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VOLUME 19, NUMBER 36
September 15/ 1972
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
5 Appointed to Duke Board
Four health science professionals and a
New York businessman have accepted
appointments to the Medical Center's
Board of Visitors.
Henry E. Rauch of Greensboro,
chairman of the 17-member board, said
the new members are:
— Edward H. Benenson of New York
City, president of the Benenson
Management Co., Inc.
—Dr. John A. D. Cooper, president of
the Association of American Medical
Colleges (AAMC) in Washington.
— Dr. Loretta C. Ford, professor of
nursing at the University of Colorado.
—Dr. Andrew G. Morrow, chief of the
Clinic of Surgery at the National Heart
Institute in Bethesda, Md.
— Mrs. Anne R. Somers, associate
professor of community medicine at
Rutgers University and research associate
in industrial relations at Princeton.
The Board of Visitors was established
to provide Duke with outside ideas and
guidance in the operation of on-going
programs and in the development of
long-range goals in education and patient
care. Membership includes representatives
of private business, philanthropy, and
other academic disciplines in addition to
medicine and nursing.
The board meets annually at Duke in
the spring to hear reports from
representatives of the Medical Center. It
then submits an assessment and
recommendations to the administration.
Mr. Benenson is president of 10
corporations and chairman of five others.
He is a member of the Real Estate Board
of New York, the Commerce and
Industry Association of New York and
the National Board of Realtors.
Dr. Cooper was associate dean of
faculties at Northwestern University
before becoming president of AAMC in
1969. He is a graduate of New Mexico
State University and holds M.B., M.D.
SHE KNEW BRIAN BEST-Jh\s is
Mrs. Joy Piccolo, widow of Brian Piccolo,
who spoke just before a benefit showing
of the movie, "Brian's Song," at the
Yorktowne Theatre Aug. 29. The benefit
launched Duke's drive for funds to match
a federal grant that will help the Medical
Center establish a major Comprehensive
Cancer Center. Next week's issue of'
"Intercom" will contain a page of
pictures tajen the night of the benefit.
and Ph.D. degrees from Northwestern.
Dr. Ford, a registered nurse, received
bachelor's, master's and doctorate in
education degrees at the University of
Colorado, where she has been a professor
of nursing since 1965.
Dr. Morrow earned his M.D. degree at
Johns Hopkins University, where he
continues on the faculty as associate
professor of surgery. He has held his
position at the National Heart Institute
since 1953.
Mrs. Somers, a graduate of Vassar
College with advanced work in economics
at the University of North Carolina, has
been engaged for the past 15 years in
studies of medical and hospital care and
social insurance programs.
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Duke Presents
Two Meetings
Two annual meetings, one a newborn
symposium and the other a conference on
gynecological cancer, are currently in
session at the Medical Center.
The Walter L. Thomas Symposium
honors the late Dr. Thomas who was a
member of the Duke faculty from 1937
until his death April 18, 1970. The Angus
M. McBryde Symposium honors Dr.
McBryde who was director of newborn
services at Duke f.or many years.
The McBryde Symposium began
yesterday and the Thomas Symposium
began this morning.
Some of the guest faculty members
participating in the Thomas Symposium
are Dr. Richard Symmonds, senior
gynecologist at the Mayo Clinic and Dr.
Creighton Edwards, associate professor
and director, gynecological oncology, at
Southwestern Medical School.
Dr. Norman Thornton, professor and
chairman of the department of obstetrics
and gynecology at the University of
Virginia School of Medicine, presented
the Walter L. Thoms Lecture during the
morning session today.
The Nick Carter Panel will be held this
afternoon with Dr. Bayard Carter,
Professor Emeritus, Department of
Obstetrics and Gynecology, as moderator.
Drs. Thornton, Symmonds, Everett
Anderson, associate professor of urology
at Duke, and Roy T. Parker, chairman of
the Department of Obstetrics and
Gynecology, will participate.
Two morning sessions will be held
tomorrovy.
The McBryde Symposium is sponsored
by the Division of Perinatal Medicine at
Duke and the Maternal and Child Health
Section of the North Carolina State
Board of Health.
Guest faculty members are Drs. Jack
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