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VOLUME 15, NUMBER 7
NOVEMBER, 1968
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
'science, social events'
Med Alumni to Return
TRICK OR TREAT—Young Ben Jordan
of Rock Hill, S. C., gets in on a bit of
Halloween nnagic during his visit to the
medical center. Several hospital depart
ments dressed up their areas for the be
witching day. Ben is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Jordan of Rock Hill.
Cries of "Hi, how are you?," and "I
almost didn't recognize you" will greet
old friends when the Fourth Annual Fall
Medical Center Alumni Weekend swings
into action November 7-9.
Nearly 250 alumni and their wives and
guests are expected back on campus for
the weekend. The classes of 1933, '38,
'43, '48, '53, '58 and '63 plan special
reunion parties.
The events will be highlighted by the
annual "State of the School" report given
by Dean William G. Aniyan at the busi
ness meeting Friday, November 8.
"We hope the activities will be a
happy mixture of science and social
events," M. L. Funderburk Jr., executive
secretary of the Duke Alumni Assoc
iation, said. Funderburk has been assist
ing Dr. Jay M. Arena, secretary of the'
Medical Alumni Association, in planning
the events.
PA Training Curriculum
Duke Symposium Subject
Probably no other innovation at the
Medical Center has received more nat
ional attention in the past year than
the Physician's Assistant Program.
The university has received hundreds
of inquiries from young men and women
interested in the program and from mag
azines and newspapers both in this coun
try and abroad.
A number of magazines and one news
paper chain have sent writers and photo
graphers to Duke to develop their own
stories on the PA's. The program was
the subject of a story in Look, a cover
story in the Feb. 23 issue of Medical.
World News and most recently a writer-
photographer from the public informa
tion office of the National Institutes of
Health was here to develop a story that
soon will be released nationally.
The program-brainchild of Dr. Eugene
Stead, former chairman of the depart
ment of medicine-was further spotlight
ed here Oct. 28-29 when doctors and
medical educators from across the nation
came to Duke for a special symposium on
Physician's Assistants.
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All medical center staff and faculty
are invited to participate in all of the
events. Registration forms are available
from Dr. Arena at the Medical Alumni
Office, 101 Baker House.
Activities get underway November 7
with alumni registration in the lobby of
Davison Building. Old grads will then
hear a talk in the Dean's Hour lecture
series.
A five-minute report, past-present-fu-
ture, from each department chairman will
initiate the scientific program Friday
morning.
Dr. Harvey Estes, chairman of the
Department of Community Health Sci
ences, will then present a case study
called "The 15-Year Syndrome." A panel
discussion on the situation of community
practitioners will complete his presen
tation.
Dean Aniyan's report will follow the
Medical Alumni luncheon at the West
Campus Union Ballroom. New officers
of the alumni association also will be
elected at the luncheon meeting.
The Department of Surgery and the
Department of Medicine will continue
the afternoon's activity with presenta
tions of new projects and theories in
those areas.
The returning graduates later will par
ticipate in the dedication of the Clarence
E. Gardner Surgical Outpatient Clinic
with Dr. Barnes Woodhall, associate pro
vost, presiding. Dr. Gardner was the
first surgical resident when Duke Medical
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