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LATEST CLASS OF HAMIP GRADUATES-These North and South Carolinians have completed the one-year Health Administrators
Management Improvement Program here. They are, first row left to right: Sherrill L. Harris, assistant administrator, Moore Memorial
Hospital, Pmehurst; Walter F. Matthews III, controller of the Greenville (S.C.) Hospital System; Charles D. Herring assistant to the
director and business manager, Memorial Mission Hospital, Asheville; Jack W. Johnson, administrator. Sea Level Hospital; Joseph G.
Doby, administrator. Eastern N.C. Sanitorium, Wilson; Herbert W. Robertson, assistant administrator, S.C. Baptist Hospital, Columbia.
Second row: Hans H. Schafer Jr., assistant director, Richland Memorial Hospital, Columbia; Robert W. Weynand, assistant
administrator for materials. Watts Hospital; Frederick L. Blair, administrator, Garrett Memorial Hospital, Crossnore; W. Thomas Winn,
assistant director, Carolinas Hospital Improvement Program, Charlotte; Lochlin M. Ward, assistant director, N.C. Memorial Hospital,'
Chapel Hill; George R. Brandon, administrator, surgical clinics, Duke Hospital. Third row: Don Smith, assistant professor, hospital
administration, Duke, and a HAMIP instructor; J. Samuel Eberdt Jr., assistant administrator, Nash General Hospital, Rocky Mount;
David D. Dodge, assistant director, S.C. Hospital Assn., West Columbia; Garry S. Rakes, purchasing agent, Alleghany County Memorial
Hospital, Sparta; Mark L. Cromer, director of purchasing, Anderson (S.C.) Memorial Hospital; William C. Belue, business manager,
Allen Bennett Memorial Hospital, Greer, S.C.; Ronnie S. Ellfott, personnel officer, Murdoch Center, Butner; Sandro W. Blalock]
assistant director of personnel, Richland Memorial Hospital, Columbia; and Dr. Boi Jon Jaeger, chairman of Duke's Department of
Health Administration which conducts the HAMIP classes;
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Nursing School Names New
Academic Programs Director
Three Duke researchers
traveled to Copenhagen,
Denmark, Aug. 26 through 31 •
to participate in the Second ^
International Cleft Lip Palate ^
Congress. Dr. Galen W. Quinn, ^
professor of orthodontics, 
presented a paper entitled
"Rapid Presurgical Retraction
of the Premaxilla."
Dr. Raymond Massengill Jr., associate
professor and speech pathologist for the Duke
cleft palate team, presented a paper and a film
about speech problems related to the cleft lip
palate individual. Dr. Edward Clifford, associate
professor of both medical psychology and
surgery, participated in a symposium on the
psychological aspect in the treatment of cleft
lip palate individuals.
Earlier in August, Quinn presented a paper
entitled "Orthodontfc Treatment for the Cleft
Palate Child" at the Third International
Qrthodontic Congress in London.
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J. Edward King, manager of the Central
Teaching Facility, presided at the annual
workshop of the Association for Multidiscipline
Education in the Health Sciences. June 11-15,
in Storrs, Conn. Dr. Helen J. Gillikin, assistant
manager of the Central Teaching Facility, also
attended.
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Lillian McDaniels, Anne Brown, Bradley
Lewis and Mary Carpenter of the Psychiatric
Unit were participants in a workshop entitled
"After Hell — Then What?" at the NCSNA
Psychiatric Mental Health Conference. The
conference was held in Reidsville, N.C. in May.
Attends Workshop
LPN Richard C. Butler of the Rehabilitation
Unit attended the National Paraplegia
Foundation workshop on "Developing
Programs of Sexuality with the Spinal Cord
Injured" held in Indianapolis, Ind., June 20-23.
Dr. Ada F. Most has recently been
appointed director of academic programs
and associate professor in the School of
Nursing.
Born in Vienna, Austria, Dr. Most
spent her childhood in Jerusalem where
she obtained a diploma from the Henrieta
Szold — Hadassah School of Nursing in
1956. -
From 1958 to 1969 she attended
Columbia University Teachers College
and received her B.S., M.A., Ed.M. and
Ed.D. degrees. While in New York
completing her degrees, she was an
instructor at the Englewood Hospital
School of Nursing in New Jersey and St.
Luke's Hospital School of Nursing in New
York City.
Prior to her arrival at Duke, Dr. Most
was an associate professor at the
UR. ADA MOST
University of Texas School of Nursing in
Austin.
In her new position at the School of
Nursing, Dr. Most's responsibilities will be
enlarged to include the development of
programs other than the current ones on
the undergraduate level. She will also
assume overall responsibility for the
implementation and evaluation of the
recently revised undergraduate
curriculum and assist faculty in exploring
the possible development of graduate and
continuing education programs.
Aside from her new responsibilities,
Dr. Most enjoys folk dancing and square
dancing, she plays the piano and
accordian, and is fluent in Hebrew and
German. She has two children who will
be attending school in Durham. Her
husband is an assistant professor at the
University of Texas School of
Engineering In Austin.
Central Teaching Facility
Reginald Compton was married to Leslie
Self in Raleigh in the spring . . . . Reginald
Compton is a new employe and Melody
Faircloth transferred from the Dept, of
Surgery.
Reporter: Willie Mae Harris
Durham Rehabilitation Unit
RN Rae H. Schmuck, a student at
UNC-Chapel Hill, is serving as relief staff nurse
on night duty at the IRU .... Constance
Edgerton (formerly on Rankin) and Lizzie Kee
(formerly on Long) transferred to the IRU
nursing staff following their graduation from
NCCU where they received the B.S. in Nursing
degree. , ►.
Reporter: ^^^]ry C. Vittengl
Child Guidance Clinic
Secretary Brenda Sergent and her husband
Clint announce the birth of their daughter Cora
Lee Anne on August 20 ... . Clerk-typist
Alberta Massey and her husband announce the
birth of their son Marcus Marcellus on August 8
the clinic employes said they have enjoyed
having trainees Betty Han-is and Celestine Cash
for five weeks of on-the-job training as
clerk-typists.
Reporter: Patricia Russell
Welch Ward
Nellie Hatley and her children wish to^thank
everyor>e on Welch foi^ their kindness during the
illness of her husband Howard. Mrs. Hatley
mentioned specifically the ward nurses, the
private duty nurses, the I.V. team, Drs. Kramer,
Silbermari, Anderson, McLeod and Cavanaugh,
the nursing office employes, public safety
officers and the parking lot cashiers. She said,
"It's a great feeling to know that one works
with people like them."
Strudwick Ward
DTO Beverly Harris was married to Calvin
Brewer on June 15 .... RN Marie Krallk was
married to Lawrence Gilberstone on May 26 . .
. . New faces include DTO's Beverly Brewer and
Patricia Boykins, RN's Andrea Tanner and
Evelyn Wright and PNA Beth Blalock ....
Vernell Tinnen, DTO, transferred to the
Ob-Gyn Clinic .... Geraldine Haughten was
promoted to DTO coordinator on the 3-11 p.m.
shift .... Robert Hager, medication assistant,
resigned to take a position In Charleston, S.C. .
. . . Joel Sutton and Egbert Herring are new
medication assistants.
Reporter; Annie Medlin
Acute Care Unit
Doris Hasse, nurse clinician, was married to
Bill Dixon of South Boston, Va New faces
are Janet Goral, Lael Shumaker, and PNA's
Nancy Marvelle and Ellen Newton. Donna
Billings, RN, has been promoted to head nurse .
. . . Given Foxworth resigned in order to move
to Ohio .... former head nurse Ann Mitchiner
was married to Dr. William Spencer and moved
to Houston, Texas.
Hanes Ward
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Blue announce the birth
of a daughter .... New RN’s on Hanes Ward
are Miss Carolyn Caddy, Miss Mary Ann Jacobi,
Miss Pat Wise, Miss Joyce Grubbs, Mrs. s!
Nance, Miss Debbie Kucher and Mrs. G. Erwin.
Reporter: Mary Bynum
Long Ward
New faces are RN Dorothy Coley, RN
Bernie Stewart, Medications Assistant Joyce
Fulcher. Beth Fiedler, Pat Fearlngton and Mary
Calhoun .... RN Sharon Curtis and ALPNs
Franclne Matthews', Nancy Duncan and Donnie
Parrish resigned.
Reporter; Onnie Rogers
Matas Ward
New faces are RNs Debra Whitehead,
Charlotte Lane and Rosemary Wilson . . . .
Hermlone McNair, Ann Thompson and,
Margaret TIppIn served as professional nurse
assistants for the sumnner .... Eleanor
Torrence, who retired as head nurse, will be
missed on the ward.
Reporter; Diane Couch
Hematology
Mrs. Jackie Patton transferred from X-ray as
a technician for Dr. Walter Davis in the
Coagulation Lab replacing Mrs. Vlckl Kincaid
who moved to Colorado .... Miss Wilma Long
is a new secretary for Dr. Harold Sllberman . . .
, Miss Peggy Whiting is a new technician.
Reporter; Martha Wheeler
Full Term Nursery
Joann HokJer and her husband announce the
birth of a son In June. . . . New faces on Carter
are Helen Rich, Helen Vaughn, Brenda Shaw,
Patricia Blue, Nancy Marchak and Nellie
Thompson .... Marcia Wise is new in the full
term nursery .... Debra Rowland is new on
Prevost .... Nancy Felton is a new employe on
Sims .... Elolse Gerald, Virginia Carle and
Linda Gee are new on Williams . . . . M. Suitt,
Marcia Hunter and Elizabeth Burkett
transferred to SPDC, the OR, and Ob-Gyn,
respectively .... Carolyn Brunson transferred
to Williams from Long Ward.
. Reporter; Lillian Mason