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Dr. Ralph A. Arnold
Sudden death, ascribed to a heart
attack, claimed Dr. Kalph A. Arnold
on July 17 in New York City. Dr.
Arnold had been in New York to serve
on the faculty for a course in surgery
of the nose at Mount Sinai Hospital.
Aged 49 at the time of his death.
Dr. Arnold joined the Duke Medical
Center faculty in 1946. lie was pro
fessor of otology and associate pro
fessor of otolaryngology and ophthal
mology. One of his inajor interests
was the conservation of hearing and
the treatment of j)ersons with hearing
handicaps. The Duke Medical Cen
ter will miss him sadly.
Drs. Gardner and
Odum Appointed
Dr. Clarence E. Gardner, professor
of surgery, has been named acting
chairman of the Medical Center’s de
partment of surgery. He is serving
in the absence from this post of Dr.
Deryl Hart, now ])resident i>ro-tem of
the University. Dr. Gardner has been
a member of the Duke Medical Cen
ter faculty since 19150.
Dr. Guy L. Odom, j)rofes.sor of
neurosurgery, has been appointed
head of the department of surgery’s
division of neurosurgery, succeeding
Dr. Barnes Woodhall. Dr. Woodhall
took up his duties as Dean of the
School of Medicine July 1. Dr. Odom
joined the T^uke faculty in 1943.
Ross Porter
To Colombia
-at
F. Ross Porter, director of the Duke
Medical Center Foundation, has re
signed to accept a position as hospital
advisor with the International Co
operation Administration. Mr. Porter
rej)orted to Washington late this sum
mer and will begin his first assign
ment in Bogota, Colombia, early next
year after several months of orienta
tion and other jjreparation. His
duties will be to work with the ICA
and the Colombian government in
developing a national pattern for im
provement of hospital and health serv
ices in Colombia. His position is a
reactivation of similar status he held
from 1952-55. On leave from Duke
then, he spent most of the time in
Taiwan (Formosa) where he was in
strumental in reorganizing and im
proving the National Taiwan Medical
Center.
In July Mr. Porter completed 30
years of service at the Duke Universi
ty Medical Center. One of the origi
nal staff members, he was assistant
superintendent of Duke Hospital from
1930-194.9. Appointed sui)erinten-
dent in 1949, he held that position
until 1958 when he was named direc
tor of the Duke Medical Center
Foundation.
Drs. Hohman and
Eadie Retire
Dr. Leslie B. Hohman, j)rofessor of
psychiatry, and Dr. George S. Eadie,
yirofessor of physiology and pharma
cology, retired from their respective
academic duties on August 31. Dr.
Eadie had served on the faculty of
Duke Medical School since its ojien-
ing in 1930. Dr. Hohman taught at
Johns Hopkins for a number of years
before coming to Duke in 1946.
Dr. Hohman is nationally known
for his leadershij) in the field of
cerebral palsy. He has served as
])resident of the Americaii Academy
for Cerebral Palsy, the American
Psychopathological Association and
the North Carolina Society for Crip-
])led Children and Adults; and has
written extensively in the fields of
child training, family life and mental
hygiene.
Employee of the Month:
Mrs. Nancy Proctor
The Employee Recognition Com
mittee has announced the selection of
Mrs. Nancy Proctor, registrar in the
Outpatient Department, as this issue’s
Outstanding Employee of the Month.
Mrs. Proctor began her enij)loy-
ment at Duke in May 1957. It was
l)ointed out that she has consistently
maintained those high standards es
sential for selection as Outstanding
Employee. Those nominating her
stated that she is “extremely con
scientious . . . always considers the
patient’s welfare most im])ortant.”
“Under the pressure of a high j>atient
load, she manages to maintain cour
tesy and interest.” “She is extreme
ly important to the clinic for her co
ordination betw'een her supervisors
and her co-w'orkers. ”
Mrs. Proctor, who is a widow, has
two sons, ages 6 and 14. Born in
Sudan, Virginia, she came to Dur
ham when about 10 years old and
was educated in Durham County
Schools. Some years ago, Mrs. I’roc-
tor had an 8-year ])eriod of employ
ment at American Tobacco Company.
The next issue of InterCom will
announce the Outstanding Emj)loyee
of the Year to be chosen from 1960’s
monthly wiiniers: Mrs. Proctor, OPD;
Parker Lee Tillery, Dietetics; War
ren AVagner, Storeroom; and Thonuis
Vincent, Emergency Room.