A Passion for Medical History: Gift to Name History of Medicine Collections at Duke Honors Legacy of Dr. Josiah Charles TrentUndated photo of Dr. Josiah Charles Trent (1914–1948)The Duke University Libraries have received a $3 million gift from Duke Trustee Emerita Rebecca Trent Kirkland ’64, M.D. Dr. Kirkland and her sisters—Mary Duke Trent Jones ’63, P’91, P’95, GP’28, Sarah “Sally” Elizabeth Trent Harris ’63, P’86, P’88, P’90, P’94, GP’20, and Barbara Biddle Trent Kimbrell—are the children of Dr. Trent and Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans (1920–2012). “The Josiah Charles Trent History of Medicine Collection gifted to Duke in 1956 was a decades long project of our parents, Joe and Mary Trent,” Kirkland said. The Trent sisters today (left to right: Sarah “Sally” Elizabeth Trent Harris, Barbara Biddle Trent Kimbrell, Rebecca Trent Kirkland, and Mary Duke Trent Jones). Visitors can experience the richness of Duke’s medical history holdings in the Josiah Charles Trent History of Medicine Room in the Rubenstein Library.