Stickel New
V. A. Chief
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COMPLETE ADVANCED COC//?S£—Mrs. Barbara Leathers, left, and Mrs. Betty
Fowler Lowrey, right, recently completed the year-long Post-graduate LPN Program in
Operating Room Technique. Center is Mrs. Peggy Williamson, R.N., an instructor for
the class. Both Mrs. Leathers and Mrs. Lowrey have remained on the Duke OR staff.
(photo by Dave Hooks)
18 X-Ray Technologists Graduate
Eighteen men and women recently
completed Duke's two-year program in
radiologic technology with a commence
ment exercise in the Hospital amphi
theater.
John B. Cahoon, Jr., director of the
School of Radiologic Technology at the
Medical Center, presided during the
graduation and also presented the
Mallinckrodt Award to Ronald Lee
Cromartie of Parkton, N.C., for demon
strating the highest degree of skill and
professionalism in his class.
The Rev. Will Spong. a chaplain at the
Medical Center and instructor in the
Duke Divinity School, gave the
commencement address which was
followed by a response presented by John
H. Dawson of Jacksonville, N.C., presi
dent of the class.
Giving welcoming speeches were Dr.
George J. Baylin, professor of radiology.
Dr. William F. Barry, Jr., associate pro
fessor of radiology. Dr. Boyd T. Worde,
associate professor of radiology, and
James A. Miller, chief radiologic tech
nologist.
Dr. Richard G. Lester, professor and
chairman of the Department of Radio
logy, presented diplomas to the graduates
and Miss Bobbie Holtzman, assistant di
rector of the school, gave each student his
Duke pin.
Graduates in addition to Mr.
Cromartie and Mr. Dawson include Miss
Linda Evon Barrett, Miss Frances Irene
Brown, Miss Eva Viola Harris, Mrs. Janice
Copeland Harris, Miss Jacqueline Nash
Russell, Mrs. Linda Blackwood
Stephenson, and Mrs. Geraldine Kinsey
Young, all of Durham, Miss Nancy
Kathryn Brown of Lillington, N.C., Miss
Carolyn Lounette Cates of Hillsborough,
N.C., Miss Martha Jane Dove of Hope
Mills, N.C., Decatur Lewis Fuller of
McLeansville, N.C., Miss Joyce Gail
Strickland of Clinton, N.C., Miss Gayle
Kimball Sutton of LaGrange, N.C., Miss
Janice Carolyn Thomas of Fayetteville,
N.C., Miss Sharon Elizabeth Wicker of
Sanford, N.C., and Miss Susan Ellen
Willenbrock of Aiken, S.C.
Eight of the graduates have joined the
Duke technical staff.
Dr. Delford L. Stickel, an associate
professor of surgery at Duke, has been
named chief of staff at the Durham Vete
rans Administration Hospital.
The appointment was announced late
last month by William B. Sheppard, direc
tor of the VA.
In his new assignment. Dr. Stickel is
responsible for coordination of patient
care, teaching, training, and research at
the 489-bed hospital. He was formerly
chief of the surgical service there.
Dr. Stickel replaces Dr. Rayrrrand W.
Postlethwait, who resigned September I to
become director of the Sea Level division
of the Medical Center. Dr. Postlethwait
now has administrative responsibility for
all Duke's holdings in.coastal Carteret
County, including the 90-bed Sea Level
Hospital given to Duke last year.
Dr. Stickel, a native of West Virginia,
is a 1949 graduate of Duke with an A.B.
degree in chemistry. He received his M.D.
from the Duke School of Medicine in
1953 and stayed at Duke for his inter
ship.
Following active duty with the U.S.
Navy from 1955 to 1957, Dr. Stickel re
turned to Duke for a residency in general
and thoracic surgery. He was appointed
assistant professor of surgery in 1962 and
promoted to associate professor in 1966.
He is a diplomate of the American
Board of Surgery and the Board of Tho
racic Surgery and has published many ar
ticles in scientific and professional
journals. His major field of interest is or
gan transplantation.
DR. DELFORD STICKEL
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