1958: Black surgeons given faculty status, hospital admitting privileges

Carl A. Moyer, MD, head of Washington University Surgery, gives faculty status or Barnes Hospital admitting privileges to Black Homer G. Phillips surgeons Frank Richards, MD, William Sinkler, MD, and others. 

“Dr. Moyer was a terrific guy, very interested in Homer Phillips. The only way I got into the St. Louis Surgical Society was that Dr. Moyer said he was going to resign if they didn’t take me.”

— Frank Richards, MD

Carl Moyer, MD

Image: Carl Moyer, MD