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Category: Dow History
Articles related to the history of Dow. Account of an event, a milestone or an item from the history of great importance …
Happy Birthday to Dow – Today is the 68th Birthday

From December 10th, 1945 to December 10th, 2013 Not marble, nor the gilded monuments Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme; But you shall shine more bright in these contents Than unswept stone besmear’d with sluttish time. When wasteful war shall statues overturn, And broils root out the work of masonry, Nor Mars hisRead More
Dow Milestones, Landmarks, Events – by Dr. Shafi Quraishy
Birth of Dow University of Health Sciences 2004
In December 2004, Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) was established due to efforts of a Dow graduate Dr. Ishrat ul Ebad Khan, Governor of Sindh. Another Dowite Dr. Masood Hameed Khan became it’s first Vice Chancellor. To see more on DUHS please visit it’s website at: http://www.duhs.edu.pk/
Dow Medical College Principals

Dow Medical College Principals: The Historical Account 1945 to 2005: While every priniciapls of Dow controbuted in the development of Dow all through the years, the brief infroamtion on some of them is provided here. Dr. Col Aziz, is usually referred to as the First Principal. Tragically died on the day at the inauguration ofRead More
A Medical Doctor Examines Life on Three Continents by Dowite Dr. Syed Akthar Ehtisham

Book Review: “A MEDICAL DOCTOR EXAMINES LIFE ON THREE CONTINENTS” BY Dr. Syed Akthar Ehtisham. Dowite Class of 1962. The meeting to ‘launch’ Dr Syed Akhtar Ehtisham’s book, “A Medical Doctor Examines Life on Three Continents- was held by The Pakistan Society of The University of London School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) on JanuaryRead More
Dow History as first Published on Internet in 1994
This article was first written for the first ever Dow Medical College site created in 1994 (read more on this elsewhere on this blog) and subsequently edited with the help of Dr. Shafi Quraishy and Dr. Iqbal Memon on the 50th Anniversary of Dow in 1995. Since then various forms and edited version were used inRead More
The DMCSU 1952
Face to Face – Prof Mushtaq Ahmed
Dow Days -Those Were the Best Days of My Life: Mahjabeen Islam MD

Bryan Adams sang about the summer of ’69 and called them “the best days of my life.” For me, my Dow days were the best days of my life. Even though there were 500 of us and a lot of medicine, it seemed then and more so now, we learned on our own. I cherishRead More



