Computer classes programmed If you have put off taking one of those free computer courses until summer, it's 'that time now. The Computation Center is offering six courses in June and July. TTie first three are designed for beginners. No programming experience is necessary. TTie courses taught in July will require knowledge of programming language. Classes will meet on weekdays from 4- . 5 p.m. Anyone from the Duke community is eligible. If fewer than five people enroll in a course, it will be cancelled. To enroll, call Mara Simmerman at 684-4217. The course schedule is as follows: Introduction, June 12-14, Zener Aud., Soc/Psych; Beginning PL/I, June 15-30, 127 Soc/Psych; Beginning FORTRAN, June 15-30,129 Soc/Psych; JCL, July 5-14, 127 Soc/Psych; Statistical Packages, July 5-14, 129 Soc/Psych; TSO, July 5-10, 227 North Bldg. UURt nle SCHIFf AWARD WINNER—Dr. Lewis Rubin and wife Deborah are all smiles after Rubin was voted by fellow medical house staff members to be the recipient of the Haskel Schiff Award. Dr. Haskel Schiff was a former resident in internal medicine at Duke who was killed in a car accident in 1967. Friends of Schiff established the award as a memorial to him in 1968. The plaque and a $100 check were presented to Rubin by Dr. James B. Wyngaarden, professor and chairman of medicine, in a June 2 ceremony. IPhoto by Parker Herring) Language Bank still taking deposits Anyone with the ability to communicate in sign language or who speaks a foreign language or dialect is encouraged to volunteer for the Language Bank (see Intercom, 5/12/78). Language Bank volunteers may be called on to help communicate with patients or visitors who speak little or no English. Contact John Hyre at 684-2432 or Box 3708. Professional news Dr. Frank H. Bassett III, professor of orthopaedic surgery, was a member of the faculty for a postgraduate course dealing with athletic injuries to the knee, sponsored by the Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons on Hilton Head Island, S.C., June 1-6. Bassett and Dr. Frank W. Clippinger, professor of orthopaedic surgery, attended a meeting of the Piedmont Orthopaedic Association in Bermuda, May 10-14. june sings many tunes With only 12 months each year and many times, that number of causes worthy of having a month designated either for or against them, each month is subject to a number of designations. Some of those for June you might have missed are 'Tight the Filthy Fly Month," "National Cheeseburger Month," "National Ragweed Control Month," "National Adopt a Cat Month," "National Rose Month" and "Philatelic Writers Month." F*hilately, to refresh your memory, is the collection and study of postage stamps. Which causes one to wonder about the coincidence of the raising of postal rates on the eve of this occasion. Intercom is published weekly by the Office of Public Relations, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3354, Durham, N.C. 27710. Joe Sigler Director John Becton Editor Primary contributors: William Erwin, Comprehensive Cancer Center medical writer; Ina Fried, staff writer; Parker Herring, public relations assistant; Edith Roberts, staff writer; David Williamson, medical writer. Circulation: Ann Kittrell. Dr. James F. Glenn, professor and chief of the Di vision of Urologic Surgery, presided over the meeting of the Society for Pe diatric Urology (see Intercom, 6/10/77) during the annual meeting of the American Urologi cal Association in Washington May 20-21. DR. GLENN G.S. Terence Cavanagh, professor of medical literature and curator of the Trent Collection, taught a seminar on "The Anatomy of Medical Books" May 10 as part of a program of "Seminars on Humanism in Medicine" presented by the University of Kansas College of Health Sciences and Hospital. Cavanagh attended the Association for the History of Medicine meeting in Kansas City, Mo., May 11-13. Dr. Shirley K. Osterhout, assistant professor of pediatrics, led a discussion on "Environmental Chemical Emergencies" at a workshop May 23 sponsored by the Charlotte Area Health Education Center. Dr. Eugene. D. Day, professor of immunology and experimental surgery, presented a seminar to the Neuroscience Group at Northwestern Medical Center in Chicago on May 4. Day spoke on "Affinity, a Pivotal Element in the Biological Activity of Antibodies to Neuroantigens." Dr. Ervin M. Thompson, associ ate in psychiatry, attended the Amer ican Psychiatric As sociation annual meetings in Atlanta, May 8-12. He is co-author of a chapter on "ECT in Schizophrenia" in a book entitled "Controversy in Psychiatry," scheduled for publication later this year. DR. THOMPSON Dr. Ugo Goetzl, a resident in neurology, taught a course on "Genetics of Affective Disorders" at the American Psychiatric Association (APA) annual meeting May 8-12 in Atlanta. He was co-author of a paper entitled "Spouse Involvement in Residency Training" which also was presented jt the APA convention. Dr. W. Banks Anderson Jr., professor of ophthalmology, and Dr. Arthur C. Chandler jr., associate professor of ophthalmology, presented papers at a Postgraduate Course in Military Ophthalmology held at the Walter Reed Institute of Research, April 10-13. Anderson spoke at the American Ophthalmological Society meeting May 29-31. He was elected recently to a four-year term on the Advisory Council for Ophthalmic Surgery of the American College of Surgeons. Constance B. Margolin, clinical associate in the Division of Psychiatric Social Work, attended a meeting of the National Federation of Societies for Clinical Social Work, in Chicago June 2-3. Margolin is secretary of the organization and editor of its news publication. She also is news editor of the Clinical Social Work Journal. Dr. Selman I. Welt, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, is spending June 5- 23 at Yale University learning the new technique of fetoscopy. Dr. Ruby L. Wilson, professor and dean of the School of Nursing, participated in a Chicago meeting of the Restructure Committee of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, May 15-17. In July, she will attend the organization's Deans' Seminar to be held in St. Louis. Six new med center faculty members appointed Provost Frederic N. Cleaveland has announced six appointments to the faculty at the School of Medicine. Named assistant professors are Drs. Stephen H. Ladwig, radiology; Edmund C. Blach, anesthesiology; Gary N. Foulks, opthalmology; Edward Ganz, surgery; Cynthia M. Kuhn, pharmacology; and Helen H. Wang, community and family medicine. Ladwig received a bachelor of medical sciences degree in 1970 and an M.D. in 1972 from Northwestern University. He served his internship at Evanston (111.) Hospital and will complete his residency in radiology at the Mayo Clinic in September. A native of South Africa, Bloch earned his medical degree at the University of Capetown in 1946 and interned at Port Elizabeth Provincial Hospital. In 1962, he began a residency in anesthesiology at Sefton General Hospital and Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool, England, and since 1965, he has been a practicing anesthesiologist in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Foulks received his A.B. in 1966 from Columbia University and his M.D. also from Columbia, in 1970. He was a resident in ophthalmology at Duke from 1973-76, and before being named to the faculty, was a clinical research fellow in ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School. After completing his undergraduate education at Swarthmore College, Ganz went on to earn an M.D. at the University of Chicago in 1967. He began a surgical internship at Chicago the same year and finished his residency there in 1974 when he was named assistant professor of surgery. Kuhn earned a B.A. at Stanford University in 1970 and a Ph.D. in Pharmacology at Duke in 1976. She will complete a United States Public Health Service postdoctoral research fellowship at Duke in June. A 1975 graduate of the National Taiwan University, Medical College, Wang received a master of public health degree at the Harvard University School of Public Health in 1976. She is currently at Harvard finishing work on a doctorate in epidemiology and biostatistics.