Thomas Crain Evans, M.D. (1860-1911)

Twelfth Dean, 1907-1911

M.D., Hospital College of Medicine, 1884

Thomas Crain Evans was born in Fleming County, KY.  He received his early education in the local schools.  In 1882, he entered the Hospital College of Medicine at Louisville, and graduated in 1884, receiving the degree of Doctor of Medicine.  After his graduation he went to Flemingsburg and became associated with Dr. Lucien McDowell.  In 1888 he returned to Louisville.

Dr. Evans taught Otology, Ophthalmology and Laryngology at the Hospital College of Medicine, the Medical Department of the Kentucky University, and the Kentucky School of Medicine.

At the merger of the Kentucky University with the Medical Department of the University of Louisville in 1907, he was made Dean of the Faculty.  When the consolidation of all the Medical Schools of Louisville was finalized in August of 1908, he was again elected Dean of the Faculty.

Dr. Evans accomplished much for the advancement of medical education.