Medical School
On January 19 the newest unit in the Dartmouth Medical School complex, Strasenburgh Hall, was dedicated in exercises coinciding with the meeting of the Alumni Council. Occupancy was initiated when the students returned after Christmas vacation, and at last we have excellent living quarters for medical students. After all the years of housing our men in makeshift facilities, the warm lights of Strasenburgh have a special happy significance for the old-timers around the School.
The Christmas season is always a pleasant one here with the eggnog party for the students, the serenades by the student carolers assisted by student nurses, and especially the greetings we receive from alumni. We cannot acknowledge each one, but we will pass on bits of incidental intelligence which accompanied some of them.
Jack Smith M'27 still enjoys his work at the Naval Academy but plans a Hanover trip in June. "Big Harry" Crawford M'27 is back in Rochester after his sojourn in India. "Bernie" Cunningham M'34 is continuing his hold on Southern California. You will be happy to know that the four girls of Ann and Bob Hoekelman M'48 grow to look more like their mother as they approach womanhood. From nearby New York State Liz and Bill Ivins M'sl submit a picture of three potential Miss Americas to rival the Hoekelmans'. Still at Michigan, Marietta and Warren Thamarus M'52, with their three girls and a boy, are celebrating Warren's election to the American Academy of Pediatrics. Barbie and Ace Mueller M'52, with their four, have opened an office in Appleton, Wisconsin, for the practice of general and vascular surgery.
The seven Stan van den Noorts M'52 are now at Western Reserve in the Department of Neurology. Barb and Al Hathcock M'54 are kept busy by his final year in an Orthopaedic residency in St. Louis, plus the activities of a boy and a girl, prior to moving to Fort Smith, Arkansas, to begin private practice in July. Lee, Joyce, Sally and LeeDennis M'54 are completing surgical residence at Lackland Air Force Hospital in San Antonio, and report that the presence of Bob Young M'60 on the intern staff there makes possible occasional D.M.S. bull leagues. After two years in Paris, BobSpears M'55 has brought Ann and Bobby back to California where he is functioning as Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at U.S.C. Frank Weiser M'55 keeps busy doing private practice, researching as a John Hartford research associate, and teaching at New York Medical College.
Lynn and Bruce Pattee M'55 with their three boys have completed their tour of duty with the Navy and are now doing a final year in a cardiology residency before private practice. The Bill Kiegers M'57 of Columbus, Ohio, sent us a picture of their prides, one a little beauty and the other an obvious fullback. Jan and Fred Chang M'57, now in the third year of surgical residency in Salt Lake City, exactly doubled the honors candidates of their Kieger classmate. Ken Herrmann M'57, accompanied by Sally, John, and Alan, is now with the Public Health Service at Atlanta doing research in virology. Katie and Tom Hall M'58, now working in the Cleveland Clinic, recently took time out to welcome Sarah. Tom reports that he frequently sees Al HumphriesM'41 who heads the vascular surgery department there.
Eve and Nick Tschetter M'58 in Denver are trying to decide whether to go into practice or go into three years of pediatric neurology. Bill Gallagher M'58, of television fame, is doing dermatology at Annapolis when Maura and he can find time off from amusing little. Diane. Chubby Saginor M'59 plans to spend some time in the Navy beginning in July. Judy and Tom Aaberg M'59 are enjoying the first year of an Ophthalmology residency at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear. Kim and John Whiteley M'59 report that Stephen and Andrew seem to thrive in the California sun where John is serving as a Naval Medical Officer attached to the Marines. He reports Bob CharmanM'58 is also located there.
Frank Hoefle M'59 is working in Ophthalmology at New York University with TomKuhns M'57. Frank tells of occasionally meeting J. C. Parkes M'59, Dick Hastings M'59. Bill Yahr M'59, Bob Dimauro M'60, and Tom Magill M'60 usually, as he puts it, "on the New York free dinner circuit." Guess they haven't changed any! Mary Ann and Charlie Eytel M'60 now have young Billy to keep Cheryl company. Eric SailerM'51 in Montreal, and Joe Dorsey M'62, the latter now fortified by Pat, do not wish to be forgotten.
Admissions work for the 1963 fall class is progressing very well, and the Committee wants all who have conducted regional interviews in far places to know that their efforts are sincerely appreciated.
Floyd Parks M'53, now certified in both surgery and thoracic surgery, is practicing with his dad in Los Angeles.
Recent visitors in Hanover: Frank Hoefle M'59; Al Larimer M'62 from Duke; Dave Heisterkamp M'62 from Harvard; and Dave Gordin M'62 from Cornell.
