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SURPRISED^—Professor of Nursing Gwendolyn Fortune is retiring in August and will become the School of Nursing's second professor emeritus. The staff and faculty gave her a Duke rocking chair at a reception honoring her this spring. A native of Ohio, she earned her B.S.N. and M.A. degrees from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. She joined the faculty here 14 years ago. Also pictured is Edward Cooke, administrative coordinator in the School of Nursing. (Photo by John Becton) » « t -1 22 0 • H 1 2 3 4 5 ( / t 9 10 11 12 13 14 IS IS 17 It 19 20 21 a a H » 26 V n IS 19 20 71 22 S 24 25 26 77 21 29 30 31 June 10-17,1977 We would like to list lectures, symposia and other activities at the medical center in the Intercom Calendar. Notices can be accepted for the calendar no later than one week pnor to publication. Notices may be sent to Box 3354, Hospital. If last minute scheduling makes it impossible to send a written notice in time, please call 684-4148. Friday, June 10 12 noon Joint Seminar of Depts. of Biochemistiy and Microbiology and Immunology. Dr. Ari Helenius, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany, will speak on"Structure and Reconstitution of the Semliki Forest Virus Membrane," Km 143, Jones Kdg. 1pm. Network for Continuing Medical Education (NCME). Programs on "The Diagnosis of Hyperthyroidism: A Decade of Progress,' "Primary Biliary Cirrhosis; Management of an Enigma" and "Upcoming Programs." View in Rms M-405, M-410, 2031 and Medical Student Lounge (Channel 7 or 9) at Duke and Rms A3002 (by appointment only), C9013, D3008, CCU and classrooms and media learning lab of Allied Health Bldg. at VA Hospital. '^l ^CME. Programs on "Evaluating Patients with Occlusive Cerebrovascular Disease," "Papilledema Versus Pseudopapilledema: Recognition and Diagnostic Consideration and "The Beta Adrenergic Theory of Atopic Disorders." See Fri., June 10 for viewing areas. Thursday, June 16 1:30 a.m. Night Shift Blood Pressure Clinic, Courtyard Dining Area. Office of Public Relations P.O. Box 3354 Duke University Medical Center Durham, North Carolina 27710 ^ MNlvr-RSlTV LIBRARY £ampus mail Computer Center Lists Classes Interested in learning a little about computers? Now is your chance. The Duke Computer Center is offering a series of seven courses in computing this summer. The first courses assume no background in computing, so inexperience should not hold you back. The comp center courses are free of charge and open to all members of the Duke community. This includes all students, faculty, and employees of Duke and Duke-related non-profit organizations as well as members of their families. Any course will be cancelled if fewer than five people register for it. Classes are scheduled for 4-5 p.m., Monday through Friday. To register or to obtain more information, call Mara Simmerman at 684-4217. Course CCIO Introduction CC20PL/I CC30 FORTRAN CC75 COBOL CC91 TSO CC40JCL CC52SPSS Dates June 13-15 June 16-July 1 June 16-July 1 June 16-July 1 July 11-15 July 6-15 July 11-15 Place Instructor Soc Sci136 Paris Psych 126 Elkington Soc Sci 311 Tuan Soc Sci 124. Wyse 100 North Ballard Sof Sci 311 Tuttle Soc Sci 124 Poss Professional News Dr. Donald S. Miller, associate professor of medicine and director of the Comprehensive Cancer Center's Cancer Control Program, has been appointed to the International Study Group on the Detection and Prevention of Cancer. Dr. Sheila Counce, associate professor of anatomy and a member of the Comprehensive Cancer Center, attended an international workshop on mitosis April 25-29 in Heidelberg, West Germany. Dr, William T. Creasman, associate professor of ob-gyn and, director of gynecologic oncology at the Comprehensive Cancer Center, made three presentatior« at a workshop of gynecologic malignancies in Albany, N.Y., April 28 and 29. His subjects were the management of early cervical neoplasia, ovarian cancer and endometrial cancer. On April 19 Creasman gave the Diehl Memorial Lecture on adenocarcinoma of the endometrium at Lutheran Hospital in Baltimore. Population Control For Durham Animals An animal control specialist from the U.S. Humane Society, Washington, D.C., will be in Durham Monday for meetings with local Animal Protection Society (APS) officials and other interested citizens. Phyllis Wright will lead a discussion Monday at 8 p.m. in the First Presbyterian Church, concerning the role of the Durham County Animal Shelter and the ensuing role of the APS in controlling Durham s animal overpopulation. In the afternoon she will visit and inspect the animal shelter, where she will meet with Director Jimmy Morris and APS President Becky Heron, a part-time research aide in community health sciences. Both meetings are open to the public. For more details, call Heron (489-4402), Morris (688-4225) or the APS office (489-7935). FLU AND BAD WEATHER DIDN'T STOP THEM—€leven employees In Environmental Services were named to the 100 PerCenter Club for perfect attendance from Feb. 1-April 30. They received $10 gift certificates. May 25, at Housekeeping Council meetings which focused on the theme "Absence Makes the Team Work Harder. Receiving their awards from Robert D. Metcalf, (center) assistant administrative director of the hospital, are (from left) Joe Cadlett, first shift, and Minh Dang, Margorie Henderson and Ruthie Covington, all from the Eye Center. Others recognized at the evening meeting were Lillie Tyler, first shift; Barbara Butler, Nannie Laws, Annie McClary, Eugene McLean and Anrile Newman, second shift; and Magdalene Thompscjn, Eye Center. (Photo by Ina Fried) Dr. Mont^e Brown, professor of Health Administration, was seminar leader for an "Executive Seminar on Survival in the Baltimore-Washington Corridor," conducted by the Maryland Hospital Education Institute, Baltimore, April 20. He was keynote speaker at the Kansas State Seminar on Shared Services, May 26-27, in Wichita. His topic was "From Hospital to Comprehensive Health Delivery System — Time for a Change." He also spoke in May at Wassau, Wise. Dr. Robert McLelland, associate professor of radiology, attended a directors' meeting of the Breast Cancer Demonstration Project, April 20-21, in Bethesda, Md. Dr. Harold R. Silberman, professor of medicine, and Dr. Robert Famham III, a resident in pathology, discussed the cytologic presentation of hematologic disease at the North Carolina Society of Cytology spring meeting in Durham, April 23. Silberman is a member of the Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Charles E. Buckley HI, associate professor of medicine and assistant professor of microbiology-immimology, was installed as president of the North Carolina Lung Association at its annual meeting in Asheville, April 26. Buckley is a representative councilor to the American TTioiacic Society and has served as president of the North Carolina Thoracic Society. He was appointed to ' the advisory council to the dir^or of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in 1975. Lewis T. Williams, a student in the M.D.-Ph.D. medical scientist training program, presented a paper on "Regulation of Myometrial Alpha-Adrenergic Receptors by Estrogen and Progesterone" and the national meeting of the American Federation for Clinical Research in Washington, D.C., .^ril 30-May 2. The federation is the largest dinical research organization in the United States and is comprised of more than 9,000 clinical investigators interested in promoting and encotuaging origirul research in clinical and laboratory medidne.
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