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By Dr. Sohail Ansari 10th December 1945Dow Medical College75 years – Golden JubileeMost will recognise Sir Hugh Dow and relate him as the founder of Dow Medical College. The medical college in Hyderabad was under threat unless it was improved and transferred to Karachi. The man behind the negotiations and actions for this to happenRead More
DowLinkDOGANA2008 Here is a .pdf copy of DowLink Special Edition 2008 Journey Through The Years published by the Dow Graduate Association of North America. It is a great collection of Dow History text and photos, including list of all the Principals of Dow Medical College from 1945 to 2005 as well as Presidents of DOGANA.Read More
A PAGE FROM DOW HISTORY 1966: Talking about Foundation Stones and Dow Medical College, here is the foundation of Habib Bank Limited, Dow Medical College Branch in April 1966. The Principal at that time Prof. Mahmud Ali Shah is looking over. He was the Principal for 14 years till 1969 when Prof. Abdul Waheed tookRead More
Text courtesy of Dr. Adnan Zuberi, Hartlepool UK, Dow 1989 graduate.
I received a very pleasant surprise. A letter from Ms. Helen Wagner, grand daughter of Sir Hugh Dow. It is addressed to all Dowites. She writes about her grandad, Sir Hugh Dow and her fond memories about him. I am sure all Dowities would love to read a personal account of Sir Hugh Dow writtenRead More
Photos courtesy of Dr. Sohail Ansari
November 1945: The inauguration of the building of Dow Medical College, Karachi. Minister of Sindh Mr. Pir Ilahi Bux addressing the audience. Governor of SIndh Mr. Maudi (seated) inaugurated the Building. 45 students were later admitted to the first batch among them one Muslim girl named Ms. Fahmida Shaikh. Dow Medical College (now Dow UniversityRead More
Beyond Nostalgia: 40 years on….and counting! By Prof. Murad M. Khan, Department of Psychiatry, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi. “You do not come to Dow Medical College to learn medicine. You come to Dow Medical College to learn about life…” (Sarfaraz Ahmed, Class of ’74) “This must be the most unusual batch I haveRead More
DowMedicalCollege Click on the DowMedicalCollege above to open the souvenir in pdf format. This is the souvenir that was issued on the occasion of the 11th. Medical symposium held May 21-23 1993 and involving the faculty of Dow Medical College and Lyari General Hospital, Karachi. The souvenir was sent to me in 1999 by Dr.Read More
From the Archives: page from Dow Magazine 1953 The Victory Day as noted in the Dow Magazine 1953. While the details are not noted this picture gives the glimpse of the student activism in 1950s. Dow had been the institution always in the forefront of national politics and played pivotal role in shaping of theRead More
