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Duke Hospital, InterGom Page 5 Thomas C. Vincent, Employee of the Year 1960, is fongratulated oji his selection by {’harles H. Freiizel (right), Sui)eriiiteii(l(>iit of Duke llospitul, and Ralph L. Drake, Director of the Out-Patient Departiuent. An employee of Duke Hospital since August 1!)52, Thomas Vincent is Emergency Room or derly. He was chosen for tiiis annual recognition from among four Outstand ing Employees of tiie Montli selected during li)(>(). (Duke Photo by ISparks) Asking Around Hy Marie Price “Do you think Duke Medical Center is becoming too large?” This was tlie (|uestion ])ut to several veteran employet's to find out how th(> okl timers felt about the rapidly (‘xpand- iug (’enter. A departnu^nt head said, “For pa tient retpiirements, no. For ])leasur(' of working, yes.” From an employee who has ob viously given thought to the prob lem, “It is hard to tell whether the Medical (’enter has outgrown the x\d- ministration or if the Administra tion has overcom])ensated for the growth of the Medical Center. What ever the cause, it seems to have re sulted in an administrative jungle of confusion where so nnicli time is needed and so many peo])le arc' in volved in correcting a problem of growth or introducing a Jiew idea that the idea or problem becomes obsolete before anything can be ac- com])lished. ” “Yes,” said a senior statf member. “At present the Medical Center is too large for a one man oi)eration. It will be worse in the next five to ten years if we increase as i)lanned.” But a r(!cord librarian felt, “No, because if we are going to have a medical center it should be large. The change of the name from Hos pital to Medical (’ent(‘r indicates growth.” Medical Center to Launch Clinical Research Program Plans for a multi-million dollar clinical research program wei'e an nounced in October b.v Dr. Dery] Hart. Total cost of the pi'oject dur ing its five years of operation Mill be approximately $3,111,()()(). This in cludes U. S. Public Health Service funds expected to total $1,581,000 for support of the program during its first five years. Facilities for the program will be housed in the clini cal research unit of the new building. Dean Barnes Woodhall said that the ])rogram was organized under the direction of Dr. Frank L. Engel, pro fessor of medicine, wdio will continue to serve as its head until the appoint- nuuit of a permanent director and an associate director next year. The ini tial first-year grant, awarded by the Division of Oeneral j\ledical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health (principal research arm of the Public Healtli Service) amounts to $288,- 100. Similar and increased grants are expected for the four subsequent years. Duke is one of 11 institutions over the nation selected by the Public Health Service for establishment of clinical research centers. Others ai-e the University of North (’arolina. Uni versity of Alabanui, Yale University, University of Maryland, Harvard University, Seton Hall College of i\Iedicine and Dentistry, Cornell Uni versity, University of Rochester, Ohio State University and Vandei'bilt University. Christmas Closing Dates announced by the Duke llosi)ital Auxiliary are from Friday, Decend)er ](>, 4:30 P.M. to Tuesday, -lanuary 3, 9:30 A.M.
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