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Dr. Hobbs Announces Faculty Changes
Seven new faculty promotions and
status changes were announced recently
by Dr. Marcus E. Hobbs, University
provost.
Four of the seven changes were pro
motions to associate professorships.
Dr. William Longley, who came to
Duke as an assistant professor of anatomy
in 1968, was named associate professor in
January.
Born in Cornwall, England, Dr. Long
ley earned his bachelor's degree in physics
and a master's and Ph. D. in crystal
lography from the University of London
in 1957, 1958, and 1963, respectively.
He was a research associate with the
Department of Pathology at the Child
ren's Cancer Research Foundation in
Boston before taking his appointment at
Duke.
Miss Janet E. Campbell, a native of
Boston, was named associate professor
in the Duke School of Nursing.
She is a graduate of Simmons College
and earned her master's degree from the
University of Chicago in 1951. At Duke
since 1962, Miss Campbell has been
teaching in the field of public health
nursing.
Promoted to associate professor of
pathology was Dr. William W. Johnston.
He retains his title as director of the
School of Cytotechnology at the Medical
Center.
Dr. Johnston, a native of Statesville,
earned his B. S. degree from Davidson
College and his M. D. from Duke in
•1954 and 1959, respectively. He served
as an intern, resident, and assistant in
pathology at Duke before being named
assistant professor in 1965.
Dr. Wendell F. Rosse, associate pro
fessor of medicine, was given the ad
ditional title of associate professor of
immunology.
A native of Sidney, Nebraska, Dr.
Rbsse attended the University of Chicago
and earned his A. B. degree from the
University of Omaha in 1953. He com
pleted a master's in physiology at the
University of Nebraska in 1956 and
earned his M. D. from the University of
Chicago School of Medicine in 1958.
Dr. Rosse came to Duke in 1966.
Two men were promoted to assistant
professorships in medicine and a third
was named assistant professor of pharma
cology.
Dr. Victor S. Behar, a native of
Brooklyn, N. Y., moved from an associate
in medicine to assistant professor in the
department. Dr. Behar earned a B. A.
degree from Washington and Jefferson
College in 1957 and received his M. D.
from Duke in 1961. He remained at
Duke as an intern and resident and was
named an associate in medicine in 1968.
Dr. Behar is presently serving as a
teaching and research scholar of the
American College of Physicians.
Also named assistant professor of
medicine was Dr. Lawrence Stephen Les-
sin. Dr. Lessin attended the University of
Michigan before earning his M. D. degree
at the University of Chicago School of
Medicine in 1962.
He was an intern, resident, and fellow
in hematology at the University of Penn
sylvania Hospital before spending a year,
as a special fellow at the Institute of
Cellular Pathology in Paris.
Dr. Lessin came to Duke in 1968 as
an associate in medicine and has also
served as attending hematologist at the
Durham Veterans Administration Hos
pital.
Dr. Howard L. Elford, an assistant
professor of experimental medicine since
November, has been given the additional
position as assistant professor of pharma
cology.
Dr. Elford, a native of Chicago, came
to Duke from a post as assistant pro
fessor of biological chemistry at the
University of Michigan. He holds a B. S.
degree in chemistry from the University
of Illinois and earned his Ph. D. in
biochemistry from Cornell University in
1962.
John B. Hickam
Dies in Chicago
A memorial fund has been established
for Dr. John B. Hickam, 54, a former
faculty member here, who died of a
cerebral hemorrhage while attending a
medical education meeting in Chicago
Feb. 9.
Contributions to the John B. Hickam
Memorial Fund should be sent to Dr.
Glenn Irwin, dean of the School of
Medicine, Indiana University, Indianap
olis, Ind., 46202.
Dr. Hickam came to Duke from Emory
in 1947 with Dr. Eugene Stead when Dr.
Stead became chairman of medicine here.
Dr. Hickam remained at Duke until 1958,
when he was named chairman of medi
cine at Indiana, the post he held at the
time of his death.
He had been a member of the Medical
Center Board of Visitors.
10-YEAR AWARDS—Five School of Nursing employes were honored at a
reception January 27 for their years ot service to Duke. Each was presented a 10-year
award pin and certificate by Dr. Myrtle Irene Brown of the school. From left are
Dorothy Wilkinson, Helen R. Young, Grace N. Bullock, and Esther M. Waller. Absent
when the picture was taken was Ann M. Jacobansky. (photo by Dave Hooks)