C H C AGOrJulleIin 0/ tIw � �ociation;CHOOL OF ME'DICINEN V E R s o FT YVolume 1 SEPTEMBER 1945 Number 4LYING-IN CELEBRATES FIFTY YEARSThe Chicago Lying-in Hospital and Dispensary was foundedfifty years ago. To celebrate this noteworthy event and to honorthe founder, Joseph B. DeLee, the first chairman of the Depart­ment of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the University of Chicago,the following program has been arranged for October 29, 1945.A cordial invitation is extended to all alumni and friends of thehospital to attend all meetings and to renew old friendships.A banquet has been arranged for the evening at which timethe Board of the hospital will present to the University a fundof $100,000 contributed by many friends of the institution forthe support of research activities in the Department of Obstet­rics and Gynecology. Chancellor Robert M. Hutchins will be theprincipal speaker.IMEDICAL PROGRAM9:00 A.M.OPERATIVE ANI;! DRY CLINICS ..... A mphitheater-Fifth FloorDepartment of Obstetrics and GynecologyDR. WILLIAM J. DIECKMANN, Chairman of the Department and MaryCampau Ryerson ProfessorDR. M. EDWARD DAVIS, ProfessorDR. H. CLOSE HESSELTINE, Associate ProfessorDR. EDITH LOUISE POTTER, Assistant Professor of PathologyDR. J. ROBERT WILLSON, Assistant ProfessorDR. PRISCILLA OUDA, Instructor and Chief Anesthetist·DR. JOHN HAROLD MORTON, Instructor·DR. SIMON LLOYD WOLTERS, Instructor·DR. THOMAS GERALD GREADY, JR., InstructorDR. FRED LYMAN ADAIR, Professor Emeritus• On leave for military service. From Associate StaffDR. ARTHUR K. KOFF, Associate, Northwestern University School ofMedicineDR. LUELLA E. NADELHOFFER, Assistant Clinical Professor, LoyolaUniversity School of Medicine, Prenatal Supervising Physician,Chicago Health DepartmentFrom Former Members of StaffDR. EDWARD �YMAN CORNELL, Assistant Professor, NorthwesternUniversity School of Medicine, Chief of Obstetrics, Henrotin Hos-��. 'DR. FREDERICK HOWARD FALLS, Professor and Head of Department,University of Illinois College of Medicine. .12:45-2:00 P.M.LUNCHEON ' Ida Noyes Hall2: 00-4: 00 P.M.(Dora DeLee Hall)I"A Blood Bank for a Lying-in Hospital" ..... Dr. Frederick C. irvingWilliam Lambert Richardson Professor of Obstetrics, HarvardUniversity Medical School, Obstetrician-in-Chief, Boston Lying-inHospital ""Some Contributions of Endocrinology to Obstetrics and Gyne-cology" Dr. Edwin C. HamblenClinical Professor of Endocrinology and Associate Professor of Ob­stetrics and Gynecology, Duke University School of Medicine,Chief of the EndocrineDivision, Duke Hospital"Hysterectomy-Therapeutic Necessity or Surgical Racket"Dr. Norman F. MillerProfessor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan"Teaching of Obstetrics and Gynecology" ... Dr. H enricus J. StanderProfessor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cornell University School.of Medicine, Obstetrician and Gynecologist-in-Chief, New YorkLying-in HospitalNURSING PROGRAM10:00 A.M Dora DeLee HallDirector of Nursing, MISS GEORGIA HUKILLPresiding, MISS NELLIE X. HAWKINSONProfessor of Nursing Education on the Illinois TrainingSchool for Nurses FoundationI. "Future Prospects for Obstetric Care in the United States"SPeaker, DR. MARTHA ELIOTAssoc. Chief of U.S. Children's Bureau, WashingtonII. "A Nurse Looks Ahead"Speaker, MISS HAZEL CORBIN.Director of Maternity Center Assoc., New York CityIII. "Nursing Care Conference: Significance of Jaundice in theNewborn"MISS ELIZA AVELLAR, Clinical Instructor, Chicago Lying­in Hospital Nursing Service, and selected studentsExhibits in Nurses' Library and Classroom.LUNCHEON12:30-2:00 p.M.-Ida Noyes Hall �2: 00-4: 00 p.M.-Dora DeLee HallMEDICAL PROGRAM2 MEDICAL ALUMNI BULLETINSERVICE AWARDSWord has been received that Lt. (j.g.)Wm. T. Murray, USNR, class of Dec.'43, has been awarded the Silver StarMedal. "For conspicuous gallantry, andintrepidity in action against the enemywhile serving with a marine infantry bat­talion on Iwo Jima volcano islands on theroth Feb. 1945. On this date the battalioncommand post received a message thatone of the companies, which at that timehad advanced farthest across the island,had received sev�re casualties. Lt. Mur­ray immediately volunteered to go for­ward and treat the wounded. Accom­panied by two hospital corps men, hewent forward under heavy sniper andmortar fire. On reaching the front line hetreated and evacuated all casualties whilestill under intense enemy fire. His coura­geous conduct was in keeping with thehighest traditions of the United StatesNaval Service."The Commendation Ribbon has beenauthorized by Fleet Admiral C. W. Nim­itz for Lt. Com. Paul P. Pickering, M.C.,USNR, "for meritorious service in theline of his profession as Plastic Surgeonand General Surgeon aboard a United THE FACULTYWe continue a series of presentations ofpresent and former faculty members, new,and in service.Dr. Benjamin F. Miller, assistant pro­fessor of medicine, accepted a commissionwith the U.S. Public Health Service andwas granted leave of absence in October,1943. He came to the U. of C. in 1937 asassistant professor of medicine and re­search associate in the Zoller Dental Clin­ic. He received his M.D. from Harvard in1933, was a National Research Councilfellow in medicine, and held posts in theHospital of the Rockefeller Institute andthe New York Hospital before coming tothe U. of C. While here, he continued in­vestigations he had previously begun onbiochemistry of creatinine and worked onbiochemistry of dental caries. In the lat­ter field he did the pioneer investigationson the effect of enzyme inhibitors such asfluorine and iodoacetic acid on retarda­tion or prevention of experimental dentalcaries in animals. He also worked on theantibacterial effects of synthetic deter­gents and on various biochemical changesincident to tooth decay.MURRAYStates Hospital Ship from January toOctober 1944." Dr. Pickering is the fifty­ninth Life-Member of the Medical Alum­ni Association.Major Francis Phillips, former Fellowin Surgery, visited the clinics recently be­fore leaving for the China-Burma-Indiaarea. On September 20, 1944, he receiveda Bronze Star for meritorious service formedical supervision during a two-monthperiod under fire in eastern France, Bel­gium, and Luxemburg, where he servedas artillery surgeon. He wears six battlestars for the Aleutian, Normandy, North­ern France, Central Europe, Rhineland,and Ardennes campaigns. He is the six­tieth Life-Member of the Alumni Asso­ciation.Capt. Paul Osincup, former surgicalinterne at Billings, who has been a squad­ron flight surgeon in Italy, received theBronze Star for meritorious service.Major Birgit Blocksom, just backfrom Germany, where he served with the(Continued on page 6) PHILLIPS MILLERLt. Col. Richard C. Boyer, instructor,has been in Hawaii since early in the wardoing radiology.Lt. Col. Alfred C. Ledoux, instructor,is radiologist with the I08th Army Gen­eral Hospital, staffed by the Loyola unit.This unit went overseas in 1943 and wasstationed first at Sudbury, England, thenin Wales, before crossing to France, wherethey occupied a hospital, about the size ofCook County Hospital, at Clichy on theoutskirts of Paris.Maj. John Francis Miller, instructor,has left Valley Forge General Hospital inPhoenixville, Pa., where he was in chargeof X-ray service, and when last heardfrom-January, 1945-was somewhere inFrance.Surgeon (R) Russel H. Morgan, for­merly associate professor, is chief of Ra­diology Section, Tuberculosis Control Di­vision, U.S. Public Health Service, resi­dent at Bethesda, Md. Mary Margarethas recently been added to Monica at theMorgan household. F. Ellis Kelsey, assistant professor ofpharmacology, was born in Erie, Penn­sylvania. He attended the University ofPittsburgh, where he received a B.S. de­gree in 1935. Four years later he obtaineda Ph.D. in biochemistry and pharmacol­ogy at the University of Rochester. Dr.Kelsey is particularly interested in inter­mediate metabolism and has made severalpublications in the Journal of BiologicalChemistry and the Journal of Pharmacol­ogy and Experimental Therapeutics. In1939-40 he was made a National Re­search Council Fellow in Medical Sci­ences. Dr. Kelsey is married to Frances K.Oldham, who is instructor and Abel Fel­low in pharmacology.KELSEY THORNTONMaj. John C. Volderauer, instructor,is in charge of the X-ray section at Gar­diner General Hospital, Chicago.Lt. (j.g.) Thomas F. Thornton, USNR,formerly instructor in surgery, was movedon July 3 to Treasure Island to attend thepre-commission school before going toPortland, Oregon, wherehe has been as­signed to a ship. Dr. Thornton spent anafternoon with Dr. Robert Moore beforethe latter left for foreign service.BULLETIN-of the Alumni AssociationThe University of ChicagoSCHOOL OF MEDICINEVOL. 1 SEPTEMBER 19'15 No.4F. B. GORDON, EdilnrHUBERTA Lrvrxcsroxs, A ssociose EditorALLAN T. KENYON, Associate Editor(Scientific Section)HENRY T. RICKETTS, Associate EditorWILLIAM B. TUCKER, CLAYTON G. LOOSLIA ssistant EditorsH. P. JENKINS, Business M anageTMRS. ROSEMARY JANDA, Reporter forResident Sial!BR�CE HEINZEN, Reporter for Senior ClassDELBERT M. BERGENSTAL. Reporter forJunior ClassJACK KABOUN, PhotographerPrice of yearly subscription for nonmembers, $1.00jprice of single copies, :2 5 cents.MEDICAL ALUMNI BULLETIN 3Dean Park DiscussesFinancing of ResearchBy Thomas ParkAssociate Dean, Division of Biological SciencesThe readers of the Medical Alumni BULLE-TIN are undoubted­ly interested in those problems that center in the financing ofresearch in the Medical School.Since the Dean's Office, in ad­dition to the faculty and otherUniversity departments, func­tions in this capacity, it seemsappropriate to discuss in anadmittedly fragmentary fash­ion certain aspects of thisquestion.In a general sense the sup­port for research comes atleast-from these three sources:(1) specific items in the regulardepartmental budgets; (2) en­dowed University funds whichare either restricted to specialareas of study or are complete­ly unrestricted; and (3) re­stricted, expendable funds fre­quently designated by theirdonors for a certain project orprojects. In addition, there isnow in force a series of govern-ment contracts which finance PARKin part studies of significancefor the winning of the war. At the time of this writing there aretwenty-two such contracts in the Division of the BiologicalSciences. These fall in the category of special cases and will notbe discussed further here.The Dean's Office is concerned in one way or another withthe solicitation, administration, and allocation of all thesesources of support. However, because the endowed funds andthe items in the regular budget are relatively stabilized in termsof their administration and because, once established, theypresent no further complexities, it is most interesting perhaps toreview in somewhat more detail the grants provided by outsidedonors. These grants appear in various guises. They may comefrom the proverbial "grateful patient" who, having been aidedby his physician, wishes to identify his appreciation in a tangibleform. Characteristically, these grants are small but nonethelesswelcome. They may come from Alumni interested in the well­being of the School or as a result of Alumni influence with col­leagues, patients, or commercial organizations. Such grantsfrom, or arranged by, our friends are doubly appreciated. Theymay come from a private citizen who, impressed by the needfor advancement in certain fields, as, for example, cancer, tuber­culosis, or diabetes, either persuades himself or is persuaded thatour School is the place where his investment will definitely earnits dividends. They may come from foundations and, finally,from industry.Grants from foundations are highly desirable. Usually theyare unencumbered by restrictions and are given by a groupwhose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff as re- gards researcher, research, and institution. With this decisionmade, the Foundation usually lets the investigator alone exceptperhaps for polite requests for occasional "progress reports."Grants from industry are given for many reasons and withmany ends in view. It seems clear that all universities will re­quire some support of this type in the postwar world, and fromthis it follows that commercial concerns and academic institu­tions alike should get to understand each other better and tolay careful plans of agreement both contractua1 and intellectual,when entering into such a synergistic enterprise. Through itsvarious offices, officers, and faculty the University is rapidlygaining experience in these matters.There are a number of reasons why first-rate industries fi­nance academic research or at least affiliate with an academicprogram. They may desire prestige and publicity. They mayhave a specific, technical problem to be solved: one with whichtheir staff will not or cannot cope. They may have developed aparticular product, process, or apparatus which is in need offurther testing. They may have a genuine inclination to see thebasic backgrounds underlying their area of application developin a broad manner and as rapidly as possible. And, finally, theymay have a fundamental concern about creative, productivescholarship. From the point of view of a particular industry allthese reasons either singly or in combination are quite legiti­mate. From the point of view of the University their attractive­ness increases in direct proportion to the freedom for inquirythey grant to the responsible investigator.Before making a research grant to the University, it is neces­sary that the industry involved accept our provisions about pat­ents, advertising, and publication rights. These regulationsfollow:The University of Chicago's basic policies include freedom of re­search and the free, unrestricted dissemination of information. In viewof these policies, the University will not profit financially from researchby means of patents, royalties, or licensing agreements. Members ofthe staff will not be permitted to receive direct or indirect financial re­turns from patents based on work performed during the period of theiremployment by the University, or to make arrangements for such re­turns which take effect after such period. The University will co­operate with industrial organizations by conducting fundamental re­search projects financed by grants from such organizations, and willmake research reports to the grantors, but it will retain the right topublication of the results. The University will not permit its name orthe names of its investigators to be used in advertising.The University recognizes that patenting may be desirableor necessary for the protection of the public, the donor, the in­ventor, or the University. Its regulations merely prevent the useof the patent device for income to itself or its staff. It readilyrecognizes that circumstances may exist which necessitate priorconsideration of patent rights to a donor before a grant is givenor accepted. In such instances the case is considered from allpoints of view on the basis of its individual merit, and, if thisreview is favorable, such permission to patent can be granted.The advantages of the patent policy from the point of view ofthe University .seem self-evident. Suggestively enough, the re­sponse of industry to the ideals and implementation of thispolicy is proving to be favorable.Such problems as those outlined above are continually engag­ing the attention of all members of the Dean's Office, and it isprobable that they will increase both in complexity and in fre­quency in the days just ahead. These problems could be easilymultiplied and more comprehensively formulated here, but it ishoped that something of interest has been accomplished instating them even if so briefly.·News ItemsDr. Peter b. Ward of St. Paul, former­ly Billings Assistant Superintendent, waschosen president-elect of the AmericanHospital Association at its annual meet­ing in Cleveland in October, 1944.Col. Esmond R. Long, M.C. (formerly member of our Department of Pathol­ogy), delivered the ninth Christian Fen­ger Lecture of the Institute of Medicineof Chicago and the Chicago PathologicalSociety at the Palmer House, January 8.His subject was "Tuberculosis as a Mili­tary Problem."Dr. Florence Seibert, formerly in our Pathology Department, was presented atthe White House on October 6, 1944, withthe Medal of the National AchievementAward sponsored by Chi Omega. Thisaward is made annually and was present­ed to Dr. Seibert in recognition of her"outstanding research in connection withtuberculosis."4 MEDICAL ALUMNI BULLETINSCIENTIFIC SECTIONINTRAVASCULAR AGGL UTIN A­TION OF ERYTHROCYTESIN DISEASEReprinted from the Proceedings of the In­stitute of Medicine of Chicago, Vol. 15, No. 13(March IS, 1944), through the courtesy of theInstitute of Medicine.Intravascular agglutination of eryth­rocytes has been seen or demonstrated inliving animals and in human patients, andsome of its results observed in vitro or inhistological preparations by many inves­tigators. However, the factors which causeintravascular agglutination have not beenthoroughly studied, nor have the roles ofintravascular agglutination in the mech­anisms of pathological physiology and inthe defense reactions been intensivelystudied.We use two methods for microscopicstudy of small vessels and the blood: oneis the fused quartz rod method of illumi­nating living internal organs for micro­scopic study; the other consists in focus­ing a binocular hi-objective dissectionmicroscope on the obliquely illuminatedbulbar conjunctiva of anesthetized ani­mals and of unanesthetized human be­ings. The bulbar conjunctiva is illuminat­ed obliquely with a slit lamp or with aShahan ophthalmoscopic lamp. Our mi­croscopes give true stereoscopic vision at32,48, and 96X magnifications.Evidences of the consistency of theflowing blood are viscosity of the plasmaand, if intravascular agglutination is pres­ent, the ranges of distribution of sizes,shapes, plasticity or rigidity, elasticity,toughness or fragility, and stickiness ofthe clumps of red cells. These propertiesdo not remain constant during the courseof a disease. In monkeys with malariaeach of these properties is the same at anyone time in all organs observed, that is, ineach organ the flowing blood is a validsample of all the flowing blood in thebody.In normal animals and normal un­anesthetized medical students and stu­dent nurses the blood .cells were not ag­glutinated. All red cells were separate andpassed in single file or double row throughthe capillaries. Most capillaries of mostspecies of animals are, during the timesblood flows through them, from a littlemore than once to a little more than twicethe diameter of the red cells of that spe­cies. Thus the capillaries are a perpetualbottle-neck in the vascular system.We have seen precipitated, agglutinat­ed blood (not rouleaux) in about 400 hu­man patients diagnosed as having a widevariety of conditions and diseasea-Someof these, with the number of patients seenwith each, are: Buerger's disease, eclamp­sia, gonorrheal salpingitis, granuloma in­guinale, lung abscess, lymphatic leuke- mia, multiple myeloma, multiple sclero­sis, thyrotoxicosis, whooping cough, trau­matic shock without hemorrhage, each I;bronchitis, diabetes, Laennec's cirrhosisof the liver with syphilis, malignant hy­pertension, measles, myelogenous leuke­mia, pericarditis, smallpox, subacute bac­terial endocarditis, thrombopenic purpu­ra, trichinosis, tularemia, typhoid fever,Weil's disease, each 2; myocardial insuffi­ciency, syphili tic heart disease wi th aorticregurgitation, each 3; common cold, 4;meningitis, 5; neoplasms of testis, I, ofcolon, I, of esophagus, I, pancreas, I,and of unknown primary origin with mul­tiple metastases, I; traumatic shock withacute alcoholism, 5; acute rheumatic fe­ver, scarlet fever, sickle cell anemia, each6; acute alcoholism, arsenical reactions,syphilis of the central nervous system,gonorrheal arthritis, each 7; undulantfever, falciparum malaria, each 8; quar­tan malaria, 10; hypertensive cardiovas­cular disease, I I; benign tertian malaria,13; pneumonia, 18; anterior poliomyeli­tis, 2I; pulmonary tuberculosis, 58; rheu­matoid arthritis, 125.Intravascular agglutination of theerythrocytes. changes the blood from itsnormally fluid state to a circulatingsludge. The masses of agglutinated redcells resist passage through the smallestvessels, the degree of this resistance de­pending, upon the size of the clumps ofred cells and the internal rigidity of theclumps. In general in anyone patient ,(I)the clumps have a definite range of size.and degree of internal rigidity, (2) theflow in open vessels is retarded in propor­tion to the size and rigidity of the clumps,and (3) whenever certain degrees of re­tardation of blood flow are present thereis a corresponding degree of visible hemo­concentration of the clumps passingthrough the small vessels, which showsthat the vessel walls have stagnant anoxiaand are leaking fluid. Patients may havesmall clumps and nearly normal flow ratesthrough small vessels and still be ill.Thus, many factors of diseases other thansludged blood contribute to the illness ofpatients. We have seen no patients withlarge tough clumps and markedly re­duced flow rates who w'ere in good clinicalcondition. Thus we believe that when­ever, in any pathological condition ordisease, intravascular agglutination inter­feres with the flow of blood through capil­laries and thereby forcibly reduces therates of supply of oxygen and other anab­olites to tissues, the intravascular agglu­tination is a major factor in the pathologyor in the pathological physiology of thatdisease. 'This survey of human patients is a di­rect outgrowth of studies of changes inthe blood and vessel walls of 50 rhesus(Continued on page 5) EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OFPIGMENTATION OF ENDO­CRINE ORIGINAt the annual reunion of the AlumniAssociation on June 13, 1945, Dr. M. E.Davis, professor of obstetrics and gyne­cology, spoke on "Experimental Studiesof Pigmentation of Endocrine Origin."The material of this discussion was pub­lished by Dr. Davis and his colleagues,Capt. J. H. Ferguson, Professor StephenRothman, and the late Lt. Col. M. W.Boynton, in the Journal of Clinical En­docrinology (5 [1945], 138).Dr. Davis and his associates observedintense pigmentation of the nipples inyoung women who received stilbestrol inthe treatment of primary ovarian insuffi­ciency. Curiously, no such pigmentationoccurred in older women treated at themenopause. Similarly intense pigmenta­tion was induced in the nipples of castrat­ed male guinea pigs by the synthetic non­steroid estrogens diethyl-stilbestrol, hex­estrol, and methyl ether of stilbestrol andby the steroid, estradiol benzoate. Histo­logical study showed a strongly positiveDopa reaction with abundant melaningranules in epidermal basal cells and den­dritic melanoblasts, much the same as inthe biopsy sections from the breasts ofthe treated girls. The effects in guineapigs were reproduced in one nipple onlyby topical application, indicating a directeffect of the estrogen on the areolar pig­ment system. Pregnant mare serum go­nadotropin and progesterone exerted noinhibitory action. Chorionic gonadotro­pin, however, did retard the process. Thislatter effect is of great interest since chori­onic gonadotropin is not generally regard­ed as influencing mammalian tissues inthe absence of the gonads. The authorscommented on the similarity between ex­perimental estrogen pigmentation andthat of normal pregnancy and pointed outthe paradox existing between the inhibi­tory effects of chorionic gonadotropin intheir guinea pigs, and the preservation ofthe pigmentary reaction in the pregnantwoman. despite abundant circulatinggonadrotropins. The discrepancy mightlie in the difficulties inherent in reproduc­ing the dosage and time relationships ofhuman pregnancy in an experimental ani­mal or in some species difference of a localkind. The effects of various other pitui­tary gonadotropins must be sought in anattempt to account for the resistance ofthe menopausal woman to estrogen pig-mentation. 'A. T. K.The editor of this section would greatlyappreciate receiving accounts of the investi­gations of alumni done both at the Univer­sity and elsewhere.MEDICAL ALUMNI BULLETIN 5lntravascular �gglutination-(Continued from page 4)monkeys with acute Plasmodium knowlesimalaria made at the University of Ten­nessee College of Medicine by Knisely,Stratman-Thomas, Eliot, and Bloch.Some of the mechanisms whereby intra­vascular agglutination interferes withnormal physiology or alters normal physi­ology and causes pathology, have beenstudied in monkeys with malaria by theabove investigators and in 40 dogs duringreal and simulated 'traumatic shock byKnisely, Crandall, Bloch, Barker, Lips­comb, and Warner.During stage III of the pathologicalphysiology of Rhesus monkeys withImowlesi malaria, and in nembutalizeddogs which had received 40 hammerblows on the soft parts of the thigh, allcirculating blood changed to a thicksludge. A precipitate formed which coatedall the red cells sticking them together inmasses. In these two conditions themasses were so large and tough that therates of blood flow were greatly reduced,the vessel walls became anoxic, then losttheir ability to retain blood colloids. Plas­ma loss and hemoconcentration occurred,and the animal died in from 3 to 12 hours.The larger and tougher the clumps, thesooner the animal dies. In the human pa­tients we have studied thus far, the clumpshave not been large enough and toughenough to cause death in a short time.Normal circulating blood and some ofthe microscopic pathological circulatoryphysiology of Rhesus monkeys withknowlesi malaria have been recorded in16 millimeter motion pictures takenthrough the microscope by Knisely,Stratman-Thomas, Eliot, and Bloch. * Theslowly moving precipitated-agglutinatedblood in the vessels of the bulbar conjunc­tiva of a Negro with Weil's disease wasphotographed. These cinema films wereprojected.MEL VIN H. KNISELYand EDWARD H. BLOCH*The film used has been edited and titledas a Medical Teaching Film. It is about 1,600feet long and takes an hour to project. Copiesof the film will be loaned free, except fortransportation charges, to medical schools,medical societies, medical officers of the mili­tary service, research groups, etc. Requestsshould be sent either to Dr. M. H. Knisely,Dept. of Anatomy, University of Chicago, orto Dr. T. S. Eliot, Dept. of Anatomy, Uni­versity of Tennessee, Memphis, Tenn.Johnson To Make SurveyDr. Victor Johnson '39, secretary ofthe Council on Medical Education andHospitals of the American Medical Asso­ciation, has been appointed to make a sur­vey of medical care on the island of Puer­to Rico. The survey is made by the Coun­cil at the request of the insular govern­ment and the University of Puerto Rico,to determine the advisability of establish­ing a medical school at the University. LIFE· MEMBERSHIPS75. HERBERT L. MICHEL, M.D. Rush '31,res. staff, Ob. & Gyn. '31-'36, nowmember of Associate Staff, ChicagoLying-in Hosp.76. ARNO B. LUCKHARDT, M.D. Rush '12,professor of physiology, chairman ofAdministrative Committee, Depart­ment of Physiology.77. HENRY B. PERLMAN, M.D., res. staff,otolaryng. "30-'33, now assist. prof.otolaryngology.78. DONALD E. CASSELS, M.D. res. staff,pediatrics, '37-'40, now assist. prof.ped. on leave, captain, M.C., A.U.S.,, with an evacuation hospital, APO,New York.79. MARY B. OLNEY, M.D., res. staff, pedi­atrics, '33-'34, now assist. clin. prof.ped., Univ. of California Hosp., SanFrancisco 22, Calif.. 80. PAUL L. BUNCE, M.D. '42, res. staff, '42-'43, "109 S. Fiftieth Ave., Omaha 6,Neb., now captain, M.C., with stationhospital overseas.81. H. TODD STRADFORD, M.D. '38, in theNavy since 1939, now lieutenant com­mander, M.C., U.S.N.R., on an un­disclosed assignment.82. MAURICE H. FRIEDMAN, M.D. '33, Ph.D.'28, now captain, M.C., chief of gas­troenterology, Regional Station Hosp.,Hunter Field, Ga.83. HARLAN CAREY, JR., M.D. '44, res. staff,'44-'45, now lieutenant, M.C., StationHosp., Camp Callan, San Diego' 14,Calif. 84. JOHN A. SIEGLING, M.D., assist. res., resi­dent, orth. surg. '34-'37, now assist.prof. orth. surg. Medical College ofSouth Carolina, Charleston.85. HUBERTA LIVINGSTONE, M.D., assoc.editor of the BULLETIN, assoc. prof.surgery (anesthesia)86. MARIE ORTMAYER, M.D., Rush '17, re­cently assist. clinical prof. medicine, inpractice, internal medicine, gastroen­terology, 1207 E. ooth St., Chicago '37.87. I. MALCOLM GIBSON, M.D., '41, on staffof Emory Univ. Hosp.,· specializes ininternal medicine. Present address is91 I Medical Arts Bldg., Atlanta, Ga.88. LILLIE CUTLAR WALKER, M.D., '42. chiefresident, Children's Hosp. of Philadel­phia; assist. instr. in pediatrics, Univ.of Pennsylvania.89. ERLING B. STRUXNESS, M.D., '45, nowintern at Chicago Memorial Hosp .Present address is 5744 Drexel Ave.,Chicago 37.90. ALBINO JOHN MARCHELLO, M.D., '44,class treasurer, business staff of YearBook, recently intern at Maine Gen.Hosp., now at Red Lodge, Mont.91. .GEORGE LIONEL NARDI, M.D., '44, assoc.editor of 1944 Year Book, recently in-'tern at Mass. Gen. Hosp. Now Lt.(j.g.), USNR, at U.S. Naval Hosp.,Memphis; Tenn.92. JOHN LEO GEDGOUD, M.D., '34, with Uni­versity Hosp. in Omaha. Present ad­dress is 5421 Decatur Street, Omaha 4,Neb.Applications for membership in the As­sociation continue to arrive. Among those'applying are the following former mem­bers of the resident staffs:The Chicago Lying-in Hospital and theDept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology:Harry Benaron,* chief of Ob. & Gyn.,Chi. Mem. Hosp., assoc. med. director, andattend. obst., Chi. Maternity Center; Alice B.Campbell, now instr.; Eleanor P. Cheydleur,909 S. First St., Apt. 24, Champaign, Ill.;Allan B. Crunden, 24 St. Luke's Pl., Mont­clair, N.J., now major, M.C., Evaluation Di­vision, Army Air Forces Board, Orlando,Fla.; Wilfred J. Finegold, junior staff, Mont­fiore Hosp., Pittsburgh, Pa.; Eugene G. Free,"421 S. Sixty-fourth St., Springfield, Ill.;Howard L. Kahn, 3156 Washington Blvd.,Indianapolis, Ind., now first lieutenant, M.C.,in portable surgical hosp. in Philippine area;Cary S. Peabody, 1218 Spring St., Madison,Wis., now captain, M.C., at McCaw GeneralHosp., Walla Walla, Wash.; James Reaves,"chief of div. of obst., St. Vincent Infirmary,assoc. prof., obstetrics, Univ. of Arkansas,Little Rock; Eleanor Rodgerson, 1021 Twen­ty-eighth St., Sacramento, Calif., on staff ofSacramento County Hosp.; William GeraldRogers," 524 N.W. IS, Oklahoma City, Okla.,now lieutenant commander, M.C., U.S. Na­val Hosp., Norman, Okla., on leave fromUniv. of Oklahoma School of Med.; AnnaSokoloff,* 25 East Washington St., Chicago,clinician, Chicago Maternity Center; ManuelSpiegel,* instructor, Northwestern Univ.,now lieutenant commander, U.S.N.R., 6840Euclid Ave., Chicago; James H. Ferguson,IS Toxteth St., Brookline, Mass., now cap­tain, M.C., Regional Hosp., Camp Maxey, Texas; Christine Thelen, 3001 S. Michigan,Lewis Memorial Hosp., Chicago; Raymond L.Young, Philadelphia Lying-in Hosp.OJ the faculty, M. Edward Davis* andSimon L. Wolters" have previously beenmentioned, and we are pleased to have appli­cations also from H. Close Hesseltine,"J. Robert Willson, and William J. Dieck­man."The Dept. of Pediatrics:Reno A. Ahlvin, Volkman Bldg., Kanka­kee, Ill.; John Roger Almklov, now at BobsRoberts; John Edmund Ashby, t 3610 Fair­mount, Dallas, Texas, assist. prof. pediatrics,Southwestern 'Med. School; Harry Baker,.5875 Angus Drive, Vancouver, B.C., Canada;Duke Cho Cboy, Bobs Roberts Hosp.; JamesMace Harkey, 237 Thirty-third St., N.W.,·Canton, Ohio, now captain, M.C., in stationhosp., APO, New York; Isadore, Kamin, 358A Delaware Ave., Toronto, Canada, nowcaptain, M.C., in A.A.F. Med. Det.; DanielJ. Pachman.] instr., '37-'40, is now major,M.C., in station' hospital, Camp PatrickHenry, Va.; James Root, Bobs RobertsHosp.Of tile Faculty, Frances Howell Wrighttand Parker Dooley.] assistant professors, aremembers of the Association, as is also WilliamW. Swanson, t formerly of the Departmentof Pediatrics; Luiz. Barbosa is a life-member.Of former graduates who have been on theresident staff, Vernon DeYoung] is a life­member and Elaine Thomas, now an instruc­tor, is an annual member.* Indicates certification by American Board of Ob­stetrics and Gynecology.t Indicates certification by American Board of Pedi­atrics.6 MEDICAL ALUMNI BULLETINTo- New ArrivalsDr. and Mrs. William R. Wicks, Thomas Wil­liam, Iune 5, 1944·Dr. and Mrs. Jonathan E. Rhoads (Dr. Tere­sa Folin), Edward Otto Folin Rhoads,June 23, 1944·Lt. Col. and Mrs. Edward Camp, Ray, inJune, 1944.Dr. and Mrs. Norman McCullough, MarilynKay, June 18, 1944. .Capt. and Mrs. Richard Steckel (BlancheHall), Richard Hall, June 28. Dr. Steckelis in England.Dr. and Mrs. William W. Scott, WilliamWallace, Jr., July 6, 1944.Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin Milder, MichaelStuart, July 21, 1944. 'Dr. and Mrs. Michael Bonfiglio, Michael, Jr.,Aug. 3, 1944·Dr. and Mrs. Paul Schafer, Stephan Edgar,Aug. 10, 1944.Dr. and Mrs. Omar Fareed, George Carr,Aug. 31, 1944.Dr. and Mrs. G. Otis Whitecotton, JaneWendelyn, Sept. 3, 1944.Dr. and Mrs. John Lindsay, Elizabeth Wood,Sept. 13, 1944.Dr. and Mrs. Raymond Lanier (Dr. VirginiaLanier), Robert Lewis, Sept. 10, 1944.Lieut. (j.g.) and Mrs. Robert Weiner (Dr.Betsy Weiner), son, Sept. 26, 1944. Lieut.Weiner is on a destroyer in the SouthPacific. Dr. and Mrs. Robert Moore, Laurence Wil­liam, Oct. 2, 1944.Dr. and Mrs. Roy Stanton, son, Sept., 1944.Dr. and Mrs. William Rosenberg, Neil David,Oct. 16, 1944.Lieut. and Mrs. Robert L. Beal (Peggy AnnO'Neil), Robert Lee, OcL 27, 1944. Lieut.Beal is at Mayo General Hospital, Gales­berg, Ill.Capt. and Mrs. Arthur P. Klotz, daughter,Oct. 15, 1944.Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Barnes, Diana Marie,Oct. 22, 1944.Dr. and Mrs. Charles Spurr, Susanne Jane,Nov. II, 1944.Dr. and Mrs. Matthew Block, William Alex­ander, Nov. 14, 1944.Dr. and Mrs. Henry E. Van Reken (seniorstudent), David Everett, Feb. 21, 1945.Lieut. and Mrs. Robert Gassier, BarbaraLouise, Dec. IS, 1944.Lieut. George and Dr. Fenja Reiss, JanetElizabeth, Dec. 4, 1944.Dr. and Mrs. Clarence Lushbaugh (MaryHelen Chism), William Burton, Dec. II,1943·Dr. and Mrs. Malcolm Spencer, MalcolmMyers, Sept. 29, 1944.Dr. and Mrs. Howard C. Hopps, Suzan L.,Sept. 24, 1944.Dr. and Mrs. Robert Wissler, Mary Linda,Nov. 14, 1944.,Class EndowmentFund EstablishedThe first yearbook of the medicalschool was the result of the industry andachievement of the Class of 1944. Thisbook has been sent to all of the alumniwho requested it and has been regardedas a huge success in stimulating interestin_ alumni activities. The proceeds fromthe sale of this book, after paying theexpenses of printing and distribution,have now reached a total of $4-71. Twohundred dollars of this - amount has re­cently been turned over to the treasurerby Lt. J. Alfred Rider, secretary of theClass of '44, after a referendum to theclass pertaining to the disposal of thissum.The treasurer of the association at arecent meeting of the Executive Commit­tee recommended that this fund be setaside as a permanent endowment fundin the name of the Class of 1944, and, toround out the sum to an even figure,offered to contribute to it to make aneven $500. He is authorized by the Execu­tive Committee to negotiate with thetreasurer of the University of Chicago toset up this first class endowment fund.The interest on it would go to the associa­tion. This establishes a precedent whichit is hoped will inspire other classes to aidin placing the Medical Alumni Associa­tion on a permanently secure financialbasis.-Those who have helped to make thispossible deserve the gratitude of theentire Medical Alumni Association. We(Continued on page 7) Service A wards-( Continued from page 2)BLOCKSOM EBERTSeventh Army as head of a general surgi­cal team in the Second Auxiliary Surgi­cal Group, was a recent visitor. MajorBlocksom has been in the Army sinceSeptember, 1940, and also saw activeservice in Africa, Italy, and France. Hewears the Purple Heart for a wound re­ceived in southern France on D-Day. Be­sides seven campaign stars and a bronzearrowhead for a beachhead landing insouthern France, Dr. Blocksom also hasa unit citation.Major Richard Ebert (M.D. '37) re­ceived the bronze star medal in June,1945, for his work on shock which wasconducted in a field hospital of the FirstArmy during the invasion of France. Hehas been in the Army since 1942 and hasspent most of his time with the Fifth Gen­eral Hospital. He was recently on a thir­ty-day furlough and has been a visitor atthe hospital. The citation reads in part asfollows:"Major Ebert demonstrated great ingenu­ity in collaborating with another officer in de- LARSENThomas Larsen, 69, has completed fiftyyears of service in the Laboratory SupplyDepartment of the University of Chicago. 'Residency in AnaesthesiologyTo meet the frequent requests receivedfrom leading medical schools for directorsof departments of anaesthesiology, theSurgery Department of the University ofChicago is establishing a new three-yearresidency in anaesthesiology. A part ofthe time will be devoted to research inanaesthesiology, and the remainder toclinical work. This residency will be underthe supervision of both Dr. Huberta M.Livingstone, assoc. prof. of surgery and di­rector of anaesthesiology, and Dr. E. M. K.Geiling,prof. and chairman of the Depart­ment of Pharmacology. Requests for in­formation regarding this residency shouldbe sent to Dr. Livingstone.Course in GastroenterologyUnder the joint auspices of the Ameri­can College of Physicians and the Uni­versity of Chicago, a brief course in gas­troenterology is being given NovemberI2-I7, 1945. Anyone interested in theprogram or in attending the course shouldcommunicate with Mr. E. R. Loveland,Executive Secretary of the College ofPhysicians, 4200 Pine Street, Philadel­phia 4, Pennsylvania, or with Dr. WalterL. Palmer, 950 East Fifty-ninth Street,Chicago 37, conductor of the course.ELECTED PRESIDENTDr. H. Close Hesseltine, associate pro­fessor of obstetrics and gynecology, hasbeen elected president of the JacksonPark Branch of the Chicago Medical So-ciety. .veloping a simple, practical and easily oper­ated transfusion apparatus for field use. Thisdevice has proved, to be an invaluable con­tribution to the Medical Department's fieldequipment, and makes whole blood transfu­sions easily and readily available to thewounded in forward echelons. Major Ebert'sdevice has been of great value to the successof military operations and has saved the livesof countless soldiers."MEDICAL ALUMNI BULLETIN 7ALUMNI NEWS'31. Donald E. Yochem is practicing inter­ial medicine in Columbus, Ohio. He is medi­al director of Farm Bureau Life Insurance::Ompanies and medical examiner, Fortiayes, Fifth Command Area, U.S. Army.o •• Llewelyn P. Howell is consulting physi­ian in the Mayo Clinic ..... Normand L.Ioerr, Ph.D., '29, who was asst. prof. of.natomy at Chicago until '39, is now prof. of.natomy and departmental director, Western�eserve University. He was editor of Vol. IO·f "Biological Symposia," Frontiers in Cyto­hemistry, which was dedicated to Prof.�meritus of Anatomy Robert R. Bensley.'32. Maj. E. H. Fell writes from the Philip­,ines as follows: "I spent a few hours withJr. Santos who used to be a Fellow in Sur­:erywith Dr. Phemisterin 1927, '28, and '29vhile I was at Billings. He is the NO.1 Ortho­IOd in Manila; he-has lost everything, andlOW lives in one room at an old psycho-hospi­al that has been turned over to use as an:mergency hospital. (His family is well.) Ilave never seen such poverty yet such excel­ent work as he is doing. What he has gonehrough is beyond description-many of hisriends bayonetted without reason or becausehey didn't bow correctly. He said there is notory you have heard, even the bayonetting,f infants, that isn't true. He introduced meo some of the victims. We are parked on a:01£ course not far from Manila and expect toie here till our hospital is built; when thatvill be is a question we would like to know,nit don't. We are slated for a part of thenedical center that is under construction andiartially occupied." .... William M. Joness senior attending surgeon (ophthalmology),t Provident Hosp. and clin. instr. in surgeryophthamology) at the U. of Chicago .....Ufred C. Dick is located in La Jolla, Calif.'34. Israel A. Dinerman is located at Ca­iaan, N.H. > ••• C. E. Barrett is locatedn Salt Lake City, Utah ..... Lt. Com.[ames Francis Regan, USNR, is at the Medi­:al Field Research Laboratory, Camp Le­eune, N.C.'35. Maj. S. W. Banks of the Wakeman}eneral Hospital, Camp Atterbury, Ind., dis­:ussed "Bone and Joint Infections" on July8 at the Gardiner General Hospital, Chica­;0 .. _ .. Maj. William F. Beswick, formerlyIII our surgical resident staff, was a recent ac­:idental table companion in a Paris restaurant,f Miss Van Schoick's nephew, Lt. Col. Har­rey M. Hopp, Inspector General Department,,f Gen. Eisenhower's staff. Maj. Beswick hasieen overseas for three years and with the 23d}eneral Hospital of Buffalo doing neurosur­;ery for two. He served aboard an LST forix weeks during the invasion at Salerno .....Yearbook-(Continued from page 6):ake this opportunity of congratulating:he staff of the yearbook, most of whomIre now in the military services, for mak­ng this possible, especially Andrew:::anzonetti, the editor and his associates,}eorge Nardi and Melvin Newman, andilso Albino Marchello, J. Alfred Rider,ind David Hellyer of the business staff. Maj. Edmund N. Walsh, resident in derma­tology at Billings, '38-'40, has a New OrleansAPO address .... r , L. Dell Henry is a sur­geon in the reserve U.S. Public Health Serv­ice.'36. Elizabeth Gentry, who is a pediatricconsultant of the State Health Dept. of Tex­as, is at present in Rochester, Minn., associat­ed with a child health project.'37. David B. Templin is practicing medi­cine and surgery in Gary, Ind ..... Kendrick unit was broken up, and he was sent to theSchool of Aviation Medicine at RandolphField. In November, 1943, Capt. Smith wentto Italy as squadron flight surgeon. He wearsten campaign stars for Normandy operationsand service throughout Italy including thePo Valley and Brenner Pass, as well as in Ger­many and in the air war over Europe. He re­ceived the Bronze Star for metitorious serv­ice, as well as a Presidential Unit Citation forraids over Ploesti and Schweifat ..... Lt.BESWICKSmith, M.S. Chicago, '36, M.D. '37, is onthe executive staff of Queen of Angels Hosp.,Los Angeles, and has an appointment in themedical school of the U. of Southern Califor­nia ..... Lt. Paul L. Bergstrom, USNR, wasin general medical and surgical practice until'43. He now has an address c-o Fleet PostOffice, San Francisco.'39. Bob Collings writes: "I have just fin­ished a tour in the Southwest Pacific as aFlight Surgeon. I have seen nearly everyisland from Tasmania to the Philippines, lea v­ing last from Luzon. I had the opportunity oftaking part in the New Guinea operations,Bismarck Archipelago, Netherlands East In­dies, and Philippines. To see the Golden Gateonce more and my wife and 5-year old daugh­ter meant more than you can imagine. NowI am at the Naval Air Station, St. Louis, ac­quiring a state-side touch and trying to losethat jungle stare. All the while I was overseasI did not meet any of the old gang .... I cer­tainly miss those happy days at the U. of C..... Lt. William K. Kuhlman is at the NavalAir Station, Norfolk, Virginia. He writes Dr.Krause that he has been there six months fol­lowing a short tour overseas. He just missedseeing Flight Surg, Lt. Jas. W. Marron on aship there recently ..... Lt. Col. E. H. Campwrites Dr. Thornton from Verdun, France,that they "established our hospital finally incollaboration with the Engineers and weregoing full blast when the war ended here. Oursite has been converted from a. bombed-outFrench military barracks and stables to akeen hospital with landscaping and a collegecampus atmosphere! Have an excellent tilefloor surgery; large light roomy wards. Thereconversion was surprising."'40. Lt. Forrest M. Swisher visited theclinics recently en route to Utah with a pa­tient from the Thomas M. England GeneralHosp., Atlantic City, N.]. Lt. Swisher ex­pects to return to Atlantic City ..... Capt.William B. Smith is just back from Italy onfurlough. In July, 1942, Dr. Smith went toDenver with the St. Luke's Hosp. Unit. ThisSWISHER SMITHCom. Horace Gezon has returned from theMediterranean theater, where he was honoredfor his work in controlling typhus. He is nowmarried and is stationed at the Naval Medi­cal School in Bethesda, Md., as an instructor'41. Warren S. Rehm, Jr., Ph.D., '35, isassoc. prof. of physiology, U. of Louisville.. ... Dale C. Hager is practicing general sur­gery in Beaumont, Texas.'42. Bill Hunter is now resident in medi­cine at the Louisville General Hosp. He hashad an interesting career since graduation, in­cluding an interneship in Alabama followedby sixteen months as physician in the Weno­nah, Ala., mining camp, during which time healso attended Spies' nutrition clinic, Birming­ham. Mrs. Hunter is now a sophomore in themedical school, U. of Louisville. Bill occa­sionally contacts Chicagoans, and sendsgreetings ..... Charlie Williams writes thatafter duty in a .battalion aid station he hasnow been transferred to other duties in theEuropean theater. Any information regardingthe current addresses of the following classmembers will be greatly appreciated: RalphW. Barris, Daniel H. Cahoon, Isadore Ross­man, Felix Simon ... 0 • Lt. Robert R. Mor­ris, USN, was a campus visitor August 1while in transit from sea duty in the centralPacific to Washington. He has been in activeservice for nineteen months on a liberty trans­port and has seen service in several invasionareas including Okinawa, with suicide-planeattacks and all. While in the Pacific theaterBob saw Stough, Woodward (who was serv­ing on an LSD), Rook and Bob Hall (whowere seeing action on destroyers), Bunce (whowas stationed in Hawaii), F. Davis (who wastraveling via A.P.A.), and Trace (who wasserving with the Marines) ..... Lt. WarrenV. Stough, USNR, is stationed at Fort Lau­derdale, Fla ..... Capt. James A. McClin­tock is ward surgeon in orthopedics at BillingsGen. Hosp., Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind.(Continued on page 8)8 MEDICAL ALUMNI BULLETIN'News Of Former Resident Staff MembersCapt. Donald J. Boles, former volunteerassistant in ophthalmology, writes of experi­ences in ophthalmology in Australia and NewGuinea ..... Major Frank Kanthak, formerlyinterne, assistant resident in surgery, and as­sistant in the Zoller Dental Clinic, has beenoverseas for more than a year with an auxili­ary surgical team which was attached to anevacuation hospital during most of the inva­sion of France ..... Lt. Col. Sim F. Beam,KANTHAK OWENSformerly assistant resident and acting resi­dent in medicine, '34-'35, wrote from France:"Blocksom was visiting here when this ar­rived-Barer I see almost daily, Joe Miller,Jr., and I were not far apart, but our pathshave not crossed ..... Saw much of Wilsonand Gardner in Italy. They are doing A-Ijobs." .... Capt. Howard Aronson, formerresearch assistant in surgery, was a recentvisitor. He was for some time a surgeon withthe guerillas in the Philippines ..... Capt.J. A. Gans, during recent travels in the Brit­ish Isles, met Herb Lack and Capt. HowardG. Woody ..... Capt. John Doolittle is inophthalmology in a general hospital in south­ern France ..... Major Donald M. Schui­tema is at Station Hospital, Dalhart, Texas..... Capt. Crawford Campbell wrote fromOkinawa of the ideal climate with cool eve­nings and slightly warm, usually sunny, days."Our casualties are resembling more those ofEurope than those of the South Pacific .Phil Clark is just back from Okinawa." .Major D. J. Pachman writes from the StationHospital, Camp Patrick Henry, Va., that hehas seen several U. of C. men, including Capt.Renner ..... Dr. Pachman sent a clippingfrom their camp news regarding Dr. Fe DelMundo, a former interne in pediatrics atChicago. Dr. Del Mundo in 1944 was able topersuade the Japs in the Santo Tomas area toallow her to use what had formerly been theLincoln Elementary School as a dispensaryfor the care of infants and young childrenwhose parents were interned in the SantoTomas Camp. Refugees insisted that she ac­tually shamed the Japs into giving her manyof the foods, medicines, etc., that were neces­sary to keep the infants healthy ..... MajorThomas H. Clarke writes from Upper Assamthat he spent a couple of pleasant days with"Pete" Hamburger, who has an active serv­ice in Assam. He also saw George Boyleston,who is acting chief of medicine at anothergeneral hospital, and Harvey Blank, who isin charge of dermatology at the same place.Major Clarke says that he has been hearing of"Orm" Julian's exploits when he was located in the same area .. '... Capt. Paul Kniskern,one of our first medical residents, is now sta­tioned at Fort Sheridan after many monthsof duty in the European area ..... Capt.George Bogardus has returned to Billings andhas been appointed instructor on Dr. Bloch'sservice.Dr. Lewis Roll, who finished his medicalcourse in December, r94I, has left Chicagofor a position in Seattle, where he is associ­ated with Dr. .Cedric Northrop of the De­partment of Health, State of Washington,working specifically in tuberculosis control.Dr. Kirsten Vennesland (M.D., June' 42)has been working since October I, 1944, inthe laboratory of Dr. Robert G. Bloch, in theDepartment of Medicine as research assist­ant. She is participating with Dr. Bloch inresearch on (1) sarcoidosis and (2) the role ofphospha tase in calcification in tuberculosis,and with Dr. George Gomori also in the lat­ter instance.Captain Howard Aronson, formerly sur­gical research fellow with Drs. Phemisterand Adams and now located at FitzsimmonsGeneral Hospital, Denver, Colorado, hasspent nearly two years in the SouthwestPacific, his most recent active duty be­ing at Leyte ..... Capt. Hinman A. Harris,'34, is chief of the G.!. Section, RegionalHosp., Camp Barclay, Abilene, Texas .....Alvin Carlson, '38, is practicing general andchest surgery in Dayton, Ohio ..... Capt.Frederick M. Owens, Jr., '39, res. staff '39-'43, instructor in surgery, Douglas SmithFdn., on leave for military service, is assistantchief of neurosurgery, neurosurgical center,McCloskey General Hosp., Temple, Texas..... Lynn Johnson, surgical intern during1944, is now assistant resident in surgery atthe New Haven General Hosp ..... Lt. (j.g.)Robert L. Schmitz, '38, former surgical in­tern, has. spent nearly a year on a destroyermine-sweeper in the Pacific area. He partici­pated in the action at Palau, West Carolines,Luzon, Leyte, and Iwo Jima. He expects toreturn to further sea duty ..... Capt. AlbertRyan, '40, is now stationed at Dale MabryField, Station Hosp., Tallahassee, Fla., afterspending two years in England near Man­chester. He met Sherman Jennings in Eng­land, Forrest Swisher at Atlantic City, andhas also seen Drs. Cahoun and Owens.Justin Martin Donegan, resident staff,oph. '36-'39, instr., '40--'42, is now in pri­vate practice (cert. by Amer. Bd.), assoc.attend. ophth., Presbyterian Hosp., attend.ophth., St. Joseph's Hosp., and on faculty,Univ. of Illinois ..... Ruth Martin, formerresident in anesthesia, on May 1 became di­rector of anesthesia at Duke University Hosp.and Medical School.Dr. Perry Darling, recently on our resi­dent staff, is working in psychiatry at CampButner near Durham, N.C. Drs. Ruth andSam Martin and Dr. and Mrs. Darling spentan evening together recently exchanging newsof Billings friends ..... Harry Brandman,res. staff, med., ped., & ob., '30--'33, is inprivate practice (neuropsychiatry) in Whit­ing, Ind ..... Roger Weeks who was re­search fellow on the Commission for Reliefin Belgium Educational Foundation, Inc.,and worked with Dr. Krause during 1937-38on the biochemistry of the eye, writes thatrecently he has been able to carryon his re­searches in Belgium. Most of his communica­tions have been published in Switzerland.Dr. Weeks is now working at the CliniqueOphtalmologique-Hospital Baiere, Liege,Belgium. • Alumni News­(Continued from page 7)Glen Smith, '36, formerly of the U.S. Pub­lic Health Service, has, for the last two years,been located in Mobile, Ala ..... Lt. FredRice, Harvard graduate, who was a rotatingintern here last year, is now stationed in Flori­da ..... Raymond Goodman writes of a verysatisfactory rotating internship at the LosAngeles General Hosp. He has an appoint­ment as resident in general medicine for thecoming nine months. His prime interest isstill in surgery, and he hopes eventually totake a surgical residency..'43. Lt. Robert Bigelow is doing admissionphysical exams and histories on the receivingward of the Veterans Administration Facility,Aspinwall 15, Pa ..... Lt. (j.g.) Arthur Con­nor M.C., USNR, writes from the Pacific areaof recently meeting George Beatty, who isnow an assistant to an orthopedic surgeonand is having a busy service. Dr. Connor alsoreports his marriage, which occurred a shorttime before he left the States. His wife is' aformer U. of C. student ..... Capt. HalReames came back from Camp Detrick,Frederick, Md., to see his new son, Hal, Jr.,who arrived at Lying-in recently .....Lt. (j.g.) John J. Schneider writes: "I've beenWith the FMF since Nov., '44, and have hadsome interesting experiences-not all medical-in the course of the Okinawan campaign,where I served first with a Med. Companyand then with a Marine regiment. LareleStevens, '43, and Robert Becker, '43, areserving with the same division. We are look­ing forward to the future and particularly liketo dwell on the prospects of changing posi­tions with the present junior and senior resi­dents."BIGELOW CLARKLt. Joseph A. Parks writes: "I'm stationedwith a Gen. Hosp. east of Manila where myChief of Service is Lt. Col. George Stuppy,Ph.D. '29, M.D., '32. Manila at this point iscertainly not the glamorous, exotic pearl ofthe Orient as it once was; it's merely a heap ofcharred rubble. We have been very busy forthe past few months and I've seen and treateda lot that was previously just names in Dr.Clay Huff's lectures." .... Fenton Schaffneris at Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami,Fla ..... Lt. Arthur H. Parmelee, Jr., in­terned at U.S. Naval Hosp., Bethesda, Md.,and is now on active duty ..... Lt. (j.g.) PaulH. Hohm, USNR, whose address is Huron,S.D., is asst. supt. of Ancker Hosp,'44. Lt. (j.g.) Hugh Frank was a recentclinics visitor. He has been assigned to a newdestroyer ..... Barbara Kinyon has returnedto the Clinics and on August I became juniorresident in Pediatrics.