Medical School
Preliminary work on the May 30 meeting of the Nathan Smith Medical Society is progressing nicely. Plans for interesting scientific nd social programs are well underway in addition to the dedication of the Rolf C. Syvertsen Memorial Room. It promises to be an affair you cannot afford to miss!
On November 1 the fourth annual Ralph E. Miller Memorial Lecture was presented by Dr. Donald G. McKay, Delafield Professor of Pathology at Columbia University. A large number of faculty, students and friends joined Mrs. Miller in Kellogg Medical Auditorium for this tribute to Ralph.
The annual admissions problems are definitely in the forefront now, and you might be surprised by a few statistics which give some indication of how the School is progressing. With a month still to go before the deadline, we have received 1250 requests for application forms, 525 of which have already been returned completed. The Committee has interviewed 125 to date, and will continue at the rate of 12 to 15 weekly. With a maximum of 48 openings to fill, selection has developed into almost a full-time job. Don't let the numbers discourage you if you have a promising candidate — we are always looking for good prospects. So urge your hopefuls to submit their data as early as possible.
Report on the progress of construction: bricks have now reached the top of the Gilman Biomedical Science Building so that the workers will be under cover for the winter weather which has already made its initial appearance. The framework of the overhead bridge between the Kellogg Medical Auditorium and the Medical Science Building is up, and we will soon be able to go from the farthest corner of the hospital to the top of the Medical Science Building without exposure to the elements.
Jack Smith M'27 took a few days off from his duties at the Naval, Academy to get in a little Hanover golf and see the Holy Cross game. . . . Bob Byrnes M'30 visited us that same weekend. ... Frank Foster M'32, up from Boston, left his greetings in the lobby on the 19th. . . . The John Crowes M'55, who have almost completed the surgical residency bit at the Peter Bent Brigham, had their first tour of the present facilities and were properly amazed. . . . Jim Hall M'56, after four years of medical residency with an accent on Microbiology and Immunology at Minnesota, took his wife and four youngsters to Redwood City, Calif., where he is practicing and doing some teaching at Stanford.
The Ken Herrmanns M'57 came all the way from Atlanta to experience once more the excitement of Dartmouth Night... . NeilRaskin M'57, now Chief Resident in Neurology at Presbyterian in New York, was featured recently in an issue of the publication Stethoscope. . . . Bob Jeffery M'58 spent a few hours in town but we missed him. . . .
Sunshine Levis M'59 is now working at the University of Wisconsin.
The Brown game attracted several of the younger alumni including the Eric Sailers M'61 from Montreal, the Shelly LippesM'6l from Providence and Bruce Feldman M'63 from Boston.... Bob Prouty M'62 reports the well-being of himself, wife, and two boys as they make ready to leave Harvard in June.
See you May 30.
