Volume 5 SUMMER 1949 Number 4BARTLEMEZ,MACLANE,COGGESHALLZACHARIASEN Five Faculty Members Appointed toNational Academy of SciencesIn April, 1949, the following faculty members of the Univer­sity of Chicago were appointed to the National Academy ofSciences: George w. Bartelmez, Professor of Anatomy; Dr.Lowell T. Coggeshall, Dean of the Division of the Biological Sci­ences; Dr: Charles B. Huggins, Professor of Urology; SaundersMacLane, Professor of Mathematics; and William H. Zacharia­sen, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Physics.The National Academy of Sciences was incorporated by anact of Congress on March 3, 1863. Its aims were to advance ab­stract science and serve the government in an advisory capacity.The quality of its membership is best expressed in the words ofits first president, Joseph Henry. It is "implied in the organiza­tion of such a body that it should be exclusively composed ofmen distinguished for original research and that to be chosenone of its members would be considered a high honor and conse­quently a stimulus to scientific labor and that no one could beelected who had not earned distinction by actual discoveriesenlarging the field of human knowledge."A brief examination of the Academy's membership today issufficient to discover that the quality of the organization haslived up to Joseph Henry's expectations. Only the most distin­guished men of science have been honored by election. Othermembers of the University of Chicago faculty who are membersof the Academy are Dr. Paul R. Cannon, Professor and Chair­man of the Department of Pathology; Dr. Anton J. Carlson,Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of theDepartment of Physiology; Carl R. Moore, Professor and Chair­man of the Department of Zoology; Morris S. Kharasch, CarlWilliam Eisendrath Professor of Chemistry; Dr. O. H. Robert­SO!}, Professor of Medicine; William H. Taliaferro, EliakimHastings Moore Distinguished Service Professor of Parasitologyand Chairman of the Department of Bacteriology and Parasitol­ogy; and Paul A. Weiss, Professor of Zoology.Dr. Adams Appointed'rofessor of Medicine andChairman of the Depart­ment of MedicineDr. Wright Adams was promoted toe rank of Professor of Medicine on July1949. On August 1 he assumed theairmanship of the Department of Medi­ie, Dr. Lowell T. Coggeshall resigned asairman of the Department of MedicineJuly 1, 1949, because of the pressureadministrative duties. Dr. CoggeshallII continue as Dean of the Divisionthe Biological Sciences and hopes to be able to devote more of his time to teach­ing and research work than has been pos­sible the past two years.Dr. Adams is forty-six years of age andhas been associated with The Clinics since1931 when he served as assistant residentin medicine. He was advanced to the rankof instructor in 1933, to assistant profes­sor in 1938, and to associate professor in1943. In December, 1947 (see January,1948, BUlletin), he was appointed Associ­ate Dean of the Division of the BiologicalSciences. In this position he demonstratedthe high quality of his administrativeabilities. His thorough familiarity withThe Clinics and his experience in Univer­sity administration should make him a most capable chairman of the Depart­ment of Medicine.Dr. Adams has been one of the. mostactive members of the Department ofMedicine. He is deeply interested inteaching and is an authority in the field ofclinical cardiology. He has carried on anactive program of research in cardio­vascular diseases and is particularly in­terested in the more accurate measure­ment of cardiac and pulmonary functionin health and disease. In addition to hisprofessional duties Dr. Adams has beenactively interested in the Medical AlumniAssociation for years and has devotedmuch time to making it a dynamic or­ganization.2 MEDICAL ALUMNI BULLETINNew Appointments InMedicineDr. George Gomori, distinguished in­vestigator and member of the Depart­ment of Medicine, has been made Profes­sor of Medicine. Dr. Gomori was born inBudapest in 1904 and received his M.D.at the University of Budapest in 1928. Heremained associated with the UniversityHospital there until 1938 when he cameto this country. Since 1938 he has been amember of the Department of Medicineat the University of Chicago.Although Dr. Gomori has been an ac­tive member of the Division of Pul-GOMORImonary Diseases, his research has re­flected his wide interests. He is equally athome in the fields of internal medicine,pathology, and chemistry. The paperswhich he has published have made him aworld authority on new histochemicaltechnique and staining methods. Amongthe enzyme systems which he has suc­ceeded in staining specifically are alkalineand acid phosphotase, lipase, and phos­phamidase. He has also developed a spe­cific stain for pancreatic islets and, in col­laboration with Dr. Martin G. Goldner,did some of the pioneer work in thepathology of alloxan diabetes.Dr. Gomori is certified by the Ameri­can Board of Pathology and is on the edi­torial board of the American J ournal ojClinical Pathology. He is also a member ofthe Biological Stain Commission, the So­ciety of Experimental Biology and Medi­cine, the American Association for Can­cer Research, the American Society forExperimental Pathology, the AmericanSociety of Clinical Pathology, and theCentral Society for Clinical Research.Dr. Henry T. Ricketts, member of theDepartment of Medicine since 1931, hasbeen made Professor of Medicine. Dr.Ricketts received his S.B. degree from theUniversity of Chicago in 1924 and hisM.D. degree from Harvard Medical School in 1929. From 1929 to 1931 he in­terned at the Hospital. of the Universityof Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. In 1931 hecame to The Clinics as an Assistant Resi­dent. He became a Resident in MedicineRICKETISin 1932 and from 1933 to 1939 was anInstructor in Medicine. From 1939 to1943 Dr. Ricketts was an Assistant Pro­fessor of Medicine and from 1943 untilhis recent promotion he was an AssociateProfessor of Medicine. During the war heworked as a responsible investigator onan OSRD research project in aviationmedicine.Dr. Ricketts is equally at home in theclinic and in the laboratory. His researchinterests have been centered in diabetesand he has made numerous valuable con­tributions to the field. He is now engagedin a long-range study of the degenerativecomplication of diabetes in a colony ofdogs under controlled conditions whichshould do. much to clarify the harmfuleffects of hyperglycemia.Dr. Ricketts has always been one ofthe most energetic members of the De­partment of Medicine and has taken akeen interest in the teaching of both stu­dents and resident staff. He is a memberof numerous societies including the Amer­ican Society of Clinical Investigation, theAmerican Medical Association, the So­ciety of Experimental Biology and Medi­cine, the American Physiologic Society,the American Diabetes Association, theAssociation of American Physicians,' theCentral Society for Clinical Research, andthe Chicago Society of Internal Medicine.Dr. Ricketts is Chairman of the Board ofGovernors of the Institute of Medicine ofChicago and Chairman of the Adminis­trative Committee of the Central Servicefor the Chronically Ill.SA VB YOUR COPIES OFTHE BULLETIN 3Jn JIltmoriamMiss Nellie Gorgas, 48, who wassistant to the Director of the ClinicsDean of the Division from 1927 to Jl1941, and since that time Director olBarnabas Hospital, Minneapolis, paaway on Saturday, June 4, in that (Miss Gorgas was born in Chicago ancceived the Ph.B. degree from the Unisity of Chicago in 1922. Followingshe joined the staff of the office of FRelations, until in 1924 she became S€tary to Dr. Franklin C. McLean, Pnsor of Medicine and Director of the Cics. Miss Gorgas received the degreMaster of Business Administratior1937 subsequent to the completion ofcourse in hospital administration. Tilafter her duties in relation to the Cliwere broadened. For several years Ito her departure from the University:assumed direct responsibility for theeration of the Home for DestiCrippled Children (one of the compo Iunits of the Clinics).In June, 1941, Miss Gorgas leftUniversity to accept the superintendsof St. Barnabas Hospital in MinneapIn addition to her successful administion at St. Barnabas Hospital, shevery active in and held important ofin local, state, regional, and nationalpital organizations. Miss Gorgaspresident of the Upper Midwest HOSIConference and a Fellow in the AmerCollege of Hospital Administratorsthe time of the second annual meetirthe Upper Midwest Hospital Conferin Minneapolis on May 27 she had Jpresented with the keys to the CitWinnipeg for having included WinniManitoba, as a member of the UMidwest Hospital Conference. In .she was awarded the University AllCitation in recognition of her outstanaccomplishments in civic and commuactivity.Miss Gorgas is survived bymother, Mrs. Annie Gorgas, two brotlHarry S. and William C., and a siMrs. George Lassen, of Chicago.Howard Taylor RickettAwardsOn May 23, 1949, in ceremonies wtook place in Pathology I 17, theawards of the Howard Taylor RidMedal were made. This medal was eslished as a memorial to Howard TaRicketts, who discovered the causRocky Mountain spotted fever andof typhus fever in Mexico City whil.vestigating the latter disease. Dr. Rielwas Professor of Pathology at the Unisity of Chicago. Dr. Anton J. Carlsonsen ted the medal to Dr. Ludvig HektEmeritus Professor of Pathology, IMedical College, at the Universit:Chicago. Dr. Lowell T. Coggeshall nthe award to Dr. Russell Wilder, H�the Department of Internal Medicirthe Mayo Clinic and formerly Chair(Cont. on page 6)MEDICAL ALUMNI BULLETIN 3SCIENTIFIC SECTIONStudies on Amino AcidExcretion in ManObservations in NormalAdult MalesJOSEPH B. KIRSNER, A. LEONARDSHEFFNER, AND VVALTER LINCOLNPALMERCurrent emphasis on the use of pro­IS in the treatment of various disordersthe alimentary tract has stimulated anparative study of certain aspects oftein metabolism in normal personsI in patients with gastrointestinal dis­e. The present work is concerned withino acid levels in the plasma and urinenormal men fed diets of varying pro-1 content.The fasting amino acid content ofsma, in general, did not fluctuate sig­cantly despite considerable variationthe quantity of amino acids ingested in: food. Parallel fluctuations in thesma levels and the amino acid intakesre observed only for total methionine.e output of amino acids in the urines small, averaging 2.5 per. cent of theake. The patterns of amino acid excre­n were not directly correlated with theiportions taken in the food. The addi­n of crystalline DL-methionine to at adequate in this amino acid was ac­npanied by increases in the whole plas­. levels of methionine and of free andal non-precipitable methionine andine. The urinary output of methionine:reased slightly; the excretion of theier amino acids did not change sig­icantly. In one subject the oral admin­ration of a peptone solution treated.h hydrogen peroxide and containing. rkedly reduced quantities of methio­re, lysine, histidine, leucine, isoleucine,line, and threonine (representing a diet:h protein of poor biologic value) was:ompanied by definite decreases in the.sma concentrations of these aminods and by significant increases inino acid excretion in the urine.In two healthy men, fed a well-bal­:ed meal containing a relatively large amount of protein, a quantity approxi­mating I per cent of the ingested aminonitrogen was recovered from the urinesubsequently. Of the total urinary aminonitrogen excreted during a twelve-hourperiod, only 13 per cent appeared to beattributable to the ingested protein. Theresponse of the plasma levels and theurinary excretion of individual aminoacids to the ingestion of protein variedconsiderably. Neither the quantity ofamino acids taken in food nor the concen­trations of amino acids in plasma influ­enced greatly the excretion of amino acidsin the urine.CONCLUSIONSI. In normal men the fasting leveis ofamino acids in plasma are relativelyconstant.2. The quantity of amino acids normallyingested in whole protein and theamino acid concentrations in plasmainfluence only slightly the excretion ofamino acids in the urine.Protection against the LethalEffects of Bacterial Endotoxinby Penicillin and Its ImpuritiesAn interesting sidelight on penicillin issuggested by a study being conducted byDrs. Miller and Hawk under a grant from.the Antibiotics Study Section of the Na­tional Institutes of Health. Their findingsindicate that penicillin, especially whenaccompanied by certain impurities, exertsa therapeutic effect in experimentally in­toxicated animals which is independent ofits bactericidal powers.Other workers (VVelch, Hobby, Rake,et al.) have shown that certain lots of im­pure penicillin contain an "enhancementfactor" which enables the crystalline pen­icillin present to exert more than its usualtherapeutic effect on the course of bac­terial infections in laboratory animals.This finding has not proved to be of clini­cal importance in the control of infectionssince it has become clear that largeramounts of crystalline penicillin cansafely be given and will produce as greatan effect as could be hoped for from the combination of crystalline penicillin andthe "enhancement factor."It has been shown in the course of thepresent investigation that laboratory ani­mals can be protected against the lethaleffect of experimentally injected sterilebacterial endotoxins by the preliminaryadministration of penicillin. The toxinsagainst which this protection has beendemonstrated were obtained from a num­ber of gram negative bacteria of medicalimportance: Meningococcus, Gonococ­cus, and certain members of the Coli­Aerogenes, Salmonella, and Shigellagroups. No protection could be obtainedagainst the toxins of C. diphtheria, Cl.tetani, Cl. botulinum, and Staphylococ­cus aureus.A great number of other drugs havebeen tested in an attempt to show similarprotection and all have failed with theexception of those closely related to peni­cillin or its degradation products. Themost effective substance tested was an'amorphous organic material found incrude penicillin liquor. When this was ad­ministered in conjunction with largeamounts of crystalline penicillin, micewere able to survive several' times theusual lethal dose of endotoxin. This mate­rial is soluble, extremely stable, and, inthe amounts effective for this purpose,only slightly toxic for mice.The mechanism of this protective ac­tivity has not been discovered in spite oflengthy investigation. It has been shownthat it is not due to the control of concur­rent infection in the animal, that it is notthe result of a direct, neutralizing, or anti­toxic effect of the drug against the toxin,and that it is not due to certain of thefamiliar defense mechanisms of the ani­mal body .Further study is in progress (I) to ex­plore the other defense mechanisms whichmight be involved in producing such pro­tection and (2) to isolate the factor or fac­tors in crude penicillin responsible for thiseffect.It is hoped that by means of this studya better understanding may also be ob­tained concerning the mode of action ofbacterial endotoxins.ESIDENT STAFF NEWSAlexander John Anlyan, former ResidentSurgery, has recently returned to Yaleversity as Ins true tor in Surgery.William Bunge, who is practicing pediat­in Laurel, Maryland, visited The Clinics\.pril.Paul A. Campbell, one of the first interns"he Clinics and a former member of theilty of the University of Illinois, has beenointed Assis tant Professor of Otolaryngol-at Northwestern University MedicalJOI. James R. Clark, former Assistant Resi­dent in Otolaryngology, is leaving for Ven­tura, California, to be associated with Dr.F. H. Helbing in the private practice ofotolaryngology.Alberto L. de Guevara has been practicingin Guadalajara since 1938 and teaching dis­eases of the chest at the University ofGuadalajara Medical School since 1941. He isthe head of the "Sanatorio Guevara" for pul­monary tuberculosis. Dr. De Guevara and hiswife, the former Gertrude Cox of Chicago,nn.UT h�"p t'lI7n rh;Ir1Y't:>n Laura de Set, who visited The Clinics inAugust, is now in the private practice ofobstetrics and gynecology in Akron, Ohio.Martin Gordon, who was stationed at theU.S. Marine Hospital in Portland, Maine, af­ter six months on the Pacific, has accepted amedical residency at the V.A. Hospital atNewington, Connecticut.Dr. Maxwell Johnson visited The Clinicsrecently. He is urologist in the Glass-NelsonClinic, Tulsa, Oklahoma.Harvey White became radiologist at therh;lrI ... arJc l\,fpro"ton.r;-::al Un.c:rt.:t-::al n.n Tllh, T4 MEDICAL ALUMNI BULLETINTHE SENIOEvelyn E. Adams, Lenoir City, Tennessee;The Clinics. Robert H. Ambrose, 77 S. Wash­ington, Oxford, Michigan; Presbyterian Hos­pital, Chicago. William H. Anderson, Glen­ville, W. Virginia; U.S.P.H.S., U.S. MarineHospital, Stapleton, N.Y. Joseph P. Arco­mano, 837 Blake, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Green­point Hospital, Brooklyn, N.Y.Charles Bacon, 18984 Fairfield, Chicago,Illinois; Highland-Alameda County Hospital,Oakland, California. H. William Barden­werper, 1839 Wauwatosa, Wauwatosa, Wis­consin; Milwaukee Hospital, Milwaukee,Wisconsin.Mary Davis Carroll, Ellendale Farm,Crown Point, Indiana; Passavant MemorialHospital, Chicago. John E. Charles, 2937Maple, Berwyn, Ill., Presbyterian Hospital,Chicago. William M. Clark, 1003 S. EighthSt., Baldwin, Kansas; The Clinics. Ralph J.Coppola,Queen's Hospital, Honolulu, Hawaii.Harold C. Deering, R.R. I, Tacoma,Wash.; Swedish Hospital, Seattle, Wash.Robert M. Dowben, 6701 Wayne, Phila­delphia, Pa.; The Clinics. Richard M. Elghammer, 7644 Crandon,Chicago; St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago.Conrad S. Fischer, 5614 N. Kimball, Chi­cago; Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago. Wil­liam D. Forney, 1001 N. roth, Boise, Idaho;San Francisco Hospital, San Francisco, Calif.Walter Francke, 2200 W. II7th Place, Chi­cago; Presbyterian Hospital, Chicago.James E. Gallagher, 7435 Blvd. E., N.Bergen, N.].; The Clinics. Nicholas J. Gal­luzzi, 1741 Brooklyn, Brooklyn, N.Y.;U.S.P.H.S., U.S. Marine Hospital, Stapleton,N.Y. John E. Gill, 430 N. Miranda, LasCruces, New Mexico; Baylor University Hos­pital, Dallas, Texas. Samuel Goldfein, 1430Mound, Madison, Wis.; Mount Sinai Hos­pital, New York, N.Y. Norman I. Graff, 6855S. Wentworth, Chicago; U.S.P.H.S., U.S.Marine Hospital, San Francisco, Calif. Wil­liam K. Graves, 16445 Pacific Highway S.,Seattle, Wash.; Queen's Hospital, Honululu,Hawaii. Burton J. Grossman, 5II8 Ingleside,Chicago; The Clinics.Theodore C. Hooker, 804 E. Eighth, Su­perior, Wis.; Santa Clara County Hospital, San Jose, Calif. William E. Hummel, IHoyt, Everett, Wash.; University of OreMedical School, Hospitals and Clinics, Pland, Oregon.Laurel E. Karges, Elkhorn, Wiscon'Ancker Hospital, St. Paul, Minnesota. JR. Kimball, 4217 Gateway, Los AngeCalif.; U.S. Navy, U.S. Naval Hospital,Diego, California. Anthony N. Knezev319 Marie, Glassport, Pa.; UniversityPittsburgh Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa.Clara K. Lowell, 5658 Drexel Ave., (cago; Highland-Alameda County HospiOakland, Calif.Kenneth R. Magee, Gardner, Ill.; Uni'sity Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Chs.L. McKeen, 1040 W. Michigan Street,dianapolis, Ind.; Indiana University MedCenter, Indianapolis, Ind. Eugene G. Mil8075 S. Lawndale, Chicago; Research anducational Hospitals, Chicago. GeraldMiller, 798 Josephine St., Denver; Color,The Clinics. Sherwood P. Miller, 10332 Jferts, Richmond, N.Y.; Santa Clara CouHospital, San Jose, Calif.Joseph Norris, 2204 R St., N.W., W;ington, D.C.; U.S. Navy, U.S. Naval}pital, Long Beach, Calif.Clifford Peasley, % V. L. PemberWest Branch, Iowa; Emanuel Hospital, Pland, Oregon. Harold Plotsky, 3735 W. (dings, Chicago; Michael Reese HospiChicago.Aldon N. Roat, Box 335, Sturgis, Migan; Percy Jones Hospital, Battle Cr:Michigan. Janet Davison Rowley, 7Kingston, Chicago. No internship this yRoger L. Shapiro, 447 Oakdale, Chic,MEDICAL ALUMNI BULLETIN 5I� LA S S OF 1949iael Reese Hospital, Chicago. Ernest C.fried, 126 High St., Marietta, Ohio;P.H.S., U.S. Marine Hospital, Stapleton,Vaughn P. Simmons, 1354 Washington" Baltimore, Md.; Milwaukee Countyiital, Milwaukee, Wis. Albert iSjoerdsma,ing, Ill.; University Hospital, Ann'r, Mich. Robert E. Slayton, 9957 Win-er, Chicago; City Hospital, Cleveland,James M. Smith, Main St., Mason,U.S Navy, U.S. Naval Hospital, San" Calif. Michael M. Spirtos, 127 r oth.ampbell, Ohio; The Clinics. Clyde H..e, III7 Belmont, South Bend, Ind.;'.H.S., U.S. Marine Hospital, Newns, La.mes L. Tyson, 4842 Williamson, Dear­Michigan; Blodgett Memorial Hospital,i Rapids, Michigan.lien M. Waiches, 519 S. Chestnut, Col­lie, Ill.; University Hospitals, IowaIowa. William H. Wainwright, 136 E.St., N.Y.; St. Luke's Hospital, N.Y.,James M. Watson, Goodins, Idaho;-rs Hospital, Seattle, Wash. Sanford G. Weissman, 10 Vista Terrace, New Haven,Conn.; Presbyterian Hospital, N.Y., N.Y.Arthur F. Wendel, R.F.D. NO.2, BrighamCity, Utah; King County Hospital, Seattle,Wash. Robert W. Wissler, 5744 Drexel Ave.,Chicago; U.S.P.H.S., U.S. Marine Hospital,Chicago.The diversity of backgrounds and pre­vious training of the Freshmen of theclass of 1949 were probably unparalleledin the history of the school. Among itsmembers were G.I.'s with overseas experi­ence and men who were barely old enoughto register for the draft; students withPh.D.'s and students who had been ex­posed only to the essentials of premedicaltraining afforded by the Army or Navy.Nevertheless, within a few months thisgroup had begun to function as a unit. Aclass organization was formed, withmembers elected to fill the offices ofchancellor, president, secretary, andtreasurer. An ambitious program of classactivities for the next four years was laidout, including lectures and athletic andsocial events.As might be expected, the academicmortality of such a group was unusuallyhigh in the beginning. Perhaps this servedto intensify the bonds among those re­maining; at any rate, the organized extra­curricular activities continued apace asplanned, until curtailed by the arduous demands of the third year. By this timethe uniforms had been shed, but tuitionbills for the majority continued to be theresponsibility of the United States gov­ernment. Many were by now either mar­ried or seriously contemplating marriage.The final effort of the class as a wholewas to have been a yearbook. Althoughthis was planned far in advance, it be­came obvious that financing the projectwould be impossible. Meanwhile, individ­ual members were distinguishing them­selves in enthusiastically maintaining thetradition of undergraduate research. Thequality of the work done by them hasbeen truly outstanding and speaks for it­self. Plans for further training includespecialization in the major fields of medi­cal endeavor anti preparation for generalpractice. Interference with these plans bymilitary obligations will not be entirelywelcome, but will not come as a surpriseto members of '49.As the final weeks passed, each was inturn delighted at the prospect of beinggraduated, impressed by the elegance ofthe alumni banquet, nostalgic at theprospect of leaving, and awed by the con­vocation ceremony.Such is the class of 1949. Once again itsmembers are scattered, but now they areintangibly bound to each other and totheir school by the experience of the pastfour years.6 MEDICAL ALUMNI BULLETINALUMNI NEWS'33. Robert A. Woodbury of the Univer­sity of Tennessee faculty was elected coun­cilor of the American Society of Pharmacol­ogy and Experimental Therapeutics at itsDetroit meeting in April.'3.1. Lucia Jordan Dunham is moving toWashington, D.C., with her husband. Dr.Dunham has been Assistant Editor underDr. Paul Steiner of the journal Cancer Re­search.Morton L. Wadsworth recently announcedthe opening of his office for the practice ofgeneral and child psychiatry in New YorkCity.'38. Curtis M. Flory is doing pathology atPutname Memorial Hospital in Bennington,Vermont.'39. Ruth Moulton was married in Feb­ruary, 1949, to Dr. Louis J. Gilbert, childpsychiatrist who practices in New York pri­vately and with the Bureau of Child Guid­ance. Dr. Moulton writes that she often seesAaron Kellner, '39, who is a pathologist atCornell Medical School and whose wife is achild psychiatrist.Mary E." McKee Porter occupies her timewith her two children, aged 2! and It and thePhiladelphia Regional Blood Service (Ameri­can Red Cross) of which she is TechnicalDirector.'40. Lillian Donaldson, Assistant Profes­sor of Roentgenology, left in April to becomea member of the roentgenology staff atWoodlawn Hospital.'.J2. Peter L. Beal recen t Iy announced theopening of his office for the practice of derma­tology in Redwood City, California.Paul L. Bunce visited The Clinics in May.He has a three-year residency in urology atJohns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Mary­land.Herbert Domke, former chief medical of­ficer of the Chicago Health Department, hasbeen appointed St. Louis County (Missouri)health commissioner beginning July I, 1949.Dr. Domke held the Chicago post for a three­year period under a temporary appointmentuntil two years ago. Prior to accepting thisappointment he was doing research work atHarvard University. Robert H. Dreisbach has been promotedto Associate Professor of Pharmacology atStanford University Medical School in Cali­fornia.Theron L. Hopple has become associatedwith Drs. Max T. Schnitker and George T.Booth in the practice of neurological surgeryin Toledo, Ohio.'43. Wayne Barker has a research appoint­ment with Cornell University Medical Col­lege and is in charge of a joint Cornell Uni­versity-Veterans Administration EpilepsyResearch Project. He has published severalpapers on the subject of convulsive disordersand is now preparing a monograph on the sub­ject of brain waves and behavior based onwork of the project and past experience in thefield. He soon plans to enter private practiceof psychoanalysis and psychiatry in NewYork City.William H. Thompson was appointed In­structor on the staff of the Department ofRoentgenology, University of Michigan Hos­pital, Ann Arbor, Michigan, on July I, 1948.'44. Charles A. Branthaver on July I wentinto the private practice of pediatrics in Sac­ramento as a member of a group clinic, theSacramento Medical Clinic.Paul G. Wolff, formerly Instructor inOphthalmology at The Clinics, began the pri­vate practice of his specialty in Cape Girar­deau, Missouri, in July.'45. Richard A. Fineberg visited TheClinics in June on his return from servicewith the U.S. Public Health Department atHot Springs, Arkansas. Dr. Fineberg startedhis residency in pediatrics at the BaltimoreCity Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, on JulyI. While in Hot Springs he frequently en­countered Otto H. Trippel, '46, Richard R.Taylor, '46, and John A. Sibley, '46. BothDrs. Taylor and Sibley plan to remain in theArmy for another year at that location.'46. Lt. Clair E. Basinger has been as­signed as Surgeon and Endoscopist, andChief, X-ray Section, at the Twentieth Sta­tion Hospital in Central Luzon upon his re­cent arrival for duty with the U.S .. Army inthe Philippines. Dr. Basinger arrived inManila in May with his wife and their three­year-old daughter. '47. Kenneth M. Campione at the pettime is a Resident in Internal MedicinCook County Hospital and Leon Carrowis a Resident in Obstetrics and GynecolojWesley Hospital under the NorthwesProgram.'48. Robert K. Adamson returned toClinics in July when he started his residin psychiatry.Benjamin Crue is a Resident in GelSurgery at Oakland Naval Hospital as ofI.Robert Jim is a Resident at the FainAlameda County Hospital, San LearCalifornia, and Richard Neal, '48, is a Ident at the Highland Alameda County:pital.Jane Spragg, who completed her imship in July, expects to join her husbandtwo children in Humacao, Puerto Rico, Wshe will be working in Ryder Memorial"pital, part of the work of the CongregaChurch on the island, of which her husbaithe general director.Richard Stanwood visited The Cliniccently on his way through before enuactive navy service.As of July I the following alumni recenew appointments at The Clinics: Mar;Beem, '48, Assistant Resident in PediatHarold G. Carstensen, '48, Assistant Ident in Obstetrics and Gynecology; RoM. Chanock, '47, Assistant ResidenPediatrics; Daniel M. Enerson, '46, ReseAssistant in Surgery; J. Thomas GraYf'48, Fellow in Medicine; Ruth M. Reyn,Assistant Resident in Pediatrics; Geerg:Klumpner, '48, Assistant Resident in 1-cine (Psychiatry); Morris A. Lipton, '48,low in Psychiatry; Guillermo Mateo, '48sistant Resident in Medicine; Hugo c . .w.ler,' 48, Fellow in Medicine; Buel Morley,Assistant Resident in Obstetrics and Gcology; Dunlap Oleson, '46, Intern in Pelrics ; J. Alfred Rider, '44, Assistant Resiin Medicine; Sidney Schulman, '46, FelloMedicine; Curtis A. Smith, '48, Researchsistant in Surgery; John B. Storer,Research Associate in Pathology and ToxLaboratory; and Eugene Van Scott,Assistant Resident in Dermatology.Ricketts Awards-(Coni. from page 2)of the Department of Medicine at theUniversity of Chicago. Dr. Wilder, whowas working with Dr. Ricketts at thetime of his death, told the story of man'sfight against and conquest of the Rickett­sial diseases.Dunham Receives Appoint­ment in WashingtonOn August I Dr. Charles L. Dunhambecame Assistant to the Director of theDivision of Biology and Medicine of theU.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Wash­ington, D.C. Dr. Dunham was ExecutiveSecretary of the Association for the pastthree years and editor of the Bulletin forthe past year. University Clinics GuildElects New OfficersThe University Clinics Guild has justcompleted its third successful year. Threeyears of age may be young in a horse andold in a chicken, but in a hospital auxil­iary it is just a comfortable stage. The or­ganization is beginning to jell, but itsprojects and plans are not too routine orambitious.During the past year, under the leader­ship of Mrs. Leon O. Jacobson, there hasbeen a variety of activities designed toprovide opportunities for friendly associa­tion among the members, at the sametime stimulating interest in the work ofthe hospitals. Mrs. Alfred Emerson, Dr.Ward Halsted, Dr. Edith Potter, Dr. Alf Alving, and Dr. Heinrich Kobrak Einteresting programs at the regular a:noon meetings. Two groups havemonthly in the evenings, one groupbridge, the other to do mending for ERoberts Hospital.A very happy occasion was the Chmas party given for all the members'their husbands as well as the entiredent staff. A. buffet supper in the BillCafeteria was preceded by small codparties for the resident staff, and waslowed by a Christmas program, daneand games till the wee hours.The younger faculty members ofpreclinical departments were entertai,by the Guild at a tea at the home of,and Mrs. Walter L. Palmer on a suo(Coni. on page 7)MEDICAL ALUMNI BULLETIN 7FACULTY NEWSDr. George J. Andros, Assistant ProfessorJbstetrics and Gynecology, left for AnnlOr, Michigan, on September I, where hebe Assistant Professor of Obstetrics andnecology at the University of Michigan.Dr. Percival Bailey, formerly on our Iac­, and now distinguished professor ofrology and neurological surgery at theversity of Illinois, has been re-electedirman designate of the Professorial Fac­. of the University of Illinois's Chicagofessional Colleges.Or. Emmet Bay is now editor and Dr.,ght Adams is associate editor of Modemcepts of Cardiovascular Disease, published.he American Heart Association.'�upt. Ray Brown has been made a memberhe Professional Advisory Committee ofDivision of Services for Crippled Childrenthe University of Illinois Board of Trus-)r. Anna Hamann has been appointed As­.nt Professor of Radiology on the faculty:he Northwestern University Medical)01.)r. C. Howard Hatcher was recently ap- pointed Professor of Surgery (Orthopedics)at The Clinics.Dr. H. Close Hesseltine is now Professorof Obstetrics and Gynecology at ChicagoLying-In Hospital, and will continue as secre­taryof the Department.Dr. Nathaniel Kleitman is spending sixmonths in Bethesda, Maryland, conductingresearch on diurnal sleer. and temperaturecycles on Navy personne .Dr. Stewart A. Koser, Professor of Bac­teriology, received the annual Pasteur awardin May for contributions to the science ofbacteriology. Dr. Koser's research has in­cluded studies in the paratyphoid group ofbacteria, food poisoning, and the growth re­quirements of bacteria. The award was pre­sented by the Society of Illinois Bacteriolo­gists.Dr. Clayton G. Loosli became Professor ofPreventive Medicine and Consultant to Stu­dent Health Service of the University of Chi­cago on July 1 (see Winter, 1949, Bulletin).Dr. Thomas Park is on leave of absenceand has gone to London where he will besenior scien tific officer of the American Em­bassy. Dr. Paul W. Schafer, formerly Residentand Instructor in Surgery at The Clinics, andAssociate Professor of Surgery at the Univer­sity of Kansas School of Medicine since lastJuly,' has been appointed Chairman of theDepartment of Surgery of that institutioneffective July 1. Dr. Schafer graduated fromOhio State University College of Medicine,Columbus, in 1939 and came directly to theUniversity of Chicago for his internship andresidency training in surgery. He joined thefaculty of surgery at the University of KansasSchool of Medicine in 1946.Dr. William H. Taliaferro, Chairman ofthe Department of Bacteriology and Para­sitology, has been elected an honorary fellowof the Royal Society of Tropical Medicineand Hygiene of London, England. ProfessorTaliaferro has specialized on immunityagainst animal parasites and during WorldWar II made extensive research on malaria asconsultant to the Surgeon General of theUnited State, Army. In April Professor Talia­ferro was awarded the honorary degree LL.D.at Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsyl­vania, when Sigma Xi installed its one hun­dred and second chapter at that institution.:iversity Clinics Guild-(Cont. from page 6)in April. On a hot night in July thees of the new resident staff were enter­ed at an informal summer party anda good time anyway.n addition to promoting "friendshipters" the Guild gives volunteer serv­n the hospitals where needed. Thismembers have made surgical dress-, mended, acted as play aids andes' aids, and assisted at such func-t� ;U:i :S�Ci!t: •e University of Chicago •7HOOL OF MEDICINE" 5 No.4SUMMER 1949ROBEIIT H. EBEIIT, EditoTHUBEllTA LIVINGSTONE, Associate EditorMembers of liu Editorial Board:HENIIY T. RICKETTSCLAYTON G. LOOSLILEON O. JACOBSONMARIE J. EcKEIIT, Secretary� of yearly subscription for nonmembers, S1.00;. of single copies, 25 cents. tions as the senior medical students' ban­quet and the tea for new resident staffmembers given by the Administration onJuly 1."Inside Information," edited by Mrs.Paul Cannon, continues to go to aboutfour hundred people monthly.Mrs. Clayton G. Loosli has beenMRS. CLAYTON G. LOOSLIelected chairman for the coming year.The other officers-elect are: Mrs. RobertAppleman, first vice-chairman; Mrs.H. C. Hesseltine, second vice-chairman;Mrs. Dwight Clark, secretary; and Mrs .Paul Voth, treasurer. BIRTHSDr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Fortmann-StephenPaul. October 13, 1.948.Dr. and Mrs. Alton W. Moore- John Wil-liam. February 5, 1949· •Dr. and Mrs. Ralph A. Goodwin, Jr.-NancyElizabeth. April 4.Dr. and Mrs. Clair E. Basinger-MarciaLouise. May 6.Dr. and Mrs. Julius M. Coon-JamesStamer. May 7.Dr. and Mrs. Justin Donegan-Kevin Mar­tin. May 20.Dr. and Mrs. Michael Bonfiglio-Joel. June9·Dr. and Mrs. Charles W. Cure-KarenElizabeth. June 17.Dr. and Mrs, Theodore B. Rasmussen­Donald Brown. June 20.Dr. and Mrs. Warren Wilhelm-Donald Lee.June 22.Dr. and Mrs. Andrew j. Brislen- JosephPatrick. August 31.MARRIAGESDr. James S. Clarke-Dr. Muine Y. Taylor.April 9.Dr. Earl Walker-Betye Dru Booth. June 4.Dr. Henry W. Brosin-Mrs. Ruth HatfieldWisdon. August 12.Dr. William O. Webster-Olga Eloff. Sep­tember s.8 MEDICAL ALUMNI BULLETINASSOCIATION ACTIVITIESOfficers for 1949- SOThe following officers, recommendedby the Nominating Committee and votedupon by mailed ballot, were unanimouslyelected and introduced at the MedicalAlumni Association Annual Meeting onJune 17, 1949: Dr. Andrew J. Brislen, '34,president; Dr. Nan Warner, '49, vice­president; Dr. John Van Prohaska, '34,treasurer; and Dr. Robert H. Ebert, '42,executive secretary. Dr. Thomas W.Lester, jr., '41, and Mr. F. Joseph Mullinwere elected to the Medical AlumniCouncil for three-year terms and Drs.BRISLEN WARNERHelen D. Heinen, '40, and Dwight E.Clark for one-year terms.Dr. Brislen, who has been a represen­tative of his class in the Senate of the As­sociation for several years, received hisundergraduate training at the Universityof Chicago where he received his B.S. de­gree in 1931 and his M.D. degree in 1934.Following graduation Dr. Brislen in­terned at The Clinics, 1935-36, and atCook County Hospital, 1936-37. He re­turned to The Clinics in 1938 as assistantin the Department of Medicine andworked on the cardiac service and in Em­ployees Health Service until 1941 whenhe entered private practice. In 1942 Dr.Brislen entered the Army and was dutychief of the Medicine and Cardiology Sec­tion at Pratt General Hospital, 1943--:46.He was discharged as lieutenant colonelin September, 1946, resumed the privatepractice of internal medicine and car­diology, and was appointed cardiologistat Woodlawn Hospital in Chicago.Dr. Warner comes from Dixon, Il­linois. She received her S.B. degree in1944 in bacteriology and did her pre­medical work at the University of Chi­cago. Dr. Warner will intern at TheClinics and has no definite plans for.further training yet.Dr. Prohaska was again elected toserve in the capacity of treasurer for theAssociation.Dr. Ebert (see April, 1949, Bulletin) isAssistant Professor of Medicine of theChest Service and has been Assistant Edi­tor of the Bulletin for the past year. In IN THIS ISSUEWe are pleased to announce the ap­pointment of five members of our faculty.to the National Academy of Sciences andextend our congratulations to them aswell as to Drs. George Gomori, HowardHatcher, H. C. Hesseltine, Clayton Loos-l i, and Henry Ricketts, who were recentlyadvanced to the rank of professor at TheClinics, and to Dr. Wright Adams, thenewly appointed Chairman of the De­partment of Medicine.Pages 4 and 5 of this number are de­voted to the graduating class of March,1949. Along with pictures of the class wehave listed the home addresses and placesof internship. We should like to take thisopportunity to urge them to keep us post­ed on their activities so that their classmay be well represented in the AlumniSection of the Bulletin.The new officers of the Association areintroduced, and with the continued sup­port of the alumni we know they will doa splendid job in the coming year.addition to his duties as executive secre­tary of the Association, Dr. Ebert is alsotaking over the editorship of the Bulletin.Mr. F. Joseph Mullin, Associate Pro­fessor of Physiology and Dean of Stu­dents of the Division of the BiologicalSciences at the University of Chicago, at­tended the University of Missouri and theUniversity of Chicago, receiving theEBERT LESTERPh.D. degree in 1936. He was associatedwith the Department of Physiology of theUniversity of Texas Medical School from1935 to 1938. Since 1938 he has been amember of the Department of Physiologyof the University of Chicago. Mr. Mullinhas been a member of the Council of theAssociation for several years. His recentelection assures us of his services for thecoming three years.Dr. Thomas W. Lester, jr., receivedhis S.B. degree from the University ofChicago in 1938 and his M.D. degree in1941. Following graduation he was com­missioned in the U.S. Public Health Service and served an internship in :t\Orleans. Dr. Lester entered the Arm}1942. He served two years in the UniStates, training medical departmentlisted men and acting as medical officehospitals in California and Washingtand two years overseas where he wastached to a general hospital and in chaof the officers' medical section untilfall of 1945 when he became ChiefMedical Service in the I2Sth EvacuatHospital in Passau, Germany. In Jaary, 1946, Dr. Lester was discharged �returned to The Clinics as InstructorHEINEN CLARKthe Department of Medicine. Since ttime he has been associated withO. H. Robertson and was made AssistProfessor in the Department of Medicin July, 1948.Dr. Helen D. Heinen, who receivedM.D. degree from the University of (cago in 1940, interned at The Clinics fl1940 to 1941: From 1941 to 1942 she'an Assistant Residentat Children's Meirial Hospital and from 1942 to 1943 ansistant Resident at Bobs Roberts Hotal. In 1943 she was made a Resident;Instructor in Pediatrics at The Clill'Since 1944 Dr. Heinen has been engain the private practice of pediatric!Chicago. During this time she has tthe following appointments: Chief ofBureau of Child Welfare in Chic1944-46; Attending Pediatrician atChicago Orphan Asylum, 1944-46;structor in the Department of PuHealth Nursing at Loyola Univers1944-46; and Student Health Physiiat the University of Chicago, 1946.At the present time Dr. Heinen is onfollowing hospital staffs: Children's:morial Hospital, Associate AttencPhysician; Woodlawn Hospital; LyiruHospital, Courtesy Pediatric Staff;Florence Crittenton Home, AttencPediatrician. Dr. Heinen is marriecDr. John H. Heinen, assistant residenorthopedics at The Clinics, and they htwo children.Dr. Dwight Clark (see October, IIBulletin) is Associate Professor of Sur!and Secretary of the Department of �gery.