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Employes Earn Training Certificates
Weeks of classes and study have paid
off for 53 medical center employes who
recently received certificates for comple
tion of special courses offered by the Uni
versity's Employe Training and Develop
ment Center.
The employes were part of the 677
who have taken advantage of the center's
nearly one dozen courses offered during
the regular two academic semesters and
The medical center's Department of
Biochemistry-Genetics has a new chair
man as of July 1. He is Dr. Robert L.
Hill, formerly professor in the depart
ment.
Dr. Hill replaces Dr. Philip Handler,
who left Duke late last month to begin a
six-year term as president of the National
Academy of Sciences. Dr. Handler has
served as professor and chairman of the
department since 1950.
Announcement of Dr. Hill's appoint
ment was made last month by Dr. Mar
cus E. Hobbs, provost of the University.
Appointed to the Duke staff in 1961
as an associate professor. Dr. Hill was
named professor of biochemistry in 1965.
He had previously served as research in
structor, assistant research professor and
associate research professor in biochemis
try at the University of Utah.
Dr. Hill received his A. B., M. A., and
Ph. D. degrees in biochemistry at the
University of Kansas in 1949, '51, and
'54, respectively. He held a U. S. Public
Health Service predoctoral fellowship at
Kansas and served as a U.S.P.H.S. post
doctoral fellow at the University of Utah
from 1954 to 1956.
Dr. Hill's main field of research is
protein chemistry, with emphasis on the
relationship between the structure and
function of proteins, in particular, en
zymes, immunoglobulins and lactose syn
thetase. He is currently working on
research projects sponsored by the Na
tional Institutes of Health and the Na
tional Science Foundation.
A member of the American Society
of Biological Chemists, Dr. Hill has held
a position on the society's Educational
during the summer sessions since the
spring of 1967.
All the center courses are free of
charge except for a small text book fee
in some classes. The classes are open to
qualified employes and may be taken
during work time if the course is related
to the employe's job.
Completing the 19-week course in
supervision in hospitals were Gwendolyn
DR. HILL
Affairs Committee and is presently a
member of the Council and chairman of
the Procedures Committee.
From 1964 until this year. Dr. Hill
served as a member of the editorial board
of the Archives of Biochemistry and Bio
physics and is now a member of the board
of the Journal of Biological Chemistry.
He has just completed a term as chair
man of the Biochemistry Training Com
mittee of the National Institutes of Health
and is currently chairman of the Bio
chemistry Test Committee of the Na
tional Board of Medical Examiners.
R. Doby, Ob-Gyn; Virginia E. Elliott,
nursing service; Jean R. Homola, physio
logy and pharmacology; Annie Louise
Smith, Evangeline M. Bailey, Maudie C.
Brooks, Shirley A. Williams, Annie J.
Lloyd and Rusie B. Whitney, all of
housekeeping; Jane C. Howell and James
E. Daniel, emergency room; .Fannie Gla
dden and Helen B. Alston, hospital laun
dry; Betty D. Desrosiers, OPD business
office, and Mary T. Day, plant operations.
Ida Allen Lockaby of nursing service
completed the class in principles of super
vision.
Twenty-three employes received cer
tificates for a 16-week course in medical
terminology. Mrs. Margaret B. Long of
outpatient secretarial services taught the
class. The students included Donna P.
Allen, business office; Louise S. Hunt,
Brenda K. Thompson, Frieda D. Walker,
Mary L. Cell and Bobette S. Yeargan, all
of OPD; Linda T. Johnson, radiology;
Cynthia Nelmes, Sue Holbert and Mable
C. Keith, business office; Sheila D. Perry,
PDC; Jeanne W. Pulley, benefits office;
Maria C. Sanserverino, VA hematology;
Joanne Marie Smith, obstetrics; Barbara
P. Tingen, Louise M. Clemmer, Donna P.
Cowert, Kathryn S. Greene, Charlotte
Griffin and Ana Maria Salazar, all of
Surgical PDC; Luna M. Woods, Medical
PDC; Fay Mason, community health sci
ences, and Alice Marie Morgan of the
medical clinic.
Employes awarded certificates for a
16-week course in typing designed to
increase speed and accuracy were Cathe
rine M. Collins, Linda Jackson and Linda
T. Johnson, radiology; Ollie W. Danford,
radiologic safety; Jackie Ann Bennett and
Mable K. Cook, OPD registration; Patsy
H. Gray, Surgical OPC; Grace McClees,
anesthesia; Joanne Marie Smith, obstet
rics; Ann P. Leathers, psychiatry; Maxine
Massey and Kathryn M. Taylor, nursing;
Dorothy Moore and Barbara Ray, OPD;
Thomasine Patterson, physiology, and
Nannie S. Smith, biochemistry.
In addition to supervisory and clerical
courses, the center provides special train
ing to enable an employe to obtain a
high school diploma and also offers a
pre-high school reading class.
Employes interested in any of the
training center's courses may receive fur-,
ther information by calling 286-7942 or
by mailing a note to the Training Center,
2021 Erwin Road, Canpus Mail.
Dr. Hill New Chairman
In Biochemistry-Genetics