Duke University Medical Center, InterGom
Page 7
Mrs. Biifkin Retires after
27 Years as Duke Medical
Records Librarian
by Wes I jeflek
Mrs. Je Ilariied Bvifkin, described
as “probably the foremost medical
records librarian in the country,” re
tired in December after 27 years on
the Duke University iledical Center
staff.
Mrs. Bufkin, associate professor of
medical records and director of the
department of medical records, came
here in 1937, when Duke Hospital was
youu".
Mrs. Bufkin receiving a service certificate
and pin from Mr. Charles H. Frenzel,
Administrative Director
Attestin'^ to her national pre
eminence in her field are her accom
plishments as a past i>resident of the
American Association of iledical
Records Librarians and the success of
her textbook on medical termitiology.
When Mrs. Bufkin .joined the Duke
staff, she already had served as ]>resi-
dent of her national organization,
and she still holds the record as the
youngest i>erson ever elected to the
post. She later served AA^MRL as a
member of the board of directors.
Constantly active in the national
Association, .Mrs. Bufkin is re
membered for the work she did in
orwanizin" local chaj)ters in Chicago
and Cook (,'ounty, Illinois, and in
IJoehester, N. Y. It was Mrs. Bufkin
who headed the first approved school
for medical record librai'ians in
Rochester.
The Far East will remember ilrs.
3n Jiemotiam
On December 28, Mrs. Evelyn Paschall, long-time member of the
Medical l^.D.C. staff, passed away. Eighteen years of loyal service
won her the affection of many.
Mrs. Paschall, who was 57 when she died, spent her early childhood
in Durham County and the rest of her life in Durham. She received
her degree in nursing at the Watts Hospital School of Nursing and at
tlie time of her death was Clinic Head Nurse in the Medical Division of
the Private Diagnostic Clinic.
Surviving Mrs. Paschall is her husband, Mr. Mallie J. Paschall, Jr.
of Durham and two children, Mallie J. Paschall III also of Durham and
Mrs. J. C. McLaurin, Jr. of Norfolk, Va. Also surviving are 10 grand
children.
Bufkin as the one who brought
organization of medical records to
Taiwan University Medical School in
Formosa when she w’ent there M'ith
members of a medical team in 1954 to
helj) set uj) the medical facility.
She will be remembered bj" all those
who struggle with an uiulerstanding
of medical terminology as the author
of “Medical Terminology Made
Easy” copyrighted in 1951.
ZJkU n
NEW ARRIVALS
Dr. and Mrs. F. Stanley Porter,
Pediatrics, a girl on October 12.
Dr. and ilrs. Philip N. Strause, HI,
Pediatrics, a girl on December 30.
]\Ir. and Mrs. Whit Cobb, a son,
Paul Whitlock, Jr., on November 25.
]\Irs. Cobb is head nurse in OB Clinic.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley W. Elwell, a
girl, Karen Elaine, on December 8.
Jlrs. p]lwell is head nurse on Holmes
Ward. Mr. Elwell is Director of the
Outpatient Department.
WEDDING BELLS
Miss Vivian Davis an employee of
the Medical Records filing depart
ment, w’as married on December 4 to
Clayborn Ellis of Durham.
Miss Charlotte Ann Mackensen, a
member of the staff of the Depart
ment of Dietetics, was married De
cember 28 to Mr. Richard ]5ruce
Couchs Mr. Conely is a medical stu
dent at the University of North Caro
lina in Chapel Hill.
Ahvays modest about her accom
plishments, Mrs. Bufkin says she
wrote the book “in self defense” be
cause she needed a textbook in her
course at Duke on Medical Record
Library Science.
Her new’est challenge, which she
will tackle this year, will be a com-
])lete revision of her book, now in its
third printing.
^ Tjkat
NEW FACES AND OLD
Medical PDC
Mrs. Millie Jones, MPDC inter
viewer, re])laced ^liss Martha Jour-
dan who moved to California.
Mrs. Inez Harrington, PBX opera
tor, replaced ]\Irs. Mollie ilartin who
transferred to Medical PD(! Lab.
Nursing Scrvicr
New RN’s on the staff are Jliss
]\Iarjorie Joyner, Recovery Room;
Miss Jenifer Gummey, INIT; Jlrs.
Jac(]uelyn Satterwhite, Halsted; Mrs.
Carolyn Sunnners, Howland; Mrs.
Joanne Rawsou, R(‘habilitation; Mrs.
Judith (ilross, Infections Control;
Mi.ss Sharon Underwood, Emergency
Room; Mrs. Russelline Moore, Obstet
rics; iliss Barbara Brod, Medicine;
Miss Betty Floyd, Renal Lab., and;
Mrs. (Charlotte Ortigoza, JMediciue.
Mrs. Moore, Miss Brod, and Jliss
Gummey are Duke graduates.
In addition to the three foreign
exchange nurses already on our staff,
(Conthmed on page 8)