Arnold and Newlin 1952

I start a new set of correspondence about Arnold Nevis and his soon-to-be wife Newlin Ashmore, roughly 1952–1960. 

Arnold had been interning at Stanford University Hospital since July 1951. Newlin had moved to San Francisco in 1951 after graduating from Duke University Nursing School and holding a couple of nursing jobs in Atlanta and Tallahassee. She took a job as a nurse at Stanford University Hospital; one morning after the night shift, Newlin was touching up her lipstick, and Arnold, coming onto the 7 am shift, make a crack about her "repairing the damage". Newlin retorted, "yes, want some?" Arnold replied, "no thank you, I prefer mine second hand".

Newlin Ashmore, 1949, Duke University Nursing School

Arnold H. Nevis, 1951, intern, Stanford University Hospital

Stanford University Hospitals W-2 for Arnold Nevis, 1952

Stanford University Hospitals W-2 for Newlin Ashmore, 1952

California Board of Nurse Examiners, application for license as Registered Nurse, Newlin Ashmore, March 13, 1952

California Board of Nurse Examiners, application for license as Registered Nurse, Newlin Ashmore, March 13, 1952

Arnold's sister Laura pointed out that Arnold's ex-girlfriend had been Lynn, so it was appropriate for him to date Newlin now.

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Arnold's Story: July 1951 afterword

Arnold returns twice for Harvard Medical School class reunions in 1956 and 1976. The class of 1951 also includes the first African American woman to graduate from Harvard Medical School: Dr. Mildred Fay Jefferson.

Arnold is in the back row, far left.

Arnold is on the far right, third row, with a dark shirt and glasses, sporting a full goatee

In July 1951 Arnold starts his year-long internship in surgery at Stanford University Hospital, where he meets his future wife Newlin Ashmore. They marry in September 1952 and move to Boston for Arnold to complete a PhD in Physics as a key part of his interest in biomedical research. By then he has decided that his contribution to the world would not be as a medical missionary but as a medical researcher. Arnold's career takes them across the country to Texas, California and Florida. In Florida they settle down permanently in September 1960. 

Arnold passed away in July 1986 at the age of 64, just one month before his official retirement from the University of Florida.

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Arnold's Story: April 1951

Two paragraphs from the April 1951 Engineering and Science issue:

Engineering and Science, California Institute of Technology, April 1951

Engineering and Science, California Institute of Technology, April 1951, 
Alumni News, page 46

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Arnold's Story: March 24, 1951

Arnold has signed the agreement with Stanford University Hospital for his internship in surgery.

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Arnold's Story: March 9, 1951

The formal letter of office arrives from Stanford University Hospital:

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