fl]ti:Uelin 0/ lite Jtlummi �(H)C{a{ion, ,·S C 1-1'0 0 L . OF MEDICINEU N V E R S T YVolume 1 o F C H C AGODECEMBER 1944 Number 1Alumni Association ReorganizedBy H. P. Jenkins, SecretaryThe Alumni Association of the University of Chicago School of Medicine is nowbeing formally organized with a new constitution and by-laws. The Association wasoriginally started in 1934 and now, on its tenth anniversary, is expanding into an organization which will have a potential membership of over a thousand. The purposeof the Association is to further scientific and cultural relations among its members,provide a forum for the presentation anddiscussion of timely subjects in medicalscience, and promote advancement inmedical education. In addition, the Association will sponsor a Bulletin to aid inthe above program and furnish a channelof communication between the University of Chicago and those who have hadtheir medical training as a student inthe School of Medicine or as intern orresident in the Hospitals.Resident Staff EligibleActive Membership in the Associationis available not only to graduates of theSchool of Medicine but also to those whohave (or have had) an appointment onthe resident staff of the hospitals or thefaculty of the Schoo) (including assistantships). Junior Memberships are availableto the Senior and Junior students in theSchool. Honorary Memberships are provided for those of the faculty who maywish to be on a nonactive status.The dues for this Association are adollar a year from each member. Forthose who wish to maintain their membership in the general University ofChicago Alumni Association, the annualdues are $3.00, of which $2.00 goes to thegeneral association for the University ofChicago Magazine and $1.00 to the medical division. Special attention is drawnto the Life-Memberships in the MedicalAlumni Association, which are now available for $20.00. The proceeds from theLife-Memberships are restricted by theby-laws to an expenditure of not morethan a dollar a year for each membership. In view of the problem of collecting�dollar-a-year dues, it is hoped that asany members as possible will availemselves of this opportunity to putthe Association on a permanently secureeconomic basis.Deferment for Armed ForcesFor members in the armed servicesoutside the continental limits of the Unit- "VOLUME 1, NUMBER 1"The revival of our alumni organization represents the beginning of a program of potentially great advances. ThisBulletin should have a definite partin the development of that program. Itsprime function, as we see it, is tostrengthen and perpetuate those bondsprofessional, scientific, and socialwhich the student establishes during hisperiod of training and which are of suchgreat mutual value to our school and itsgrowing body of alumni.In this, the first issue of the Bulletin, we have attempted to indicate, ina preliminary way, how we propose tofulfil that function. It may be desirablelater to expand the Bulletin, especially in the scientific field. We will welcomesuggestions as to how we can furtherserve the purposes of your Alumni Association.Remember, however, that the degreeto which we can carry out our plans willbe determined entirely by the extent ofyour response. A substantial portion ofyour dues will be used to print theBulletin, which we intend to publishquarterly. We must have your interestand support if the Bulletin is to continue. May we then direct your attention to the enclosed application for membership and request that you return itwith your dues without delay.THE STAFFed States the dues for the Medical Alumni Association are deferred. This has beenmade possible by a gift from an anonymous donor. The general alumni association dues for members in the armed services anywhere are $1.00 instead of theusual $2.00.The last meeting of the Association(Continued on page 6) CHANGES INADMINISTRATIONBy Walter L. PalmerSeveral changes in University administration important to the medicalschool have occurred in the last fewmonths. Vice-President Emery T. Filbeyretired on June 30, 1944, but fortunatelyis to remain in the office of the presidentto serve as adviser on war contracts.Mr. Filbey has been universally likedand admired for his many fine qualitiesnot the least of which are his friendlysmile and his balanced judgment. As hissuccessor, the Board of Trustees of theUniversity has announced the appointment of Ernest C. Culwell, Dean of theDivinity School, the Federated Theological Faculties, the University Faculty, andnow Vice-President. Mr. Colwell hasalready displayed an active interest inmedical affairs.In September, 1<)43, Dean William H.Taliaferro, because of the pressure of hisresearch activities, was forced to withdraw from his duties as dean of theDivision of the Biological Sciences. Associate Dean R. Wendell Harrison wasthen appointed acting dean. The demandsof Dr. Taliaferro's research continued toincrease, and hence in August, 1944, hefound it necessary to retire completelyfrom the ,dean's office, although he wasprevailed upon by the president to continue to serve in an advisory capacity.Dr. Taliaferro will also continue to serveas chairman of the Department of Bacteriology and Parasitology. On August24, 1944, the faculty of the Divisionvoted unanimously to request the appointment to the deanship of ActingDean Harrison. This recommendation received hearty approval in the president'soffice and was acted upon favorably bythe Board of Trustees on October I.Dr. Harrison received his doctorate inbacteriology at the University of Chicagoin 1930 and came to the faculty of theUniversity in July, 1937, from Washington University. Appointed associate deanof the Division by Dr. Taliaferro in July,1941, Dr. Harrison soon became a verypopular administrator.Dr. Arthur C. Bachmeyer and Dr.Thomas Park will continue as associatedeans in the Division.(Continued on page 8)2 MEDICAL ALUMNI BULLETINA Message fromPresident JohnsonTo the Alumni of the University of Chicago School of Medicine:In the "community of scholars" whichconstitutes the true university accordingto one definition,I would includestudents andgraduates. Without students, thefaculty scholarswould becomeprematurely senile scientifically,and without loyalgraduates the effectiveness of auniversity or amedical school islimited. TheSchool of Medicine of the University of Chicago-oneof the youngest in the country-has comeof age, with alumni engaged in importantwork in many areas of the country andmany theaters of combat.Strengthening the alumni organization with closely knit ties will give strongimpetus to the medical school's advancesto new frontiers in medical education andresearch. In their contacts after graduation, alumni of Chicago are struck withthe excellence of their former trainingmore forcibly than during student days.They are responding handsomely to thechallenge of a strong alumni organization.Thus the University of Chicago School ofMedicine will not be merely a group ofbuildings or a community of scholars onthe Midway but a lifelong force in aloyal fraternity of graduates throughoutthe medical and scientific world. Thealumni association enlists your vigoroussupport and, in return, perpetuates youas a living part of your alma mater.VICTOR JOHNSONJOHNSONSophomores OrganizedBy Delbert M. Bergenstai, '46-'47The present Sophomore class is probably the first and last medical class tostart as a nearly complete military class.At present the class has 63 members, ofwhom 6 are civilians. Of these 6 civilians,4 are women.The class was organized with the election of class officers. Dr. Robert Shulerwas elected president; Robert Frazier,vice-president; O. Linton, secretary; andDon Rowley, treasurer.An organized social program wasstarted with a picnic at Tremont on LakeMichigan. Plans are also being formulated for presenting a series of speakerson varied subjects at evening meetings.We have reports of 10 marriages and42 births but cannot print them for lackof space. Sorry. SERVICE AWARDSREGAN JULIANLieut. Horace M. Gezon,' 40, U.S.N.R.,was recently awarded the Legion of Merit.for his work during the typhus epidemicin Naples ..... Lieut. James F. Regan,'34, commanding a navy medical detachment serving with a marine raider battalion, was recently presented with theArmy Silver Star for gallantry in actionon New Georgia, Solomon Islands, duringthe operations against the enemy there inJuly, 1943. Lieut. Regan is at present onleave in California ..... Capt. SheldonC. Sommers, formerly of Indianapolis,has been awarded the Silver Star forheroism in action in Italy. Capt. Sommersinterned at Billings Hospital and enteredthe service in July, 1942 ..... Capt.Clarence V. Hodges, '41, has received theSoldier's Medal for rescuing men from aburning plane ..... The Soldier's Medalwas recently awarded to Capt. OrmondC. Julian, '37, for participating in a "difficult and hazardous trek into the jungle torescue a survivor of a plane crash." ....Lieut. Francis Bruce Monroe, '40, formerly of Iron River, Michigan, was recentlyawarded the Bronze Star Medal formeritorious service as medical officer of aGIFT ANNOUNCEDBY CLASS OF '44By J. Alfred Rider, Secretary, Class of '44The Class of 1944 announces a gift of$200 to the Alumni Association of theUniversity of Chicago School of Medicine. This money is to be put aside as thebeginning of a Trust Fund, the interestfrom which is to be used to help carry onthe various alumni functions. It is hopedthat there will be other donations to thisfund from succeeding classes.The following resolution was adoptedrecently by the Executive Committee:"On behalf of the Medical AlumniAssociation we sincerely thank the Classof 1944 for their generous gift toward thesupport of the alumni program, in thelaunching of which they played no smallpart. We also heartily concur in theirsuggestion that this gift may set a precedent which will eventually result in a firmfinancial basis for the activities of theAssociation." boat base during offensive operations inthe Rendova-New Georgia Area ...•.The Navy and Marine Corps Medal hasbeen awarded to Lieut. William B. Neal,'41, "for distinguishing himself by heroism while attached to the U.S.S. Lansdale during and following an attack byenemy aircraft off the coast of Algeria.".... Lieut. Agnes Cooling was awardedthe Oak Leaf Cluster for her service asflight nurse.Seniors Plan Year BookBy Stanley H. Moulton, '45The class of 1945, University of Chicago School of Medicine, began its Senioryear in the fall quarter of 1944. Early inthe Junior year the members of the classmet to elect officers and make plans for aclass organization. At that time the following men were elected to office: RayRobertson, president; Lou Thomas, vicepresident; Dexter Nelson, treasurer; andPeter Moulder, secretary. These menserved until October 15, 1944, when theclass held its second election. The officersof the Senior class elected at that timeare: Peter Moulder, president; ChaunceyMaher, vice-president; Warren Wilhelm,treasurer; and Ralph Carlson, secretary.Following the election the class formulated plans for a yearbook to be publishedupon graduation. By unanimous vote theclass elected Dexter Nelson editor-inchief and Lou Thomas business manager.Bachmeyer To Make SurveyDr. A. C. Bachmeyer, director of the University of Chicago Clinics, was appointed tcconduct a two-year survey of America's hospital system at the initial meeting of theCommission on Hospital Care in PhiladelphiaAugust I. The Commission was organized orthe request of members of the American Hospital Association for an independent, unbiased study to serve as a basis for plans fo:future hospital facilities and the extension 0those already in service.BULLETINof the Alumni AssociationThe University of ChicagoSCHOOL OF MEDICINEDECEMBER 1944VOL. 1 No.F. B. GORDO", EditorHUBERTA LIVINGSTONE, Associate EditorALLAN T. KENYON, Associate Editor(Scientific Section)H. P. JENKINS, Business ManagerSTANLEY H. MOULTON, Reporter for Senior ClassBRUCE HEmzE .. , Reporter for Junior ClassDELBERT M. BERGENSTAL, Reporter forSophomore ClassMELvm M. NEWMAN, PhotographerPrice of yearly subscription for nonmembers, $1.00;price of single copies, 25 cents.MEDICAL ALUMNI BULLETIN 3Harrison Answers BasicQuestions concerning SchoolBy R. Wendell Harrison, Dean, Division of Biological SciencesWhy is our medical school organized within the Division ofthe Biological Sciences? Why do we not have a separate and independent organization forthe School of Medicine?Why is there not a separatedean of the medical school?Questions such as these areraised frequently, sometimesby our own graduates, andsome of the questions express doubt that the University can continue to operatea really effective, fully cohesive medical school without organizing it independently, outside the Divisionof the Biological Sciencesand under the direction of aseparate dean. It seems appropriate that the first issueof the Medical A lumni Bulletin should contain a statement about the character ofHARRISON our organization and the reasons for it.Before the University offered training for the clinical yearson the South Side campus, and during the time that our students went to the Rush campus for the last two years of medicalschool, all the departments giving training in the preclinicalsciences were organized in the Ogden Graduate School ofScience. These departments offered graduate degrees as well astraining for students specializing in medicine. This doubleassignment-made, of course, to foster research and researchtraining-provided greater opportunity for medical, as well asnonmedical, students to become trained in the use of the toolsand methods by which medical science is advanced. The advantages of the arrangement are generally recognized and donot need to be set forth here.South Side School PlannedAfter the close of the first World War the University sawthe opportunity to develop the later years of medical trainingon the South Side campus and began to make its plans. Thesewere not based on a supposed need for another medical schoolin the country but, rather, were rooted in the desire of the University to take advantage of any opportunity it might have toadvance research in the clinical phases of medicine-the chanceto do with staff and students of the clinical departments whatit was already doing with staff and students in the preclinicaldepartments. To do what the University wished would requirenot only the proper facilities with which to provide training indiagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease; it would alsorequire full opportunity and stimulus for research in any andall fields of medicine.Full-time Staff EssentialAn essential part of the plans was a full-time staff. Relieved of the necessity of carrying on private practice to makea living, the members of the clinical staff were given the samestatus as the members of the basic science departments and wereprovided with time and facilities for original investigation. Thismove was not without importance for the students as well asfor the faculty. It has an effect on the point of view of the professor, and it provides greater opportunity for the student toparticipate in investigative work. The creation of a full-timestaff was not enough, however. Medicine and Surgery, Pedi-(Continued on page 4) Problems and PoliciesDiscussed by Dean MullinBy F. J. Mullin, Assistant Dean of StudentsFor the last two years our student body has been very largelycomposed of members of the armed services here on assignmentby the government to meetthe need for more medicalofficers. Because of the acceleration in the programand the continuous attendance of students each quar-ter of the year, we have alsoturned out trained men at agreater rate than usual,granting within the past yearover a hundred M.D. degrees. Despite the fact thatmany of our staffs have beengreatly reduced in numbersbecause of contributions tothe country's war effort,there has been but little curtailment in the teaching, research, and training servicesoffered to our students. Thecurriculum has been changed 'II'very little, although there is MULLINmore emphasis on problemsrelating to war medicine and also some added public health instruction in the Sophomore year and additional opportunitiesfor studying first aid, aviation medicine, and war medicine inseminars and elective courses.Shift toward Civilian ClassesThe makeup of our present Freshman class (38 civilian,27 military) represents a shift toward a greater number ofcivilian students. Although we have been assured that theArmy will send 28 per cent and the Navy 25 per cent of our nextentering class in March, there is considerable likelihood that theArmy may exhaust its supply of premedical students after the1945 class, and we may then have a further return to a classmade up largely of civilians. At present the plan of the Schoolof Medicine is to continue the accelerated program for severalmore classes. Because of the acceleration of premedical training,the Freshman class has more younger students than in previousyears. It is probable that pre-war admission requirements willsoon be re-established for civilians by all medical schools.Six of our Freshmen are receiving financial help from thegovernment under the so-called "G.!. Bill of Rights," and it isanticipated that there will be a large group of veterans seekingmedical education after the war. At present the School ofMedicine has not set up short refresher courses for returningmedical officers, as has been done at some other schools. Thisis due in part to our lack of sufficient clinical facilities to handleadequately a large number of such students and to the factthat the University does not wish to dilute its educational effort.Personal Relationship To Be EmphasizedIt will be the policy of the office of Dean of Students toplace great emphasis in the future on personal relationshipswith students, and to this end a threefold program is beingundertaken. First, the Freshmen will have a number of extracurricular meetings in an orientation program which will attempt to point out the significance of medical education insociety, the relationship of premedical and preclinical trainingto clinical study and practice, and the value of medical scienceand research and to explain the program at the University ofChicago to the new student. Second, the students will beasked to co-operate in a program of tests and other diagnostic(Continued on page 4)4 MEDICAL ALUMNI BULLETIN�tlboutne •. �o!,nton1905·1944On the sunny afternoon of August 19,1944, a B-17 Army bomber, equipped toserve as the "flying laboratory" forWright Field, was climbing higher andhigher into the rarefied atmosphere abovethe Clinton County Army Air Field nearDayton, Ohio. At 42,000 feet ColonelMelbourne W. Boynton dropped throughthe bomb-bay in an experimental parachute jump which was to record the physical and physiological characteristics ofa free fall of 35,000 feet. His body struckthe ground 2 minutes and 35 secondslater. Had he achieved the objects of hisexperiment, he would have been the firstindividual to make a very long-delayedparachute opening from this high altitude. Thus ended a promising career anda life filled with the excitement that belongs to that small group of people whoare continually expanding our frontiersof knowledge.Colonel Boynton was born in Chicago,where he attended the public schools andthe University of Chicago, majoring inEnglish. After a period of teaching- atthe University of Rangoon, he returnedto the University of Chicago, where hegraduated in medicine at Rush in 1935.After an internship and residency at theChicago Lying-in Hospital, he was appointed an instructor in the Department BOYNTONof Obstetrics and Gynecology in 1940.He was called into active military service on April 1, 1941. .Following a period of service at theWilliam Beaumont Hospital in El Paso,Texas, he received a transfer to the ArmyAir Corps and was later appointed headof the Medical Division of the Office ofFlying Safety in the Army Air Forces.In the course of his investigations hespent six days on a raft at sea with another officer and three enlisted men. Hewent without food or water for ninety- HOPPS ACCEPTS POSITIONAT OKLAHOMADr. Howard C. Hopps resigned his position as assistant professor in the Department of Pathology, University of Chicago,on September 1, 1944, and now is Chairman of the Department of Pathology atthe University of Oklahoma.six hours to complete pertinent physiologic studies. He and his associatesstudied all the phases of parachute jumpsover water in order to increase the safetyof fliers who have to bailout at sea.These accomplishments led to his promotion to lieutenant colonel as well as to anaward of the Legion of Merit.Colonel Boynton is the first memberof the School of Medicine faculty of theUniversity of Chicago to lose his life inthis war. He lived and died by the creedof the true scientist and soldier. Hisfellow-alumni, his colleagues on the faculty, and his many friends pay homage tohis courage, daring, and achievements.M. EDWARD DAVIS, M.D.The Distinguished Flying Cross andthe Legion of Merit, awarded to ColonelBoynton, have been presented to hiswidow, Mrs. Mary Boynton in her homein Chicago.Dean Harrison Answers Questions-(Continuedjrom page 3)atrics and Obstetrics or Gynecology, have as much right to, andas much need for, the privileges and opportunities of a graduatedepartment as do Physiology and Zoology, Biochemistry andPathology or Bacteriology. To include basic sciences in themedical school without otherwise altering their status in thegraduate school had given them new opportunity without losingfor them any of their former advantages. To give the clinicaldepartments equivalent status in the graduate school withoutin any way altering their responsibility for the welfare of patients and the training of students, interns, and residents provided them also with new opportunity and at the same timepaved the way for a better common understanding of the mutualinterests of all the departments.These plans had been adopted before the University was reorganized on the divisional basis. In 1930, when the divisions wereestablished, the medical school departments were included in theDivision of the Biological Sciences. Otherwise there would havebeen either segregation or duplication of departments, whichwould have weakened both the medical school and the divisionand would have de-emphasized our intention to build uponthe broad biological base of medicine. On the other hand, thereare many advantages from the union of ideas and effort, someof them indicated above, and they are apparent to all whohave been a part of the institution. Future developments ingraduate medical education, which are certain to come, willdemonstrate still further the value of our type of organizationfor the job we will have to do.Question of Separate AdministrationIt has been suggested that, although we should keep thebiological base and retain divisional affiliation, we could perhaps do a better job if we had a distinct administrative organization for the medical school. Such an arrangement might Problems and Policies Discussed-(Continuedjrom pag!! 3)procedures which, it is hoped, will give the Dean of Studentsmore knowledge about each student and, with the aid ofadditional information supplied by the instructors, enable theDean better to counsel and help the student. Third, a facultyinternship committee will help to place our graduates in thetype of hospital which will assure the continuing education ofthe high caliber of student which our school turns out andwhich will be commensurate with the quality of teaching andtraining which has been started. It is hoped that this threefoldprogram will make it possible to fit the educational facilitiesof the School of Medicine to the needs and desires of each individual student and to give him maximum benefit and help.The Dean of Students Office welcomes any suggestions byour alumni and friends and will be glad to co-operate in anyprogram for the betterment of the student and the medicaleducation offered at the University of Chicago.be useful in representing the medical school outside the University, for it would be in accordance with traditional practiceand would, therefore, not require explanation. Internally, itwould give to the School of Medicine little if anything of valuethat it does not already possess. It would, on the contrary,lead either to duplication of administrative effort or to confusion or both. It is simpler and in the long run better, unless wewish to cease emphasizing both biology and medicine, to havethe School of Medicine and the Division of the BiologicalSciences served by the same administrative officers. In any case,the accomplishments of the medical school will continue todepend upon the competence and vision of its staff, technically,administratively, clinically, and academically. Its internal organization is important only in so far as it helps us to reachthe goals we seek.MEDICAL ALUMNI BULLETIN 519 Apply for LifeMembershipSCIENTIFIC SECTIONThe Association is pleased to announcethe following list of applicants for LifeMembership:DR. EVERETT I. EVANS, '37, assoc. prof.surgery, Medical College of Virginia,Richmond, Va.DR. JAY P. BARTLETT, '43, assistant resident,Surgery, U. of C., member of Council ofAssociationDR. LUI£ T. BARBOSA, resident in pediatrics,U. of C., from Univ. of Brazil, R. SaoClemente 397, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilDR. MARGUERITE SCHWYZER, intern, U. ofC., graduate of Vassar '32 and Yale,School of Medicine '43DR. EDWARD L. COMPERE, formerly on faculty U. of C., now assoc. prof. surgeryNorthwestern, on staff, Wesley Memorialand Children's Memorial hospitalsDR. BERNARD G. SARNAT, '37, vice-pres.Association (1940-44), staff of BarnesHosp., Washington Univ., 400 Metropolitan Bldg., St. Louis, Mo.DR. WILLIAM O. WEBSTER, '43, recently intern at University Hosp., Ann Arbor,now rst Lieut., M.C., Ionia, Mich.DR. WILLIAM J. NOONAN, '3S, formerly instructor surg., U. of C., recently onfaculty U. of Minn. (on leave), nowIt. col., chief of urology, Glennan Gen.Hosp., Okmulgee, Okla.DR. ARTHUR C. BACRMEYER, Director of U.of C. Clinics and Assoc. Dean, Divisionof BioI. SciencesDR. SAMUEL W. BECKER, clin. prof. of dermatology, U. of C., SS E. Washington St.,ChicagoDR. FRANK P. WALSH, formerly assist. resident in orthopedics, now on staff of HarperHosp., 474 Fisher Bldg., Detroit 2, Mich.DR. LESLIE W. FREEMAN, '43> resident inneurosurgery, Chicago Memorial Hosp.,ChicagoDR. JOHN FAHEY, formerly assistant residentin orthopedics, now instructor in orth.surg., U. of Illinois, staff of St. FrancisHosp., EvanstonDR. JOHN VAN PROHASKA, '34, assist. prof.surg., U. of Illinois, chief surgeon, Chicago Memorial Hosp., President of Association (1937-38 and 1941-44)DR. KARL P. KLASSEN, '36, assist. prof. ofsurgical research, Ohio State, staff ofStarling-Loving University Hosp., Columbus, OhioDR. DAVID J. TSCHETTER, '36, formerly indiv. of X-ray, U. of C., now director,Radiology, Aultman Hosp., Canton, OhioDR. VERNON DE YOUNG, '32, formerly ofdept. pediatrics, U. of C., now on staff ofWoodlawn Hosp. and Roseland Community Hosp.DR. ALVIN J. CARLSON, '38, surg. staff ofMiami Valley and Good Samaritan Hospitals, Dayton, Ohio.DR. FRANK M. PETKEVlCH, '37, in privatepractice, Red Lake Falls, Minn.It is the purpose of this section tofoster a continuing interchange of scientific experience between those of us hereand those elsewhere. We will call tomind, and when possible comment on..asmall fraction of the work of faculty,students, and alumni. Until conditionspermit the publication or republicationof papers in this Bulletin, we will occasionally send reprints that seem of generalinterest or of especial importance tomembers of the Association. A paper ofDr. P. R. Cannon and his colleagues willbe included in an early issue. Your comments on all phases touched upon here aresolicited and may, it must be remembered, save classmates from untold irritation and from the agonies of boredom. is, of course, devoted, but a treatise, aswell, on the physiology and pathology ofthe gastrointestinal tract as seen by aroentgenologist conversant with the diverse appearances of things to other menwith other methods. Its appeal is thusmuch broader than the title indicates.The beautiful illustrations, mostlyfrom the University film files, but including several of pathological specimens,serve to make the findings of roentgenology tangible to those of us who willprobably always belong more or less tothe ignorami in this regard. A certaindisadvantage lies perhaps in showing ushow much can be seen, of the craters ofpeptic ulcers, for example, so that wecontinue to add to the despair of theroentgenologist who, doing more andmore of our diagnostic work, finds muchof it dull.Templeton: X-Ray Examination of the StomachBy Allan T. KenyonDr. Frederic Templeton, formerly ofour Division of Roentgenology, and nowof the Cleveland Clinic, has discussed hisexperience with the esophagus, stomach,and duodenum in X-Ray Examination ofthe Stomach, published by the Universityof Chicago Press in August. Dr. Templeton's work is in an old University tradition of interest in the gastrointestinaltract that had its inception in the physiological studies of A. J. Carlson andthe histological work of R. R. Bensley.Carlson's students-Luckhardt, Ivy, andDragstedt-have devoted much of theirlives to further elucidation of the functions of this system. With the development of the clinics, Dr. Walter Palmerunited the physiological interests of hisold teachers on the campus with theclinical skills that were a heritage fromthe Rush professors, notably Sippy.Through his efforts an extensive andwell-examined clinical material was acquired, and Dr. Rudolph Schindler wasbrought to the University to introducegastroscopy. Dr. Templeton, after training here with Dr. Paul Hodges, studiedwith Forssell and Berg in Europe andreturned to introduce their methods offilming mucosal detail with the aid of amachine designed by Dr. Hodges. Withsustained enthusiasm and reverence forminutiae, Dr. Templeton took full advantage of the sympathy and experienceof his colleagues and steadily sought therelations of his findings to those of hisassociates in physiology, medicine, surgery, and pathology. In his writing henever loses sight of these debts to others,both active collaborators and those in thebackground who built the tradition inwhich he worked. His book accordinglyis not only a satisfying technical accountof the fascinating shadows, to which he Committee on Internships AppointedA faculty Committee on Internshipshas been appointed for the purpose ofassisting our students in obtaining internships and residencies. The membersare: Dr. A. C. Bachmeyer, chairman,Dr. F. J. Mullin, secretary, and Drs.Emmet B. Bay, H. P. Jenkins, F. H�wellWright, and J. Robert Willson.The facilities of the Medical AlumniAssociation will be at the disposal of thiscommittee, and Dr. Bay has consentedto act as the intermediary to effect cooperation between the Association andtire faculty committee. It is expected thatmembers of the Association on the staffsof hospitals in various parts of the country will be called upon to assist in securing appointments for our students to thebest advantage of both the student andthe hospital.200 Applications forMembership ReceivedWe are pleased to report 181 applications received along with dues forone year, which makes a total of 200memberships thus far. It is regretted thatspace does not permit the listing of allwho have contributed their good will anddollars to make possible this first issue ofthe Bulletin. There were 65 applicationsfrom the faculty, of which a half werefrom graduates or former members of theresident staff. There were 30 applicationsfrom the resident staff, and 105 applications from the graduates of the School ofMedicine, of which half were from theclass of 1944. NEWS ITEMSMiss Bogardus is now in charge of thenursing service in the Home for DestituteCrippled Children.Capt. Donald Cassels has been picturedrecently in the Daily News teaching first aidto French children.6 MEDICAL ALUMNI BULLETINSenior Banquetat WindermereBy Henry T. RickettsAbout the beginning of the war, therehad arisen a growing feeling among thefaculty that relations between the students and alumni, on the one hand, andthe faculty, on the other, should bestrengthened. The Alumni Association,which in, years past had served well butonly once a year in this capacity, hadbeen inactive for some time. Members ofthe Department of Medicine, therefore,took it upon themselves to organize a dinner, complete with toastmaster andspeeches, and financed by the faculty,for the graduating class. It was apparentfrom the enthusiastic response of all concerned that this occasion met a definiteneed in the life of the school. Similardinners have been given for all subsequent graduating classes and are nowsponsored by the administration of themedical school.the most recent of these was held inthe Windermere East Hotel, August 3 I,1944, with Dr. Lester R. Dragstedt presiding. One of the high spots was thepresentation of the yearbook by AndrewCanzonetti, '44. Other addresses weremade by David Hellyer, president of theclass; Dr. Victor Johnson, for the alumni;and Dr. R. W. Harrison, Dean of theDivision of the Biological Sciences, for thefaculty. Brigadier General P. J. Carroll,A.U.S., spoke on medical service in theSouthwest Pacific theater of war. One ofour alumni, Captain Ormand C. Julian,of the Army Air Force, who had been stationed in India and decorated, gave anamusing and, considering the limitationsof security, informative account of hisexperiences.The note of refined hilarity, uponwhich the evening began, became severalnotes higher before the evening wasended, but this did nothing to mar thespirit of good fellowship which markedthis and previous dinners and which,partly as a result of such functions, is becoming more evident in the School fromyear to year. The arrangement of dinnerand program was particularly well doneby Dr. Walter L. Palmer and his committee, which included Dr. WrightAdams, Dr. Earl A. Evans, and others.TREASURER'S REPORTJohn Van Prohaska, treasurer of theMedical Alumni Association, submits thefollowing report as of January 1, 1945:19 Life-Memberships @ $20.00 ..... $380.00181 regular Memberships @ $1.00 .. 181.00Gift to Association (anonymous). . .. 100.00Gift to Trust Fund from Class of '44. 200.00Total assets $861 .00Only $300 of this is currently expendable. Alumni Reorganization-(Continued from page I)was held August 31 immediately following the graduation banquet. Dr. JohnVan Prohaska, president, 1941-44, presided. The main business of the meetingwas the election of officers. Dr. OrmandJulian, former president of the Association (1940-41) and recently returnedfrom duty in India, presented the following recommendations of the nominatingcommittee, of which he was chairman:for president: Dr: Victor Johnson; forexecutive vice-president: Dr. Alfred Rider; for treasurer: Dr. John Van Prohaska;for secretary: Dr. Hilger Perry Jenkins;for members of the Council: Drs. GailM. Dack, Leon Jacobson, and Jay Bartlett. These recommendations were unanimously accepted by the members present, and the nominations were closedwithout additional ones which were calledfor from the floor. Dr. Victor Johnsonwas escorted to the presiding chair andinstalled as president of the Association.The Council of the Association is tobe composed of elected, appointed, andex officio members. For appointed members the president has selected Dr.Henry T. Ricketts and Dr. RobertBigelow. The ex officio members are theeditor of the Bulletin, and former presidents of the Association: Dr. NormandL. Hoerr, Captain William Brooks Steen,Major Samuel Banks, Dr. John VanProhaska, Captain Carter Goodpasture,Lieutenant Colonel Alfred T. Haerem,and Captain Ormand C. Julian.Executive CommitteeThe executive committee of the Association is composed of the officers of theAssociation and the members of theCouncil (elected, appointed and ex officio). At the first meeting of this committee, held October 21, the plans for thecoming year were discussed and formulated, and the organization of the Senateof the Association was carried out by theselection and appointment of delegates.In addition to the officers and the members of the Council, the Senate is composed of delegates from the graduatedclasses, from the resident staff, from thefaculty, and from the student body(presidents of the Senior and Juniorclasses and the editor or business manager of the yearbook). The Chairmen ofcommittees of the Association and associate editors of the Bulletin are also members of the Senate.The following appointments have beenmade to the Senate:For the graduate classes:John F. Kenward (1944)William Hand (1943)Matthew Block (1942-43)Katherine Rite (1942)Harry P. Maxwell (1940-41)Helen Heinen (1939-40)William W. Scott (1938-39)Carl Davis, Jr. (1937-38)Clayton Loosli (1936-37)Vida Wentz (1935) JUNIORS LOOKINGTOWARD INTERNSHIPSBy Bruce Heinzen, '46The present class of Junior extemsis busy becoming clinicians. Althoughorganized in the spring of 1944 with highideals and many plans, we have been unable to do all we planned. We planned tomeet regularly to hold seminars, seemovies on matters medical, and to affordclass members a chance to read or reviewpapers on topics of special interest tothem. While this plan has not beencarried out, about a fourth of the class hasmet from time to time to hear and discussreports of research projects in which someof the class has been engaged. This smaller project has proved useful and interesting, and we hope to continue and enlargethis program to include more members ofthe class during our stay at the University.The social activity of the class hasbeen limited to a picnic at "The Point"last August.Our quest for internships has begunand has thus far been aided by Drs.Bachmeyer, Brunschwig, and Jenkins. Wehope to keep a record of applications andacceptances for the benefit of succeedingclasses. The need for and value of anactive, well-organized alumni graduallybecomes more clear to us, and we hope tostrengthen the movement now under way.W. B. Tucker (1934)Lucia Dunham (1933)Vernon De Young (1932)Sylvia Bensley (1930-31)These appointed delegates will serveuntil such time as class elections can becarried out and an elected delegate provided from each class.For the resident staff:Ralph VictorFor the faculty:F. J. MullinThe following committee chairmenwere appointed:Internships and graduate educationEmmet BayProgram (scientific and social)-W. L.PalmerThe new constitution and by-laws,which are being circulated among thoseeligible for membership, will be consideredas adopted and in force if two-thirds ofthe replies (on the application form) received within a period of two months arefavorable for adoption.A Senate such as has been outlinedrepresents the graduates, the residentstaff, the faculty, and the student bodyand acts as the official legislative body ofthe Association. It is expected that anactive organization can be maintainedwhich will carry forward the programof the Association and bring ever increasing prestige to the University of ChicagoSchool of Medicine and Hospitals-something so many of us have been impatientto see fully realized in our time.MEDICAL ALUMNI BULLETIN 7KEY ADOPTEDThe official Key of the Association,pictured here, was adopted by action ofthe Executive Committee. It is an adaptation of the keyformerly presented to residentsof Billings Hospital. The frontentrance of Billings in cameo ison the presenting surface, andthe reverse sidebears the seal ofthe Uni.versityof Chicago, thewords "School ofOFFICIAL KEY Medicine," andthe engraved initials and graduation date.Members may order keys from SpiesBrothers, 1138 Cornelia Avenue, Chicago,Ill. The Key in r o-karat gold is pricedat $7.00, and in r o-karat gold-platedsterling silver at $4. So. These prices donot include the 20 per cent federal andthe 2 per cent state taxes.ALUMNI NEWS[These items, with the exception of those forthe class of '43, were taken mostly from thequestionnaires returned in June, 1944. We aresorry that we cannot include more.)'30. Isee Connell is now in the service forthe third time in World Wars I and II buthas not yet been on a boat. returned to the University last year for ashort course for Army medical officers intropical medicine and laboratory methods.· ... Harold Orenstein has been in the Navysince July, 1941; last year he took some training in epidemiology at the Naval MedicalSchool, Bethesda, Md., 38-' 39. Norris L. Brookens has been award officer at Hoff General Hospital, SantaBarbara, Calif., since leaving Carlisle Barracks. He writes that he has a large numberof "in-addition-to-your-other-duties-you-will· ... " jobs ..... Sidney Edwards is servingwith the amphibious forces and has seen dutyin Italy and Africa ..... John Gifford hasbeen in the Navy since December, 1942. Under "special honors" he states that he was thefirst man to hold a royal flush in the InterneStaff House of the Medical Center, JerseyCity ..... Leon Jacobson is spending fulltime in government research at the U. of C.· ... Ralph Kirsch, overseas for more than ayear, hopes to get home by Christmas .....Mary Elizabeth McKee Porter has interspersed a residency at Riverside Hospital,Jacksonville, Fla., with following her soldierhusband over most of the United States westof the Mississippi ..... Lauren Neher is taking care of relocated Japanese ..... RobertWarner has been overseas twenty-sevenmonths.'31. Brooks Steen is "sweating it out inthe Deep South." .... Maj. James L.O'Leary is at the School of Military Neuropsychiatry, Mason General Hospital, Brentwood, N.Y.']2. Connie Hospers is enjoying U.S.Army medical activities in France .....George Stuppy is located in New Guinea aftera pleasant sojourn in Australia ..... AlvenWeil is chief of surgical service on the hospitalship Thistle.'33. John Mills is assistant chief of medicalservice at Kennedy General Hospital, Memphis, Tenn., '34. Meyer Brown has been on active dutyin the Navy since September, 1942 .....Gail Dack is on leave from the University(Department of Bacteriology and Parasitology) for government work at Camp Detrick,Frederick, Md ..... Maurice Friend is doingrehabilitation work with Army neurotics .....George Leroy, in the South Pacific, is in ahospital with a research section and a researchprogram, "just like back home!" .... Lawrence Skinner is living on a lake about a milefrom his office and has a farm equipped withchickens, rabbits, etc. Payment for Year Book RequestedBy J. Alfred Rider, Secretary, Class of '44The Class of 1944 has sent a Year Bookto everyone who expressed a desire tohave one. There was an unusually largedemand for these books, and it is hopedthat they have measured up to expectations. Most of the alumni respondedquickly with their $2.00, but there arestill a number who owe for the booksthey have already received. This $2.00is payable to Senior Year Book, % Mr.Beck, University of Chicago AlumniOffice, 5733 University Avenue, Chicago.Your prompt attention will be greatly appreciated.We also wish to announce that thereare still about a hundred copies leftwhich may be had by writing to theabove address and inclosing the specifiedamount per copy.'39-'40. Walter Hamburger, stationed inIndia, found himself very near two U. of C.men, Julian and Trotter ..... Cotter Hirschberg was assigned to the National NavalMedical Center at Bethesda, Md., for a coursein naval psychiatry ..... James Whartonwas trained by the Navy in epidemiology andhe plans to continue in that work.'35. Lent Johnson kept in contact withmembers of the classes of '34, '35, and '36 bya circular letter every eighteen months buthas lost contact since 1941. He wants addresses to re-establish contact. His addressis: 0-473291 Mayo General Hospital, Galesburg, Ill. [We hope the Bulletin will assist.-ED.) , 40-' 41. George Dohrmann has been inservice since November, 1942, and was married September, 1943. The War Departmentmade him a captain as a wedding gift .....Clara Johns is acting director, Division ofMaternal and Child Health, Kansas StateBoard of Health.'35-'36. John Moseley is in diagnosticradiology at Mount Sinai Hospital, NewYork City., 36-'37. Eli Borken met two U. of C. graduates in England but didn't say who theywere ..... Alf Haerem says that the U. of C.will be his first stop after the war but that hemay have a long beard by that time .....Clayton Loosli, in service since November,1943, is working with the Commission onAirborne Infection, Board for the Control ofInfluenza and Other Respiratory Diseases,U.S. Army.'37-'38. Al Carlson couldn't attend theJune 14 meeting but wants to say "hello" toeveryone ..... Ed Arnold filled out hisalumni questionnaire on the day he returnedto Hogansville with a medical discharge afterserving in the Army from August, 1942..... Clint Compere says his present hospitalis a museum of traumatic pathology, a pleasant place to work, and quite a contrast toNew Guinea Dave Bodian was marriedin June this year David Burnstine ex-pects to leave soon for the Asiatic theater..... Charley Scott is with the Eli Lilly Company in Indianapolis ..... Raymond Hughes '42. Carl Billings received his questionnaire while busy caring for casualties on thesecond front ..... Howard Dibble has beenin England since September, 1943 .....Thomas F. Dwyer, in answering the questionnaire, states that his present position is "flaton my back in France," his specialty is "dodging flak," and under special honors he lists"surviving a year in the Army." .... K.Eileen Hite is teaching bacteriology and public health at the U. of C ..... John Larrabee,in France and enjoying his work, would liketo contact some Chicago men in that theater.· ... Francis Rook has spent about ninemonths on LST's in the combat area in theSouth Pacific but has now begun shore dutyin Hawaii ..... S. A. Telfeyan sent $2.00 inAmerican money from France for his yearbook. He says that he happened to have it inhis pocketbook by coincidence! .... Kenneth O. Barnes is a proud father ofa 6 .. pound, ra-ounce boy, born in October.Kenneth is stationed at Carlisle Barracks..... Robert Beal is another proud father ofan eight-pound-plus son, born in the last daysof October. Mother in Chicago, while papais at Carlisle ..... Beverly Cope has aneight-month-old daughter. He is scheduled togo to the Galesburg (Ill.) Mayo General Hospital. .... Joseph Flemming will probablybe in the Army in January; he is now at KingsCounty Hospital. .... John David Folsom,still the bachelor boy, is now at Carlisle Barracks ..... Arthur M. Gray is on active dutywith the Pacific Fleet ..... William J. Hand,who recently married a Presbyterian graduate nurse (they are all damn nice girls in caseyou haven't heard), got back from his honeymoon the first of November. He is a residentin medicine at Presbyterian Hospital, Chicago ..... Walter R. ("Dick") Hearne wasat Carlisle Barracks until November 14.'42-'43. Hal Reames is in the Army, assigned to special work at Frederick, Md.'43 (by Jay Bartlett). Marvin L. Adlandhas a residency in psychiatry in Maryland.8 MEDICAL ALUMNI BULLETINRECENT CAMPUS VISITORSLt. Col. William M. Krigsten, chief of theSurgical Service at the O'Reilly GeneralHospital, Springfield, Mo., reports that Maj.Francis Murphey, former surgical intern atthe U. of C. Clinics, is in charge of neurosurgery in their hospital. .... Lt. Comdr.Paul Olson, who was in our surgical depart- Hughes Bryan, U.S. Public Health Service, isa consultant on nutrition for U.N.R.R.A .....Lieut. Comdr. Paul E. Steiner is on his way toduty with the Navy in the Pacific area .....Lieut. and Mrs. Theron L. Hopple are nowstationed with the Navy V-12 group atBerea, Ky ..... Lieut. Jos. C. Reed, M.C.,DR. and MRS. HEINZ KRIGSTEN OLSONDR. and MRS. HENRY BRYANment from 1930 to 1932, is wearing the American Defense Medal for North Pacific action,the Pacific Asiatic Medal, and a SolomonIslands service star. His present assignmentis at the U.S. Naval Hospital, Mare Island,San Francisco, Calif ..... Capt. and Mrs.Theodore E. Heinz. Capt. Heinz, who hasbeen stationed for some time at McCaw General Hospital, Walla Walla, Wash., is now onmaneuvers with the r r gth Evacuation Hospital in Mississippi. Mrs. Heinz will be remembered as head nurse on A4 and as firsthead nurse on B2 ..... Dr. and Mrs. Winston Henry are both now employed at theRoper Hospital of the University of SouthCarolina at Charleston ..... Lieut. CharlesL. Dunham is receiving and disposition officer and chief of the dispensary at StationHospital, L.A.P.E., Torrence, Calif .....Lawrence E. Skinner, M.D., '34, Tacoma,Wash .. " .. Maj. and Mrs. Andrew Brislen.Maj. Brislen is now stationed at Coral Gables, Fla ..... Lieut. Richard A. Kredel, M.C.,U.S.N.R., San Diego ..... Dr. Frank Petkevich ('35-'36) of Red Lake Falls, Minn..... Dr. Irene Shank, director of anesthesia,Magee Hospital of the University of Pittsburgh ..... Dr. V. B. Scott, is doing internalmedicine at the Inlow Clinic, Shelbyville, Ind..... Lieut. Buel Sever is stationed temporarily at Gardiner General Hospital. .... Dr.Arthur A. Hellbaum, professor and chairmanof the Department of Pharmacology, University of Oklahoma School of Medicine .....Capt. Eugene A. Changnon has been stationedat Camp Mackall, N.C ..... Maj. A. DUNHAM REEDU.S.N.R., who served both as intern and asassistant resident in the Department of Medicine, has visited the Clinics on two occasionsrecently, the latter while en route to an assignment on the east coast. He served fortwenty-two months on an LST in the Pacificarea and took part in the landing at Guamand in the Solomons campaign.Administration Changes(Continued from page I)In October, 1940, after years of untiring and devoted service, Dr. BasilC. H. Harvey retired as dean of studentsof the Division of the Biological Sciences,to be succeeded by Dr. Victor Johnson,associate professor of physiology. InJuly, 1943, when Dr. Johnson was granteda leave of absence in order to accept aposition as secretary of the Council onMedical Education and Hospitals of theAmerican Medical Association, Dr. Harvey returned to his old post and continued to serve until October 1, 1944,when forced to retire because of thestatutory regu1ations of the University.Dr. Johnson has elected to continue hiswork with the American Medical Asso-'ciation but will retain the title of professorial lecturer in physiology and willcontinue to spend some time in teaching News ItemsDr. Lester Dragstedt is the newly electedpresident of the Chicago Surgical Society.Maj. Edward Daily is now in France aslaison officer, co-ordinating the Army, PublicHealth Service, and the Red Cross.Lt. Comdr. Clement Clay is now in Washington, D.C., editing movies he made inNaples on the treatment of typhus whichwill soon be issued.Comdr. Lowell T. Coggeshall addressed ajoint meeting of the Institute of Medicine ofChicago and the Chicago Society of InternalMedicine, October 23, at the Palmer House.His subject was "Current and Postwar Aspects of Tropical Disease Problems."Dr. Charles Rammelkamp, member of thecommission on Acute Respiratory Diseases,Epidemiological Board, Preventive MedicineService, Office of the Surgeon General, isacting in a consulting capacity with Capt.Leifer, M.C., at Fort Bragg Regional Hospital. They are instituting a study of a method of administering penicillin suspended inbeeswax and peanut oil to prolong its action.At the alumni reunion on June 14, 1944, inPath. II7, Dr. Rammelkamp presented a�ery timely and illuminating discussion of thedevelopment of penicillin.and research at the University. Theduties of the dean of students will beassumed by Dr. Arthur C. Bachmeyer,associate dean of the Division. He will beassisted by Dr. F. Joseph Mullin, assistant professor of physiology. Dr. Mullinand Dr. Bachmeyer are both vitally interested in students and thus will carryon the Harvey-Johnson tradition ofaffording them all possible assistance.Dr. Bachmeyer has also. accepted theresponsibility of director of study for theCommission on Hospital Care. This important undertaking will require half ofhis time. Consequently, Dr. Otis Whitecotton, superintendent of the BillingsHospital, has been called upon to assumeDr. Bachmeyer's duties as director of theUniversity Clinics. And so, as is the orderof the day, much change has taken place,but there is every reason to think thatthe new administration will carry onmost effectively.The faculty of the Division of 'theBiological Sciences unanimously adoptedthe following resolution at a recent meeting:"The members of the Division of theBiological Sciences of the University ofChicago have long been aware of the distinguished service that Dr. Taliaferro hasgiven to the University and to the Division of the Biological Sciences during histenure of office as Dean of the Division.They appreciate also that this service hasbeen given at a sacrifice to his own scientific work and when the additional dutiesof the office almost overtaxed his strength.They are grateful to him for the time andeffort he has expended in their behalf andextend to him their sincere thanks andbest wishes for the future."