Acting Medical Dean

S. Marsh Tenney '44, chairman of the Department of Physiology and architect of the refounding of the Dartmouth Medical School, has been named to serve as Acting Dean of the school until a permanent successor to Dr. Carleton B. Chapman is found.

Dr. Chapman last fall announced his plans to resign, effective in June, to become vice president of the Commonwealth Fund, a philanthropic foundation concerned primarily with medical education. However, following an appeal from the president of the organization, President Kemeny agreed to a modification of the plan to allow Dr. Chapman to take up his new duties in February. He will be officially on leave until June 15 so that he can return to Hanover to present the M.D. degrees at Commencement to the first students to complete the full medical school curriculum reinstated under his leadership.

Dr. Tenney has served the Medical School both as Dean and as Acting Dean since he joined the faculty in 1956 as Professor and Chairman of Physiology and Associate Dean for Planning and Research. He became Director of Medical Sciences, with special responsibilities for planning new directions and fund-raising, in 1957 and, in 1960, he succeeded Dean Rolf Syvertsen, who was killed in an automobile accident.

Although he resigned as Dean in 1962 to devote full time to teaching and research, he returned to the chief administrative duties of the Medical School on an acting basis for several months preceding Dr. Chapman's appointment.

A specialist in cardio-respiratory physiology, Dr. Tenney received his M.D. from Cornell after taking the first two years of his medical training at Dartmouth.

When he resigned as Dean in 1962, President Dickey described him as "a miracle worker who has now richly earned the right to pursue his distinguished career as a medical scientist in the school his efforts so largely created."