Retirement 'JustasI Planned'
KEEPING BL/Sy—Taking care of his farm in Wake County is"a job in itself," said Jesse
W. Ferrell, who retired from the medical center in July 1976. He keeps three horses
for his 26 grandchildren to ride when they visit. (Photo by Ina Fried)
“I have really enjoyed my
retiiement so iar," said Jesse W.
Ferrell, who retired in July 1976 from
the medical center.
"1 looked forward to this and I
planned for it. It's turning out just as
1 planned."
In 38 years at the medical center,
Ferrell served as chauffeur for three
medical center leaders, Drs. Wilburt
C. Davison, Bames Woodhall and
William. G. Anlyan.
Now he's enjoying the benefits
Duke provides for its retired
employees. He is receiving a
monthly payment from the
Employees Retirement Plan (ERP) as
well as continuing his group medical
insurance with the university paying
the employer's portion of the
premium.
One of Two Parts
Paid for completely by the
university, the ERP is designed to be
one of two parts of a total retirement
plan, explained Richard A.
Bindewald, associate personnel
director and director of benefits and
records. The other part is Social
Security, the cost of which is shared
equally by the employee and the
imiversity.
"The overall philosophy or design
Employees Give Opinions through Survey
The opinions of more than 3,000
medical center bi-weekly employees
are now being tabulated in the
Qeveland offices of the National
Survey Research Center (NSRC).
The results, available in about 10
weeks, will give the medical center a
concise and comprehensive picture
of which policies are working and
which ones will have to be
reevaluated.
Approximately 3,100 employees
participated in last week's Employee
Opinion Survey, Duke Hospital
Administrative Director Richard
Peck said.
Still Not Too Late
He estimated that some 4,800 were
eligible to participate, and added
that it is still not too late to register
one's opinions.
Any employee who did not
participate in the survey and would
like to do so may get a copy of the
questionnaire and a return envelope
tom A1 Williams, manager of the
benefits and records office. Room
160, Bell Building.
The questionnaire may be filled
out at the employee's convenience
and mailed directly to NSRC by
Mctrch 23.
Sessions Went Well
Both Williams and Peck were
encouraged by the response to the
survey.
"1 was pleased with the turnout
cmd appreciate all those taking part.
It showed that employees are
genuinely interested in making the
survey a success," Peck said.
Ebony Exposures
Dr. Diane McGrath, director of the
Duke Cancer Information Service,
and Dr. Seymour Grufferman,
director of epidemiology for the
Comprehensive Cancer Center, will
appear on Channel 4's "Ebony
&posures" tomorrow at 9 p.m.
The topics to be discussed include
eaily detection of cancer and types of
cancer jnost likely to afi!^ black
people.
Williams observed that the
sessions "went quite well," and he
said that as he helped to coordinate
the survey throughout the week, he
heard a number of favorable
comments.
"Employees really feel it was a
good opportunity to express their
opinions," he said. "And they hope
something good will come of it."
Hospitalized Employee Participates
Peck said that his general
impression of employees' reaction
agreed with Williams' assessment.
"One employee was a patient in
the hospit^, but still wanted to
participate at the scheduled time.
Since this person could not attend
the session, one of the NSRC staff .
took the questionnaire to the
employee's room and waited while it
was completed," Peck said.
After all the questionnaires are
tabulated, the medical center will
receive a statistical report showing
the results in percentages.
The results will be published in a
future issue of Intercom.
A Physician of Highest Ideals
The American Association of
Pathologists last Monday night
honored a Duke physician whom it
dted for "representing the highest
ideals in medicine and pathology."
Dr. Thomas D. Kinney, R. J.
Reynolds Professor of Medical
Education, was named to receive the
coveted Gold-Headed Cane Award
at a banquet during the group's
annual meeting in Toronto, Canada.
He is the 24th recipient.
Dr. Kinney was unable to be in
Toronto and the award w£is accepted
for him by his son. Dr. Thomas R.
Kinney, assistant professor of
pediatrics at the University of
Pennsylvania.
Established in 1919, the award is a
replica of a famous ebony,
gold-topped cane carried by five
eminent British physicians between
1689 and 1825. The originfd is on
display at the College of Physicians
in London.
Kinney stepped down as director
of medical and allied health
education at Duke in 1974 and as
chairman of the Department of
Pathology the following year.
During his more than 40 years as a
physician, scientist and educator, the
Franklin, Pa., native has gained a
national recognition for his efforts to
improve medical education in the
United States. He also has published
more than 150 scientific papers,
edited the American Journal, of
DR. THOMAS D. KINNEY
Pathology for the past 10 years and
served as a leader of niunerous
health organizations.
In 1975, Kinney was given the
Joint Award for Distinguished
Service to Pathology of the American
Society of Clinical Pathologists and
the College of American
Pathologists.
The 1936 Duke medical graduate
has taught at Harvard, Yale and
Boston universities and Tufts
College Medical School. Before being
named chairman of pathology at
Duke in 1960, he was professor of
pathology at Western Reserve
Universities School of Medicine in
JZleveland, Ohio.
is that the two plans together
provide for the employee who
spends the bulk of his working
lifetime at Duke a retirement benefit
that very nearly equals the
take-home pay of the average of the
last five years before retirement,"
said Bindewald.
"I know the retirement benefit has
helped me," commented Elenora
Torrance, "and I think it has helped
others too." She was head nurse on
Matas Ward when she retired in 1973
after 33 years at the medical center.
A Big Help
Continuing the group medical
insurance can be a big help, Ferrell
found. He used his insurance to
supplement Medicare when he was
injured in a car accident in
November.
"I intend to keep all of that as long
as I can," he said. "You never know
what will happen."
In addition to these two benefits,
anyone who was employed before
Dec. 1,1974, who has participated in
the Duke group life insurance
program for 10 years and who retires
at the normal retirement age of 65 or
older receives from the university a
paid-up life insurance certificate for
$2,500.
Equalizing Benefits
The purpose of this payment is to
help equalize benefits for those
employed before the university
began paying a larger portion of the
life insurance premium, explained
Nancy Tyndall, benefits coordinator
and secretary of the Retirement
Board.
Anyone may convert the group life
insurance to a permanent policy with
Northwestern National Life
Insurance Company within 31 days
of retirement.
For more information about
retirement benefits, contact Tyndall,
Room 313, Bell Building, 684-3033.
Rural Health Care
Dr. David VVarren, professor of
health administration, will speak
on "Legal Issues in Rural Health
Care Delivery" on Tuesday,
March 22 at 3:30 p.m. in Room 224.
Social Sciences Building.
Warren's talk is part of the Duke
Colloquia on Health Policy
sponso^-ed by the Institute of
Policy Sciences and Public Affairs.
'Y' Offers a Kick
For Kids on the Ball
This spring the Durham YMCA
will again offer an instructional
soccer program for boys and girls
aged 6 through 14.
Emphasis will be placed on
acquisition of basic skills in the
game of soccer, according to Dr.
Craig Tisher, associate professor of
nephrology, who is directing league
activities.
Instructional clinics for players,
coaches and officials are scheduled
tomorrow and next Saturday, March
19 and 26, from 10 a.m. to noon, at
the Lakewood branch. League play
will begin in early April and
continue through May.
Teams are now being organized
and anyone interested is encouraged
to participate, Tisher said. Any girl
or boy who wishes to play should
contact the Lakewood YMCA at
489-2610.