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on-Salem Chronicle
The Twin City's Award-Winning Weekly
XIV, No. 38
U.S.P.S. No. 067910
Winston-Salem, N.C. Thursday, May 12,1988
50 cents 34 Pages This Week
^paptist Hospital appoints,first Afro-American vice president
'.I By ROBIN BARKSDALE
■|||^ronicle Staff Writer
North Carolina Baptist Hospi-
j :tal has appointed its first Afro-
rffcerican woman to a vice presi-
Bent's position at the facility.
Gwendolyn Andrews, who has
as director of nursing for 15
^Bars, Monday was named the vice
^^sident of nursing services at the
■bspital. In addition to becoming
first woman and the first Afro-
lerican to hold a vice president's
^sition at Baptist Hospital,
Andrews is also the first nurse to
receive a vice president appoint
ment.
Len Presslar, chief executive
officer of Baptist Hospital, said
Andrews’ appointment is signifi
cant because her input to the exec
utive board will be on behalf of the
hospital's largest staff unit.
"We have nearly 1,200 nurses
at this institution," Presslar said.
"That's more than any other single
department. In order to maintain
effective patient care, it's important
that the employees have a direct
voice in hospital policy-making."
Andrews will work with the
hospital's other vice presidents in
developing and implementing hos
pital operations and policies. She
said she was pleased about the
appointment both on a personal
and a professional level.
"I am extremely honored per
sonally as well as professionally
and as a black woman, to have
received this recognition,” said
Andrews, who came to Baptist
Hospital in 1970 as associate direc
tor of nursing for staff develop
ment. "This appointment gives
nurses an opportunity to have a
more direct responsibility in carry
ing out the policy of the hospital.
This opportunity positions me, and
nurses in particular, in a position to
effect change in the hospital. One
of my personal goals is to make
Baptist Hospital truly one of the
most excellent hospitals in North
Carolina and in the Southeast for
nursing."
Kathy Mcllwain of the hospi
tal's information office, said that
Andrews has actively supported
participative management and also
has been a strong advocate for the
establishment of a career ladder
for nurses, which would allow
nurses to advance in terms of
salary and prestige.
Andrews said her appoinunent
represents the hospitals' commit
ment to developing staffs in all of
its departments.
"It indicates our hospital's
stance that promotion is based on
the ability of individuals without
regard to gender or profession or
race."
Gwendolyn Andrews
THE NATION'S NEWS
Complied From AP Wire
ackson: Race is still tight
TINSBURG, W.Va. -- Itemocrat Jesse Jackson
Wea Virginia on Monday to vtxe for him in
pesday's presidential primary, acknowledging his
U fi^t and saying "I've always fought against the
Ids. Im coming to the last lap. I'm running longer
i running stronger because my mind k made up.
Ib’ve tXMne’too far. WeVe gjcx to go on now. Press cwi!
|ess onl Press on!" Jackson, whose presidential
Rpes have dimmed with l^dslidc losses in recent
ffi!arit!s,s?jch- '.voTdr.nigivcuplii.-:c-.ndjfl^cy. •
futu refuses Tulane degree
JNEW ORLEANS - Archbishop Desmond Tutu on
mday tum^ down an honorary d^ee from Tulane
Kt^ty and sdd he could not "in conscience" acc^
e de^ee bccaase the Louisiana university decided to
[) its investments in 25 companies doing business
tSouth Africa.
Ilack vote remains level
EW YORK -Jesse Jackson has not repeated a
Bang accomplishment of his 1984 presidential cam-
bgn: e^jandng the black share of the vote. While
pkson has had major successes in die 1988 cam
he has not galvanized more blacks to register
1 vote. Strategists say Jackson could boost the
[emoCTats' chance if he could deliver an expanded
K'k vc^ in the general election - and hart the par
's odds if he should discourage bJa:k support of the
fcket.
|kinheads concern police
NO “ An organi2Sd gang rf' tens known as the
|inheads has surfaced in Nevada, and police are
ming increasingly concerned about their activities.
m oflte things, Skinheads have been linked to last
fflth's attack of a man at a shopping mall here aal to
|is maiai's murder of a Las 'Ve^ conveniencte-stere
|eik. Police said Skinheads threatened to bash in cars
pd people as they approached a gay bar here, and
tinted swastikas on a car in anotiter jart of Reno.
Witness says
Brawley was
not abducted
Family remains silent on case
NEW YORK "A jail inmate who claims to have
seen Tawana Brawley during the time she says she was
abducted has direct knowledge of her whereabouts
during part of her four-day disappearance, according
to a report broadcast last week.
WCBS-TV reported that Jason "Chico" Colon, incar
cerated on drug and weapon charges at the Orange
County Jail, was visited by investigators in the case of
the Wappingers Falls girl who says she was abducted
and assaulted by a group of whites.
Colon allegedly told the investigators enough to con
vince them he might be a credible wimess whose story
could be corroborated and place Miss Brawley in
Newburgh during her disappearance, WCBS-TV
reported.
>^brren Greher, Colon's attorney, told WCBS-TV he
believes his client's knowledge about Miss Brawley's
whereabouts during the period was based on "direct
knowledge rather than hearsay.”
The attorney told WCBS that his client could
account for parts of more than one day during her dis
appearance, but declined to go into detail.
The 16-year-old was found Nov. 28 inside a trash
bag with racial slurs scrawled on her torso and feces
smeared on her body. Miss Brawley, who is black,
claimed her attackers included one man with a police-
style badge.
Greher said Colon can name people with whom
Miss Brawley spent time during the four days and can
describe the places and locations, including at least
one party she attended, WCBS-TV reported.
IS
, Clockwise from top, tears and cheers of joy
r are shared by recent graduates at Winston-
[ Salem State University. At left. B.A. degree
I recipient Lillie Ruth Gould receives her
I diploma from WSSU Chancellor Cleon F.
. I Thompson Jr. Commencement ceremonies
,.;lwere held last Saturday at the Winston-
I Salem Coliseum (photos by Mike Cunning-
I ham).
"It seems to me that some if not all the information
he has or claims to have is the type that can be corrob
orated," Greher said.
Meanwhile, AttCMuey General Robert Abrams, who
is special prosecutor for the Brawley case, asked again
Friday for Miss Brawley to testify before a grand jury
looking into her case.
"What obviously will help is for the victim to come
forward and cooperate. She is the one who knows
what happened. I call publicly on the victim to come
forward and tell her story to the grand jury," he said.
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Bowman Gray sets commencement
Two local Afro-American medical students among graduates
By ROBIN BARKSDALE
Chronicle Staff Writer
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xal residents Jeffrey Doulhit, left, and Harvey Allen Jr. are among the 106-member graduating class at Bowman
iray School of Medicine. Commencement ceremonies will be held Monday (photo by Mike Cunningham).
Six minority students will be
among the 106-member graduating
class at Bowman Gray School of
Medicine commencement cere
monies on Monday. Two of those
six students are natives of Win
ston-Salem who chose to stay at
home to pursue their medical
degrees.
Harvey H. Allen Jr. and Jef
frey J. Doulhit both said they chose
to attend Bowman Gray because it
offered an opportunity to be near
home while attending a well-
known and respected medical
school.
"I wanted to come back home
and it’s a very good school," said
Allen, who attended undergraduate
school at Johns Hopkins Universi
ty in Baltimore. "They have very
strong people at Bowman Gray,
especially Dr. (Velma) Walts (direc
tor of minority affairs at Bowman
Gray School of Medicine). She's a
real force at the school."
Doulhit said he was happy
about the opportunity to "come
home" to study and to be able to
remain close to his family during
his four years in medical school.
Allen, the son of Harvey and
Simona Allen, has been accepted
as a house officer in internal
medicine at Drew Medical Cen
ter/Martin Luther King Hospital in
Los Angeles. Douthii will be a
family medicine house officer at
North Carolina Baptist Hospital.
"House officer" is a relatively
new term that has replaced the
more familiar terms, "intern" and
"resident." Appointments to the
house officer programs are award
ed to senior medical students as
part of the National Intern and
Resident Matching Program. The
training will involve intensive
study and clinical training.
Allen, whose father is a local
general surgetHi, said he chose the
Los Angeles hospital over hospi
tals in Washington and in North
Carolina because he felt that it was
at Drew Medical Center that he
could be of the most service.
"They have a very good pro
gram at Drew Medical Center," he
said. "They're also located in an
area that has a very needy popula
tion. This way, I can sort of do the
most good there. They also have an
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