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VOLUME 18, NUMBER 17
MAY 7, 1971
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
Mellon Fund
Gives Money
New York's Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation has presented $500,000 to
Duke to assist in the co nstruction of the
Medical Center's proposed $5.3 million
medical library and communications
center.
In accepting the first major
contribution for the proposed building,
Dr. William G. Aniyan, vice president for
health affairs, said, "The new structure
will be a resource serving not only the
University but the entire region as well. I
am sure the Mellon Foundation will share
in the pride of its development and
service to humanity."
The center, to be located near Bell
Building, will provide 35,000 square feet
of library space and 25,000 square feet of
space for the division of audiovisual
education. The library will serve about
3,500 users within the Medical Center as
well as many other University and
regional users.
Continuing education facilities, for use
by just one physician or for groups up to
250, will be set up in the new building.
The design also permits filming and
videotaping in the center.
The entire building is now in the
planning stage.
Group Elects Officers
The Duke Medical School Faculty
Wives Club has announced election of
new officers for 1971 -72.
They include Mrs. Wolfgang K. Joklik,
president; Mrs. Stuart M. Sessoms,
vice-president; Mrs. Kaye H. Kilburn,
recording secretary; Mrs. David L. Young,
corresponding secretary; Mrs. Phillip C.
Pratt, treasurer; Mrs. James B.
Wyngaarden, chairman of the Nearly New
Shoppe; Mrs. Frank L. Engel, assistant
chairman of the Nearly New Shoppe; and
Mrs. Madison S. Spach, treasurer of the
Nearly New Shoppe.
DEMONSTRATION—Miss Kathleen Braun, left, and Miss Vandy Manchester
demonstrate some of the psychological testing equipment to be used in Duke's new
Psychodiagnostic Laboratory. Watching is Dr. Doyle Gentry, assistant professor of
medical psychology and director of the lab. (photo by Lewis Parrish)
New Psychodiagnostic Laboratory
Should Reduce Costs to Patients
The Medical Center's variety of
patient-service laboratories will be joined
by a new one this month when the
Medical Psychology Psychodiagnostic
Laboratory opens on the fourth floor of
the Clinical Research II Building.
The lab, under the direction of Dr.
Doyle Gentry, assistant professor of
medical psychology, will centralize
psychological testing for Duke patients.
"Coordinating psychological studies
should make these services more efficient
and effective for all Duke patients," Dr.
Carl Eisdorfer, professor of psychiatry
and head of the division of medical
psychology, said. "We expect this change
will result in a significant reduction in the
cost of testing for many patients."
Lab services will include intelligence
tests, personality studies, vocational and
occupational perference tests, as well as
tests to assist in diagnosis of brain damage
and memory loss.
In the past, clinical psychologists
administered psychological tests
themselves and then interpreted them.
Now, the testing will be done by trained
psychology technicians and results will be
interpreted by the Duke medical
psychology clinical staff.
More information on services of the
lab is available at extension 2557.