James Lawrence Dusenbery (b. 1821) from Lexington, NC, entered the University in 1839, joined the Dialectic Society, and graduated in 1842. He studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and hung out his shingle in Lexington in 1845. He moved to Statesville, NC, in January 1846. During the Civil War Dusenbery served as a surgeon in the Confederate army. Though he survived the war, it is not known when or how he died. He was a member of the board of trustees from 1874 to 1877.