Medical School

The annual Faculty-Student Slalom has come and gone with the faculty showing the way to the students on the slopes even as in the classroom and laboratories. The program included such items as a dinner and an evening at the Casino. Alumni returning for the event included: Sandy and John Davenport M'66 and Tina Clark M'66 from Montreal; Ken Falchuk M'63, Deane Mosher M'66, Dick Kaiser M'67, Jack Macdonald M'67 and family, Steve Rudy M'67, and Mike Swanson M'67 from Boston. Already the students are chanting, "Wait until next year!"

Intensive effort is being exerted by the entire faculty to improve the curriculum. Meetings are held regularly with each department presenting its program for constructive criticism by faculty members. Although finalization is still in the future, it is becoming increasingly obvious that the results will prove the many man-hours involved are definitely worthwhile.

In case you are interested in statistics, the ratio of completed applications to available openings in the 1968 fall entering class is running 16:1.

Incidental Intelligence Department — We look forward to receiving details from Dow Mills M'28 on his research into one historical aspect of D.M.S. (Any other investigators?) ... Congratulations to Bob Hoekelman M'48 on his appointments as Head of the Children's Outpatient Clinics at Strong Memorial and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Rochester. .. . The snapshot of the four progeny of Nancy and Dick Carleton M'53 was not listed with the Christmas report due to late postal delivery, but it was worth waiting for. ... More congratulations, this time to Bill DeCesare M'56 on his appointment as Chief of General Clinical Research Centers Branch of the National Institutes of Health.

The special greeting from the Al Roots M'56, involving a donation to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, is a grand idea. ... Tony Wolfe M'63 writes that he expects to return to the Brigham in Boston from Africa bringing his extensive African art collection. ... The Denny Niewoehners M'63, now in Ceylon, after stays in Pakistan and India, welcomed Elizabeth on December 26. ... Brad Rodgers M'64, now doing a surgical residency at Duke, plans to go to Washington soon for two years of research at the National Heart. Institute. ... Did you know that Bill Christensen M'65 was married to Carol Swanson of Lincoln, Mass., on December 22? ... The Dave Wells' M'65 added a daughter to the family roster on January 26, 1967 and we just learned of the blessed event.