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VOLUME 18, NUMBER 35
SEPTEMBER 17, 1971
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
PEP Program
Honors 43
Two years ago the PEP Program was
little more than a dream—an idea that
would give Duke Medical Center
personnel something called "upward and
lateral mobility."
Dr. William G. Aniyan, vice president
for health affairs, wanted a program
developed that would hold out the
promise to any employe capable of
advancement that he or she would have
that opportunity.
It was to be an alternative to the
"dead-end" job.
Dr. Aniyan handed his idea to Howard
Lee, assistant to the director of medical
education. Mr Lee took it, developed it
and molded it into the highly successful
program called PEP—Paths for Employe
Progress.
The success of the program was
underscored when a Recognition of
Achievement Ceremony was held in the
Hospital Amphitheater for the 43
graduates of the program so far.
In his invocation, Chaplain P. W.
Aitken called the ceremony a pause "to
recognize the accomplishments of these
who have given of themselves and taken
advantage of an opportunity. . ."
Mr. Lee, recalling the day he was
approached with the idea of developing
PEP, said, "It looked like an impossible
task. I am the one who accepted the
challenge, but he," Mr. Lee said,
indicating Dr. Aniyan, "deserves most of
the credit."
In his talk to the class of graduates.
Dr. Aniyan said that "It is you who have
brought the dream to fruition, so the
praise should be on Mr. Lee, the staff and
you, the students."
PEP, he said, "is the first model
upward mobility program in the nation"
and caught the attention of Sen. Alan
Cranston (D-Calif.), who asked that
material about the Duke program be
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CONGRATULATIONS—Dr. Stuart M. Sessoms, director of the Hospital, offers
his congratulations to Nellie Gornto, one of 18 Duke employes honored at the 20 year
awards luncheon Sept. 2. Dr. Sessoms presented each employe a certificate and Duke
pin. (photo by Joe Wray)
18 Recognized for 20 Years’ Service
At Annual Personnel Awards Lunch
Eighteen Duke employes, representing
more than 360 years of service to the
Medical Center, were honored at a
20-year awards luncheon Sept. 2.
Each employe received a certificate
and a ruby-studded pin engraved with a
design of the Medical Center.
Participating in the ceremony were
Chaplain P. Wesley Aitken who gave the
invocation; Dr. Stuart M. Sessoms,
director of the Hospital, who welcomed
the guestsj and Dr. W. G. Aniyan, vice
president for health affairs, who
presented the luncheon addre'-s.
Recognized for 20 years' service to
Duke were the following employes: Helen
Alston, Margaret Bullock, and Mary Davis
of the Hospital Laundry; Lelia Clark,
professor of nursing service
administration; Louise Forrest, technician
in general and thoracic surgery; Delma
George of the Brace and Limb Shop;
Ruby Gongs and Nellie Gornto of the
Heart Station; Gladys Johnson and Ruth
Suitt of dietetics; May King,
administrative assistant in the Medical
School Admissions Office; Ethel
McCullum, head nurse on Prevost ward;
Gladys Pickard, housekeeping supervisor;
Eugenia Suggs of the Business Office;
Annie Terry, administrative assistant in
Surgical PDC; Louise Thomas, night shift
head nurse in the operating room;
Margaret Underwood of the Delivery
Room; and Gertrude Woods of the
outpatient laboratory.