Medical School

The Christmas spirit invaded the School strongly as the recess approached. On the night before vacation began, the students, supported by student nurses, some sixty strong, dispensed carols at the homes of various faculty members in a continuation of the annual custom initiated several years ago. The girls in the office caught the festive spirit and produced a Christmas tree, complete with decorations, to dress up the lobby of our new offices. Added to these features, greetings from many alumni made it a real Christmas season.

The first annual lecture of the Ralph E. Miller Memorial Lectureship in Pathology was delivered on December 16 by Doctor Arthur T. Hertig, the Shattuck Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School, on "The Pathogenesis of Uterine Carcinoma." This lecture, made possible by the anonymous gift of a former student to perpetuate the memory of Doctor Miller, is to be an annual event, and this first occasion was made more memorable by the attendance of his wife and son.

The Department of Cytology has now moved into its new quarters in the Medical Science Building. A luncheon in the departmental conference room, with President Dickey and Provost Masland as honored guests, was followed by an open house, during which a large number of visitors were guided through the various laboratories by members of the department.

Much incidental intelligence reached us via the note-on-the-Christmas-card method which we can pass on to you. "Big Harry"Crawford M'27 has received an appointment as Visiting Lecturer in Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Lucknow, India, effective August 1, for nine months. Jack Smith M'27 is operating on "All American" noses at Annapolis. Bernie CunninghamM'34 carries on the same ENT endeavors in Del Mar, Calif. Jim Brod M'46 is now doing Orthopaedics in Bangor, Maine. The Pediatrics load in Canandaigua, N. Y., is so heavy that Bob Hoekelman M'48 is welcoming assistance in July with the hope of Spending more time with Ann and the four girls. Liz and Bill Ivins M'51 proudly present Deborah, Hannah, and Sarah as their entry in the Female Derby. The Ace and Barbie MuellerM'52 family in Minneapolis now boasts two boys and two girls. Stan van den Noort M'52 still inhabits City Hospital in Boston, concentrating on Neurology and Neurochemistry when he isn't at home with June and their four. Sonny and Marietta Thamarus M'52 uphold the class standard number with their four, and are doing Pediatrics in Midland, Mich., to support them. Floyd and RuthFisher M'53, with their three are finishing two years in the Army at Walter Reed Institute of Research in Washington. Hap andNancy Haggett M'54 are busy in their new home and practice in Greenfield. Mass., and tell us that "Betsy is talking like a woman," and "Kip is a charmer." Lee and Joyce Dennis M'54 announce the arrival of Sarah Elizabeth in August from the USAF Lackland Base in San Antonio, Texas. Al HathcockM'54 lets us in on his acquisition of a wife and Stephen in the six years since he left Hanover, and is now in St. Louis. BruceGilmore M'54, back from Army duty in France and doing a medical residency at Georgetown, clans marriage in the spring.

Allen and Margaret Edmundson M'55 are enjoying their sojourn in Cambridge, England, working at the Cavendish Laboratory.Bruce and Lynn Pattee M'55 have Mark and Jim as a contrast when they are at home to offset the effects of the day's work in Geriatrics at the U. S. Naval Home in Philadelphia. Flash and Judy Onofrio M'55 apparently are well, settled in Rochester, Minn. Walt and Barbie Vom Lehn M'55 are taking their three out of prison at Alderson, W. Va., to New Haven in July where Walt will do Ob-Gyn at Yale. John and Maya Moran M'55 are rearing their two boys in Hingham, Mass. Mai Moss M'55 is presently completing his pediatrics residency at Mount Sinai in New York, and starts a Chief Residency in July. Larry and Joan Seymour M'57 have added Leslie to their roster, totaling four, and are doing surgery in Minneapolis. Don DillonM'57 (Captain to you) is doing his military stint at the Letterman General Hospital in San Francisco. Bill and Joanne Kieger M'57 are playing with Lyn in their spare time in Columbus, Ohio. Nick and Eve Tschetter M'5B will stay in Denver at least one more year in a pediatric residency. John and KimWhiteley M'59 welcomed Stephen John in time for Christmas.

We wish to acknowledge and extend thanks for all the cards with names only - next year jot down news items!

Dick Lawton M'43, now working on the man-in-space project in Philadelphia, stopped by during the holiday season. Among the skiers in town during the vacation were PeteSpiegel M'59 and Fen Riley M'5B. If others were here, they neglected us. Other visitors included Ralph Miller, Bill Springer and BillThomas, all of M'59.

May 1961 treat you all right!