Medical School
As we start a new year of reporting, the staccato of construction machinery floats through the open windows of our new administrative quarters at 41 College Street. The immediate cause is a mechanical digger which is busily ripping up the street to prepare a trench for steam pipes and utilities to the new Medical Science Building. On the site of the building itself, most of the excavation has been completed and the pouring of the cement foundation is well under way. The pleasure of witnessing the actuality of construction tends to compensate for the inconveniences, noise, and dust.
Kenneth W. Cooper, Ph.D., has joined the Faculty as Professor of Cytology. Doctor Cooper comes here from the University of Florida where he had the title of Graduate Research Professor of Biology. He holds A.B.. M.A., and Ph.D. degrees from Columbia, and has taught at Columbia, Princeton, Colorado, and Rochester. Ada L. Jacobson, Ph.D., has accepted an appointment as Instructor in Biochemistry. Dr. Jacobson received her B.S. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and her Ph.D. from Yale. In the Department of Physiology, Frances V. McCann, Ph.D., has assumed the duties of an instructor. Dr. McCann has been awarded an A.B. by Connecticut, an M.S. by Illinois, and a Ph.D. by Connecticut. She has done research at Connecticut, Woods Hole, Illinois, and Columbia. Peter Hans von Hippel, Ph.D., has been appointed Assistant Professor of Biophysics. He holds a 8.5., an M.S., and a Ph.D., all granted by Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research activities have been located at M.I.T., and at the Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland.
We regretfully report the resignation of Modestino G. Criscitiello, M.D., Instructor in Medicine, who has joined the faculty at Georgetown.
During the summer Professors Tenney, Kreuzer, Nye, and Drs. Andresen, Naitove, Schreiner and Valtin of the Physiology Department spent one month on White Mountain in California studying Non-respiratory Effector Responses to Carbon Dioxide during High Altitude Acclimatization.
Under National Research Travel Awards, Professors Morales, Watanabe, and Botts of the Department of Biochemistry journeyed to Buenos Aires, Argentina, where each presented papers at the 21st International Congress of Physiological Sciences. Professor Morales also acted as Chairman of the section on the Biochemistry of Muscle Contraction. On a National Science Foundation Travel Award, Dr. Lucile Smith, also of the Biochemistry Department, went to New Zealand for the Symposium on Hemeproteins. While there she will deliver lectures at the National University in Canberra. Returning via Europe, she is scheduled to lecture in Athens, Greece, and at Cambridge, England.
Arthur French M'41, now Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Michigan, lectured here on the "Malabsorption Syndrome" in late August.
Alfred Holt M'52 has joined the Department of Anesthesiology, and may now be seen daily at the Hitchcock Hospital.
Of great interest to alumni from 1946 on is the retirement of Charlie DeVaux who is now spending all his time with his beloved guns. His calming influence upon "my boys" and his coffee will be missed. Leo Melancon, who will be remembered as Charlie's understudy the last few years, will take over.
Wedding bells have certainly been ringing during the summer. Here is a list (partial I'm sure) of those happy events which have been reported to us: Pete Dallman M'52 to Mary D. Fenner; Ken Herrmann M'57 to Sara Jane Evens; Bob Charman M'58 to Catherine C. Emery; Bob Forcier M'58 to Mary B. Hill; Dick Lindseth M'58 to Marilyn M. Miller; Bob Timothy M'59 to Martha Andrew; Mike McKeown M'59 to Claire S. Kelly; John Whiteley M'59 to Miss Yaksha; Dodd Wilson M'59 to Virginia Nothelfer; and Charlie Eytel M'60 to Mary Ann Vogel.
The Ben Gilsons M'55 in Japan, the DickRuels M'57 in Detroit, and the Bob ten Bensels M'59 have each reported the addition of new girls to the family.
The Navy Medical Corps in Norfolk, Va., must be going well - Phil Mossman M'56 reports that he is serving with Frank Amick M'54 under the command of Captain JackSmith M' 27. Tom Huffman M'50 has just opened his office for the practice of internal medicine in Cleveland, Ohio.
Among the summer visitors we saw were: Dow Mills M'28, Irving Fruchs M' 29, FrankBrooks M' 42, Dick Lawton M' 43, NubieCooper M'48 and Bruce LaFollette M'ss.
As you all know by . now, the College Capital Gifts Campaign was a roaring success. We are looking for similar results for the Medical School Campaign with your help.
