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The doctors take the forefront this month, particularly the pediatricians. Benny Jones was kind enough to send along the news of Dr. Ed Mortimer's appointment to chairman of the pediatrics _ department of the University of New Mexico's School of Medicine in Albuquerque. Ed has been at Metropolitan General Hospital in Cleveland since '52 and during that time has served on the faculty of Western Reserve School of Medicine. Together with F. Robins, Nobel Prize winner and pediatrics department chairman, Ed helped develop Metro General's pediatric service into one of the nation's most outstanding. Ed's wife, Joan, will be equally missed in Cleveland where she had been very influencial in the school system.
The Newark Evening News recently carried a long article and good photo of FrankBehrle, another of our distinguished pediatricians. Frank, who is professor and chairman of pediatrics department at the Jersey City Medical Center, has instituted a plan for upperclassmen to pursue their studies at the city hospital where they will help, work out, and study the patient population under the guidance of the hospital's interns and residents under the direct supervision of Frank and his cohort, Dr. Kushnik. Frank is also attracting a number of practicing pediatricians in the community to part-time faculty posts to fill out his program of making his courses as practical as possible. Frank, Margaret, and their five youngsters live in Upper Montclair.
The Frank Ebaughs purchased a 15-room Georgian colonial in Newton that was the governor's palace when Gov. Foster Furcolo was in office. The Boston Herald ran a full page, well illustrated piece on their home and the great job that the new dean of Boston University's School of Medicine and his wife, Penny, have done. Their oldest child, Sandra, now 19, is a student nurse in Dad's old stamping ground, Mary Hitchcock Hospital.
Remember last month I mentioned a picture of John Mulliken in Time's "Letter from the Publishers"? There he was again last week, in combat attire having his wound dressed. On Washington's Birthday he was hit by a sniper's bullet while on a search and destroy mission with the U.S. 25th Division. The bullet drilled a clean hole through the heel missing the bone. He calmly wired Barbara "If you wanted to shoot yourself this is the spot you would choose to do the least damage." His colleagues in the Washington Bureau plan to add to his citations the Order of Achilles!
Cy Thompson seems to love his life and work in Munich, Germany, where he is general manager of the Surn Ronk Xerox Company.
When I was writing about our medical friends a bit ago, I failed to mention that Dr. Gene Zins has been promoted to attending physician in the department of medicine at St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, N. J. He will head up a new teaching service in internal medicine. Gene is a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine.
I believe I've mentioned that Bob Tampa received his Ph.D. from Rutgers. TomStreeter has been elected as a general partner of G. C. Haas and Company, investment brokers, in New York City. Wayne Eves was a delegate from Dartmouth College at the induction of L. E. Traywick as president of Union of Omaha.
We're sending another of our good men abroad. Spaulding Fibre Company of Tonawanda just named Rod Morgan as the new managing director of their wholly owned subsidiaries in England and France. He's making his home in Kent, just south of London.
The NCAA in celebration of its 50th anniversary decided to honor fifty distinguished members of the executive and legislative branches of the federal government, all varsity sports lettermen in their college days. Bobby and Ted Kennedy made the list along with Clark McGregor, swimmer from Dartmouth. Bob Colwell sent me an editorial from the February 17 Herald Tribune concerned with the plight of the G.O.P. There is still some hope, they feel, with some of the exceptional young talent in the ranks and refer to Clark McGregor who they expect to run for and become governor of Minnesota.
I suppose you've read that one of the new dormitories has been named for Bull Hinman's dad, John H. Hinman '08.
Some more about pediatricians: Dr. RussBurdge has been named as consultant on medical services for the Nassau County Welfare Department. Russ is chief of pediatrics at Syosset Hospital and on every medical society and board in Long Island.
Senator Stan Zarod of the Mass. Legislature keeps his name and picture in the news and maintains a record of proposals and voting that seems to placate all segments of the voting population. His local political pal, Moiste Basbas, new mayor of Newton, continues to dominate the news.
My wife was East last week and breakfasted with John Eaton whose latest extracurricular activity is publishing a family quarterly newspaper. It's really great. There are about 100 in the clan and an amazing majority do "up-camp" things.
During the past week Boog McLoud and I amused ourselves during the lunch hour by visiting the campus of the University of California at Berkeley and seeing the progressive cult manufacturers manning their card tables. Now I'm shocked to see that the good professor John Brown is out there - but what a truly great place to live it is. Specially now since the "topless" craze just a spin across the Bay Bridge has reached its marvelous competitive position.
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