Medical School

Announcement of the appointment of S. Marsh Tenney M'44, Professor of Physiology, as Dean of the Medical School was made during the past month. Dr. Tenney has been associated with the administration of the School since 1956 as Director of Medical Sciences and Associate Dean. In addition to his new duties, he will continue as Head of the Department of Physiology. Also appointed as Associate Deans were: Philip O. Nice, M.D., Assistant Professor of Microbiology, and Henry L. Heyl, M.D., Assistant Professor of Neuroanatomy. Dr. Nice will be concerned with student affairs, while Dr. Heyl will handle financial matters.

Contributions for the Rolf C. Syvertsen Memorial Fund are reaching us daily following the issue of our letter of mid-February announcing its establishment. As soon as we have some indication of the funds available, we will try to notify you of the form deemed most appropriate. Meanwhile, thanks to all who have submitted suggestions. We cannot use them all, of course, but we assure you that all will be considered. Only alumni and faculty were contacted, but if you know of parents or friends who wish to participate, we will be happy to have them do so. If you did not receive the letter, it means that your present address is not available, either in our office or in the Alumni Records Office. In this case, kindly give us the correct one, since you will not wish to miss the important announcements forthcoming in the near future.

,VISITING LECTURERS: Dr. Bjorn Afzeluis, of the Wenner-Grens Institute of Stockholm, Sweden, started February off with his work on "Electron Microscopy of Cilia and Cell Membranes." Professor Nobuo Kamiya of Osaka University in Japan conducted a Cytology Seminar on "Protoplasmic Streaming." A Pharmacology Seminar on "The Regulation of Glycolysis in Brain" featured Dr. Gerald Cohen of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Jean Hanson of the Biophysics Unit, King's College, London, considered "Speed and Striation of Muscle." The Physiology Department presented as a guest lecturer, Dr. Stanley J. Sarnoff, Chief of the Laboratory of Cardiovascular Physiology of the National Heart Institute, who presented "The Reflex Control of the Vigor of Atrial Systole and Its Importance for Ventricular Filling and Stroke Work." Dr. Peter Stewart of Emory University's Department of Anatomy chose "Protoplasmic Movement" as his subject. As a Biochemistry Guest Lecturer, Dr. George E. Palade of the Rockefeller Institute presented "The Structure of Capillaries and Mechanism of Transport."

Dr. Frank Lane of the Radiology Department has been appointed a member of the New Hampshire State Cancer Commission.

Alumni of approximately the vintage of the writer will be interested to know of the recent visit of Dr. H. A. (Debby) DesBrisay, now of Vancouver, B. C. Debby struggled to instill bits of Clinical Pathology and Medi- cine in students of the late 20's and early 30's.

Two faculty members have retired from active clinical work: John P. Bowler M'17, former Dean, and Professor of Surgery; and John J. Boardman, Professor of Obstetrics. The former promptly took off for a vacation in Spain, while the latter chose Florida.

Tom Sawyer M'46 avoids sleep in Evanston, Ill., serving as instructor in Clinical Psychiatry at Northwestern while doing private practice in psychiatry and completing his psychoanalytical training at the Chicago Psychoanalytical Institute. Eddie Landau M'52 has moved his seat of operations from Cambridge to Worcester, Mass. John Wortley M'54 has announced his entrance into the practicing phase at San Jose, Calif.

Save some time in early September to take a trip to Hanover. We expect to have something even more interesting than the usual return home for you then. Details later.