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Duke Hospital, InterGom Page 7 University Reporter Finds Medical Beat Both Challenging and Exciting The hundreds of people who com- ])rise the Duke Medical Center faculty are ])art of a major public relations asset of tlie University. Every day, tlie Medical Center makes news with activities that range from, local to international interest. The task of reportiufi' and interpreting the Medi cal (’enter to the public is in tlic hands of Norman K. Nelson, assistant director of the University’s Bureau of Public Information. A Duke gradu ate and a member of the public in formation staff since 1940, he was assigned to cover the Medical and Nursing Schools and Hospital some two years ago. NORMAN K. NELSON Nelson speaks enthusiastically of the coojieration he’s received from the Medical Center stall' and believes that this reflects a re(H)gnition of tlie lay public’s increasing interest and un derstanding in the realm of medical matters. “My primary concern as a medical reporter is accuracy,” he em- j)hasizes. “I’m not iTiterested in sen sationalism and I make a practice of checking back with my source when ever I deal with technical data or material that might be subject to misinterpretation. ’ ’ What is a medical rej)orter interest ed in ? Everything from individual participation in medical meetings to research discoveries of major signifi cance, Nelson says. So far as getting news is concerned, his only barrier is the occasional faculty member who is reticent because of an “understand able but usually unnecessary” mod esty. “I respect the person’s wishes in such cases, but I try to explain that every faculty achievement, great or small, reflects favorably on the University,” Nelson says. Nelson stresses his dependence on staff cooperation for satisfactory cov erage of the Medical Center. His office is located in the Flowers Build ing near the Center, and his telephone extension is 2593. When not at his desk, he’s usually in the Medical ("enter getting the facts for the latest story that’s waiting to be written. Graduate Nurse Education The Nursing Scliool has announced a long-range program to combat tlie current nation-wide shortage of, inirses. A series of two-day insti tutes—the first in June—will encour age nurses to contimu' beyond tlu' Diploma in Nursing. A new scholar ship program will enable nurses to work toward the B.S. or M.S. degree in nursing by taking six semester hours of course work with all tuition fees paid by the hosj)ital during the first year of employment at Duke. Auxiliary Elects New Officers The General meeting of the Auxil iary was held April 22nd in the Grad uate Center. Dr. James Cleland was guest speaker. Officers elected for the coming year are: Mrs. Walter Seeley, President; Mrs. Theady Daniel, First Vice-President; Mrs. Glenn Negley; Second Vice-President; Mrs. Richard Leech, Third Vice-President; Mrs. James Warren, Recording Secretary; Mrs. Charles Lowndes, Corresponding Secretary; and Miss Bloise Sherman, Treasurer. Tliis ’ii’ riiat ((Continued from jiage 3) al affiliation in the (lei)artment Marcli 151-May HI. Cornelia Watson, Director of the Dejiartment, left us June 7 to accept another position. Private Medical Laboratory ^Irs. Eleanor Blackmon rc])laces Mrs. Pat Bryant, and Sue Schrack will join the staff plune Ki. Our new maid is Mrs. Eleanor Brown. X-ray (lood-by to Judy Ilarward wlio will enter ('arolina next fall to study Den tal Hygiene. Psychiatry Mrs. Marian Iloyle is Dr. Lowen- bach’s new secretary. Mrs. Jean Pop(^, S(!cre1ary to Dr. Obrist and Mi'. Eisdorfer, leaves soon to live in Florida. Her husband was graduated from law school, Mrs. Joan Mancini, our nurse in OP(J, has moved 1o Kiclimond, Va. Dr. John A. Ritchie and iiis family iiave moved to Florida. Anesthesiology Dr. L. W. Fabian, A.ssislant I’rofcs- sor of Anesthesiology, will leave June 2~) to become Professor and Chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Missi,ssip])i Med ical (Center, Jackson, Miss. Dr. Julieta Perez has finished her residency training and leaves June 30. Surgery Dr. Harold Lelkoff from (Jeorgia and Dr. Seidell Soss from California have joined the ENT staff. Stejihanie Meltzcr, receptionist for Dr, Norman Ross, has resigned to take a teaching position. Bacteriology Mrs. Barrie Wallace, secretary to Dr. I). T. Smith, replaces Mrs. Martha Callaway who resigned May 31.
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