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Thomas appointed director of development John S. Thomas, the university's director of estate planning for the past six years, has been named assistant to the vice president for health affairs and director of medical center development. His appointment w^as announced by Dr. William G. Anlyan, vice president for health affairs, and J. David Ross, vice president for institutional advancement. In becoming director of devel opment, the med ical center's top fund-raising pxssi- tion, Thomas succeeds Richard B. Hayes, who has resigned to become assistant chancellor for, public programs THOMAS at the medical center of the University of California at San Francisco July 1. Thomas already has assumed his new responsibilities. Blood drive Wednesday, not Thursday The next Red Cross blood drive will be Wednesday, May 24, not Thursday, May 25, as reported in Wednesday's Heartbeat. The blood drive will be in the first floor cafeteria, from 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m. The development program at the medical center includes annual giving and a direct mail solicitation project under assistant director Osborne (Toby) Beathea; an estate planning office under Eleanor Kinney; the annual Children's Golf Classic under Gerald W. (Jerry) Neville; fund-raising for the Comprehensive Cancer Center under development officer Jeffrey M. Johnston; and the Davison Club, under its executive director, R.C. (Bucky) Waters, who is assistant to the vice president for health affairs. Davison Club members contribute at least $1,000 a year to the Duke School of Medicine. The Office of Development also concentrates heavily on acquiring gifts and grants from private individuals, corporations and foundations. Thomas, 35, worked in estate planning and trust sales for Wachovia Bank and Trust Co. in Greenville and Raleigh prior to joining Duke in 1972. A native of Bartlesville, Okla., he grew On tour today Twenty-four students from J.F. Webb Senior High School in Oxford are touring the medical center today. The students are members of a food services and management class and are accompanied by their teacher, Dorothy Puckett. up in Charlotte and graduated in 1961 from Myers Park High School there. He earned a B.A. degree in political science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1965. Thomas is president of the 1978 class in the Young Executives Institute at UNC and is a graduate of the 1973 Leadership Development Course of the Durham Chamber of Commerce. He has been a member of the budget committee of the Durham United Fund, and is a director of the Durham Rotary Club, a member of the Vestry of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church and a board member of the St. Stephen's Foundation. Thomas and his wife, Katharine, have two sons, John and Edwin. STEVE ]ONES, St. Louis Cardinal running back and former Duke football star, will join fellow alumni Mike Curtis, David Hartman, Jeff Mullins and Jack Marin and a host of other stars in this year's Children's Classic. (Photo by John Becton) Willie Mays joins classic team 1 Willie Mays will trade his bat for a golf club next weekend. The former baseball "giant" has been added to the celebrity lineup for this year's Children's Classic, according to executive director Jerry Neville. Neville also has announced that entertainer Donald O'Connor, actor Greg Morris of "Mission Impossible" fame and National Football League veteran Mike Curtis will participate in the May 27-28 tournament on the Duke Golf Course. Curtis will be one of a number of celebrities returning to his alma mater. Special events during the weekend of the classic, Neville said, will include a golfing exhibition by Chi Chi Rodriguez and the annual dinner-show, featuring performances by many of the celebrities on hand for the tournament. Rodriguez' exhibition will take place at about 3 p.m. Saturday afternoon (May 27) and the dinner-show begins at 8 p.m. that evening at the Royal Villa in Raleigh. Tickets for the show are available for $50 per person in the Department of Pediatrics office, 228 Baker House (brown zone, second floor). For more information, call 286-1605 or 286-2135. Medical, nursing grads cited for special achievements During the Hippocratic Oath Ceremony and the School of Nursing Recognition Service held in Duke Chapel on Saturday, May 6, annual awards were presented to graduating seniors in medicine and nursing who had distinguished themselves in service to the community, in scholastics and research. Stephen Arnold Wank was given the Sandoz Award of $100 and a plaque for his "outstanding work on two rather disparate projects" in biochemical research. Wank's citation stated that he "performed at an outstanding level in all phases of his work." Wank's research included characterizing a factor in the serem of patients with multiple sclerosis and a study of the growth inhibiting interaction between normal and neoplastic cells. The Upjohn Award was presented to Eugene Wilson Griffin III for his commitment to the Primary Care Program. Griffin was cited for his contributions to the First Contact and Forum for Intercom is published weekly by the Office of Public Relations, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3354, Durham, N.C. 27710. Joe Sigler Director John Becton Editor Primary contributors: William Erwin, Comprehensive Cancer Center medical writer; Ina Fried, staff writer; Parker Herring, public relations assistant; Edith Roberts, staff writer; David Williamson, medical writer. Circulation: Ann Kittrell. Primary Care and for his contributions to the Edgemont Community Clinic. He received $200 and a plaque. The Lange Medical Publication Award, consisting of four books, went to Robert McKinnon Califf and William Haywood Bobbitt 111. Califf was a class officer and representative from his first year in medical school, a student representative to several faculty committees and a tour guide for the admissions committee. He was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) in his third year and served as senior class president. Bobbitt was cited for his "total involvement in all phases of student life." He served on the Medical School Admissions Committee, was elected during the third year to AOA and was actively involved in the student-faculty show for four years. The American Medical Women's Association Achievement Citation was given to three women graduates who were academic honors students; Marianne Jackson, Peggy Susan Lindsey and Linda Celeste Robb-Nicholson. Frank John Suslavich Jr., winner of the Markee Memorial Award, received $200, a medal and a certificate from the anatomy department. He was the outstanding anatomy student in the first- year class. Jodelle Sue Groeneveld and Michael Robert Gorman were cited for winning the Davison Scholarship travel award in 1976 and 1977, respectively. Bowl 'em over Men or women who would like to join the new Medical Center Mixed Bowling League should contact Diane Walsh, RN, Halsted Ward, 684-3061, by Thursday, May 25. The summer league will bowl on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. at Wellons Village. Walsh was elected president at an organizational meeting. Six students were recognized for earning both M.D. and Ph.D. degrees in six years.. They were Bert Alton Brantley Jr., Steven Robert Butler, Clinton Hubert Joiner, John Carson Hay Steele Jr., Stephen Young Wilkerson and Lewis Thomas Williams. Dale Bredesen won the Trent Prize in 1977 for his paper, "1984-In the mid 20th Century? The History of Psychosurgery." Bredesen received $100 and a certificate. The C.V. Mosby Book Award, consisting of a certificate and a Mosby Book, was presented to each of four students: Jonca Camille Bull was selected for her leadership in the National Student Medical Association, her contributions to the American Medical Student Association, her membership on the Medical School Admissions Committee and the Medical Education Advisory Committee and for her service as a student representative to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Joan Sanford Henderson was cited for serving as a class officer or representative for each of four years, for serving as a Davison Council officer, for her work with the admissions committee and for her leadership ability in the class. Kurt Douglass Newman earned his citation for being class president for three years, for serving as a tour guide for the admissions committee, for being a Davison Council officer and for his overall excellence in leadership and contributions to the social life and activities of his class. (Cpntinueii on page 41 FAREWELL TO A FRIEND—A number of Duke work-study students recently completed a year's work in the medical center. Pictured is David Holden, who graduated May 7 with a bachelor's degree in religion. He talks with ALPN VerniceWright at a party given in honor of Holden. He worked two days a week for the past year as a clinic receptionist in the Surgical Outpatient Clinic. Other work-study students who recently moved on with graduation and the end of the school year are Barbara Solomon, Timothy Yeatmlin and Susan Patterson, who worked in the orthopaedic clinic; Joan Templeton, urology clinic; and Virginia Griggs, Donald Leverett, Lisa Nalborn and Cheryl Mirenda, Tumor Registry. (Photo fcy John Becton)
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