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VOL. 24, NO. 44
Voice usually cares for eyes
By John Becton
During the week, he's a
mild-mannered ophthalmologist. But on
Saturday. afternoon, he ducks into a
booth at Wallace Wade Stadium and
becomes "the voice of the Blue Devils."
It is from that booth that you hear Dr.
Arthur C. Chandler Jr. announcing
starting line-ups, names of tackier and
tacklee, etc.
And when football season ends.
Chandler is just getting warmed up,
because then it's on to Ciuneron Indoor
Stadium where he handles the public
address system during basketball games.
Where it began
The foundation for this avocational
career was already in place by the time
Chandler entered medical school here in
1955.
"I did some radio in college, and
served as president of the ,'microphone
club,'" he said.
This exjjerience included occasional
stints as substitute "color man" for
broadcasts of some of the basketball
games at Washington and Lee
University, which Chandler attended for
two years before earrting his A.B. at
Florida Southern College.
"I was manager of the team as a
freshman," the associate professor said.
"Sometimes the local radio station was
lacking a color man, so they would ask
me to read the statistics at the end of the
game."
Return to the mike
The microphone yielded completely to
the ophthalmoscope through the 60s, as
Chandler completed internship and
residency training at Columbia-
Presbyterian Medical Center in New
York and joined the staff of the Pido Alto
(Calif.) Medical Clinic, before returning
to Duke 12 years ago.
But opportunity knocked again, and
Chandler opened the door to courtside in
Cameron Stadium.
"They used to use grad students as
P.A. announcers, but they wanted to
have "tomeone who would be around
each year," Chandler said.
"The first game I announced was
played against the Icelandic National
Team. Some of them had names seven
miles long," he recalls.
But it worked out, and now Chandler
is going into his sixth basketball season
behind the mike.
Tongue teasers
He took over the Wallace Wade P.A.
system just this year, finding that
football presents more name problems.
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NOV. 4,1977
DURHAM, N.C
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HE KNOWS ABOLaI-FORMATIONS AS WELL AS EYE FORMATION-Dr. Arthur C. Chandler
Jr. usually is an opthalmok>gist, but when Duke plays football or basketball at home, he supplies
the voice you hear over the public address system. (Photo by Thad Sparks)
New professors plan to expand medical history program
REVOLUTIONARY TEXTBOOK—Dn. Jame* F. Giiford Jr. (left), and John K. Crellin examine'an
original copy of "De Falnica Humani Coiporis," the tamous anatomy text published by Andreas
Veaalius in 1543, in the Medical Center Library's Trent Room. (Photo by }im Wallace)
By David Williamson
"Many people, including some
physicians, see little practical value in the
study of history," said Dr. John K.
Crellin, newly appointed coordinator of
the History of Medicine Program.
"But on the other hand, there are a
large number of medical students and
doctors who can find a historical
perspective helpful as a sort of
scaffolding upon which to set their
knowledge of the complexities of modem
medicine," he said.
It is toward this latter group that
Crellin and his colleague. Dr. James F.
Gifford Jr., expect to direct considerable
effort in coming years.
The pair say they hope eventually to
make Duke more conspicuous as a
national center for the study of medical
history. Such a center, Crellin explained,
would not only broaden medical
education at Duke, but it also would
provide enrichment for practicing
physicians and others with interest in
the subject.
Extension of unique program
Duke currently offers a program that
allows medical students to earn both
M.D. and Ph.D. in medical history
degrees in six years. The program, which
Crellin said may be the only one if its
kind in the nation, so far has been
limited to the small number of future
doctors who plan to make historical
scholarship part of their professional
careers.
The physician said he and Giffdrd are
working toward extending educational
opportunities to medical students who
want to leam more about the origins and
key problems of their profession without
committing themselves to the full Ph.D.
course.
"Juniors and seniors, for example, v\nU
be able to get in-depth readings in their
chosen clinical specialties through
courses currently being planned," he
said.
"In addition, we feel there is quite a
number of people, including history
graduates, individuals in allied health
fields and physicians who are amateur
historians who would like to make use of
similar opporturxities."
From hobbies to research
Continuing education courses are
being designed to assist practicing
doctors with interests ranging from
collections of medical artifacts and
related hobbies to more scholarly
research projects.
"We also see ourselves as a service
department and hope to participate in
the work of other def>artments when it's
appropriate," Crellin said. "Sometimes
it's helpful to have a historical
perspective during a conference on some
aspert of modem medicine, for example.
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