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^CCOLADE
to the Medical Center Post Office
(Photo by R. McKee)
Pictured above are Mrs. Ruth Wagner and Mrs. Helen Russell as they
p;ive their usual good service to two of their several thousand customers.
^^Irs. Wagner heads the Duke Medical Center Post Office and its staff of
employees. This group plays an invaluable part in the conununications
system of the Medical Center. In their location in Room Of) are 670 mail
boxes that serve the House Staff, medical students, and the interns from
various training programs in the Medical Center.
In addition to this service the Post Office each day handles 17,000 pieces
of mail, 100 packages, and 2,500 pieces of intra-hospital mail. The patients,
also, are served directly by the Post Office which daily places in their hands
some 5i)0 items of mail.
Although the facilities are limited, the Post Office has the second largest
meter machine account in Durham. They handle, monthly, $3,800 worth
of official metered mail plus the sale of $2,500 worth of stamps.
Such a program involves many and varied duties. Under the capable
supervision of Mrs. Wagner, the staff members are trained so that they
can cover any job. This staff provides the whole Medical Center with a
valuable and essential service.
Dr. Handler Appointed
Dr. Philip Handler, James B. Duke
professor of biochemistry and chair
man of the Department of Biochemis
try in Duke Medical Center, has been
named as a member of the President’s
Science Advisory Committee. His
term will expire December 31, 1967.
Hn addition to his duties at Duke
Wd allied scientific endeavors. Dr.
Handler has served on numerous gov
ernment committees including the
National Advisory Health (’ouncil; a
connnittee to advise the Atomic En-
crgy Commission and the National
Institutes of Health on the possible
rel itionship of radioactivity to the
p>;ing j)rocess; and as consultant to
the Veterans’ Adiministration and to
the federal Office of Scientific Re
search and Development.
T)kl^ T)hat
NEW ARRIVALS
The most frequent visitor at the
Medical Center recently has been the
stork. He delivered bundles to 20
families that we know of. How many
more ?
Mrs. Edna Thompson, OPD insur
ance office, a daughter.
Mrs. Jimmie Morris, medical PDC
bookkeeping office, identical twin sons,
Jerry Wayne and Terry Layne, Feb
ruary 2.
Dr. and Mrs. Andy Burnam, sur
gery, a son, February 28.
Dr. and Mrs. John Henry, surgery,
a son, March 8.
Dr. and Mrs. James M. Lee, sur
gery, a son, March !).
Mrs. Nancy Casey, plastic surgery,
a son, March 7.
Dr. and Mrs. Lowell Hill, ortho
pedic surgery, a son, Lowell Weaver,
March 4.
Dr. and Mrs. Richard Kramer, sur
gery, a son, Mark Duffield, January
22.
Dr. and Mrs. Richard Sallade,
urology, adoj)ted a daughter, Linda
Jean, March 3.
Dr. and Mrs. Norbert P]nzer, psy
chiatry, a daughter, Cynthia Jean,
January 17.
Dr. and Mrs. Will Spradlin, i>sy-
chiatry.
Mr. and l\rrs. K. T. Shtdtz (Jane
Bass), psychiatry.
Dr. and Mrs. William Blackard,
nuHlicine, a son, William Griffith, Jr.,
February 8.
Dr. and Mrs. Doyle Driver, medi
cine, adopted a daughter, Mary Ged-
die, February 13.
Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Gorten, medi
cine and physiology, a son, Brian
Kendall, February 1.
Dr. and Mrs. I’eter Kohler, medi
cine, a son, Stephen.
Dr. and Mrs. Kaye Kilburn, medi
cine, a daughter, Jean Marie, March
2.
Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Wallace,
medicine, a son, Stephen Andrew,
February 14.
Dr. and Mrs. James Wynn, medi
cine, a son, Michael, March 8.