Annual white coat ceremony scheduled for Aug. 14

GREENVILLE, N.C. —   The Class of 2013 of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University will be welcomed officially at 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14, during the annual white coat ceremony. 

The event will be in the auditorium of the Brody Medical Sciences Building. 

The 78 members make this class the largest in school history. The 39 men and 39 women in the class range in age from 21 to 43. As usual, they are all North Carolina residents with 31 counties of residence listed. They earned their undergraduate degrees from 25 different colleges and universities with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill having the most graduates, 21. ECU has 15 alumni in the class and North Carolina State University has 10. 

Dr. Harry Adams, professor of medicine and recipient of the Clinical Science Faculty Award from the Class of 2009, will address the new medical students.