Newspapers / InterCom (Durham, N.C.) / Nov. 18, 1971, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of InterCom (Durham, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
ii Special Alumni Issue nteucom 6ukc univcusity mc6icM ccnteR VOLUME 18, NUMBER 44 NOVEMBER 18, 1971 DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA Seventh Annual Weekend Duke Med Alumni Meet Here Today The largest crowd in its seven-year history is expected here today for the beginning of Duke's annual Medical Alumni V>eekend. More than 500 physicians, their wives, and Duke faculty and students will participate in three days of scientific, business, and social activities. Highlighting the nneeting will be- Vice-President Wiliam G. Aniyan's "State of the School" report tomorrow and ceremonies honoring three of the Medical Center's pioneering teachers. Dr. Wiley Forbus, the late Dr.J . E. Markee, and Dr. D. T. Smith. (See story, page two). Six men will receive distinguished alumni awards and a new honorary alumnus will be named tomorrow. The program begins this afternoon with a Director's Hour talk by Duke President Terry Sanford at 5 p.m. in the Amphitheater. The dinners honoring the three Duke faculty members will follow at 8 p.m. Tomorrow's activities, in addition to Dr. Aniyan's address at a 12;30 p.m. luncheon, center on scientific activities, with representatives of each of the reunion classes presenting a med'cal talk. Chairing the scientific sessions are, two Duke professors emeriti. Dr. Julian Ruffin of the Department of Medicine and Dr. Edwin P. Alyea of the Division of Urology. The speakers and their topics include Dr. J oseph B. Stevens, '36, "Politicians Have No Ethics!"; Dr. Donald V. Hirst, '41, "Emotions, Illness, and Disease"; Dr. Ashton B. Morrison, '46, "Reaction to Injury in the Renal Medulla"; Dr. C. Hilman Castle, '51, "Postgraduate Education ; What Difference Does It Make?"; Dr. C. Norman Shealy, '56, "Selection : The Determining Factor in Pain Relief"; Dr. Lyndon Jordan, '61, "An Inside Look at the L.M.D."; and Dr. Earl W Brian, J r., '66, "The Political Science of Health Care." Following ceremonies dedicating specific portions of the Medical Center to Dr. Forbus, Dr. Markee, and Dr. Smith tomorrow afternoon, a buffet dinner and dance is scheduled for the Durham Hotel Ballroom. The distinguished alumni awards and announcement of Board of Visitors Chairman Henry C. Rauch's election as an honorary medical alumnus will be made following the dinner. On Saturday, the physicians will participate in departmental teaching rounds and take tours of new sections of the Medical Center. The day will feature a luncheon barbeque and the Duke-UNC football game at Vade Stadium. The weekend will draw to a close with class reunion dinners on Saturday evening. BUILDING DEDICATED—With nearly 200 people looking on, representatives from Duke and the North Carolina Civitan organization dedicated the new Civitan Facility for Mental Retardation and Child Development Saturday. The ceremony marked the conclusion of nearly 10 years of planning and work by both Civitan and Duke officials to bring the building to reality. The Civitans contributed the first $100,000 the get the project underway. Located near the Durham Child Guidance Clinic, the facility will be administered cooperatively by the Duke departments of psychiatry and pediatrics, (photo by Thad Sparks) This special issue of Intercom is dedicated to the medical alumni returning to Duke this weekend. After a week's break for the Thanksgiving holiday. Intercom will resume publication of regular Medical Center news on Dec. 3.
InterCom (Durham, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Nov. 18, 1971, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75