honor student and was inducted in to Phi Beta Kappa fraternity. After a year of medical school there, he transferred to John Hopkins Medical School as a member of the Army Special Training Group. Upon graduation, he was sent to the Panama Canal Zone where he served for two years. He spent some time at the Veterans Administration Hospital in American Lake, Washington, and then went into private practice in Saint Helena, Oregon. Later he entered the McGill School of the Montreal Neurological Institute.
Upon completion of his training in Montreal, Doctor Dugger returned to the University of North Carolina in 1954 as an associate professor of neurosurgery. Within two years he became the Chief of Neurosurgery and served in that capacity until he retired in 1978. At Chapel Hill he established a graduate program for medical students that became renowned throughout the Southeast.
Among his many achievements, Dr Dugger developed a surgical procedure called the "pituitary stalk section" used to treat certain types of malignant tumors. Because of his long and distinguished service, the School of Medicine named its neurology library in his honor.
Doctor Dugger was also interested in history and he served on the executive board of the North Carolina Department of Archives and History. Although Dr Dugger never returned to Vilas to live, he did come back for visits. Family members and friends were aware of his accomplishments as a neurosurgeon, and they followed his success in the field of neurology closely. He died at the age of 59, leaving his legacy in the medical profession.
Dr Gordon Shelton Dugger was a native of the Vilas community. He was born to John Gray Dugger and Ruth Ruby Combs Dugger on July 17, 1921. Shelton attended school at Cove Creek and graduated from Cove Creek High School in 1937 at the age of 15 with one of the highest grade averages ever recorded at that time. He left Vilas in the fall of that year.
At the age of 16, he entered the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he graduated with a pre-medical degree. He was an honor student and was inducted in to Phi Beta Kappa fraternity. After a year of medical school there, he transferred to John Hopkins Medical School as a member of the Army Special Training Group. Upon graduation, he was sent to the Panama Canal Zone where he served for two years. He spent some time at the Veterans Administration Hospital in American Lake, Washington, and then went into private practice in Saint Helena, Oregon. Later he entered the McGill School of the Montreal Neurological Institute.
Upon completion of his training in Montreal, Doctor Dugger returned to the University of North Carolina in 1954 as an associate professor of neurosurgery. Within two years he became the Chief of Neurosurgery and served in that capacity until he retired in 1978. At Chapel Hill he established a graduate program for medical students that became renowned throughout the Southeast.
Among his many achievements, Dr Dugger developed a surgical procedure called the "pituitary stalk section" used to treat certain types of malignant tumors. Because of his long and distinguished service, the School of Medicine named its neurology library in his honor.
Doctor Dugger was also interested in history and he served on the executive board of the North Carolina Department of Archives and History. Although Dr Dugger never returned to Vilas to live, he did come back for visits. Family members and friends were aware of his accomplishments as a neurosurgeon, and they followed his success in the field of neurology closely. He died at the age of 59, leaving his legacy in the medical profession.
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