DMSCO Log Book Vol.41 1963

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Alumni Association

Annual Meeting

Stuart F. Harkness, D.O., Chairman of the De-partment of Osteopathic Medicine and member ofthe COMS Corporate Board, accepted the Asso-ciation of Osteopathic Publications first placeaward for the COMS Log Book. The Log Bookwas rated the osteopathic periodical which showedthe most improvement in 1962.Stan J. Sulkowski, D.O., Secretary-Treasurer of

the National Alumni Association, accepted anengraved desk pen from Walter B. Goff, D.O.,COMS Trustee, in recognition of the outstandingjob he has done as secretary-treasurer.

Acting chairman of the Alumni Associationmeeting, Stan J. Sulkowski, D.O., congratulatedAssociation President Paul T. Rutter, D.O., as heaccepted his new position at the annual meetingin Miami.

Alumni Association and Board of Trustee of- D.O., trustee; Dale Dodson, D.O., trustee; (frontficials got together at the Association meeting in row), H. L. Calkins, trustee; M. E. WallaceMiami to discuss College plans. (Back row, left) trustee; Ted Flynn, Chairman of the ExecutiveStan J. Sulkowski, D.O. Alumni Association Committee of the Board; COMS President Merlynsecretary-treasurer; Paul T. Rutter, D.O., Asso- McLaughlin; and Roy L. Swarzman, Chairmanciation president and trustee; Walter B. Goff, of the Board of Trustees.

An Open LetterWithout doubt, one semester in the Dean's Of-

fice does not qualify me to speak about all phasesof the College's program, but I have reached someconclusions I think will be of interest to the Alum-ni of the College of Osteopathic Medicine andSurgery.

My first conclusion relates to our faculty. Wehave an able and competent staff; however, whenone sees them as a group- a group around whichone must plan and work - the full potential ofour staff becomes apparent.

Our College is a great and growing medicalcollege if I did not believe this statement, Iwouldn't be here. Our faculty is a versatile, imag-inative, and productive group. My observationsconvince me that our faculty offers and providesour students with. a curriculum, rich in content-both in the basic and clinical sciences.

There is no substitute for quality medical ed-ucation. Our faculty, I am convinced, would bedissatisfied with anything less than the best. Ourfaculty shares with the administration its enthu-siasm for quality in our medical educational goals.

My second conclusion relates to our students.I have thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity tomeet and exchange ideas with the many studentswho have found their way to the Dean's Office.

When problems have been involved, the deci-sion may not always have been favorable for theindividuals or groups involved; however, I amsure that the decisions of the Dean have beenconsistent - and I truly hope, fair and impartial.

For a student, as for an artist, there is such athing as a frame of reference. An artist sees apicture - say a watch - from his frame of ref-

L il i D l iVolume 41 March, 1963 Number 1THE LOG BOOK is published quarterly by the College ofOsteopathic Medicine and Surgery. Second class postage ispaid at Des Moines, Iowa. Address all mail, change of address,or Form 3579 to 722 Sixth Avenue, Des Moines 9, Iowa.

Editorial StaffEditor ......................................................... Richard A. SchreiberAlumni Editor .................................-.......-.. Alvira LunsfordPhoto Editor ........--.-............. ..................... . E. Lynn Baldwin

National Alumni OfficersPresident ............................................................ Paul T. Rutter, D.O.President-elect a...................... James T. Haffenden, D.O.Secretary-Treasurer ..................... Stan J. Sulkowski, D.O.Past-President .......................................... ........ J. R. Forbes, D.O.

Dean Niffenegger

erence; much as a student may see the workingsof College Administration. One artist may seethe front of the watch while another artist maysee the back of the watch. Both have seen thewatch; however, in this case, both have failed tosee the whole watch. The frame of reference forstudents, as well as administration, is vital.

My third conclusion pertains to our alumni andfriends. I have had the opportunity to travel, inrecent months, from Los Angeles to New York,with a number of intermediate stops. I have hadan opportunity to visit with many of our grad-uates and friends. I found a deep and sincereloyalty to osteopathic medicine from within andfrom outside of the profession. Our graduates areheld in high esteem throughout the country. Wehave many friends. We must not fail them.

These are challenging days for me. I find itdifficult to keep up with my plans and dreams.We do have a capable faculty and an able andloyal student body. I feel confident of the daysahead.

Ora E. Niffenegger, Dean

Spring FeaturesFeatured in the Spring Issue: National Alumni

Association Meeting in Miami, p. 2; An open letterfrom the Dean, p. 3; The human ecology courseat COMS, p. 4; Twenty-three receive serviceawards, p. 5; Alumni Association activities, p. 6'Commencement activities planned, p. 6; COMSpresents expansion plans, p. 7; Faculty and staffactivities, p. 10; Awards to three, p. 11; Place-ment service, p. 12; Alumni Notes, p. 13.

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Freshmen Study

Social Man

The rapid change in the evolution of Western.society requires physicians to be aware of the im-pact of change on themselves and their patients.Physicians must be aware of the changes and ca-pable of extending their responsibilities to includetreatment in terms of social and technologicalchanges.

Professor Mark Goldie, coordinator of the hu-man ecology course at the College of OsteopathicMedicine and Surgery, says such treatment con-cerns not only the application of material ther-apeutic methods but an ingrained attitude whichhelps physicians recognize the consequences of theinadequate adjustments of individuals to the en-vironment which affects their health.

The concept of osteopathy as a device to bringabout a state of healthfulness in a human beingis often stated in terms of the "whole man", hepointed out.

Osteopathic physicians tend to regard a patientas a complete physical unit of the population. Thislogical and imperative extension of Still's philos-ophy demands that osteopathic physicians be ed-ucated in medical arts and in understanding thefundamental factors and forces dictating the be-havior of man as a unique social organism.

In 1960 an experimental course in Human Ecol-ogy was introduced into the freshman curriculumat the College of Osteopathic Medicine and Sur-gery. In 1962, it became a credit-carrying course,supported in part by a training grant from theNational Institutes of Health.

The present organization of the course definesman. as a person interacting with other personswithin the American society. Biological propertiesof man are first delineated to establish a conceptualrelationship between the natural history of manand the social sciences. Special attention is givento heredity and the physical development of man,a basis for later discussion of psychological ma-turation.

Guest lecturers discuss the nature of socialclasses, values, needs and power structure withinclasses in a community, class interactions, familyrelationships and population dynamics of theUnited States. An introduction to the method-

Professor Goldie

ology for social action (or how an idea can betranslated into reality) and lectures on the med-ical relevance of the major American religionsprovide the transition from theory to practicalapplication of the course content.

The second semester includes an intensive re-view of the major theories of personality struc-ture and development from Freud to Maslow, anddeals with the special social development of amedical student, particularly emphasizing thegeneralized changes in his attitudes toward hispeers and teachers as well as the unique socialrelationships a physician will face with his pa-tients, with other doctors, nurses, his family, hisreceptionist, and detail men from pharmaceuticalfirms.

The text is: "Man in Nature," by MarstonBates. Supplementary books include: "Moralsand Medicine," by Joseph Fletcher, and "MankindEvolving" by Theodosius Dobhansky.

While the broad outlines of the freshman courseare fairly stable, its development is continuing.All lectures are being tape-recorded, transcribedand furnished to the various lecturers participat-ing in the course, so the lectures may build uponeach other. A filmed series of lectures by someeminent American geneticists was used this yearto teach genetics.

Looking to the future, Dr. Goldie said, we feelthat expansion of the program would liberalizethe traditional medical curriculum for the educa-tion and graduation of a man, trained not only inthe methods of medicine but capable of enjoyingthe intellectual pleasures of his cultural heritageand ingrained with the fullest sense of responsi-bility toward himself and his fellow men.

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"There is a deinite correlation betweent the, sue-eess of a.n institution such as the College of Osteo-pathic Medicine and Surgery, and in the lengthof service of its employees," Roy L. Swarzman,Chairman of the Board of Trustees, told. long termemnployees at the second annual. awards service inDecember,

"It is not the sticks and stones that go intomaking up the buildings that make a college great,it is you people, who during your long years ofservice have given of yourselves in such a. dedi-cated manner who make COMS great," Swarzmantold the more than 30 people who attended theawards service.

"You loyal, industrious, interested, unselfish,and dedicated people have built a great heritagefor the men and women who have come to the Col-

aege as students in the past and 'will continue tocome in the future," he said.

"By your efforts and your work," he told theaward service audience, "you have multipliedyourselves by 70' each year you have been here."Explaining the 70 figure, Swarzman said it repre-sented the average number of graduates each yearand that a 10 year employee had helped educate700 physicians who would minister to the needsof thousands of patients.

Twenty-three Receive

Service Awards

Twenty-three COMS employees received service Thode, 5 years; Jessica M. Moreno, 5 years; Maryawards in December from Roy L. Swarzman, Chair- E. Allyn, 5 years; Ida Miller, 10 years; Mary Mor-man of the COMS Board of Trustees. Back row, row, 5 years; and Juanita Gray, 5 years.left to right: Roy L. Swarzman; John H. Seibert, Five year award winners not pictured are OpalD.O., 10 years; Glenn E. Bigsby, D.O., 5 years; M. Andrew, Jeanne I. Brownlee, Francis L. Harring-Geneva Ryles, 10 years; Rod Seileman, 5 years; ton, Phyllis Jean Mercer, Alma Procyk, and EudoraJoseph E. Prior, D.O., 5 years; Stanley D. Miroyi- Garrard. Others not pictured are: Rachel E. Breed-annis, Ph.D., 10 years. Front row: Venna C. Houser, ing, 10 years; Earl W. Fitz, D.O., 10 years, and10 years; Lucile Williams, 15 years; Verle Dye Gladyce Lage, 15 years.

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easurer Stan J. Sulkowski, D.O.,fM, e President .Paul T. Rutter, D.O.,ideas to Vice President Joseph B.d EPresiCdent-Elect James T. Haffen-

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ers of the National Alumni Asso-the Board Room of the College in'fcuss alumni affairs and to attend' the COMS Board of Trustees.a xsprposed revision of the Asso-

ution and presented several recom-he Board of Trustees.

Amendment ProposedAn amendment to the National Alumni Associ-

tion Constitution and By-Laws has been pro-posed, The amendment would change the nameof the Executive Committee to the Interim Com-mittee which would be composed of the past-pres-ident of the Association, the president, thepresident-elect, vice-president, and secretary-treasurer.

If the proposal is adopted, the Interim Com-mittee would conduct the activities of the Associ-ation between annual meetings of the Associationnd continue to perform the duties of the Execu-

tive Committee as set forth in the Constitutionand By Lawfs of the Association.

This proposed change in the form of an. amend-ment to the Constitution will be presented to theHouse of Delegates at its next regular meeting,according to Stanr J Sulkowski, D.O., secretary-treasurer of the Association.

Commencement PlansDean Niffenegger has announced the following

Commencement plans: May 29, Awards Convoca-tion; June 6, Senior Banquet; June 7, Commence-ment; June 6 and 7 Commencement PostdoctoralCourse.

The Commencement Postdoctoral Course oncancer will carry 13 clock hours of postgraduate

credit for D..'s. T uition will be $50.00. includingtwo luncheons. Hono:r Club Memrbers receive freetuition as one of the benefits of Honor Club mem-bership but are asked to pay for their luncheontickets.

Seniors and their wives will be guests of theCollege at the Senior Banquet in the Hotel FortDes Moines. Alumni, parents, and friends of theCollege are also invited to the Banquet. Reserva-tions may be made by writing to the Director ofPublic Relations at the College.

Commencement will be at the North High audi-torium June 7 at 730 p .m., Dr. Wayne 0. Reed,Deputy Commissioner, Department of Health, Ed-ucation, and Welfare, Office of Education, will bethe Commencemrent speaker.

Last year, the Class of 1952 challenged any otherclass to a contest to see which class could have thehighest percentage of graduates at the 1963 con-mencement activities. The class of 1962 acceptedthe challenge, according to Michael S. Barry, Reg-istrar, so alumni activities this year should be wellattended.

Special Commencement activities of interest toalumni will include special activities for all grad-uates of classes ending in three and eight. Separatetables will be reserved for the classes of 1958, 1953,1948, 1943, 1938, 1933, 928, 1923, 1918, 1913, 1908and 1903 at the Senior Banquet.

With the Senior Banquet, the CommencementPostdoctoral Course, and the Commencement pro-gram, alumni will have a full schedule of activities.

In addition, members of each honored class willplan their own class reunions.

Honor CIub BenefitsMembers of the National Alumni Association

Honor Clubs will have an opportunity to take ad-vantage of some of their Honor Club benefitsduring Commencement.

They may attend the Commencement Post-doctoral Course free, they will have time to re-ceive their free physical exams in the CollegeClinic, and they will have the opportunity to meetwith their classmates and professors.

Revised Directory AvailableMiss Anna Ronning, Public Relations Depart-

ment secretary, has finished preparing the secondedition of the COMS Alumni Directory. She re-ports it has now been printed, bound and is readyfor distribution.

The directory is available free to alumni whorequest it when they pay their Association dues.The cost to others is $1.50.

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.L. H. Seaver, Director,Iowa State Agency f orSurplus Propertyq, gave thedeed for the Fort Des Moinesland to Karl Greenlee, Secret aryand Roy L. Swarzman, Chairmanof the Board of Trustees.

Ted Flynn, chairman of the Executive Committeeof the Board of Trustees, presented architect's draw-ings of the proposed new COMS Medical Center toalumni at the AOA conventio n iMiami and toCOMS students at a College Convocation.

After the convocation,excited COMS students

gathered around the plansfor the new Medical Center

which Ted Flynn haddescribed to them. He also

outlined the College's 10year program for building

the Fort Des MoinesMedical Center.

COMS Trustees Announce Building Ptans

The drawing above is labeled, "Ultimate Develop-ment," in the architectural drawings of the proposedCOMS Campus at Fort Des Moines.

The cover picture is a view of the Medical Centerfrom the upper left of the overall plan. Not shownin the cover drawing but visible in this plan are thegeriatrics center, the rehabilitation center andhousing for students and faculty.

Stage one of the construction includes studenthousing, a basic science building, a library, an audi-torium, one research building with animal quarters,

a clinic for diagnosis and treatment of outpatients'a 175 bed hospital, and the physical plant whichwill serve the entire campus.

College enrollment will be expanded from 264 to500 students and the faculty will be increased fromits present 22 full time and 34 part time to 100 fulland part time staff members.

Hospital expansion is facilitated by related butindependent bed towers built on a horizontal basehousing adjunct and service facilities and connecteddirectly to the Clinic. The geriatric unit is planned

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Ultimate Development Plan for Fort L

The Board of Trustees of theCollege of Osteopathic Medicineand Surgery has accepted 86acres of surplus Fort Des Moinesland from the federal govern-ment.

As a non-profit educational in-stitution, COMS was given thenorthwest corner of the Fort forits proposed new campus andmedical center.

The COMS portion of the oldFort Des Moines includes theparade ground and the old offi-cers quarters which border theparade ground on the north andwest.

When it accepted the land, theBoard of Trustees authorizedCollege officials to begin plan-ning for the relocation of thecampus.

Karl Greenlee, Secretary ofthe Board of Trustees, said pre-liminary plans call for construc-tion to begin within two yearsand to continue over a ten yearperiod. Plans for the new siteinclude: classroom facilitieswhich will handle 500 students(almost double the present facil-ities); a 175 bed hospital withexpansion to 350 beds in 10years; a teaching clinic whichwill serve 100,000 patients ayear; a medical research center;student and faculty housing; ageriatrics center; and a physicalrehabilitation center.

Preliminary estimates of thecost of the new center put thefigure at $20 million.

,es Moines Campusin 50 bed increments built around a central supportunit.

Expansion of research facilities will be achievedby building a second research building connectedwith the first.

Student and faculty housing has been separatedfrom the College by landscaped areas and recrea-tional facilities. The Union Building, with fratern-ity rooms and student dining facilities will be placedas a transitional element between the Medical Cen-ter and the residential areas.

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Jay W, Adams, D.O.

Two DepartmentChairmen Named

A pediatrician and an ortho-pedic surgeon have acceptedpositions on the COMS staff,President M c L a u g h. lin an-nounced in March.

Jay W. Adams, D.O., Chiefof the Pediatrics Section of Doc-tors Hospital, Columbus, Ohio,has accepted the position ofChairman of the Department ofPediatrics, and Robert Ho, D.O.,third year orthopedic residentat Detroit Osteopathic Hospital,has accepted Chairmanship ofthe Department of Othopedics.

Dr. Adams received his B.S.degree from Bucknell Universi-ty, Lewisburg, Pa. and D.O. de-gree from Philadelphia Collegeof Osteopathy. He interned atWest Side Osteopathic Hospital,York, Pa. and completed hisresidency in pediatrics at PCO.He is a member of the AmericanCollege of Osteopathic Pediatri-cians.

Dr. Adams said he plans tostart work at COMS about the15th of July.

Dr. Robert Ho was born inHonolulu, Hawaii and earned hisB.A. degree in philosophy fromthe University of Hawaii in1952 and D.O. degree fromCOMS in 1956.

He interned at West SideOsteopathic Hospital in York,

Pa. He was an A.OA clinical re-search fellow at KiTrksville Col-lege of Osteopathy and Surgery,a Wyeth F'ellow and orthopedicresident at PCCO and DetroitOsteopathic Hospital.

Dr. Ho will begin work in thefall.

Bunce HonoredDonald F. M. Bunce, II, Ph.D.,

research professor of physiol-ogy, has been appointed to theeditorial board of the "JournalAngiologie," one of the largestmedical journals in the world de-voted to clinical studies and re-search in diseases of blood ves-sels.

Dr. Bunce's responsibilitieswill include reviewing and edit-ing all American manuscriptssubmitted to the Journal whichis published in Paris.

An internationally known re-searcher in angiology, Dr. Buncewas also named an honorarymember of the Societe Francaised'Angeiologie et d'Histopatho-logie, a French scientific society.

Elmets ElectedDr. Harry B. Elmets, clinical

professor of osteopathic medi-cine, was elected president ofthe American Osteopathic Col-lege of Dermatology at the Col-lege's national convention in Mi-ami. He was also re-electedchairman of the AOCD board ofexaminers.

$25,000 to BarrowsDr. William T. Barrows, pro-

fessor of surgery and COMSCancer Coordinator, has receiveda $25,000 grant from the PublicHealth Service.

This grant is a continuation ofthe Cancer Training Grant theCollege has had in the past. Onephase of the program permitsevery adult clinic patient to bescreened for cancer while thestudent doctor assists and ob-serves the techniques used.

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Broseghini HeadsSST Program

Professor Albert L. Brose-ghini has been. named directorof the Summer Science TrainingProgram, which will admit about15 outstanding high school sci-ence students in June.

The students will assist COMSresearchers in biochemistry,physiology, embryology, andmedicine. They will also attendseminars in the use of literaturein research, design of experi-ments, judgement of evidence,and handling of experimentalanimals.

"Mexican SymposiumA Success"

Dr. Verne J. Wilson, chairmanof the Department of Eye, Ear,Nose and Throat, reports thatthe Mexican Symposium was abig success. More than 30 oste-opathic physicians attended thepostdoctoral course taught byinternationally known Mexicanphysicians.

As chairman of the Interna-tional Postdoctoral EducationSubcommittee, Dr. Wilson con-ceived the idea of having thecourse in Mexico City, plannedall of the details, contactedalumni and other osteopathicphysicians to invite them toattend the Symposium, and man-aged the Symnposium sessions inMexico City.

Vern J. Wilson, D.O.

Three HonoredDr, John. C Agnew D)es

Moines, physician and member ofthe COMS Corporate Board, wasnamed Counselor-at-Large 'bythe College for his outstandingwork as chairman of the IowaSociety of Osteopathic. Physi-cians and Surgeons VcationalGuidance Cornmttee.

For the past two years, Dr.Agnew has directed areer guid-ance dinners in Iowa, Highschool and college counselors,science teachers and administra-tors have been invited, to thedinners which feature prominentspeakers who, discuss the needfor medical personnel, counsel-ing for premedical students, andthe opportunities for careers asosteopathic physicians.

Professor Stanley D. Miiroyi-annis, chairman of the Depart-ment of Anatomy, and Dr. ByronE. Laycock, chairman of the De-partment of Osteopathic Prin-ciples and Techniques and Phys-ical Medicine and Rehabilitation,were awarded Honorary LifeMemberships in the NationalAlumni Association at the As-sociation meeting in Miami,

Presentation of the awardswas made at a College Convoca-tion following the alumni meet-ing,

Dr. Miroyiannis has 'beenchairman of the Department ofAnatomy since he came to theCollege in 1952. His work in theDepartment has made it one ofthe show places of the Collegeas well as an excellent teachingfacility.

A graduate of Kansas CityCollege of Osteopathy and Sur-gery, Dr. Laycock has been amember of the COMS staff since1940.

As head of the Department ofOsteopathic Principles and Tech-niques, Dr. Laycock and hisstaff teach all of the formalcourses in osteopathic history,fundamentals, technique, andprinciples.

In recognition of his contribu-tion to the education of alumnifor more than 20 years, DeanNiffenegger, who presented theaward, called him, "Doctor Oste-opathy at COMS."

President McLaughlin and Dr. Agnewu

DLean izJfJenegger and, Professor IMroytansni

Dr. Laycock and Dean Niffenegger

COMS Placem{The COMS Placement Service

is a central clearing house foralumni who are seeking newpractice locations and for com-munities seeking physicians.

We do not recommend appli-cants or openings because thecost of investigating them wouldbe prohibitive.

Requests and notices of open-ings are edited by the directorof public relations and publishedin the President's Newsletter orin the Log Book.

Once the notices are pub-lished, it's up to interested par-ties to make their own contactswith the people named in thenotices.

OpportunitiesMrs. H. C. Blohm, 125 Pipe-

stone Street, Benton Harbor,Mich., widow of Dr. H.C. Blohm,writes that his practice is forsale. She wants to sell the down-town office, supplies, and equip-ment soon so the new D.O. willbe able to meet the needs of thepatients before they become es-tablished in another office. Ben-ton Harbor's population is about20,000 and the trading areaserves 80,000. Mrs. Blohm of-fered to help the new doctor getacquainted and established.

Miss Kathryn Chisholm,COMS micro-biology instructor,announces that there is a posi-tion open for a physician inPrestonsburg, Ky., which is ineastern Kentucky, about 90miles from Lexington and about70 miles from Hunnington,W. Va.

There are two part-time phy-sicians and one full-time physi-cian for the community of 6.000.There is a small hospital with aclinical lab, an x-ray lab, facil-ities for minor surgery and anobstetrical delivery room.

Contact Dr. Thomas W. Chis-holm, Box 569, Prestonsburg,Ky., Dr. George Archer, Pres-tonsburg Community Hospital,

ServicePrestonsburg, Ky., or Miss Chis-holm, College of OsteopathicMedicine and Surgery, Sixth atCenter, Des Moines 9, Iowa.

Mrs. Ronald Berger whosehusband operates the CrandonRexall Drug Store in Crandon,Wise. wrote to inform us thatCrandon needs an osteopathicphysician and surgeon. Crandonis a county seat in the resortarea and has about 2,000 people.The Bergers will help interestedphysicians.

Mrs. C. R. Reynolds, widow ofC. R. Reynolds, 1001 South Sec-ond St. Fairfield, Iowa, is inter-ested in selling his ground flooroffice, equipment, supplies, andpractice. There is only one D.O.in Fairfield now. Fairfield is agrowing college town in south-eastern Iowa.

Paton, Iowa, 65 miles fromDes Moines, is looking for anosteopathic physician. The LionsClub supervises the communityowned doctor's office and rentsit to the doctor. The notice wereceived from Paton said thereis an established practice of1,500 to 2,000 families. Paton'spopulation is 370, it is served byhard surface roads from fourdirections, there is municipalwater and electric service anda mutual telephone company.Contact the Rev. William Tom-linson in Paton, Iowa for moreinformation.

Dr. Charles H. Potter, ForestCity, Iowa, writes that Dr. J. L.Craig died in January and hispractice in Cresco, Iowa is avail-able. Cresco has about 4,000people and the nearest D.O. isabout 20 miles away in Decorah.Dr. Potter concluded, "Dr.Craig's patients are used to oste-opathy." Contact Mrs. J. L.Craig, 762 E. Third Street,Cresco. J. H. Thompson, pastpresident of the Cresco JuniorChamber of Commerce and Ar-nold W. Baker, secretary of theCresco Chamber of Commerceboth wrote and offered theirservices in helping the new oste-opathic physician get acquainted.

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Dr. C. N. Stryker, Sheldon,Iowa, has a 60-milleamp MatternX-ray with vertical flouroscopeand Patterson B2 screen andcomplete accessories for sale.

Louis Bellegante, D.D.S., Vic-tor, Iowa, writes that there is avery good opportunity for anosteopathic physician there.There is no longer a D.O. intown and the people in the com-munity feel a need for one.

Dr. L. D. Barry, Williams,Iowa, writes that his brother,Dr. C. R. Barry in Tripoli, Iowais suffering from cancer andwishes to dispose of his generalpractice there.

Mrs. M. F. Stedman, 108 N.Fifth, Le Suer, Minn., widow ofDr. M. F. Stedman, announcesthat his practice is available foranother D.O. who wishes to prac-tice in Minnesota. She said thenew practice laws there willmake the practice even more re-munerative to a new osteopathicphysician.

Col. Byrd VisitedSouth Pole

"My trip to Operation DeepFreeze with the U.S. Navy was,without question, the highlightof my life to date." Col. D. Har-old Byrd, member of the COMSCorporate Board, wrote Presi-dent McLaughlin soon after hisreturn from Antartica.

Col. Byrd, who contributed tohis cousin Admiral RichardByrd's 1928 expedition to Ant-arctica, was a guest of the U.S.Navy on his 12 day 35,000 miletrip.

Col. Byrd said he saw moreof the continent in four daysthan his cousin Dick saw inthree different expeditions.

"We flew to the Pole from Mc-Murdo and returned by the Har-old Byrd Mountains (named af-ter Col. Byrd by Admiral Byrdwhen he discovered them in the1930's) I took innumerablePolaroid pictures and authenti-cated the Harold Byrd Moun-tains with photographs for thefirst time," he explained.

E AND THERE C.O.M.S. ALUMNIAlvira Lunsford Alumni Editor

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Dr. G. G. Elliott, Toronto, Canada,was honored during the annual con-vention of the Canadian OsteopathicAssociation when he was presentedwith an honorary life membership cer-tificate. The occasion also marked Dr.Elliott's 50th anniversary as a prac-ticing osteopathic physician.

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Dr. Mabel F. Martin, Weslaco, Tex.,attended the seventh annual Postgrad-uate Seminar sponsored by the TexasState Department of Health and theTexas Association of OsteopathicPhysicians and Surgeons and held atDallas, December 7-8, 1962.

1924Dr. S. H. Leibov, St. Louis, Mo., has

been named chairman of the committeeon Insurance for the Missouri Associa-tion of Osteopathic Physicians andSurgeons.

Dr. G. A. Stohlberg, Minneapolis,Minn., has been re-elected treasurer ofthe Twin City Osteopathic StudyGroup.

1926Dr. F. O. Harrold, Lubbock, Tex., is

a member of the active staff of thePorter Clinic Hospital at Lubbock. Dr.Harrold's practice includes obstetricsand general practice.

1927Dr. Reginald Platt, Houston, Texas,

was a speaker at the Academy of Ap-plied Osteopathy convention in MiamiBeach, Fla., January 27- 31. He dis-cussed the "Treatment of Spinal andAppendicular Lesion and its Relation-ship to the Cranio-Sacral Mechanism".Dr. Platt will participate in a seminarsponsored by the Ontario OsteopathicAssociation planned for May 6- 8, atKitchener, Ont.

1929Dr. Russell M. Wright was asked by

Detroit mayor, Jerome P. Cavanaugh,to serve on the Detroit Olympic Com-mittee. The Committee's job is tohelp Detroit retain its designation asthe U.S. bid city for the 1968 OlympicGames.

Dr. Wright, team physician for theDetroit Tigers, also lectured at an Ath-letic Injury Seminar at the DenverUniversity Club in March.

1931Dr. Earl Purtzer, Scottsbluff, Neb.,

was named executive secretary-treas-urer for the Nebraska Association ofOsteopathic Physicians and Surgeons.

1932Dr. F. Marion Crawford, San An-

tonio, Tex., attended the seventh an-nual Postgraduate Seminar sponsoredby the Texas State Department ofHealth and the Texas Association ofOsteopathic Physicians and Surgeonsand held at Dallas, December 7-8, 1962.

1933Dr. Charles Naylor, Ravenna, Ohio,

presided at a meeting of the AOABureau of Research held in Chicagoduring November. The purpose of themeeting was to re-evaluate the Bur-eau's functions and objectives, and todiscuss means to shift the profession'sresearch emphasis from basic to clin-ical research particularly applicable tothe principles and practice of osteo-pathic medicine.

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From an Iowa alumni to COMS DeanNiffenegger after completing a post-doctoral course ...

Dear Sir:I wish to acknowledge receipt ofmy certificate January 19, 1963.I wish to thank each and every-one in the college for aiding me,that I might receive this needededucation for the benefit of mypatients.It is also my wish to thank every-one in the college for aiding meto write the major surgical boardsuccessfully.It was such a pleasant means ofmeeting the young people enter-ing our profession. I think thatworking with them was one ofthe highlights of my life.

Sincerely yours,Walter G. Nelson, D.O. '33Sidney, Iowa

1935Dr. J. Milton Zimmerman, Dayton,

Ohio, has been named a trustee of theAmerican College of Osteopathic In-ternists for the 1962-63 term.

Dr. John F. Bumpus, Denver, Colo.,has been named a trustee of the Amer-ican Osteopathic Academy of Sclero-therapy.

1936Dr. Theron D. Crews, Gonzales, Tex.,

attended the seventh annual Postgrad-uate Seminar sponsored by the TexasState Department of Health and theTexas Association of OsteopathicPhysicians and Surgeons and held atDallas, December 7-8, 1962.

1937Dr. Ivan Penquite, Sapulpa, Okla.,

is a member of the Ethics and Griev-ance committee for the OklahomaOsteopathic Association.

1938Dr. Harold F. Heideman, Coggon,

Ia., is a trustee of the Iowa Associa-tion of General Practitioners for the1962-63 term.

Dr. Clive R. Ayers, Atlantic, Ia., hasbeen elected president-elect for theAmerican Osteopathic Academy ofSclerotherapy.

Dr. J. B. Miller, Flint, Mich., partici-pated in the program for the AmericanOsteopathic College of Dermatologymeetings held in Miami Beach, Fla.,January 30.

1939Dr. Neil R. Kitchen, Detroit, Mich.,

will be a program participant at the64th annual postgraduate conferenceand convention scheduled for May6-7-8, at Grand Rapids. He will lectureon "Diagnosis and Management ofThyroid Disorders in Office Practice".

1900Word has been received of

the death of Dr. W. H. Albert-son, Austin, Minn., at the ageof 88. Known as the "Dean"of Minnesota osteopaths, Dr.Albertson closed his offices inNovember (1962) after 60years of practice in the samebuilding. His plans to moveto California to live with adaughter were cut short byhis death. Dr. Albertson wasan ardent sports fan and gaveup regular golf just two yearsago. Memorial services wereheld in Los Angeles, Cali-fornia.

1903Dr. E. J. Favell, for 35

years a resident of Rice Lake,Wis., died on Jan. 4, at Me-morial Hospital, Medford,Wis., at the age of 92. Forthe past 12 years he had beenin retirement at Lake St.Croix, Solon Springs, Wis.

Prior to establishing apractice at Rice Lake, Dr.Favell practiced in Superior,Wis., for 15 years. Duringhis 50 years as a practicingosteopathic physician he alsogave much time and interestto painting. Many of hispaintings were exhibited bothin and out of Wisconsin, andhe was widely known as "theartist-doctor" of NorthernWisconsin". Interment wasmade in Royalton, Wis.

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1940Dr Paul R. Kimberly, St. Peters-

burg, Fla., was rated one of the out-standing speakers who presented theprogram, for the Mid-winter Seminarof the Florida Academy of AppliedOsteopathy, held in Palm Beach, De-cember 1-2. Dr. Kimberly also pre-sented the William. G. SutherlandMemorial Lecture at the Cranial. Acad-emy luncheon held during the Academyof Applied Osteopathy meetings atMiami Beach, Fla., January 28-31.

1942Dr. Marvin L. Ford, Elmo, Mo., has

been named chairman of the commit-'tee on Affiliated Specialty Societies forthe Missouri Association of Osteo-pathic Physicians and Surgeons.

Dr. Robert 0. Drews, Lansing, Mich.,will participate in the 64th annualpostgraduate conference and conven-tion, to be held in Grand Rapids, May6-7-8. He will lecture on "Otitis Mediaand Its Complications".

1943Dr. John R. Shafer, Denver, Colo.,

was appointed to the advisory councilto the Board of Licensed PracticalNurse Examiners by Colorado Gover-nor McNichols. Dr. Shafer is alsochairman of the program committeeof the American College of Proctolo-gists.

Dr. Carl Waterbury, Des Moines, Ia.,participated on a panel discussion on"Medical Complications of Pregnancy"at the sixth Annual Seminar sponsoredby the Ohio Society of Osteopathic Ob-stetricians and Gynecologists at Co-lumbus, Ohio, January 12-13.

1944Dr. W. V. Crotty, Henryetta, Okla.,

has been appointed to the Civil De-fense committee for the Oklahoma Os-teopathic Association.

Dr. Roy G. Bubeck, Grand Rapids,Mich., will participate in the 64th an-nual postgraduate conference and con-vention scheduled for May 6-7-8, atGrand Rapids. He will discuss "Med-ical Management of Threatened Abor-tion."

Dr. J. Scott Heatherington, Glad-stone, Ore., presided as chairman ofthe American Osteopathic Associa-tion's Council on Development at ameeting held in Central Office in Chi-cago, January 6.

1946Dr. John Snyder, Dayton, Ohio, par-

ticipated in a panel discussion of"Medical Complications of Pregnancy"at the Sixth Annual Seminar sponsoredby the Ohio Society of Osteopathic Ob-stetricians and Gynecologists at Co-lumbus, Ohio, January 12-13.

1949Dr. Russell B. Bunn, Mount Enter-

prise, Tex., attended the seventh an-nual Postgraduate Seminar sponsoredby the Texas State Department ofHealth and the Texas Association ofOsteopathic Physicians and Surgeonsin Dallas, December 7-8, 1962.

1950Dr. Joseph B. Baker, Greenfield, Ia.,

has been installed as president of theIowa Association of General Practi-tioners for the 1962-63 term.

Dr. Robert W. Jolhnson, Appleton,Wise., a member of the COMS Corpor-ate Board, participated in the academicceremonies at the inauguration ofWalker D. Wyman, as ninth presidentof Wisconsin State College, White-water.

Dr. Murray Goldstein, Bethesda,Md., was a program participant atthe annual convention of the AmericanCollege of Obstetricians and Gynecolo-gists in New Orleans, La., Feb. 18-20.Dr. Goldstein lectured on "Research,National Institutes of Health".

Dr. Walter C. Mill, Denver, Colo.,attended the meeting of the College ofOsteopathic Surgeons in Bal Harbour,Fla.

Dr. H. Ted Craun, formerly of Day-ton, Ohio, assumed his new post ashead of the department of radiologyat James A. Taylor Osteopathic Hos-pital in Bangor, Maine, on January 14.Dr. Craun was in general practice inDayton from 1954 to 1958, when hebegan a residency in radiology atGrandview Hospital. After complet-ing his residency in December 1961,he entered private practice as a radi-ologist.

1951Dr. Paul Dun-

bar, Paducah,Ky., has been ap-pointed to theKentucky Boardof Health, repre-senting the Ken-tucky OsteopathicMedical Associa-tion. The. appoint-ment, made byGov. Bert T.Combs, ends De-cember 31, 1965.residen;t a.nd mem-

ber of the board of trustees of theKentucky Osteopathic Medical Asso-ciation and a former president of theorganization. For the past six yearshe has been a member of the house ofdelegates of the AOA.

Dr. Thomas C. Reed, Tulsa, Okla.,has been installed as president-electof the Oklahoma Osteopathic Associa-tion.

Dr. John Vorheeis, Oklahoma City,Okla., has been named chairman of theMembership committee for the Okla-homa Osteopathic Association, and Dr.B. B. Baker, Tulsa, Okla., has beennamed a member of the Blue Cross andBlue Shield committee.

Dr. Sanford S. Herr, Aloha, Ore.,wrote the article "A Study of FetalElectrocardiography", which appearedin the December AOA JOURNAL.

Dr. Patricia Anne Cottrille, GrandRapids, Mich., spoke at the AmericanOsteopathic College of Pathologistsmeetings held at Miami Beach, Fla.,January 30. She discussed the "Path-ology of Premature and MultipleBirths".

Dr. Norman A. Bomengen, Portland,Ore., has been named vice-president ofthe West Portland District Society.

1952Dr. Ronald E. Grow, South Bend,

Ind., has been named Staff Representa-tive to the South Bend OsteopathicHospital Board of Directors to servefor the 1963 term.

1953Dr. J. Dudley Chapman, Rocky

River, Ohio, participated rin the sixthannual Seminar sponsored by the OhioSociety of Osteopathic Obstetriciansand Gynecologists at Columbus, Ohio,January 12-13. Dr. Chapman spoke on"Cybernetics as, Related to Problemsof the Female". Dr. Chapman also as-sisted with the program for the work-shop in Clinical Hypnosis and Psycho-somatic Medicine held in Cleveland,Ohio, Oct. 2. A new study group, "TheSociety of Psychosomatic Medicine,"grew out of the! workshop.

Dr. Leonard C. Nystrom, Mesquite,Tex., attended the seventh annualPostgraduate Seminar sponsored bythe Texas State Department of Healthand the, Texas Association of Osteo-pathic Physicians and Surgeons andheld at Dallas, December 7-8, 1962.

1957Dr. Richard W. Pullum, St. Peters-

burg, Fla., wrote "A New Rectal Ra-dium Applicator", which appeared inthe December 1962, AOA JOURNAL.

1958Dr. Francis DonLo, Columbus, Ohio,

participated in a panel discussion"What's New?" at the sixth annualSeminar sponsored by the Ohio Societyof Osteopathic Obstetricians and Gyn-ecologists in Columbus, Ohio, January12-13,

1961Dr. Neil Purtell, Saint Jo, Tex., at-

tended the seventh annual Postgrad-uate Seminar sponsored by the TexasState Department of Health and theTexas Association of OsteopathicPhysicians and Surgeons and held atDallas, December 7-8, 1962.

Dr. John Eichorst, South Bend, Ind.,has established a general practice inassociation with the Clay TownshipClinic. Dr. Eichorst interned at SouthBend Osteopathic Hospital.

1962Dr. Earl F. Gonyaw, Dallas, Tex.,

attended the seventh annual Postgrad-uate Seminar sponsored by the TexasState Department of Health and theTexas Association of OsteopathicPhysicians and Surgeons and held atDallas, December 7-8, 1962.

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Graduates and Their Intern AssignmentsDonald J. AndrysiakDetroit Osteo. Hosp.Detroit, Mich.

Carolyn M. BaileyGrandview Hosp.Dayton, Ohio

Lawrence A. Baker, Jr.Flint Osteo. Hosp.Flint, Mich.

Donald R. BeaverFlint Osteo. Hosp.Flint, Mich.

Harvey A. BergrenMuskegon Osteo. Hosp.Muskegon, Mich.

Sanford S. BerlinTucson Gen. Hosp.Tucson, Ariz.

Donald BernsteinDallas Osteo. Hosp.Dallas, Texas,

Herbert Y. BezDetroit Osteo. Hosp.Detroit, Mich.

John T. BlockFlint Osteo. Hosp.Flint, Mich.

Herold A. Brown

James C. Cameron, Jr.Doctors Hosp.Columbus, Ohio

Chester D. ChristiansonDavenport Osteo. Hosp.Davenport, Iowa

Charles E. ClaffeyBrentwood Hosp.Cleveland, Ohio

Joseph B. DoctorDes Moines Gen. Hosp.Des Moines, Iowa

John B. DolvenDetroit Osteo. Hosp.Detroit, Mich.

John K. EdlemanGrand Rapids Osteo. Hosp.Grand Rapids, Mich.

Jerry R. FreibergPontiac Osteo. Hosp.Pontiac, Mich.

Marvin S. GarelickAllentown Osteo. Hosp.Allentown, Pa.

Arnold S. GrantPontiac Osteo. Hosp.Pontiac, Mich.

Oscar E. Gutierrez

Monroe S. HarrisSaginaw Osteo. Hosp.Saginaw, Mich.

Robert W. HeidepriemFlint Osteo. Hosp.Flint, Mich.

Aram Janigian

Charles F. JohnsonRocky Mt. Osteo. Hosp.Denver, Colo.

Victor JurczenkoDoctors Osteo. Hosp.Columbus, Ohio

Robert C. KapanjieDes Moines Gen. Hosp.Des Moines, Iowa

Norman J. KatzCherry Hill Hosp.Delaware Township, N.J.

Emanuel M. KourakisDetroit Osteo. Hosp.Detroit, Mich.

Jerold R. KramerTri-County Osteo. Hosp.Springfield, Pa.

Julian J. KutinskyArt Centre Hosp.Detroit, Mich.

Jerome J. KwartowitzZieger Osteo. Hosp.Detroit, Mich.

Thomas G. LavatyFt. Worth ,Osteo. Hosp.Ft. Worth, Texas

Robert C. LeonardPontiac Osteo. Hosp.Pontiac, Mich.

Joseph J. MajorRocky Mt. Osteo. Hosp.Denver, Colo.

Alan A. MarkLe Roy Hosp.New York, N. Y.

Ralph H. MartinDes Moines Gen. Hosp.Des Moines, Iowa

Varughese P. MathewDes Moines Gen. Hosp.Des Moines, Iowa

Kae Patrick McCafferyFort Worth Osteo. Hosp.Fort Worth, Texas

Stuart A. MegdallDetroit Osteo. Hosp.Detroit, Mich.

Irvin S. MerlinDoctors Hosp.Columbus, Ohio

Cecil H. MiracleWarren Gen. Hosp.Warren, Ohio

Roger D. MonsourFlint Osteo. Hosp.Flint, Mich.

Mandell J. MuchMetropolitan Hosp.Philadelphia, Pa.

Rex E. OllomWilden Osteo. Hosp.Des Moines, Iowa

David J. O'MaraGrand Rapids Osteo. Hosp.Grand Rapids, Mich.

Richard F. PerryDes Moines Gen. Hosp.Des Moines, Iowa

Marvin H. RivkinPontiac Osteo. Hosp.Pontiac, Mich.

Norman RoseDes Moines Gen. Hosp.Des Moines, Iowa

Norman M. RosenbergPontiac Osteo. Hosp.Pontiac, Mich.

Ronald P. RosenbergPontiac Osteo. Hosp.Pontiac, Mich.

Harris Alan RossMetropolitan Hosp.Philadelphia, Pa.

Michael A. RothShenango Valley Osteo. Hosp.Farrell, Pa.

Fabius F. RussellFlint Osteo. Hosp.Flint, Mich.

Sheldon A. SchorePontiac Osteo. Hosp.Pontiac, Mich.

Leon L. ShorePontiac Osteo. Hosp.Pontiac, Mich.

Jerome I. SitnerZieger Osteo. Hosp.Detroit, Mich.

Nelson H. SklarPontiac Osteo. Hosp.Pontiac, Mich.

William F. Stanley, Jr.Pontiac Osteo. Hosp.Pontiac, Mich.

Harry A. StenzelBrentwood Hosp.Cleveland, Ohio

Gerald SussmanMetropolitan Hosp.Philadelphia, Pa.

Sheridan A. ThiringerPortland Osteo. Hosp.Portland, Ore.

Gerald UzanskyZieger Osteo. Hosp.Detroit, Mich.

Howard J. WaronkerAllentown Osteo. Hosp.Allentown, Pa.

Gershon R. WeinerMount Clemons Gen. Hosp.Mount Clemons, Mich.

William N. WileyRiverview Osteo. Hosp.Norristown, Pa.

James A. YoungWilden Osteo. Hosp.Des Moines, Iowa

Summer FeaturesFeatured in this issue: Intern Assignments, p.

2; Class of 1963 p. 3; Commencement Activities,p. 4; Cancer Today, Commencement PostdoctoralCourse, p. 5; National Alumni Association, p. 6;

Volume 41 June, 1963 No. 2 Department of Anatomy, p. 7, 8, 9; Faculty andStaff Activities, p. 10, 11; Placement Service, p.

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Editorial StaffEd itor .................................................................. R ich ard A . S ch reib erAlumni Editor .................................................... Alvira LunsfordPhoto Editor ................................................... ... E. Lynn Baldwin

National Alumni OfficersPresident ............................................................ Paul T. Rutter, D.O.President-elect .............................. James T. Haffenden, D.O.Secretary-Treasurer ..................... Stan J. Sulkowski, D.O.Past-President ..................................................... J. R. Forbes, D.O.

The CoverSurrounded by some of the tools and teaching

aids of his profession, Stanley D. Miroyiannis,Ph.D., professor and chairman of the Departmentof Anatomy at COMS, directs the department witha firm hand to insure that his students will learnanatomy and be able to apply their knowledge toclinical work. Cover photograph by E. LynnBaldwin, COMS Medical Illustrator.

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Jean Sardou-Studio of Younkers

The Senior Class FarewellWe of the class of '63 anticipate graduation. We

approach the day with a feeling of mixed emo-tions. The joy which comes from knowing wehave arrived at the long desired moment and ourdeparture into a new life contrasts with the feel-ing that we, as a class, will never assemble again.We know it may be many years before we whohave been through so much together will meetagain.

We wish to thank the teaching staff for theirefforts in guiding us into the role we seek to as-sume. We must thank them for making us awareof the fact that this is not the end of academic ef-fort but only the beginning of a life of study, ap-plication and practice. With a sense of humilitywe accept the challenge which faces us as we en-

ter the practice of the healing arts as licensedosteopathic physicians.

We will be forever grateful to the clinical andhospital staff for their part in preparing us tobecome physicians. Our first experiences in thehospitals and the clinical aspects of practice undertheir able supervision will be with us and main-tain us whenever we must demonstrate judgmentand make decisions in the future.

We want to thank the administration and stafffor their patience, cooperation and understandingas we go forth now to become members of what Ihope will be a lively and active alumni association.We of the class of '63 will best express our appre-ciation by our efforts to support COMS as aplace we are proud to have graduated from.

David J. O'Mara, president

An Iowa business leader and an official of theU.S. Office of Education will highlight the non-professional part of the 1963 COMS commence-ment activities.

N. Bernard Gussett, Chairman of the Board ofIowa Power and Light Company, will be the guestspeaker at the senior banquet, 7:00 p.m., June 6,in the Hotel Fort Des Moines. Gussett becamepresident of Iowa Power and Light Company in1949 and was elected Chairman of the Board andChief Executive Officer in 1959. Before comingto Iowa, Gussett was chief executive of the SanAntonio Public Service Company which he joinedin 1925 as assistant chief engineer.

Wayne 0. Reed, Ph.D., Deputy Commissioner ofEducation, U.S. Office of Education, Departmentof Health, Education, and Welfare, will speak atcommencement which is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.,June 7, at North High Auditorium. Dr. Reed hasbeen an educator since he began his professionalcareer as a rural school teacher in 1930.

N. Bernard GussettChairman of the Board, Iowa Power and Light

Company.

Moving through the ranks of professional edu-cation, Dr. Reed was a teacher, principal, super-intendent and college president before he beganwork in the U. S. Office of Education in 1951. In1957, Dr. Reed was named to his present positionof Deputy Commissioner of Education.

The sixty-six members of the senior class andtheir spouses will be feted by the College and theAlumni Association at the senior banquet. Afterthe dinner, the seniors who are graduating withdistinction will be presented to the assembled stu-dents, wives, parents, alumni, faculty, and guests.

Winners of College and fraternity awards willalso be recognized and all graduates will be wel-comed to the COMS National Alumni Associationby Association officials. AOA president CharlesW. Sauter, II, will welcome graduates into theAOA.

Alumni of the College who graduated in 1903,1908, 1913, 1918, 1923, 1928, 1933, 1938, 1943,1948, 1953, and 1958 will sit at tables reserved forthem.

Wayne 0. Reed, Ph.D.Deputy Commissioner of Education

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Cancer

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Commencement

Postdoctoral

June 6-7,

Course

1963William T. Barrows, D.O., F.A.C.O.S.

Chairman, Postdoctoral Education Committee

Nationally known physicians and educators willlecture at the COMS annual Commencement Post-doctoral Course, June 6 and 7, at the Hotel FortDes Moines,

Two physicians from the National Institutes ofHealth (NIH) in Bethesda, Md., will be the fea-tured speakers at the postdoctoral course, "Can-cer Today," William T. Barrows, D.O., chairman ofthe Postdoctoral Education Committee, announc-ed.

Kirkland C. Brace, M.D., a radiation therapistat the National Cancer Institute will speak on"Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Malignanciesin Children," and "Radiation Therapy-Presentand Future."

Thomas G. McGinn, M.D., a member of the Clin-ical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Section, Can-cer Chemotherapy, National Service Center of theNational Cancer Institute, will lecture on "Chemo-therapy as an Adjuvant to the Surgical Manage-ment of Malignancy" and "The Chemotherapy ofLeukemia and Solid Tumors."

Other lecturers and their topics are: Paul A.Meglitsch, Ph.D., professor of biology at DrakeUniversity, "Rodent Liver as a Research Tool forCancer Research."

L. Raymond Hall, D.O., F.A.C.O.S., coordinatorof cancer teaching at Kansas City College of Os-teopathy and Surgery, "Tumors of the Breast,"and "Cancer of the Skin."

Jay W. Adams, D.O., chief of the Pediatrics Sec-tion, Doctors Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, "Malig-nancies of Infancy" and "Neuroblastoma."

Elizabeth A. Burrows, D.O., chairman, Depart-ment of Obstetrics and Gynecology at COMS,"Predisposition to, and Detection of, Cancer in theFemale Pelvis" and "Carcinoma and Pregnancy."

Ronald K. Woods, D.O., associate clinical profes-sor of surgery at COMS (on leave), "Malignancyof the Gastrointestinal Tract."

William T. Barrows, D.O., F.A.C.O.S., chairman,Department of Surgery at COMS, is programchairman and reserve speaker.

Donald F. M. Bunce, II, Ph.D., research profes-sor of physiology at COMS, is assistant programchairman and reserve speaker.

Panel discussions are planned to conclude eachhalf day session. Each speaker will participate inthe one which follows his lecture and all speakerswill take part in the question and answer periodwhich concludes the postdoctoral course on Fri-day afternoon, June 7.

Dean Ora E. Niffenegger announced that phy-sicians who attend the course would receive 13hours of postdoctoral credit. Cost for the courseis $50.00 which includes the two luncheons. Mem-bers of the National Alumni Association HonorClubs are awarded free tuition as a benefit oftheir Honor Club Membership but are asked topay for their luncheons.

National Alumni AssociationMembership Report

More than 1,800 D.O.'s are eligible for member-ship in the COMS National Alumni Associationand thousands of others are eligible for associatemembership.

Association constitution and by-laws state: Ac-tive members of the Association shall be thosegraduates of the College who have paid the cur-rent year's dues ($5.00) or are Life Members orHonorary Life Members of the Association.

The House of Delegates may grant AssociateMembership to persons outside of the professionor to members of the profession who are notgraduates of the College. An Associate Memberreceives all of the responsiblities and privileges ofan alumnus except a diploma.

Several applications for associate membershiphave been received from orphaned graduates ofthe former College of Osteopathic Physicians andSurgeons in Los Angeles. Their applications willbe considered at the next regular meeting of theHouse of Delegates.

Honorary Life MembersMore than 400 COMS alumni may be eligible for

honorary life membership in the COMS NationalAlumni Association, according to a recent surveyof alumni files.

Qualifications for honorary life membership inthe Associaion are: thirty years of active practiceas an osteopathic physician, a minimum age of65, and a record of outstanding service to the As-sociation and profession.

If you meet these qualifications or know some-one who does, please write to the Public RelationsDepartment at the College and ask that you oryour nominee be considered at the House ofDelegates meeting scheduled during the AOAConvention in New Orleans next fall.

To Honor 3's and 8'sThe threes and eights will be honored at com-

mencement this year. Early estimates put theclasses of 1933, 1938, and 1953 at the top in plan-ning and expected attendance at College activitiesand their own get-togethers.

Someone in each class graduating in a year end-ing in three or eight has been asked to help planactivities for members of his class. When the per-son contacted was too busy to take an active partin the planning, the College public relations de-partment took over a part of the planning.

Each honored class will have a separate tableor tables set aside for it at the senior banquet anda row of seats in North High Auditorium for com-mencement.

Several classes are planning receptions afterthe Senior Banquet, June 6, breakfasts June 7, andprivate parties, Saturday June 8.

Trustees Meet AlumniFour members of the COMS Board of Trustees

represented the College at state osteopathic socie-ty meetings in May.

Dale Dodson, D.O., Board member who lives inNorthfield, Minn., attended the Minnesota StateOsteopathic Association annual meeting in Minne-apolis; Ted Flynn, Des Moines insurance agentand chairman of the executive committee of theBoard, represented the College at both the NorthDakota State Osteopathic Association meeting inBismarck and the South Dakota Society of Osteo-pathic Physicians and Surgeons, in Yankton. Dan-iel S. Hannan, Des Moines attorney and trusteeof the College, accompanied President McLaugh-lin to the Michigan Association of OsteopathicPhysicians and Surgeons annual meeting in GrandRapids; and John H. Harris, Ph.D., Superintend-ent of the Des Moines Public Schools and trustee,represented the College at the Southwest Osteo-pathic Convention in Scottsdale, Ariz.

In addition to taking part in COMS Alumni As-sociation programs, several of the Board Membershad the opportunity to address the entire conven-tion and describe the College's plans for the fu-ture.

Alumni BoostPacemaker Yearbook

Benjamin Kohl, business manager of the 1964Pacemaker, College yearbook, announced in Aprilthat COMS alumni would be given the opportunityof buying a $15.00 booster ad in the 1964 Pace-maker.

A booster ad entitles the alumnus to be listedin the book and to a copy of the book as soon asit is printed.

Kohl said in his letter to the alumni that thebook will present a record of one of the most im-portant years in the College's history as it be-gins to expand and make use of the 86 acres atFort Des Moines which were recently given to theCollege for a new campus and osteopathic medicalcenter.

Responses to his letter have not been encourag-ing, Kohl said. The fifteen dollars for the boosterad was intentionally set low on the assumptionthat a great many alumni would take advantage ofit and the income for the book would come from agreat many small ads in addition to the regularbusiness advertisements, he added.

"By earning a profit on the yearbooks," Kohlexplained, "we are helping build the'osteopathicprofession because all profit is given to the SigmaSigma Phi Student Loan Fund."

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Anatomy:

Foundation of a Medical Education

The anatomy laboratories at COMS are one ofthe show places of the College according to thepeople who tour our facilities.

Much of the credit for the show place atmos-phere and excellent teaching facilities goes toStanley D. Miroyiannis, Ph.D., Chairman of theDepartment of Anatomy, and his staff of seven.

Guests who have visited other medical schoolssay they are particularly impressed by the clean-liness of the labs and the complete lack of un-pleasant odors.

Dr. Miroyiannis is as proud of the facilities asthe guests are impressed, because he uses his ownmethods of embalming and preserving the cadav-ers so they will remain pliable for the students todissect from September when they are put on thedissecting tables until May when the work is com-pleted.

Several large jars filled with a milky pink solu-tion are Dr. Miroyiannis' secret. Using the solu-tion which he developed, Dr. Miroyiannis says hemakes sure that each cadaver is wetted down af-ter every lab so it will remain soft and free of fur-ther decomposition.

"One of my first actions when I came here in1952," Dr. Miroyiannis remembers, "was to closethe old preservative tanks in which the cadavershad been kept." Since that time the cadavershave been left on the dissecting tables all year.

Anatomy courses are the first real taste ourstudents have of their osteopathic medical educa-tion, Dr. Miroyiannis pointed out, so the depart-ment has the dual responsibility of teaching ana-tomy and counseling the students who, for thefirst time, may begin to question their decision tobecome an osteopathic physician.

"We try," Dr. Miroyiannis explained, "to de-velop for ourselves a deeper understanding of thestudents so we can guide them in the exact andaccurate execution of their laboratory work andhelp them integrate it into the rest of their pre-clinical and clinical osteopathic medical educa-tion."

Responsibility for 630 hours of the classes andlabs presented during the freshman year restsheavily on Dr. Miroyiannis and his staff.

If the 630 hours weigh heavily on the staff, theresponsibility of attending the courses in embry-ology, gross anatomy, histology, and neuro-anat-omy and preparing for them rests even moreheavily on the freshmen who, Dr. Miroyiannissays, should spend an hour or more in preparationfor each hour of class work.

Due to the shortage of qualified anatomists, Dr.Miroyiannis said, he selects outstanding studentsand teaches them to assist him. At first, theywork as general assistants in the department thenas they show interest and aptitude, they are en-trusted with more responsibility. He teachesthem more of the intricacies of the anatomist'sart and they may raise to the rank of assistant in-structors in the department. All of the men haveearned bachelors degrees.

As assistant instructors, the men may assumeresponsibility for complete sections of certainparts of the course work in addition to assistingand acting as prosectors in the gross anatomylab.

The men who accept the responsibilty of work-ing in the department will be qualified to becomeanatomists as well as to enter practice as osteo-pathic physicians, Dr. Miroyiannis pointed out.

The extra time required to work in the AnatomyDepartment must be taken from regular class andclinical study time so each man who elects to doit must take one or more additional years to com-plete the requirements for the degree, Doctor ofOsteopathy.

This year there is one instructor, Rex E. Ollom,New Braunfels, Tex., a 1963 COMS graduate, andthree assistant instructors: Ben A. Raines, KansasCity, Mo.; Robert R. Brown, Pomeroy, Ohio; andJoseph W. Chatfield, Miami, Fla. General assist-ants Charles L. Pigneri, West Des Moines, Iowa;Daniel Francis, Creston, Iowa; and Kenneth E.Neff, Huntington Woods, Mich., complete thestaff.

The cadavers are supplied to the College by theVital Statistics Division of the Iowa Departmentof Public Health which supplies them on a prorated basis to COMS and the State University ofIowa College of Medicine and College of Dentistry.

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Anatomy Emphasize

Department assistants Brown andOllom select examples from the morethan 6,000 histology slides filed in thedepartment.

In the neuroanatomy lab Dr. Mirobquestion from a student who is dissecting

Rex 0details ofdissectins

Four to six students dis-sect each cadaver.

Assistant instructor Ben Rainesillustrates one of Dr. Miroyiannis'sclassroom lectures.

Dr. Miroyiannis notes students' progresswith frequent oral examinations.

elationships of Structures and Systems

answers a;in.

astructor of anatomy, points outram to students before they begin

Dr. Miroyiannis outlines the day's work to students asthey remove the drapes from their cadavers.

Frequent staff conferences insure that allmembers of the Department are coordinatingtheir work.

$50,518 to COMSCOMS staff members have re-

ceived notice that grants total-ing more than $50,000 have beenrenewed by the National Insti-tutes of Health in April andMay.

Dr. Erle Fitz, assistant clini-cal professor of psychiatry, isco-ordinator of the $20,832 psy-chiatric teaching grant from theNational Institutes of Health.

The grant makes possible thecontinued study and treatment,by students in College Clinic, ofpatients with psychiatric prob-lems.

Mark Goldie, Ph.D., assistantprofessor of physiology and di-rector of the COMS human ecol-ogy course, has received twogrants: $12,476 from the Na-tional Institutes of Health toiln'n in11 1a fthia n rMvPrTsr1 mf tre fa _1tUl illU Utl 11C piJ UgL-ill 1 U eI b ,tCi;L-

New COMS Exhibit ing human ecology to COMSfreshmen and $6,282 to continue

"Close Up Photography for the Physician," is a new exhibit by his research in phenotype pro-E. Lynn Baldwin, Chairman of the COMS Department of Medical duction in the chick embryo.Illustration. This exhibit and others prepared by Baldwin are Donald F. M. Bunce, II, Ph.D.,

research professor of physiolo-available free and may be shown at any professional meeting. Users gresearch proessor of $1yo-gy, has received a grant of $10 ,-are asked to pay round trip transportation charges. 928 from the National Heart I-

stitute for his research in thestructural analysis of the dis-- I ._^ ,,,. .L.11uenueu arueniai wa.i.

D.r R.II.Viit.C%.M.a I.......... Ben A. Raines, assistant instructorof canatomy, read ac paper reportingDr. Leroy Sparks, resident in obstetrics and gynecology, talks t findings of tr e Anatomp Depart-the findings of the Anatomy Depart-

with Dr. Phil Russell, Fort Worth, Texas, former president of the ment's investigation of the NisslAOA, and Robert Brown, assistant instructor in anatomy. Dr. granules of surgically lesioned rats

at the Iowa Academny of Science.Russell visited the College in March to meet College administrators St nle . Mioiannis, P1.D., is theand Texas students. principal researcher.

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Mrs. Genevieve Spahr Mrs. Oneta Dray

Two COMS women have beenchosen to receive the KSO Or-chid of the Day this spring.

Mrs. Genevieve Spahr, foodservice manager in College Hos-pital, was recommended by herco-workers in the dining roomand Mrs. Oneta Dray, outpatientreceptionist in College Clinic,was recommended by membersof the senior class who workwith her in the Clinic.

Both women were given an or-chid by KSO and Ingersoll Flor-ists and their names announcedseveral times on radio stationKSO.

Dr. Glenn E. Bigsby, chief clinicsupervisor, has been kept busyin May by seniors who arerushing to complete theirclinical assignments. Herestudent doctor Richard F. Perry,consults with Dr. Bigsby aboutthe records for one of hispatients.

M. E. Wallace (left), COMSTrustee, and George E.

O'Malley, democratic senatorfrom Polk County, talk with

Dr. Harry B. Elmets, associateclinical professor of osteopathic

medicine, at the Public HealthBanquet which was jointly

sponsored by the College, PolkCounty Society and the Iowa

Society of OsteopathicPhysicians and Surgeons.

COMS Placement ServiceOpportunities

E. C. Andrews, D.O., Directorof the Ottawa Arthritis Hospitaland Diagnostic Clinic, 900 EastC,e n t er Street, Ottawa, Ill.writes that his organization isinterested in securing threemore osteopathic physicians tojoin their group practice of fiveosteopathic physicians. Th eywork in a modern 50 bed hospi-tal. Salary is open.

W. D. Andrews, D.O., 3419Silver Ave., Albuquerque, N.M.,wants to sell or lease a 25 by 50foot brick office building withthree treatment rooms, x-ray,laboratory, two reception rooms,and a private office. Albuquer-que's population is about 235,-000; there are two osteopathichospitals and another scheduledfor construction very soon. Con-tact Dr. Andrews for price andterms.

Charles I. Pray, D.O., Albany,Mo., writes that he is planningto retire soon and wants to dis-pose of his practice. He said hewill sell it for the price of theequipment. Albany has about1800 people, serves a large ruralarea, and there is a 30 bed com-munity hospital with a jointD.O.-M.D. staff. When Dr. Prayretires, there will be one D.O.and one M.D. in the community,he said.

Elyn Oyloe, East Sum'it 213,Fergus Falls, Minn., writes thathe has a building there suitablefor an osteopathic clinic if a D.O.is interested in practicing there.

Dr. C. A. Sholtes, RichlandCenter, Wisc., says there is avery good opening for a D.O. inthat city. He said he has prac-ticed there for more than 30years and will help a new D.O.get established and acquainted.

Dr. Percy Evan Roscoe, 515Professional Building, Charlotte2, N. C., is planning to retire as

soon as he can dispose of his of-fice furnishings and equipment.All of the things have been pur-chased new within the past nineyears, Dr. Roscoe said. Writedirectly to him for a completelist and prices. "Charlotte is anexcellent location for a man whointends to practice osteopathicmanipulative therapy," Dr. Ros-coe pointed out.

Mrs. Arbor W. Clow, 208 E.Madison, Washington, I o w a,wants to dispose of Dr. Clow'sentire office equipment includ-ing a McMannis Table, a DierkerTherapeutic Apparatus, com-plete waiting room furniture,and many instruments.

Dr. Victor Krynicki, 6316Kennedy Avenue, Hammond,Ind., writes that he wants to sell

his seven year old general prac-tice, complete with office equip-ment and furniture, in a subur-ban area of Hammond. The of-fice is 45 minutes from an osteo-pathic hospital. Dr. Krynickialso wishes to sell his home andwill sell both the practice andhome for the appraised value ofthe home alone.

Dr. Taylor Hall, 6251 AirportRoad, El Paso, Texas, writesthat he is trying to dispose ofhis practice which is located inan outlying shopping center, twodoors from a drugstore. Dr.Hall said he will stay and intro-duce the new doctor to all pa-tients. The office has a recep-tion room, secretary's office,consultation office, two examin-ing rooms, lab, dark room, andrest room. The building iscooled by refrigeration. Dr. Hallsays he wants a fair price forthe equipment, payable in smallmonthly payments at 4% inter-est. There are four hospitals inEl Paso, he said, for surgery andobstetrics, if the man is quali-fied.

AOA Teaches Medical WritingMiss Barbara Peterson, (left) assistant editor of the Journal

of the AOA, and Mrs. Katherine Becker, associate editor of theJournal, presented a two day series of lectures and seminars inmedical writing to COMS students in April. Two seniors, JulianKutinsky, Detroit, Mich., and Ralph Martin, Poland, Ohio, discussedthe syllabus prepared by the AOA for the medical writing sessions.

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1903Dr. Ivy Hancock, 86, first

osteopath to establish a prac-tice in Independence, Kansas,died on March 19 at MercyHospital in Independence.

Born on March 9, 1877 atMelrose, Iowa, Dr. Hancockwas a daughter of John F.and Ella Hancock. Follow-ing her graduation from theDr. S.S. Still College of Oste-opathy in 1903, Dr. Hancockestablished her practice inIndependence where she re-mained active until herdeath. She was the first wo-man in Independence to ownan automobile when she pur-chased a 1912 Ford to re-place the horse and buggyshe had used in her practice.

In 1955 Dr. Hancock washonored by the Des MoinesCollege with a gold certifi-cate in recognition of herfifty or more years of prac-tice. When she attended thereunion of her class in 1962,she was the oldest practicingdoctor in attendance, andwas recognized as the oldestpractitioner in the field ofosteopathy.

On January 17, 1962, Dr.Hancock was awarded anhonorary life membership inthe COMS National AlumniAssociation in recognition ofmany years of practice anddevotion in furthering the in-terests of osteopathic medi-cine.

Known affectionately as"Dr. Ivy", she reared twonieces, Mrs. D. D. Dewey ofPortland, Ore., and Mrs.Ivella Stewart, also of Port-land, and a nephew, the lateRobert Stewart.

Dr. Hancock was a mem-ber of the First ChristianChurch.

1917Dr. F. C. Sharp, High Point, N.C.,

was presented a life membership inthe Academy of Applied Osteopathyduring the group's annual meeting onJan. 29, at Miami Beach, Fla.

1923Dr. Mabel F. Martin, Weslaco, Tex.,

was a delegate from District 8 for the18th annual meeting of the House ofDelegates held in Houston, May 1.

1924Dr. Sam H. Leibov, St. Louis Mo.,

was awarded the degree "Fellow inthe American College of OsteopathicSurgeons" at the Ceremonial Conclaveduring the recent Thirty-Fifth AnnualClinical Assembly.

1927Dr. Reginald Platt, Houston, Tex.,

was a program participant at theseminar sponsored by the Academyof Applied Osteopathy for the On-tario Osteopathic Association conven-tion held May 6 - 8, at Kitchener,Ontario.

Dr. Opal L. Robinson, Houston, Tex.,was a delegate from District 6 forthe 18th annual meeting of the Houseof Delegates held in Houston, May 1.

1929It was "around the world in 70

days" for Dr. and Mrs. Leonard Grin-nell, Oklahoma City, Okla., during thewinter months. They left New York onNovember 3, 1962, for a jaunt thattotaled 35,000 miles.

Stop-offs included London, England;Milan, Italy, where Dr. Grinnell as-sisted in several surgeries with Dr.Mario Vallerio at the Red Cross hos-pital; Rome, Istanbul and Athens. AtNew Delhi, India, Dr. Grinnell, a fullmember of the International Congressof Ophthalmology, attended meetingsof the group held Dec. 2 - 7.

At Bangkok, Thailand, arrange-ments were made for Dr. Grinnellto visit the Eye, Ear and Nose de-partments at the University ofThailand.

Their last stop before returninghome was in Hawaii.

Dr. H. B. Stilwell, Fort Worth, Tex.,attended the Eleventh Annual ChildHealth Clinic and Pediatric EducationConference at Fort Worth, March21 - 24.

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Alvira Lunsford Alumni EditorDr. Joseph P. Conti, Dallas, Tex.,

attended the annual convention of theAmerican College of Endocrinologyand Nutrition, May 6- 8, held at SanFrancisco, Calif. Dr. Conti is vice-president of the group.

Dr. Owen 0. Taylor, Grand Jct.,Colo., is a member of the Board ofGovernors of the Osteopathic Collegeof Ophthalmology and Otorhino-laryngology.

1933Dr. W. D. Blackwood, Comanche,

Tex., was a delegate from District 2for the 18th annual meeting of theHouse of Delegates held in Houston,May 1.

Word comes from Dr. Blackwood,that the Comanche Hospital andBlackwood Flannery Clinic havestarted an eight-room addition to thehospital and a four room clinic ex-pansion.

1935Dr. Theodore C. Hobbs, Columbus,

Ohio, was re-elected chairman of theAmerican Osteopathic Board of Radi-ology.

1936Dr. Edward J. LaChance, Grand

Rapids, Mich., was awarded the degree"Fellow in the American College ofOsteopathic Surgeons" at the Cere-monial Conclave during the recentThirty-Fifth Annual Clinical Assem-bly.

Dr. Robert H. Gibson, Columbus,Ohio, has opened offices in his newly-completed professional building at1100 Dennison Avenue.

1937

Dr. Henry J. Ketman

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Dr. Henry J. Ketman, Des Moines,Ia., associate clinical professor ofradiology, has been a member of theCOMS faculty for the past seventeenyears.

Dr. Harold K. Morgan, Denver,Colo., is a trustee of the AmericanCollege of Osteopathic Obstetriciansand Gynecology. His term expires in1964.

1939Dr. Neil R. Kitchen, Detroit, Mich.,

was elected vice-president of PhiSigma Alpha fraternity at the group'sannual meeting during the AOA con-vention at Miami Beach, Fla. Dr.Kitchen also served as a guestlecturer at the 64th annual post-graduate conference of the MichiganAssociation of Osteopathic Physiciansand Surgeons at Grand Rapids, Mich.,May 6-8. He spoke on "Diagnosis andManagement of Thyroid Disorders inOffice Practice."

1940Dr. Paul E. Kimberly, St. Peters-

burg, Fla., was elected to a three-year term as a member of the Boardof Governors of the Academy of Ap-plied Osteopathy at the group's an-nual meeting on January 29, at MiamiBeach, Fla. Dr. Kimberly was a speak-er at the 31st National OsteopathicChild Health Conference and Clinicheld April 29, 30 and May 1, at KansasCity, Mo. The conference was spon-sored by the Jackson County Os-teopathic Association and the KansasCity College of Osteopathy and Sur-gery.

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Dr. Joseph Prior, Des Moines, Ia.,assistant clinical professor of anes-thesiology, has been a member of theCOMS faculty for the past five years.

Dr. Robert 0. Drews, Lansing,Mich., lectured on "Otitis Media andIts Complications" at the 64th an-nual postgraduate conference of theMichigan Association of OsteopathicPhysicians and Surgeons at GrandRapids, Mich., May 6-8.

1943Dr. Gerald A. Dierdorff, Sunnyside,

Wash., is listed as a new member ofthe American College of OsteopathicSurgeons in the group's February 1963issue of the Bulletin

Dr. Carl Waterbury, Des Moines Ia.,will lecture on "ProgestationalAgents" at the 65th annual conven-tion of the Ohio Osteopathic Associa-tion at Cleveland, June 9-12. Dr.Waterbury is currently president ofthe American College of OsteopathicObstetricians and Gynecologists.

1944Dr. Roy G. Bubeck, Jr., Grand

Rapids, Mich., was a guest lecturerat the 64th annual postgraduate con-ference of the Michigan Associationof Osteopathic Physicians and Sur-geons at Grand Rapids, May 6-8.

1947Dr. Robert S. Sedar, Denver, Colo.,

participated in the panel discussion"Physical Fitness, General Disease"at the Rocky Mountain OsteopathicConference held April 18-20 at Colo-rado Springs.

1948Dr. Stan J. Sulkowski, Kansas City,

Mo., was in charge of hotel reserva-tions for the 31st Child Health Con-ference held in Kansas City, April29 - May 1, and sponsored by theJackson County Osteopathic Associa-tion and the Kansas City College ofOsteopathy and Surgery.

1950Dr. and Mrs. Julius S. Nesbit, South

Bend, Ind., were included among mem-bers of the Indiana Association ofOsteopathic Physicians and Surgeonsand their wives who were guests ofthe Eli Lilly Company during March.The trip consisted of a plant tour andlectures concerning recent researchwork done at the Lilly Research Cen-ters.

Dr. Clayton P. Page, Minneapolis,Minn., was a participant in the cere-monies when Minnesota's GovernorElmer L. Andersen signed the billgranting full practice rights to Minne-sota's D.O.'s.

Dr. Robert W. Johnson, Appleton,Wisc., met with COMS students as arepresentative of the Wisconsin Asso-ciation of Osteopathic Physicians andSurgeons to tell them about thescholarship provided by the WisconsinAssociation for students in osteo-pathic colleges.

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Dr. Robert Johnson and COMSstudents

1951Dr. Dale Dodson, Northfield, Minn.,

a member of the Governor's M.D.-D.O. Liaison Committee, participatedin the ceremonies when Minnesota'sGovernor Elmer L. Anderson signedthe bill granting full practice rightsto Minnesota's D.O.'s.

Dr. William L. Elston, Warren,Ohio, is listed as a new member of theAmerican College of Osteopathic Sur-geons in the group's February 1963issue of the Bulletin.

Dr. Lloyd B. Hoxie, Mt. Clemens,Mich., is serving as president of theCentral States Osteopathic Society ofProctology.

Dr. B. B. Baker, Tulsa, Okla., wasa participant in the symposium oncardiology presented at OklahomaOsteopathic Hospital on March 14, bythe Department of Internal Medicinein conjunction with the Departmentsof Pediatrics and Surgery of the Okla-homa Osteopathic Hospital in Tulsa.Dr. Baker spoke on the "Do's andDon'ts of Anticoagulant Therapy."

1952

Dr. John Seibert

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Dr. John Seibert, Waukee, Ia., as-sistant clinical professor of pathology,has been a member of the COMSfaculty for the past ten years. Inaddition to his teaching program,Dr. Seibert supervises the Pharmacylocated in College Hospital. He alsoruns various toxicological determina-tions for the Polk County (Ia.)coroner and police department.

Dr. John Rolles, Surrey, England,past president of the British Osteo-pathic Association, participated in thegroup's annual meeting held recentlyin Paris, France. Dr. Rolles reportsthat osteopathy, referred to in Franceas manipulative osteotherapy, has be-come known to young French MD'sduring the past decade and many havetaken training at the London Collegeof Osteopathy. Some of the doctors,now teaching in French medicalschools, are conveying the techniquesand principles they learned in Londonto their students.

1953Dr. Lee J. Walker, Grand Prairie,

Tex., served as a member of the facul-ty for the surgical seminar postgrad-uate course sponsored by the Ameri-can College of Osteopathic Surgeons,May 13-25, at Arlington, Texas.

Dr. Walker also attended theEleventh Annual Child Health Clinicand Pediatric Education Conferenceheld in Fort Worth, March 21-24. Hewas a delegate from District 2 for the18th annual meeting of the Houseof Delegates held in Houston, May 1.

Dr. Sara E. Sutton, Renwick, Ia.,was named a Guard of the GrandChapter of Delta Omega sorority atthe group's annual meeting in MiamiBeach during the AOA convention.

Dr. Charles Wilcher, Jr., Vandalia,Ohio, recently discussed the osteo-

pathic profession before 25 membersof the Future Nurses Association inVandalia.

Dr. R. C. Blackwell, Troy, Mo., isserving as president of the CentralMissouri Osteopathic Association.

Dr. J. Dudley Chapman, formerly ofBrentwood and Bay View Hospitals.is now associated with Dr. RichardBerjian in the practice of obstetricsand gynecology. Their new offices arelocated at 575 Hubbard Road, NorthMadison, Ohio.

1954In addition to his busy life as a

D.O., Dr. Thomas J. Young, James-town, Mo., finds "extra" time to servehis community. He is chairman of theMoniteau County Chapter of theAmerican Red Cross; chairman of theBlood Program for Moniteau CountyRed Cross Blood Banks; president ofthe Moniteau County Cerebral PalsyFoundation, and is a member of theBoard of Directors, Moniteau CountyTuberculosis Association. Dr. and Mrs.Young are parents of five sons.

Drs. Dwain W. Cummings, Stan-wood, Mich., and Speros A. Gabriel,Dayton, Ohio, are listed as new mem-bers of the American College of Osteo-pathic Surgeons in the group's Febru-ary 1963 issue of the Bulletin. Dr.Cummings was "in the news" earlierthis year when the magazine sectionof the Grand Rapids Press (Mich.)carried a story concerning his CabinCruiser, the "African Queen" whichDr. Cummings built with the help ofa friend. A later article appeared inthe March (1963) issue of the D.O.

1955Dr. Dwight W. Heaberlin, Dallas,

Tex., and Dr. Max M. Stettner, Lub-bock, Tex., were delegates at the 18thannual meeting of the House of Dele-

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gates held in Houston, May 1. Dr.Heaberlin represented District 5, andDr. Stettner represented District 10.

Dr. T. H. Lippold, Jr., Columbus,Ohio, wrote "Evaluation of the Pros-tate" which appeared in the January(1963) issue of the Journal of theColumbus Clinical Group.

1959Dr. Leonard C. Nagel, Bedford,

Ohio, will be the moderator of a paneldiscussion, "Common Orthotics," atthe 65th annual convention of theOhio Osteopathic Association to beheld at Cleveland, June 9-12.

1960Dr. Allan R. Crosby, Wauwatosa,

Wisc., was a co-author of the article"Metaxalone, a New Skeletal MuscleRelaxant", which appeared in theFebruary (1963) issue of the AOAJournal.

Dr. John Knable, Warrensville,Ohio, has been elected to the medicalstaff executive committee for Rich-mond Heights General Hospital.

Dr. William Lavendusky, TulsaOkla., wrote "Pulmonary HematomaResulting from Nonpenetrating ChestTrauma" which appeared in the March(1963) issue of the AOA Journal.Dr. Lavendusky's review of the bookChildren's Radiographic Technic, byForest E. Shurtleff, (Lea & Febiger,Philadelphia) appeared in the Aprilissue of the AOA Journal.

1961Dr. James Leach, Fort Worth, Tex.,

Dr. Richard C. Leech, Hurst, Tex.,and Dr. Neil Purtell, Saint Jo, Tex.,attended the Eleventh Annual ChildHealth Clinic and Pediatric EducationConference held in Fort Worth, March21-24.

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722 Sixth AvenueDes Moines 9, Iowa

Branch Clinic to Open in JuneF ~ ~~~~n I J uH tnt

Some of the first steps in theCollege's expansion plans are toget established as a good citizenin the Fort Des Moines area andto begin providing osteopathicmedical care for the people wholive in that neighborhood.

Our first step in this directionis to recondition one of the oldofficer's quarters and furnish itas a branch clinic, Cecil Looney,COMS business officer said.

By providing additional medi-cal services in the southern partof the city we can begin buildingcommunity good will and builda practice for our new osteopa-thic medical center when it getsinto operation, he added.

Wilbur (Bill) Meredith, newCOMS property officer, hasbeen directing the work on build-ing number seven which isin the best condition and mostconveniently located, he said.

Beginning with the solid butweathered old building which islocated on the west side of theparade ground near the westgate, Meredith and his staff ofcarpenters, helpers, and contrac-tors drew up a new floor plan,reconnected the utilities, recon-ditioned the heating and plumb-ing system, rebuilt part of thesagging porch, patched the roof,scraped cracked paint, erectedpartitions to provide more treat-ment rooms and began to paintthe temporary branch clinic in-side and out.

Meredeth said he expects to

have the building reconditionedand ready for use sometime inJune.

Senior students will be assign-ed to the Fort Des Moines

Branch of College Clinic thissummer and work under theleadership of a licensed physi-cian who will be named super-visor of the branch clinic.

Site of Branch ClinicStarting with this solid but weathered building which was one

of the old officer's quarters, COMS plans to open the Fort DesMoines Branch of College Clinic in June. Work is under way tocompletely refinish the exterior of the building and to reconditionthe interior with offices, treatment rooms, a lab, lounge, and special-ty clinics for student doctors and their teachers. This building,located near the west gate of the new Fort Des Moines campus,was judged to be the most conveniently located and in the mostserviceable condition by the COMS business office and maintenancestaff.

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Research

COMS was recently awarded$21,588 by the National HeartInstitute for Professor David R.Celander's continuing studies onproteins biosynthetically labeledwith radioactive selenium.

Dr. Celander, Professor ofBiochemistry and Chairman ofthe Department of Biochemistryat the College, will use the radio-selenium-labeled proteins in hisresearch on enzymes capable ofdissolving blood clots.

These findings, obtainedthrough the use of the radioac-tive proteins, indicate that thereare substances on the inside sur-faces of blood vessels which willactively dissolve blood clots be-lieved to form on these surfaceseven in healthy individuals.

Dr. Celander explained thatselenium, which replaces the sul-phur found in all the body pro-teins, is considered to be toxic.However, with radio-active sel-enium, amounts can be usedwhich are not toxic but whichcan be detected.

Dr. Celander tests controls of the Baird-Atomic Programmer.

Extremely delicate electronicequipment is required to detectthe radioselenium. A Baird-Atomic Programmer, a recentacquisition made possible byprevious support from the Na-tional Heart Institute, is an au-tomated system, which once setup and programmed, will trans-

fer a sample containing radio-selenium to a device sensitive toradiation, leave it there for aprescribed length of time, printout a record of the amount ofradioactivity in that sample, re-move it and then move on to thenext sample where the process isrepeated.

Volume 41 September, 1963THE LOG BOOK is published quarterly by the College ofOsteopathic Medicine and Surgery. Second class postage ispaid at Des Moines, Iowa. Address all mail, change of address,or Form 3579 to 722 Sixth Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50309.

Editorial StaffE d ito r ......................

Alumni EditorPhoto Editor .....

President ..........President-elect

Secretary-TreasurerPast-President ..............

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--.--------- .....-..-............... E. Lynn Baldwin

Tational Alumni Officers---.- .......--- ................. . Paul T. Rutter, D.O .

James T. Haffenden, D.O...... Stan J. Sulkowski, D.O.

.................... J. R. Forbes, D.O.

Fall FeaturesFeatured in this issue: Awarded Research,

Grant, p. 2; Freshmen Orientation and Registra-tion, p. 3; International Cardiovascular Sym-posium, Appoint New P. R. Director and CollegeBranch Clinic Director, p. 4; Staff Appointments,p. 5; National Alumni Association, p. 6; HeartStation Clinic, ps. 7,8,9; Faculty and Staff Activi-ties, ps. 10,11; Placement Service, p. 12; AlumniNotes, ps. 13, 14, 15; College Branch Clinic, p. 16.

The CoverIn a darkened room and surrounded by student

doctors assigned to duty in the Heart Station, Dr.Milton Dakovich (seated), Assistant Clinical Pro-fessor of Osteopathic Medicine, and Director ofthe Heart Station, discusses the fluoroscopic ex-amination of a patient. Such examinations servethe dual purpose of giving student doctors experttraining and bringing needed health care to thepatient.

Cover photograph by E. Lynn Baldwin,COMS Medical Illustrator.

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The COMS 1963-64 schoolyear got underway when thenew class of Freshmen studentsreported for their registrationand orientation programr on Sep-tembe, 4.

On hand to welcome the newclass and to acquaint them with

COMS procedures were MerlynMcLaughlin, Ph. D., presidentof the College; Dr. Byron Lay-cock, P r o f e s s o r, OsteopathicPrinciples and Techniques; Dr.Wilmoth Mack, President, IowaAlumni Association; Dr. H. M.Patterson, President, Iowa So-

ciety of Osteopathic Physiciansand Surgeons; Cecil Looney,COMS Business Officer andMichael Barry, Registrar. Rep-resentatives of the StudentCouncil and fraternities alsomet with the students to extendgreetings to them.

Two "backbones" of the Col-lege-Dr. Byron E. Laycock andPresident Merlyn McLaughlin-introduce osteopathic medicineand the College to the class of1967 on their first day of orien-tation.

The president of the IowaSociety of Osteopathic Physi-cians and Surgeons, Dr. H. M.Patterson, Mediapolis, welcomedfreshmen students f r o m 19states and 1 foreign county. Heis shown here visiting with(from left to right) J. E. Coxe,Sr., Kirkwood, Mo., Steven Sil-verstein, Philadelphia, Pa., Dr.Patterson and Joseph Mastro-monaco, Bayonne, New Jersey.

Time out is taken during theorientation schedule for refresh-ments and a chance for fresh-men students to get acquaintedwith each other "over a cup ofcoffee".

Matriculation at COMS is thefirst step in a career as osteo-pathic physicians for these menand women. Each of them willspend nearly $20,000 in the nextfour or five years to reach theirgoal.

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COMS Plans Spring SymposiumSix internationally known researchers and

clinicians will be guest lecturers next spring atthe COMS sponsored "'Second International Car-diovascular Conference" at the Chantecler nearMrontreal, Quebec, Canada.

The conference, an outgrowth of last year'sMexican Symposium, is being planned by Dr.Verne Wilson, Chairman of the Department ofEENT, and Professor Donald F. M. Bunce, II,PhDP, Research Professor of Physiology at COMS.

The conference, scheduled for June 8-12, 1964,will feature experts such as Dr. S. R. M. Reynolds,University of Illinois College of Medicine, Urbana,Illinois; Hans Selye, world renowned endocrinolo-gist from the University of Montreal; Chester

Nfew Directors or BranchThe appointment of Dr. Jean F. LeRoque, Des

Moines, Iowa, as Director of the College BranchClinic at Fort Des Moines was announced in Sep-

tember by PresidentM e r 1 yn McLaughlin.Dr. LeRoque, well-known in both local andn a t i on al osteopathiccircles, will begin hisduties on October 1.

A 1940 graduate ofCOMS, Dr. LeRoque es-tablished a practice asan osteopathic physi-cian and surgeon at Co-lumbus Junction, Iowa,until he entered mili-tary service in World

vv ar i r. noung tme rank of (aptain, he servedwith Headquarters, First Army, and was stationedin the European Theater. Following his militaryservice, Dr. LeRoque returned to Des Moineswhere he has been practicing for several years.

In 1946 he returned to COMS for postgraduatestudy and served as Clinic Supervisor. He was aninstructor in Pathology from 1947 to 1950, andagain from 1956 to 1959. He is a former memberof the College's Board of Trustees and is present-ly an active member of the Corporate Board.

He is a Fellow in the American College of Gen-eral Practitioners of Osteopathic Medicine andSurgery and was a member of the group's Boardof Governors from 1952 to 1960.

He is a past president of both the Polk Countyand Iowa Society of Osteopathic Physicians andSurgeons, and also of the COMS National AlumniAssociation. He is Vice-speaker of the AmericanOsteopathic Association House of Delegates, andpast chairman of the State Osteopathic AdvisoryCommittee for Welfare Work.

Dr. LeRoque is president of the Des Moines(Southtown) Kiwanis Club and is active in Ma-sonic and Shriners organizations.

Hyman, Ph.D., Southern California School of Med-icine, Los Angeles; Dr. Dimitri Sodi-Pallares andDr. J. A. Quiroz, Instituto Nacionalo De Cardiolo-gia, Mexico.

Dr. Bunce will also participate by reading twopapers based on his research.

Dr. Wilson, who is coordinating the transpor-tation and reservations, said the cost for the five-day conference, including transportation and tui-tion, will be about $430 from Des Moines.

Dr. Bunce said the program is being planned sothe lectures will be held each morning and after-noons will be free for recreation and relaxation.

More detailed information will follow in laterCOMS publications.

Clinic and Public RelationsDr. and Mrs. LeRoque are the parents of a son

and a daughter, both of whom are in Lincoln HighSchool. They are members of the Park AvenuePresbyterian Church in Des Moines and reside at2424 SW 12th Street.

Mrs. Bernice Wilson began her duties as Di-rector of the COMS Public Relations Departmenton September 16. She came directly from Urbana,

Illinois, where she wasthe Advertising a n dProduction Manager ofthe Journal of Engi-neering Education, apublication of th eAmerican Society forEngineering Education.

A native of Connecti-cut, Mrs. Wilson wasgraduated fro m theStratford High School.She attended GoucherCollege a t Baltimore,Marvland. where s'ho -r-

ceived the B.A. degree, and Columbia Universityin New York, where she was awarded the M.A.degree. She has had additional graduate educa-tion at Mills College and the University of South-ern California and at the University of Illinois.

Mrs. Wilson has had varied experience in bothEducation and Public Relations. She has beenemployed by the Connecticut State Departmentof Education as Director of Adult Education, asan instructor at New York University, as editorwith the Henry Publishing Company of NewYork, and in Public Relations for seven years atthe University of Illinois.

Mrs. Wilson is a member of the American As-sociation of University Women and the Soropto-mist Club. She is a member of the First Congrega-tional Church of Waterloo, Iowa, where she re-sided for several years.

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Five Appointed To

COMS Staff This Summer

Wilford L. Nusser, Ph. D., hasreturned from a three-year post-doctoral research fellowship atEmory University, Atlanta, Ga.,to assume chairmanship of theDepartment of Physiology.

Charles G. Martin, D.O., after completing hisFellowship in Medicine, was appointed AssistantClinical Professor of Osteopathic Medicine by OraE. Niffenegger, Dean.

Two 1962 COMS graduates have re-turned as residents. Dr. Keith Simpson(above) is working in Internal Medi-cine and Dr. Robert Ostwinkle (below)is work/ing in Surgery.

Dr. Jay Adams, new Chairman of the Depart-ment of Pediatrics at COMS, got a good workoutin the clinic in August when he and the studentsassigned to the Pediatrics Clinic examined morethan 500 children who were entered in the 1963DAV Baby Contest.

National Alumni AssociationAnnual Meeting

The annual meeting of theCollege of Osteopathic Medicineand Surgery National AlumniAssociation is scheduled for Oct.2 at 1:00 p.m. in the CenturyBallroom "A" of the New Mon-teleone Hotel in New Orleans.

Walter A. Suberg, AOA Busi-ness Manager, said the Jung ,Ho-tel, where our meeting was orig-inally scheduled, has had an elec-trical strike which has forced achange in AOA Conventionplans.

Current plans have split theconvention between three ho-tels: the Jung, the New Monte-leone and the Royal Orleans Ho-tel.

House of DelegatesMeeting

The House of Delegates of theCOMS National Alumni Associa-tion will meet at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 1in the Century Ballroom "A" ofthe New Monteleone Hotel inNew Orleans.

All active members of theAlumni Association are entitledto attend the meeting of theHouse of Delegates, according toArticle V of the Association By-Laws.

Each Divisional Chapter ofthe Association is entitled to onedelegate and one additional dele-gate for each ten (or major frac-tion thereof) of the number ofactive members of the Associa-tion represented by the Division-al Chapter.

Officers of each DivisionalChapter of the Association havebeen informed of the number ofdelegates they are entitled toand provided a blank to certifytheir chapter's delegates to thesecretary-treasurer of the Asso-ciation.

Items on the agenda of theHouse of Delegates meeting in-clude:

An amendment proposed byStan J. Sulkowski, D.O., to es-tablish an Interim Committee tocarry on the business of the As-sociation between annual meet-ings.

Nominations f or HonoraryLife Membership and AssociateMembership in the NationalAlumni Association will be con-sidered.

Appointment of special com-mittees, reports of the secre-tary - treasurer, committee re-ports, election of officers for thenext year and election of nomi-nees to the College Board ofTrustees.

ProposedAmendmentTo Be Considered

Stan J. Sulkowski, D.O., secre-tary-treasurer of the NationalAlumni Association, will proposean amendment to the Constitu-tion and By-Laws at the Houseof Delegates meeting in NewOrleans in October.

Dr. Sulkowski's proposalwould change the name of theExecutive Committee to the In-terim Committee which would becomposed of the past-president,the president, the president-elect, the vice-president, and thesecretary-treasurer of the Asso-ciation.

If the proposal is adopted, theInterim Committee would con-duct the business of the Associa-tion between regular meetings.

Notice of the proposed amend-ment was first published in theLog Book in March.

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Authorized DelegatesNo. of delegates

Arizona ............ 2California .......... 3Colorado ........... 2Connecticut ........ 1Florida ........... 4Georgia ............ 1Idaho .............. 1Illinois ............. 1Indiana ............ 1Iowa .............. 10Kansas ............ 1Kentucky .......... 1Maine ............. 1Maryland .......... 1Massachusetts ...... 1Michigan ........... 13Minnesota .......... 2Missouri ........... 2Nebraska .......... 1New Hampshire ..... 1New Jersey ........ 1New Mexico ........ 1New York .......... 2North Carolina ..... 1North Dakota ....... 1Ohio ............ 7Oklahoma 3Oregon ............ 1Pennsylvania ....... 3Rhode Island ....... 1South Dakota ....... 1Tennessee .......... 1Texas ............. 3Utah .......... 1Vermont ........... 1Washington ........ 1West Virginia ...... 1Wisconsin .......... 2Wyoming .......... 1D. C............... 1Canada ............ 1England ........... 1

Please notify the COMS

Department of Public Re-

lations if you have a change

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Heart Station:

A Teaching Clinic

A lifetime of care by heart specialists is offeredby the Heart Station in College Clinic for an initialregistration fee of $7.50 and $1.00 for each addi-tional visit.

The registration fee entitles each patient to anelectrocardiogram, fluoroscopy, phonocardiogram,cardiac series of x-rays, and any necessary labwork in addition to his routine history and physi-cal.

Primarily a teaching institution, the College,through its clinic and hospital, has the dual re-sponsibility of training competent physicians andcaring for patients who seek medical care in theteaching clinic and hospital.

Combining two such important responsibilitiesin the Heart Station is the responsibility of Dr.Milton J. Dakovich, Assistant Clinical Professor ofOsteopathic Medicine, who has set up the HeartStation as a patient care area and a teaching fa-cility with its own library of journals, cross in-dexed patient records, tape recorded heart sounds,and frequent return visits by patients who aregood examples of various heart conditions.

"We offer this complete service at a low cost tothe patient as an investment in future patientcare as well as meeting our current obligation ofcaring for patients," he explained.

A specialty clinic where patients are seen byappointment only, the Heart Station is open threemornings a week and shares facilities with the In-ternal Medicine Clinic.

All adult clinic patients are examined in thesurgery clinic and the gynecology clinic as aroutine part of the College's cancer screening pro-gram but patients seen in the Heart Station areall referred there by their student doctor after hedetects an abnormality.

The sequence goes like this: A patient registersat the clinic and is assigned to a student doctorwho examines the patient and does a routine his-tory and physical.

After writing up the case history, the studentdoctor begins to make appointments with the spe-

cialty clinics where his exam indicates a need forfurther examination, tests, or treatment.

When a new patient registers in the Heart Sta-tion, his student doctor takes him to have anEKG, before making a more complete examinationand history of the heart problem and the thingsrelated to it.

All five student doctors assigned to the HeartStation and Dr. Dakovich then examine the pa-tient and have a private conference about theirfindings.

During the conference they put on their redgoggles to condition their eyes for fluoroscopywhich is followed by another conference and rec-ommendations for treatment or further diagnosticexaminations.

After the patient is examined and a treatmentplan implemented by Dr. Dakovich, the patientagain becomes the responsibility of the studentdoctor who carries out the plan and schedules re-checks in the Heart Station.

A researcher as well as a teacher and physician,Dr. Dakovich participated in the tape recordingand interpretation of the heart sounds of DesMoines school children and works with the StateService for Crippled Children.

Clinic records show that there are about 15new patients examined in the Heart Station everymonth and about 50 patients return for rechecks.Active files (patients who have been examinedwithin the last year) contain more than threehundred case records.

In addition to Dr. Dakovich, the Heart Stationstaff includes Mrs. Betty Eberline, secretary-re-ceptionist, and Mrs. Pat Johnson, technician whooperates the electrocardiogram machine. Five stu-dent doctors are assigned to the Heart Station fora month at a time on a rotating basis so all stu-dent doctors spend at least a month there in addi-tion to the time they spend with the patients theyrefer to the Heart Station.

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.An incr easintgly/ bhusy C)OMS Ciinic, the Heart Station is lo-d on the first tloor of the College Cl inic building. Esstablished952, through a $25,000 under-graduate teaching grant from the

red States Pub ic Health Service, the Heart Station is supported,r;?inual renetwal / rants.

Mrs. Be t y Eberline, medicalrecords secretary for the HeartStation, prepares patient's rec-ords with student doctor SaulBresalier,

Student doctor Grant Born care-fully records the patient's case his-tory as he proceeds ?with the pre-liminary examrination.

Dr. Dako vich personally examiof the student doctors. Such re-eva,guidance in the student's trainingnosis.

Mrs. Pat Johnson, cardiolo-gy technician, records anelectrocardiogram of the pa-tient,

Here Dr. Dakovich points out details of findings shown on thx-ray picture.

After the patient's history has been taken and the ex-amination is completed, Dr. Dakovich goes over the findings,step by step, with the Heart Station student doctors.

nes the patient to correlate his findings with thoseuation by the staff facilitates early and accurate)rogram and assures the patient of a proper diag-

Dr. Dakovich explains the operation of the cardioscopemcaehine to student doctors' assigned to the Heart Station.

Dr. Milton Dakovich, director ofthe Heart Station, and Dr. J. R. Mc-Nerney, clinical professor of Osteo-pathic Medicine, discuss proceduresand the operation of the Heart Sta-tion.9 patient's

COMS Active InCivic Affairs

People affiliated with COMShold 58 positions with "Men atWork", the directory of Officers,Boards of Directors, and Com-mittees of the Greater DesMoines Chamber of Commerce.

COMS representatives on thelist range from members of theCorporate Board through theadministrative officers to thesecretarial ranks, and hold posi-tions ranging from the board ofdirectors to committee mem-bers.

Three members of the Corpor-ate Board, Allan W. Denny, KarlB. Greenlee, and Willard R. Phil-lips, are on the Board of Direc-tors of the Chamber and MissJan Davis, a registered medicalsecretary, is on the Board of Di-rectors of the Women's Depart-ment.

Allan W. Denny is also chair-man of the Aviation Committeeand President Merlyn McLaugh-lin is chairman of the ArmedForces Committee.

In addition, eight COMS peo-ple are on the Health Committee,seven on the Armed Forces Com-mittee, three on the Zoning andPlanning Committee, two on theCivic Affairs and Taxation Com-mittee, two on the AgriculturalCommittee, two on the Hospi-tality Committee, two on theHousing Committee, and oneeach on committees rangingfrom international affairs topublicity.

COMS Spends 2Million Annually

COMS students alone willspend more than a million dol-lars in Des Moines this year, ac-cording to Cecil Looney, COMSBusiness Officer.

Ninety percent of the COMSstudents come from outside ofIowa bringing money for tuition($1,250 per year) and living ex-penses (estimated at an verage$2,500 per student) which theyspend in Des Moines.

These expenditures by COMSstudents total $361,250 for tui-tion and $22,500 for living ex-penses bringing the total of stu-

dent expenditures alone to morethan a million dollars everyyear, Looney said.

In addition to student expendi-tures, the College itself putsnearly another million dollars incirculation in Des Moines, hesaid.

The College budget, whichamounts to a million and a quar-ter dollars, comes from tuition,gifts from alumni, clinic and hos-pital income, and gifts and be-quests from people who havebeen patients of osteopathicphysicians, Looney explained.

The annual budget is morethan a million and .a quarter dol-lars, $780,000 of which is pay-roll. That, plus the student ex-penditures, brings the actualCOMS financial contribution toDes Moines to more than twomillion dollars.

Add to this figure the freeand below cost medical care of-fered by the College Clinic andCOMS becomes an even moresignificant factor in the DesMoines economy, Looney pointedout.

He said that with a proposed20 million dollar expansion planfor the Fort Des Moines MedicalCenter which is scheduled forconstruction over the next tenyears, the College's contributionwill continue to grow.

Eiected ChairmanDr. Glenn E. Bigsby, chief

clinic supervisor, has been elect-ed Chairman of the Staff re-placing Dr. Lloyd W. Ficke.

Dr. Bigsby is responsible forprofessional care in the Hospitaland Clinic, student doctor-pa-tient relationships, m e e t i n gAOA Committee on Hospitals re-quirements, and is chairman ofthe Executive Committee of theStaff.

Four AppointedIn Anatomy

Rex E. Ollom, D.O., has beenappointed Lecturer in Embryol-ogy by Ora E. Niffenegger,Dean, to assist Stanley D. Miroy-iannis, Ph.D., in the Departmentof Anatomy.

Harlen Hunter, sophomorestudent, has been appointedTeaching Fellow in Anatomy.Robert Brown, junior, and BenRaines, senior, were reappointedas student assistant instructors,Dr. Miroyiannis said.

Hunter, Brown and Raineswill be prosectors in the grossanatomy lab and assist in his-tology and neuroanatomy labs.

Dr. Elizabeth A. Burrows, chairman of the Department ofObstetrics and Gynecology, is presently the only woman D.O. to becertified in Obstetrical and Gynecological Surgery. A COMS staffmember for five years, Dr. Burrows has been certified in Obstetricsand Gynecology since 1951.

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Staff Promotions AnnouncedFour COMS faculty members were promoted to

higher academic rank by Ora E. Niggenegger,JoD., Dean of the College.

Dr. Elizabeth Burrows, Chairman of the Depart-ment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, was madeClinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Miss Kathryn Chisholm was promoted to Assist-ant Professor of Microbiology; Dr. Harry B. El-mets was promoted to Clinical Professor of Osteo-pathic Medicine; and Mark Goldie, Ph.D., was pro-moted to Associate Professor of Physiology.

In addition, Dr. Charles G. Martin, who hasbeen working at the College as a Fellow in Osteo-pathic Medicine, has been appointed AssistantClinical Professor of Osteopathic Medicine.

Miss Kathryn Chisholm

Dr. Mark Goldie, Ph.D. Dr. Harry B. Elmets

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COMS PlacementAnnouncement of openings for Dr.

physicians have been published 7th St:in the Log Book and Newsletter who fo

ford, Ifor more than a year as a fice eservice to communities seeking equiprdoctors and for doctors who are Stratfcdisposing of their practices or contactwho want to practice in other lo- Farme

Termscations.

A mail survey of all of the D apeople who have placed notices Road,with the College shows that this formedmethod of announcing openings in a cCity. Chas not been satisfactory. inform

Fewer than 15 per cent of theopenings have been filled as a Kensresult of notices published in the way beLog Book or Newsletter. Roches

replaceThis will be the last issue of ly. T

the Log Book to contain a list of practicplacement opportunities. In the fice wi

secondfuture, the College Public Rela- tact Mtions Office will make a month- lin D.ly mailing to all COMS interns Kenyorand anyone else who requests it One H,

minuteto inform them of openings. Peterse

The same list will be distribut- Vogt,ed to seniors and placed on col- mationlege bulletin boards. men

If you wish to have a notice Meccplaced in the monthly announce- (Osteo]ment or if you wish to receive has offthe list, please address your let- tors locter to the Public Relations Direc- to ffetor, College of Osteopathic Med- ing toicine and Surgery, Sixth at Cen- man,ter, Des Moines, Iowa 50309. said th

house 1G.W. Iment t,

Opportunities Mrs.North

Brooklyn, Iowa, 60 miles east Okla.,of Des Moines on U.S. 6 and In- bery,terstate 80, is seeking a D.O. interesWarren Carpenter wrote and band'sdescribed Brooklyn as a growing in natutown of 1400 near Holiday Lake, manipua new private resort area. Hos- weightpitals are located in Marengoand Grinnell, Carpenter pointed Dr. Iout. Ave.,

ServiceGene H. Bechtol, 1844 E.reet, Long Beach 13, Cal.,irmerly practiced at Strat-owa, wants to sell his of-quipment. He said thelent is being stored inord and may be seen byting Matt Hotchkiss at thers Savings Bank there.may be arranged.

v id Scott, 8 RidgeviewSioux City, Iowa, has in-i us that a D.O. is wantedcolored district of SiouxIontact him for additionalation.

yon, Minn., located mid-tween the Twin Cities andster, is seeking a D.O. toka doctor who died recent-h ere is an establishede and a well equipped of-th living quarters on thefloor. For details con-

rs. R. R. Moses or Frank-Peterson, Attorney, in

n. Rice County Districtospital in Fairbault is 12s from the doctor's office,on said. Contact PaulAdministrator, for infor-

about staff arrange-

)sta Memorial Hospitalpathic), Stanwood, Mich.,fered to help several doc-cate in the Stanwood arear more complete care toople in that area, accord-a letter from G. W. Hill-Administrator. He alsoey have an opening for aphysician. Write or phoneIillman for an appoint-o look over the openings.

0. R. Attebery, 11211th Street, Ponca City,widow of Dr. 0. R. Atte-writes that she is veryted in selling her late hus-practice which is generalre with some emphasis on[lative therapy andreduction.

R. T. Lustig, 43 LafayetteS.E., Grand Rapids 3,

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organizedMich., is seeking a D.O. to takeover his practice because he re-cently suffered a coronary. Hesaid Grand Rapids is a splendidosteopathic town and there is a150 bed osteopathic hospitalthere. Dr. Lustig owns the 8room office and wants to rent itso there will be no investmentrequired.

Tom Petty, 17 East Main,Oakland, Ill., writes that Oak-land is seeking an osteopathicphysician. The last D.O. to prac-tice in the Oakland area retiredand the people are anxious tohelp another get established.Petty pointed out that there isa hospital in Charleston, thecounty seat, just south of Oak-land.

General Howell L. Hodgskin,Administrator, Memorial Gener-al Hospital (Osteopathic) 1000Galloping Hill Road, Union. N.J.,writes that he is greatly inter-ested in our graduate physi-cians and is seeking a house phy-sician for their 75-bed-20-bassi-net hospital. The new physicianwould share responsibilities withtwo other house physicians. Con-tact Col. Hodgskin for details.

Mrs. Florence L. Montandon,420 Court Place, Brighton, Col.,writes that the D.O. who haspracticed in her neighborhood isabout to move to another part ofBrighton and said his office willbe for rent. Brighton hasdoubled its population in thepast five years and there is acommunity hospital there whichcooperates with D.O.'s she said.Write to her for more informa-tion.

Elmo H. Lund, Administrator,Lakeside Hospital, 2801 Flora,Kansas City, Mo., announcesthat the Lakeside Hospital Asso-ciation is building a new 104 bedhospital and will offer residencytraining in general s u r g e r yavailable ,Oct. 1, 1963 and July 1,1964. Contact Lund for detailsabout the training program,, fa-cilities, salary, etc.

E AND THERE c C.O.M.S. ALUMNIAlvira Lunsford Alumni Editor

1903Dr. T. J. Rudy, Los Angeles, Calif., was

named to serve a one-year term as Director forthe Los Angeles Academy of Applied Osteo-pathy during the Academy's annual meeting inJune.

1917Dr. Talmadge T. Spence, West Palm Beach,

Fla., was named president of the FloridaAcademy of Applied Osteopathy during theAcademy's annual conference held at CrystalRiver.

1922Dr. R. L. Martin, Montpelier, Vt., has been

granted staff privileges in the Heaton Hos-pital at Montpelier, one of the state's medicalhospitals. Another state medical hospital, theBarre City Hospital at Barre, Vt., has alsochanged its by-laws to state that the quali-fications for the staff are "that the applicantsshall have a degree of M.D. or D.O."

1923Dr. Mabel F. Martin, Weslaco, Texas, was

installed as vice-president of the Texas Acade-my of Applied Osteopathy when the group heldits convention in Houston, May 2.

Dr. Harold E. Clybourne, Columbus, Ohio,was installed as chief-elect of the staff ofDoctors Hospital at the group's annual meet-ing on June 6.

1924Dr. Sam Leibov, St. Louis, Mo., was named

to a three-year term on the AOA Committeeon Hospitals during the recent meetings ofthe AOA Board of Trustees and House ofDelegates, held in Chicago.

1926Dr. Carl B. Gephart, Dayton, Ohio, was

program chairman for the Ohio OsteopathicCollege of Anesthesiologists seminar held atGrandview Hospital, April 21.

Dr. Lon Scatterday, Worthington, Ohio, wasone of a group of past-presidents of the Co-lumbus District Academy of Osteopathic Medi-cine honored at a special meeting of theAcademy on May 23.

1927Dr. C. A. Ward, Mt. Clemens, Mich., was

named President-elect of the American Osteo-pathic Association at the annual business meet-ing of the organization's Board of Trusteesand House of Delegates held in Chicago, June25 - July 2.

Dr. Reginald Platt, Houston, Tex., was afaculty member for the three-day seminar onSegmental Syndromes held earlier this year atthe Ontario Osteopathic Association Conven-tion in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.

Dr. Ralph T. VanNess, Columbus, Ohio, wasone of a group of past-presidents of the Co-lumbus District Academy of Osteopathic Medi-cine honored at a special meeting of theAcademy on May 23.

Dr. Paul Parks, Marietta, Ohio, was electedpresident of District Nine (Ohio) Academy ofOsteopathic Medicine.

1929Terry Fox, pitcher for the Detroit Tigers,

after enduring a long seige of elbow troubleduring which he kept the elbow immersed inhot water soaking it for 3 to 5 hours dailyfor several months, began taking treatmentsthroughout the past winter from Dr. RussellWright, Detroit, Mich., the team physician,and Terry now feels that his arm is back tonormal.

A news item in the Detroit Free Pressdescribed the incident and ended by predict-ing that "if Pitcher Fox's arm stays in itspresent condition, Ben Casey may have a toughtime retaining his rating (TV) as the nation'sNo. 1 physician."

1930Dr. L. A. Utterback, Perry, Ia., has been

named a member of the Board of Trustees of

the Iowa Society of Osteopathic Physiciansand Surgeons.

Dr. and Mrs. Marvin P. Ollom, NewBraunsfels, Tex., attended the meetings of theTexas Association of Osteopathic Physiciansand Surgeons held in Houston, May 2-4. Dr.Ollom is president of the Texas COMS AlumniAssociation.

Dr. Ralph Lang, Columbus, Ohio, was oneof a group of past-presidents of the ColumbusDistrict Academy of Osteopathic Medicinehonored at a special meeting of the Academyon May 23.

1931Dr. Stanley C. Pettit, Cleveland, Tenn., has

been elected president-elect of the TennesseeAssociation of Osteopathic Physicians andSurgeons.

1932Dr. F. Marion Crawford, San Antonio, Tex.,

attended the meetings of the Texas Associa-tion of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeonsheld in Houston, May 2-4.

Dr. Paul Routzahn, Circleville, Ohio, wasone of a group of past-presidents of the Co-lumbus District Academy of Osteopathic Medi-cine honored at a special meeting of theAcademy on May 23.

1933Dr. Howard A. Graney, Des Moines, Ia.,

presently serving a three-year term as a mem-ber of the Board of Governors of the AmericanCollege of Osteopathic Surgeons, was presi-dent of the College in 1958-59 and has servedon the Board of Governors and the ExecutiveCommittee continuously since that time. Dr.Graney first became a Member of the Collegein 1945 and a Fellow in 1948. He is a Diplo-mate of the American Osteopathic Board ofSurgery and has been a member of that Boardfor several years. He was also Chairman ofthe Board's Credentials Committee and hasserved as Secretary-Treasurer of the Boardfor the past three years.

Dr. Charles Naylor, Ravenna, Ohio, at-tended the annual meeting of the AmericanNational Council for Health Education of thePublic, Inc., held on April 24, in New YorkCity.

Dr. Naylor has been appointed director ofthe Ohio Society for Crippled Children andAdults, after serving as chairman of thePortage County Crippled Children's Committeeand Easter seal campaign for the past 13 years.

Dr. William D. Blackwood, Commanche,Tex., attended the meetings of the Texas As-sociation of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgeryheld in Houston, May 2-4.

1935An interesting note from Dr. Dexter B. Rice,

Bay City, Mich., informs us that he is oneof the three sons of Mrs. Louis Rice of BadAxe, Michigan, who are osteopathic physi-cians and surgeons. His brother Dr. W. L.Rice of Brighton, Michigan, is a graduate ofKCOS (1939) and. a younger brother, Dr.John L. Rice of Los Angeles, California, isa graduate of CCO (1959). A first cousin, Dr.Owen Rico of Grand Rapids, Michigan, agraduate of KCOS (1940), is practicing as anEye, Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist.

Dr. E. F. Leininger, Des Moines, Ia., at-tended a two-day school for hospital inspectorsat the AOA Central Office in Chicago, April27-28.

Dr. Harry A. Barquist, Des Moines, Ia.,attended the meetings of the Committee onEvaluation of Postgraduate Training and theCommittee on Colleges held in April at theCentral Office of AOA in Chicago.

Dr. Theodore Hobbs, Columbus, Ohio, wasone of a group of past-presidents of the Co-lumbus District Academy of Osteopathic Medi-cine honored at a special meeting of theAcademy on May 23.

Dr. Milton Zimmerman, Dayton, Ohio,, wasa program participant for the 65th annual

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convention of the Ohio Osteopathic Associationof Physicians and Surgeons held in Cleveland,June 12. Dr. Zimmerman served as moderatorfor a panel discussion of "Upper GI Bleeding."

1936Dr. Verne J. Wilson, Des Moines, Ia., at-

tended a two-day school for hospital inspectorsheld at the AOA Central Office in Chicago,April 27-28.

1937Dr. Myron N. Bos, Albia, Ia., has been

named a member of the Board of Trustees ofthe Iowa Society of Osteopathic Physicians andSurgeons.

Dr. J. R. McNerney, West Des Moines, Ia.,was one of nine top educators from osteopathiccolleges selected to attend a two-day conferencein the Central Office of the AOA in Chicago,on March 23-24.

The group discussed the role of the Associa-tion's publications in the teaching of osteo-pathic principles and practice, and of provid-ing pertinent reading material for physiciansin practice.

Dr. Willis L. Crews, Gonzales, Tex., at-tended the two-week's postgraduate course insurgery held in Arlington, Tex., May 13-25,and sponsored by the American College ofOsteopathic Surgeons.

1938Dr. Clive R. Ayers, Atlantic, Ia., has been

named a member of the Board of Trustees forthe Iowa Society of Osteopathic Physiciansand Surgeons.

1939Dr. P. N. Munroe, Detroit. Mich.. has been

named Speaker for the Michigan Associationof Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons.

Dr. Neil R. Kitchen, Detroit, Mich., a mem-ber of the AOA Committee on Hospitals, at-tended a two-day school for hospital inspectorsheld at the Central Office of AOA in Chicago,April 27-28.

Dr. Ervin E. Emory, Medway, Ohio, hasbeen named a trustee of the Dayton DistrictAcademy.

1940Dr. Alfred A. Ferris, Saginaw, Mich., has

been elected to the Board of Trustees for theMichigan Association of Osteopathic Physiciansand Surgeons. He will serve a one-year term,and will also act as Chairman of the Depart-ment of Public Health.

Dr. Neil M. Woodruff, Flint, Mich., hasbeen appointed SecretaryTreasurer of the stafffor Flint Osteopathic Hospital.

Dr. Paul Kimberly, St. Petersburg, Fla.,has been named program chairman for thenational meetings of the Academy of AppliedOsteopathy scheduled for September 30- Oc-tober 3, in New Orleans, La.

1941Dr. Robert Berger, Dayton, Ohio, attended

the hospital inspectors school conducted bythe AOA Committee on Hospitals, in Chicago,April 27-28.

Dr. John Schott, Columbus, Ohio, was oneof a group of past-presidents of the ColumbusDistrict Academy of Osteopathic Medicinehonored at a special meeting of the Academyon May 23.

1942Dr. R. B. Anderson, Sioux City, Ia., has

been elected President-Elect of the IowaSociety of Osteopathic Physicians and Sur-geons.

Dr. Ronald K. Woods, Des Moines, Ia., wasa program participant at the 60th annualconvention of the Massachusetts OsteopathicSociety held in Boston earlier this year. Dr.Woods discussed the "Treatment of MassiveSoft-Tissue and Internal Injuries" and"Management of Massive Fracture Injuries."

Yes sir! We're really growing!" says George Bible, MaintenanceSupervisor and gardner of the College offices' flower and plant boxes.Dressed for the part, he is busy making a rare transplant.

1943Dr. John R. Shafer, Denver, Colo., will be

program chairman for the American Osteo-pathic College of Proctology scheduled forSeptember 30 - October 3, at New Orleans.

Dr. James Booth, 'Waukesha, Wise., is serv-ing as secretary for the Badger (Wisc.)Academy of Applied Osteopathy for the 1962-63term.

Dr. Carl Waterbury, Des Moines, la., was aparticipant in the program for the 65th annualconvention of the Ohio Osteopathic Associationof Physicians and Surgeons held in Cleveland,June 9-12. Dr. Waterbury discussed " Proges-rational Agents and Their Use in Gynecology."

1944An interesting note from Dr. James S.

C{rane, Milwaukee, Wisc., indicates that, inaddition to his regular practice, his profession-al activities make for him a busy life. He re-cently completed his 5th year as a member ofthe AOA House of Delegates . ..he is a past-president of the Wisconsin Association ofOsteopathic Physicians and Surgeons and hasserved on the Board of Trustees for the pasteights years . . he has been named ProgramChairman for the American College of GeneralPractitioners meetings to held during. the AOAAnnual Convention in New Orleans in October

and he has been elected an OPF memberon the AOA Board from the House of Dele-gates.

Dr. Crane was a speaker at the mid-yearseminar held in March by the Wisconsin So-ciety of General Practitioners in OsteopathicMedicine and Surgey at the Lakeview Hospitalin Milwaukee.

Dr. J. Scott Heatherington, Gladstone, Ore.,is serving as a member of the Board of Trus-tees of the American Osteopathic Association.His term will expire in 1965.

1945The College greatly appreciates the note and

check received from Dr. David Reid, secretary-treasurer of the Oregon Osteopathic Associa-tion, has contributed ten dollars to the COMSProgress Fund in memory of Dr. H. W.Merrill, Tigard, Ore., who died on July 11,1963.

Dr. Gordon Sherwood, Columbus, Ohio, was

one of a groupl of past-presidetnts of the Co-lumbus District Acadermy of OsteopathicMedicine honored at a special meeting of theAcademy on May 23.

1949Dr. Bryce E. Wilson, Des Mloines, Ia., has

been appointed by Iowa's Governor to serveas a member of an Advisory Committee tohelp strengthen Iowa's pubJic health services.

Dr. Russell B. Bunin, Mt. Enterprise, Tex.,attended the meetings of the Texas Associationof Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons heldin Houston, May 2-4.

1950Dr. Robert W. Johnson, Appleton, Wise.,

was cited as Appleton's Distinguished Citizenfor 1962 at the annual Appleton JuniorChamber of Commerce awards dinner earlierthis year. When Dr. Johnson was nominatedby the Appleton Kiwanis Club, the club gavethis reason for recommending Dr. Johnson--"'we believe that he has given of himself overand above for his profession, his communityand his fellow man."

A current list of Dr. Johnson's professional,social andh business activities includes: presi-dent of the Appleton Downtown Kiwanis Club;member of the Riverside Cemetery AssociationCommittee; member of the YMCA board ofdirectors and chairman of the AppletonYMCA world service committee; a memberof the board of directors of Outagamie Coun-ty chapter of the American Red Cross; mem-ber of the Appleton MacDowell chorus, androng, leader for Cub Pack No. 53; member of

the corporate board of the College of Osteo-pathic Medicine and Surgery; chairman of thelegal and, legislative committee and presidentof the credit union, Wisconsin Association ofOsteopathic Physicians and Surgeons.

A note from Dr. M. Louise Miller, Tucson.Ariz., informs us that she will be includedamong those listed in the 1963 issue of "Who'sWho of American Women."

Dr. and Mrs. Clinton D. Nutt, Houston, Tex.attended the meetings of the Texas Associa-tion of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeonsheld in Houston, May 2-4.

Dr. William, Kiehlbaugh, Phoenix, Ariz., co-founder of DOCARE, is pictured in the July1963 issue of the D.O. DOCARE is a specialproject, of the Flying Osteopathic PhysiciansAssociation in, which physicians fly to remoteareas to aid primitive Tarahumara Indiansof Mexico.

Dr. Joseph B. Baker, Greenfield, Ia., hasbeen named Vice-President of the Iowa Societyof Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons.

1951Dr. Dale Dodson, Northfield, Minn., has

been appointed by Governor Karl F. Rolvaag,to the Minnesota State Board of Medical Ex-aminers. Since a law passed by the Minnesotalegislative body went into effect, the Board

A note fromn DR. ALLAN R. CROSBY, (.I960) who has established a gen-

eral practice at Wauowatosa, Wise., informrs us that he recently opened this

$75,000 combination office and homte.

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examines all medical and osteopathic phy-sicians for licensing in the state of Minnesota.Dr. Dodson is the first osteopathic physicianto be appointed to the Board. His term willend in 1970.

Dr. Dodson is also a member of the StateBasic Science Board which examines all whoplan to practice as medical doctors, osteo-pathic physicians and chiropractors in regardto the basic sciences. Dr. Dodson is also presi-dent of the American Association of BasicScience Boards.

Dr. Dale Dodson, Northfield, Minn., chair-man of the AOA Committee on Colleges, at-tended a two-day meeting sponsored by theAOA Bureau on Education held at the AOACentral Office in Chicago, May 10-12.

Dr. B. B. Baker, Tulsa, Okla., attended atwo-day school for hospital inspectors held inthe Central Office of AOA in Chicago, April27-28.

Dr. Patricia A. Cottrille, Grand Rapids,Mich., was author of the article "Managementof Cleft Lip and Palate in Children," whichappeared in the July (1963) issue of TheOsteopathic Physician.

1952Dr. Eugene Herzog, Flint, Mich., is the

1963 Chairman of the Department of Ortho-pedics at Flint Osteopathic Hospital.

Dr. E. A. Felmlee, Tulsa, Okla., attended atwo-day school for hospital inspectors held atthe AOA central office in Chicago, April 27-28.

Dr. William E. Meaney, Cincinnatti, Ohio,has been named Chairman of the Departmentof Surgery at Epp Memorial Hospital.

1953Dr. Lee J. Walker, Grand Prairie, Tex., and

Dr. Leonard C. Nystrom, Mesquite, Tex., at-tended the meetings of the Texas Associationof Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons heldin Houston, May 2-4.

Dr. Kenneth Taylor, Traverse City, Mich.,has been elected vice-speaker of the House ofDelegates of the Michigan Association ofOsteopathic Physicians and Surgeons.

Dr. Dudley Chapman, N. Madison, Ohio,reviewed the book, CLINICAL AND EXPERI-MENTAL HYPNOSIS, IN MEDICINEDENTISTRY AND PSYCHOLOGY, by WilliamS. Kroger, M.D., (published by J. B. Lippin-cott Company, Philadelphia) for the May 1963issue of the AOA JOURNAL.

Dr. Chapman also wrote the article "ClinicalPicture, Diagnosis and Therapy in Ectopic

Pregnancy," which appeared in the July(1963) issue of The Osteopathic Profession.

Dr. George L. Kemp, Portland, Ore., wasone of the staff representatives of the Port-land Osteopathic Hospital when Dr. and Mrs.Ira J. Neher were honored earlier in the yearfor their long and faithful service. Dr. Neher(COPS '28) helped found POH in 1944, andMrs. Neher was its first supervisor of nurses.

Dr. A. W. Conway, Dayton, Ohio, waselected secretary-treasurer of the Dayton Dis-trict Academy for the 1963-64 term.

1954Dr. J. P. Schwartz, Jr., Des Moines, Ia.,

has been named a member of the Iowa Societyof Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons Boardof Trustees.

Dr. S. A. Gabriel, Dayton, Ohio, was electedpresident of the Dayton District Academy forthi 1963-64 term.

1955Dr. Louis Hasbrouck, Dove Creek, Colo.,

is president of the Colorado Academy of Ap-plied Osteopathy.

1956Dr. B. A. Beville, Tampa, Fla., a member

of the Public Affairs Department of DistrictFive (Fla.) was a participant in a meetingon May 7th, of students from Robinson andHillsborough High Schools in Tampa. Thesestudents had expressed. an interest in osteo-pathy and wanted more information. Thefilm "American Doctor" was shown, literaturewas distributed and informal discussions abcutthe healing arts-osteopathy in particular-were held.

Dr. William. J. Giese, Jr., Erie, Pa., hasbeen named president of the Erie OsteopathicHospital to serve for the current term.

Dr. William Rankin, Jr., Marietta, Ohiowas named Vice-President of the Ohio Acade-my of applied Osteopathy for the 1962-63 term.

1959Dr. Ben W. Rodamar, Amarillo, Tex., at-

tended the meetings of the Texas Associationof Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons heldin Houston, May 2-4.

1960Dr. William L. Lavendusky, Jr., Tulsa,

Okla., has been awarded a grant from theNational Osteopathic Foundation to continueresidency training in diagnostic roentgenology

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at the Oklahoma Osteopathic Hospital. Dr.Lavendusky received his Associate in Artsdegree from Oklahoma State University in1956. While a student at COMS Dr. Laven-dusky received an educational grant from theNational Institute of Health, served as lab-oratory instructor in pathology, and waspresident of the Student Council. He is mar-ried and has one child.

Dr. Victor Goble, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, wasnamed a councilman of the Eleventh District(Ohio) Academy.

1962Drs. Eugene Rongaus, Val Rongaus, Ralph

L. Barron, and Anthony J. Elisco, have pur-chased offices together at 4397 Kent Rd., StowOhio. Drs. Eugene Rongaus and Elisco willbegin a general practice while Drs. ValRongaus and Barron will begin residencies inSurgery and Internal Medicine.

Named To BPA PostE. Lynn Baldwin, Chairman of

the COMS Department of Medi-cal Illustration, was elected toserve on the Board of Directorsof the Biological PhotographicAssociation at the group's an-nual meeting held in August atAtlanta, Georgia.

Baldwin, a member of theBPA for thirteen years, hasbeen Chairman of the Print Ex-hibit Committee and is the im-mediate past president of theUpper Midwest Chapter of BPA.

After serving as a navy pho-tographer in the Pacific areaduring World War II, Baldwinworked in commercial and indus-trial photography for six yearsbefore accepting his present po-sition in scientific photographyeleven years ago.

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Branch Clinic To Open a n IcIo erBranch Cli nic To Open In October

A distinct improvemrent overthe picture on the back coverof the last Log Book, thepicture at the left shows theprogress made by the Collegein readying the Branch Clinicfor occupancy.

Newly-remodeled offices will beprovided for doctor-patient

consultations and examinationsat the Fort Des Moines Branch

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ResearchA grant of $2,500 has been re-

ceived by the College of Osteo-pathic Medicine and Surgeryfrom the Hawley Foundation,Des Moines, Iowa.

M. E. Wallace, a member ofthe COMS Board of Trustees,recently made a presentation ofthe current needs of the Collegeto Morris 0. Kahn, chairman,and other members of the HIaw-ley Foundation Board of Trus-tees.

The grant, which is the firstdirect gift of its kind to COMS,has been designated for the Col-lege Clinic which opened on Oc-tober 1, at Fort Des Moines. Dr.Jean LeRoque, director of theclinic, stated that the moneywill be applied toward the pur-chase of an x-ray machine andthe equipment necessary to op-erate it.

J am es Sosnowski(left), chairman of the1963 COMS Christ-mas Seal Campaign,talks over plans

with Joseph Balogand Hugo Stierholz.

Seal Campaign Underway

The 1963 COMS ChristmasSeal Campaign, sponsored joint-ly by the Sigma Sigma Phi Na-tional Honorary Service Frater-nity and the Students' WivesClub, got underway early in No-vember. Returns from the cam-paign are used by the AmericanOsteopathic Association to sup-port the student loan fund andresearch program.

Members of the COMS com-mittee include students JohnSybert, Nanty-Glo, Pa.; LionelGatien, Southgate, Mich.; Ro-bert Inman, Royal Oak, Mich.;

Joseph Balog, Detroit, Mich.;Gerald Kronk, Detroit, Mich.;Bill Zussman, Philadelphia, Pa.;Jack Hardy, Dayton, Ohio; GuyUrso, Tampa, Fla.; Max Robins,Detroit, Mich.; and Hugo Stier-holz, Chandlerville, ll.

An All-C o 1 e g e ChristmasParty is planned for later in De-cember. The party will featurean auction of books donated byprofessors and the Des Moinesarea physicians. Money raisedfrom the auction will be addedto the Christmas Seal campaignfunds.

Volume 41 December, 1963 No. 4THE LOG BOOK is published quarterly by the College ofOsteopathic Medicine and Surgery. Second class postage ispaid at Des Moines, Iowa. Address all mail, change of address,or Form 3579 to 722 Sixth Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50309.

Editorial Staff

Editor ........Alumni EPhoto Edi

PresidentPresident-Vice-PresSecretaryPast-PresiDirector .Director ..

.................................................. . B e rn ice S . W ilso n'ditor .......................................---- Alvira LunsfordItor .................... ......................--- E. Lynn Baldwin

NATIONAL ALUMNI OFFICERS

........................................... James T. Haffenden, D.O.-elect ........................................ Joseph B. Baker, D.O.ident .................................... Paul E. Kimberly, D.O.-Treasurer ..................... Stan J. Sulkowski, D.O.ident and Director ....-- Paul T. Rutter, D.O.

.................................................. . D a le D od son, D .O .................................................. W a lter B . G o ff, D .O .

Winter FeaturesFeatured in this issue: Research Grant, Seal

Campaign, p. 2; National Alumni Association, p.3; College Clinic Opens, p. 4; International Car-diovascular Conference, p. 5; Staff Appointments,p. 6; Microbiology, p. 7, 8, 9; Alumni Award,COMS Lecturer, p. 10; Pfizer Award, LibraryGifts, Guidance Program, p. 11; Placement Ser-vice, p. 12; Alumni Notes, p. 13, 14, 15; First-Aid Men, p. 16.

The CoverThrough the microscope the student studies

many types of bacteria and parasites. The coverpicture is a photomicrograph of encyted tri-chinella spiralis in muscle fiber. Trichinellaspiralis is a delicate threadlike round worm thatcauses trichinosis in humans, chiefly the resultof consumption of inadequately cooked pork.

Cover photograph by E. Lynn Baldwin,Chairman, Medical Illustration Department.

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New officers of the COMSNational Alrumni Association,elected at the Association's an-nual meeting in New Orleans,include (left to right) Dr. Wal-ter B. Goff, Dunbar, W. Va.,Director; Dr. James T. Haffen-den, Battle Creek, Mich., Presi-dent; Dr. Stan J. Sulkowvski,Kansas City, Mo., Secretary-Treasurer; Dr. Paul E. Kimber-ly, St. Petersburg, Fla., Vice-President.

National Alumni AssociationDr. Stan J. Sulkowski, secre-

tary-treasurer of the NationalAlumni Association, reports that25 COMS alumni, whose nameswere considered for honorarylife membership at the Houseof Delegates meeting during thefall AOA Convention in NewOrleans, have been awardedcertificates.

Qualifications for honorarylife membership in the Associ-ation are: thirty years of ac-tive practice as an osteopathicphysician, a minimum age of

65, and a record of outstandingservice to the Association andprofession.

The new honorary life mem-bers are:

Dr.Dr.Dr.Dr.Dr.Dr.Dr.Dr.Dr.Dr.

J. F. AtkinsonE. S. BendixL. R. ChapmanJames H. CheneyL. V. CraditE. M. DavisH. E. Elston, Sr.Robert FarrisIra GordonA. B. Graham

Dr.Dr.Dr.Dr.Dr.Dr.Dr.Dr.Dr.Dr.Dr.Dr.Dr.Dr.Dr.

Charles GrapekS. A. HelebrantA. F. HultingH. P. IrwinMyrtle Price LloydRobert T. LustigAndrew McCauleyC. E. MeadA. L. QuestL. H. RiseboroughArthur E. SmithE. C. WhitePhilomena WievelRuth Hazelrigg WillardHarry E. Woodward

It was a real "get-together" at the 1963 COMS National Alumni Association luncheon at New Or-leans in October for both COMS alumni and Board of Trustees members. Shown here are (left to right)Verne J. Wilson, D.O., Associate Clinical Professor, E.E.N.T.; Harry I. Prugh and Daniel E. Hannan,Members of the COMS Board of Trustees; Stan J. Sulkowski, D.O., Secretary-Treasurer, N a t i o n a 1Alumni Association; James T. Haffenden, D.O., President, National Alumni Association; MerlynMcLaughlin, Ph.D., President, COMS; Walter B. Goff, D.O., Member of COMS Board of Trustees anda Director of the National Alumni Association; E. Frank Nelms, D.O., Counselor-at-Large; Paul E.Kimberly, D.O., Vice-President, National Alumni Association; and Richard E. Eby, D.O., recentlyelected president of the Kansas City College of Osteopathy and an Associate Member of COMSNational Alumni Association.

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COMS opened its new College Clinic at FortDes Moines on Tuesday morning, October 1. Theclinic occupies one of the former officers' quarterswhich has been remodeled to house examiningrooms and other facilities.

Included among officials (pictured at left) whoattended the opening of the College Clinic wereDr. Jean LeRoque (left), director of the clinic,Marion E. Wallace, member of the college boardof trustees; Peter F. Crivaro, acting Des Moinescity manager; and William C. Leachman, citycouncilman. Mr. Wallace is holding an architect'sdrawing of the proposed $24-million medical cen-ter the osteopathic college plans to build at theFort.

Several floral tributes for its official openingwere received by the College Clinic from localcompanies including the Valley Bank and TrustCompany, South Des Moines National Bank,Standard Glass and Paint Company, South DesMoines Chamber of Commerce and Thompson'sSouthside Florist.

The College Clinic is open from 9:00 a.m. to6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sat-urday, and from 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Mon-day and Wednesday.

Staff members are (back row, left to right) Dr.Jean F. LeRoque, Des Moines physician and a 1940graduate of COMS, Director, Senior Student DoctorsVernice W. Strickland, Starke, Fla., Gary D. Garrett,Flint, Mich., and James F. Hogan, Merrill, Mich. Frontrow, left, Dorothy Stahl, a member of the College Clinicstaff for several years, and Laverna Barnard, both ofDes Moines.

Dr. E'lzabetrh Burrows (center), Chairman of the De-partment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, checks overrecords of College Clinic patients with student doctorsVernice Strickland (left) and James Hogan.

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COM1 S Opens CoQlege ClinicAt Fort Des Moines

DT .nc (k. riqght) and Dr Verne J. Wilson,haimarn of the Ophthalmology Department at0OMS, are planning a stimulating program which* il include newer clinical and experimental as-ect8$ of ' cardiovascular disease.

Saixteen hours of postdoctoral credit will begiven those who complete the course which will be

ffered June 8-12, 1964, at the Chantecler in Ste,Idele. Program details will follow in laterwOMS publications,

Second International Card iovascular Conference

Plans for the COMS-sponsored Second Interna-tional Cardiovascular Conference to be held inSte. Adele, Quebec, Canada, next spring are pro-gressing, and a number of reservations have al-ready been received, according to Professor Don-ald F. M. Bunce, II, Ph.D., Research Professor ofPhysiology at COMS, Program Chairman for theConference.

Among the internationally known researchersand clinicians who will present lectures are HansSelye, M.D., professor and director of Experimen-tal Research, University of Montreal; Jose Quiroz,M.D., professor of Ophthalmology, School of Medi-cine of the National University of Mexico; Deme-trio Sodi-Pallares, M. D., professor and chairmanof Cardiovascular Clinics, School of Medicine ofthe National University of Mexico, and professor,National Institute of Cardiology, Mexico City; S.R. M. Reynolds, Ph. D., D. Sc., chairman of the de-partment of Anatomy, University of Illinois Col-lege of Medicine, Chicago; Chester Hyman, Ph.D.,professor of Physiology, University of SouthernCalifornia School of Medicine, Los Angeles; Mel-vin Knisely, Ph.D., chairman of the departmentof Anatomy, Medical College of South Carolina;tuart Harkness, D.O., Clinical Professor of Med-

icine, GOMS, and Dr. Bunce.

Dr. Wilson, who is coordinating the transporta-tion and reservations, urges all physicians tomake their reservations for the meeting as earlyas possible because facilities are limited. He statesthat the scientific sessions will be held in themornings, leaving the remainder of the day andevening free for sightseeing and relaxation. (Aword to the uninitiated: There's no place quitelike the Laurentians in June). Alumni andfriends of the College should plan on bringingtheir families to take advantage of the wonderfulsports and social program arranged by the Chan-tecler.

The cost of the conference will be about $430.This includes round-trip air transportation fromDes Moines to Montreal, limousine service be-tween Montreal and Ste. Adele, accommodationsfor four days and five nights, all meals, tuitionfor the course, and insurance, including life,health and accident plus baggage insurance. Acost chart showing the total price from othercities in the U.S. and Canada will appear in theMarch issue of the Log Book.

Additional information and reservations can beobtained by contacting Dr. Verne J. Wilson,Chairman, Second International CardiovascularConference, 1347 Capitol Avenue, Des Moines,Iowa 50316.

President Merlyn McLaughlin (right)presents Associate Membership Certifi-cates in the COMS National Alumni As-sociation to COMS staff members (left toright) Dr. Lloyd Ficke, Associate ClinicalProfessor, Pathology; Dr. Elizabeth Bur-rows, Chairman of the Department ofObstetrics and Gynecology, and Dr. Wil-liam Barrows, Chairman of the Depart-ment of Surgery.

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N.amed Coordinator of Clinical MedicineDr. Donald L. Cummings,

Grand Rapids, Michigan, has as-sumed duties as Coordinator ofClinical Medicine for the Collegeof Osteopathic Medicine andSurgery.

Dr. Cummings, a native ofMichigan, was graduated fromLansing High School. He re-ceived the degree of Doctor ofOsteopathy from the Kirksville(Mo.) College of Osteopathy andSurgery in 1934.

A leader in Michigan's osteo-pathic circles, Dr. Cummings isa past president of the KentCounty Osteopathic Association.In 1.954 he was chief of staff ofthe Grand Rapids OsteopathicHospital, and during 1961 heserved as president of the Michi-gan Association of Osteopathic

Physicians and Surgeons. Fol-lowing his term as president, hewas awarded an Honorary Pro-fessional Membership in theMichigan association. He wasalso a member of the group'sBoard of Trustees.

For several years Dr. Cum-mings was in private practice inGrand Rapids. In 1951 he re-ceived certification in Eye, Ear,Nose and Throat from the Am-erican Osteopathic Board ofOphthalmology a n d Otorhino-laryngology.

Fishing and portrait paintingare Dr. Cummings' favorite hob-bies. Dr. and Mrs. Cummingsare the parents of two daugh-ters and reside at 4303 Ingersollin Des Moines.

Begin Departmental Duties at COMS

The appointment of CharlesL. Palmgren, Peoria, Illinois, asassistant professor in the COMSDepartment of Psychiatry wasrecently announced by Dr. OraE. Niffenegger, dean of the Col-lege.

Palmgren received the B.A.degree from Drake Universityin 1955, with. a major in Philo-sophy and a minor in Psycho-logy. During 1955 to 1958 hewas enrolled for graduate studyin Constructive Theology at theUniversity of Chicago, then re-turned to Drake University in1963 where he received the M.A.

degree, with a major in The-ology and a minor in Psychol-ogy.

In 1955, Mr. Palmgren spentthe summer in Europe attendingthe Ecumenical Work Camp inAustria, which was under thedirection of the World Councilof Churches.

He has had nine years' ex-perience as a student pastor andwas a Religious Education Di-rector in Chicago. Prior to ac-cepting his present position atthe College, he was employedat the Polk County (Iowa) Ju-venile Court as a probation of-ficer.

Mr. and Mrs. Palmgren arethe parents of three children.

Dr. Robert Ho, a 1956 gradu-ate of COMS, began his dutiesas Chairman of the COMS De-partment of Orthopedics in Oc-tober. Dr. Ho, born in Honolulu,Hawaii, received the B.A. de-gree in Philosophy from theUniversity of Hawaii in 1952.He interned at West Side Osteo-pathic Hospital in York, Pa.,was an AOA clinical researchFellow at the Kirksville Collegeof Osteopathy and Surgery, aWyeth Fellow and an orthopedicresident at the Philadelphia Col-lege of Osteopathy and the De-troit Osteopathic Hospital.

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icrobiology:A Microscopic World

"The Science of Microbiology is relatively newto the field of medicine when compared to someof the other basic sciences," explained MissKathryn Chisholm, assistant professor and headof the Department of Microbiology at the Collegeof Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery. "Leeu-wenhoek first observed bacteria in 1676, but itwas not until the mid-to-late 19th century thatBacteriology gained the level of a science. It wasthe discoveries of men of this time, such as Koch,Pasteur, and Lister, that formed the foundationfor the establishment of Microbiology."

Medical Microbiology, a study of microscopicorganisms and their function in human health anddisease, is offered in a course totaling eight se-mester hours at COMS. This gives the student 90clock hours of lecture and 144 clock hours of lab-oratory work. "In teaching the medical student,"Miss Chisholm stated, "we must give a coursethat, when related to his clinical studies, will bemeaningful to him in the treatment of his pa-tients." Consequently, a firm understanding ofthe growth and reproduction of bacteria and howthey are best identified is stressed. The studentis required to learn general and specific stainingprocedures that are used as a tool in identifica-tion of bacteria. These include Gram's stain,Ziehl-Neelsen's acid-fast s t a i n, and Albert'salkaline methylene blue stain. From experiencehe learns their value as an indicator of the typeof bacteria responsible for a particular infectiousdisease.

In the laboratory the student also learns thetechniques of culturing bacteria-a method ofgrowing bacteria, perhaps taken from a patient-in a laboratory environment. In this way the bac-teria may be identified and treatment institutedby the physician. In addition, antibiotic sensi-tivity tests are used to determine the best agentfor treatment of a specific pathogen.

To insure a thorough knowledge of the field,the course also includes the study of Mycologyand Parasitology. In Parasitology the studentlearns to identify the various stages of the life

cycle of parasites which include the ova, larvalform and the adult. He becomes familiar withtechniques used to isolate and identify parasitesextracted from specimens taken from patients.In Mycology the student studies the various formsof fungi in their different stages of development.He learns the techniques used to obtain specimensfor diagnosis, such as athletes foot and candidi-osis. The Wood lamp (ultra violet light) is anexample of a special technique employed for iden-tification of various mycotic infections of thehair. To correctly identify fungi he must be ableto differentiate the pathogenic fungi from thecommon contaminants.

To evaluate the student's progress during thecourse, not only are tests given on lecture ma-terial, but also the student is asked to study uni-identified cultures. The identification of un-knowns depends upon a thorough knowledge ofculture techniques, media, colony configuration,and staining characteristics of bacteria.

"We believe," continues Miss Chisholm, "thatalthough many physicians will not be doing theirown laboratory work in practice, the understand-ing of basic laboratory procedures will enablethem to understand the disease processes in theirpatients. However, the physician who is practic-ing in an area where laboratory facilities are notreadily available, must be able to do basic proced-ures himself."

Miss Chisholm is helped in the preparation ofmedia and other laboratory procedures by Mrs.Faye Miller, who is a full-time laboratory assist-ant. Mr. Hugo Stierholz, a junior, is a studentassistant in the laboratory.

"Microbiology is one of the courses at COMS,"concluded Professor Chisholm, "that, when inte-grated with his clinical studies and experience,offers the graduate an armamentarium to treatthe patients in his practice and also safeguard thehealth of his community."

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Working in the laboratory

the student learns by experimentation

and observation.

Hugo Stierholz, student as,results of a laboratory proc

MICROSCOPIC study of bacteria is important in the microbiologyeducation of future doctors.

The addition of chemical 7aids the students in studproperties of bacteria.

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~tant, explains details ofwre.

Miss Kathryn Chisholm gives individual help in identifyingthe bacteria after culturing.

gents to specific mediayg the MACROSCOPIC

All equipment is sterilized in theautoclave before and after usein the laboratory.

Mrs. Faye Miller, full-time lab-oratory assistant, preparesmedia for class use.

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Receives Alumni AwardDrL E. Frank Nelms, a general practitioner of

Wagoner, Oklahoma, believed so sincerely in hisosteopathic profession that in 1951 he began hisown recruitment program for osteopathic colleges.He personally gave dinners for the faculty mem-bers and premed students from NortheasternState College at Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Even-tually he persuaded the Eastern District (Okla.)Osteopathic Association not only to sponsor din-ners and meetings for students, faculty membersand high school counselors, but also to establish ascholarship fund which was changed two yearsago to a Student Loan Fund.

In recognition of Dr. Nelms' service as a stu-dent recruiter, COMS conferred on him a Coun-selor-at-Large award during the National AOAmeetings in New Orleans.

Dr. Nelms, in addition to professional activities,has a long record of service in community affairs.For 21 years he served on the Wagoner SchoolBoard and during 12 of these years he was Presi-dent of the Board. Under his guidance a newfootball stadium was built, and a new elementaryschool and cafeteria were added to the highschool.

He holds active memberships in the Lions Club,the Masonic Lodge, the Royal Arch Masons, andthe Wagoner Chamber of Commerce, in which heis Chairman of the Airport Committee.

Shortly after a recent appointment by theCounty Commissioners to serve on the WagonerCounty Health Board, he was elected Chairmanof the Board.

Along with his many community and profes-sional activities, Dr. Nelms still finds time to flyhis own plane-and is presently spearheading adrive to build a hangar at the Wagoner airport.

Dr. Nelms, a 1941 graduate of KCOS, is mar-ried, and is a member of the First ChristianChurch.

Recent

COMS

Lecturer

Dr. Dieter Gross

Counselor

At

Large

Dr. E. Frank Nelms

To Dr. Merlyn McLaughlin, COMS president:

Please accept my deep appreciation for theaward of Counselor-at-Large recently bestowedby you and your Board of Trustees.

I humbly accept this award knowing that itwas the work of the fine members of EasternDistrict of the Oklahoma Osteopathic Association.

I was impressed by the enthusiasm with whichyour board members made their reports to theAlumni group and the "Get something done"attitude of the Alumni in furthering their pro-fessional skill.

My best wishes to you and your school for acontinued "Forward Look" of your college.

Again accept my sincere gratitude for the honoryou have bestowed on me.

Fraternally,

E. Frank Nelms, D.O.

Dr. Dieter Gross (M.D.) from Frankfurt, Ger-many, was a recent lecturer at COMS. Dr. Gross-presently in private practice and a Staff Consult-ant in Neurology at the University of FrankfurtFaculty of Medicine and Red Cross Hospital,Maingua, is one of Germany's eminent physicians,certified in both Internal Medicine and Neurology.

Dr. Gross served as a Medical Officer in theGerman Army from 1940 to 1945. Following hisdischarge he spent three years as a Resident inNeurology at the Hospital for Nervous Injuries inVienna. He was later a consulting neurologist tothe International Refugee Organization at Linz,Austria. He has published 106 articles on varioussubjects in his chosen field.

During a period of five weeks at COMS, Dr.Gross lectured to the students and observed theCollege's student training program.

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Dr. Ronald K. Woods, as-sociate professor of Surgery atCOMS, was one of fourteen re-cipients of a Pfizer MeritAward for outstanding servicein Disaster Preparedness pro-grams on October 22. The pre-sentation was made at a lunch-eon of the United States CivilDefense Council during itstwelfth annual conference heldin Rochester, New York.

Dr. Woods, on leave of ab-sence from COMS to serve asa member of the Iowa Board ofMedical Examiners, was theonly Iowan to receive an awardthis year and is the third osteo-pathic physician to be so hon-ored.

The awards, sponsored by thePfizer Laboratories Division ofCharles Pfizer and Co., Inc.,New York, have been presentedto 82 outstanding Medical-Health personalities in the fieldof Disaster Preparedness duringthe past three years.

Dr. Woods, who originated thefirst course in Disaster MedicalCare in osteopathic colleges,was the moderator of a paneldiscussion during the confer-ence meetings. He discussed theCOMS Disaster Medical Careprogram which was started in1960 and has been accepted byother osteopathic colleges.

Dr. Woods is the regionalchairman of the AOA DisasterMedical Care Committee and aWing Medical Officer of theIowa Wing of the Civil Air Pa-trol.

Thank YouMrs. Mary Morrows, COMS li-

brarian, reports that since Juneof this year several persons havedonated books for the library.We thank Dr. S. A. Helebrantof Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for acollection of old and valuablemedical books which are nowbeing prepared for display in thelibrary's exhibit case; Dr. F. D.Campbell, Des Moines, Dr. R, M.Owen, Mount Vernon, Washing-ton, and Dr. Dorothy V. Mul-lins, Ellsworth, Iowa, for sev-eral volumes from their personallibraries; Stanley D. Miroyian-nis, Ph.D., chairman of theCOMS Department of Anatomy,for a new "Grant's Atlas ofAnatomy;" Richard Schreiber,former director of public rela-tions at COMS, for two booksof Psychology; and the U. S.Army, Medical Department, forthree medical books and one in-

formative publication on "TheOrganization and Administra-tion in World War II."

"We are always glad to re-ceive such books which may beof current educational value toour students," Mrs. Morrowsaid. "The students also enjoyseeing the rare and old volu-mes which point out the pro-gress that has been made inthe field of medicine since theywere first printed."

Hold First 1963-64Guidance Program

A career-guidance program,sponsored jointly by the IowaSociety of Osteopathic Physi-cians and Surgeons and theScott County Osteopathic Soci-ety, will be held in Davenport,Iowa, on December 16, at theBlack Hawk Hotel.

Dr. John C. Agnew, 1933graduate of COMS, who is chair-man of the Iowa Society Coun-seling Committee, stated thatabout 125 persons have been in-vited to attend this program. In-cluded are senior high schoolprincipals and counselors andcollege guidance personnel fromScott county and the neighbor-ing area.

The program will include adinner in the Gold Room of thehotel; a speaker, Dr. Merlyn Mc-Laughlin, COMS president; afilm, "The Fitness Challenge;"and a question and answerperiod.

Four similar programs willbe held throughout the stateduring 1964.

ATTENTION! ALL ALUMNI

If you are planning a change of address please send us your new address in advance of your move.Notifying the Post Office is not enough.-your copies of the LOG BOOK will not be forwarded unlessyou pay extra postage. Your cooperation will be greatly appreciated.

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PlacementService

We are happy to announcethat the COMS placement Ser-vice will continue in the LogBook and the President's News-letter as a central clearing housefor alumni who are seeking newpractice locations and for com-munities seeking physicians.

Please send requests and no-tices of openings to the PublicRelations Director, College ofOsteopathic Medicine and Sur-gery, Sixth at Center, DesMoines, Iowa 50309.

Dr. J. A. Griffith, Powder SpringsHospital, Powder Springs, Georgia,writes that he "needs a good doctorto help run my hospital and office atPowder Springs. The hospital is an8-bed, general medical, with x-ray andlaboratory facilities and an operatingroom equipped for major surgery. Wealso have our own kitchen facilitiesin an adjoining building. I am con-sidering expansion if I can get a goodgeneral practitioner or a surgeon whodoes a general practice as an associ-ate. We have a number of goodschools, churches of all faiths, andplenty of recreational areas in ourvicinity. There is also a lot of in-dustry in our county."

Dr. Margaret K. Gregory, 2115Orchard Ave., Klamath Falls, Oregon,writes: "I would like to move to anarea along the California coastal area.I have built up a very lucrative prac-tice here in this vicinity, and havea modern and attractive office withan apartment above, 60 feet in length,28 feet wide. Klamath Falls is theheart of the hunting and fishing areaof Oregon and is built on the bank ofKlamath Lake, the largest lake inOregon where all sorts of recreationalopportunities abound."

John A. Timm, Acting Administrator,Grand Coulee Dam Area Hospital, Inc.,P. 0. Box H, Grand Coulee, Washing-ton 99133, writes: "We are urgentlyin need of 3 or 4 general practition-ers to provide adequate medical carefor towns without Doctors and whowould make maximum use of ourhospital." He states that the new48-bed rural hospital has opened themedical staff to both M.D.'s and D.O.'s,granting equal staff privileges to bothand adds, "I believe that this is thefirst community hospital in the Stateof Washington that has voluntarilyprovided this opportunity to both pro-fessions."

Dr. Ora E. Niffenegger, (center) dean of the College ofOsteopathic Medicine and Surgery, and Dr. John Seibert (left),assistant professor of Pathology, are shown as they presenteda copy of the book ALCOHOL AND ROAD TRAFFIC to PolkCounty (Iowa) Attorney Harry Perkins.

Dr. Seibert has, during the past three years, run toxicoio-gical determinations for Des Moines and Polk County officials.Because of the new Iowa law governing the sale of liquor by thedrink, Dr. Seibert felt the addition of the book to the CountyAttorney's library would be helpful to him and his staff.

GRINNELL, IOWA, has a goodopening for an osteopathic physician.The former D.O., Dr. Ralph Brooker,passed away on October 6. Grinnell,a college community about 50 mileseast of Des Moines and only 3 milesoff of Interstate 80, is an excellentplace in which to locate. ContactR. S. Kinsey, Trust Officer, ThePoweshiek County National Bank,Grinnell, Iowa, for more information.

E. A. Westbury, 121 Glen Drive,Iowa Falls, la., writes: "We have noOsteopath here (Iowa Falls) sinceDr. Gordon retired and there are manypeople who are anxious to have oneagain." Mr. Westbury listed thesefacts: Iowa Falls is one of the out-standing towns in the state in the6,000 to 10,000 (population) class-is progressive and growing-a n-wwing has been added to the hospitalwhich is well-equipped and well-managed-a splendid school systemwith new and modern buildings in-eludes the third largest Junior Col-lege in Iowa-there are elevenchurches-a rich farming area and atown anyone would like to live in.For further information write to Mr.Westbury.

Dr. R. T. Lustig, Clinic Bulding,43 Lafayette Ave. S.E., Grand Rapids3, Michigan, writes: "Wanted D. 0. totake over a substantial General Prac-tice-8 room office. Best location intown. Near Osteopathic Hospital. Noinvestment required."

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Dr. E. C. Andrews, Founder andDirector, Ottawa Arthritis Hospitaland Diagnostic Clinic, Ottawa Gen-eral Hospital, 900 East Center Street,Ottawa, Illinois, 61350, writes: "Weare interested in securing the servicesof several Osteopathic Physicians tocooperate with a staff of five Osteo-pathic Physicians of the OttawaArthritis Hospital and DiagnosticClinic at Ottawa, Illinois, a RegisteredOsteopathic Hospital. Unusual oppor-tunities for advancement in a modernOsteopathic Hospital in a better thanaverage community. "

KLEMME, IOWA, is looking for adoctor for the community. Klermmeis a progressive north Iowa town ofabout 700 people with a good tradeterritory. A well-equipped hospitalat Belmond, 12 miles from Klemme,is available-also a County Hospitalat Britt, 13 miles from Klermme.Mason City is about 25 miles away.Free rent will be given for one yearand the community is toying with theidea of buying the former doctor'sbrick office building, which is relative-ly new, and giving free rent perma-nently. Prefer to have a Protestantwho would like to live in a congenialcommunity with a new golf courseand people who would rally aroundhim. For further information writeRev. J. E. Albertson, Klemme-Liber-ty Methodist Parish, Klemmre, Iowa.

Alva AND THERE CO.M.S. ALUMNAlvira unsord A lumn L Editor

1903Our heartiest congratulat ins to Dr. Thomas

J. Rudy, Los Angeles, Cai.! At the recentannual meetings of -the American OsteopathicAssoci atio, New Orleans, 90-year old Dr.Ruddy was awarded the AOA DistinguishedService Certification ---the profession's 'highestaward.

1918Dr. C. Denton. Heasley, Tulsa, Okla., was

one of eleven osteopathic physicians andsurgeons to be honored recently at a din-ner of t he Tulsa District Osteopathic As-sociation in. recognition, of their 35 ormore years of practice.

1920Dr., . A. Roulstons Cheyenne, W yo. has

been re-elected secretary-treasurer for theWyoming association of Osteopathic Physici-ans and Surgeons for the 1963-64 term.

1923Dr. Harold E. Clyboumrne, Columbus, Ohio,

was a, speaker for the Americane OsteophaticAcademy of Orthopedics during the annualmeetings of the :Missouri Association ofOsteopathic Physicians and Surgeons at St.Louis, October 25-30. Dr. Clybourne dis-cussed "Surgical Management of Bunions."

Dr'. Clybourne authored the article "Osteo-myelitis" -which appeared in the July 1963issue of the Journal of the Columbus Clini-cal Gro up,

1924Dr. L. A. Crew, Billings, .Mont., has been

installed as president of the Montana Osteo-pathie Association,

1925Dr. J. Paul Leonard, Detroit, Mich., was a

speaker at the 63rd annual meeting of theMissouri Association of Osteopathic Physici-ans and Surgeons at St. Louis, October 25-30.Dr. Leonard was a discussant on. "SurgicalMaanagement of Bunions" at the AmericanOsteopathic Academy of Orthopedics session.

1926Word comes from Dr. Arthur E. Smith,

Youngstown, Ohio, that he has been devotinghis full time during the past year to thecare and treatment of his wife who hasbeen seriously ill.

"'We all hope for her recovery, Dr. Smith."

Dr. Paul F. Benien, Tulsa, Okla., was oneof eleven osteopathic physicians and surgeonsto be honored recently at a dinner of theTulsa District Osteopathic Association in recog-nition of their 35 or rmore years of practice.

1927Dr. M oarion G. Caldwell, Dover, New Hamp-

shire, was re-elected treasurer of the NewHampshire Osteophatic Association.

Dr. Paul T. Barton, Ottawa, Ill., has beennamed a trustee of the Illinois OsteopathicAssociation.

Dr. Ralph T. Van Ness, Columbus, Ohio,wa, a program p rticipant at the CentralState , Osteopathic Society of Proctology an-nual meeting held in Lima, Ohio, Septem-ber 20-21. Dr. Van Nes3 lectured on "OfficeProctology."

1929Dr. Russell M. Wright, Detroit, Mich., of-

ficial physician for the United States WeightLifting Team, and Mrs. Wright attended theworld Championshi MTeet held in Stockholm,Sweden, earlier this year. The followingletter regarding the meeting and the sportcame from Dr. Wright ....

The International Federation of WeightLifting held it's annual competition in Stock-holm, Sweden, from the 6th through the13th of September. I was the official phy-sician for the American team. There wereapproximately 30 countries represented andthe American team took fourth place. Rus-sia came in first place followed by Polandand then Hungary.

When I first attended these world cham-pionship meets there were only two doctorspresent, the Russian doctor and myself. Butat this meet there were 10} doctors namelyfrom. Poland, Hungary, Russia, Egypt, Casa-blanca, Sweden, Finland and India.

Weight Lifting attracts many millions ofpeople as a sport behind the iron curtainwhere in this country it is used very littleas a sport but as a method to developstrength and conditioning for other sports.

1.930Dr. .DW. Hughes, Boise, Idaho, has been

named president of the Idaho Osteopathic As-sociation,

1932Dr. D. D. Olsen, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has

been named president-elect of the AmericanOsteopathic Academy of Sclerotherapy for the1963-64 term.

1933Dr. C. L. Naylor, Ravenna, Ohio, was

elected president of the Portage CountyAcademy of Osteopathic Medicine at thegroup's monthly meetini held in Kent onJune 19. Dr. Naylor, past president of theAOA, was also elected. earlier this year to athree-year term on the National OsteopathicFoundation Board of Directors.

1935Dr. Milton Zimmerman, director of Grand-

view Hospital, Dayton, Ohio, reports that thehospital's division of nuclear medicine labo-ratory is the largest and. most active in theosteopathic profession. Dr. Zimmerman estab-lished his own, laboratory in 1956, then in1959 he established the laboratory at Grand-view Hospital.

It is Dr, Zimmerman's hope that moreD.O.'s will want to enter the field of nuclearmedicine.

He and his staff are presently planningto add isotope scanning procedures to theirproject. Through isotope scanning, doctorsare able to visualize the liver, spleen, andpancreas of -the -patielnt.

Dr. Zimmerman attended. the June 26-29meetings of the Society of Nulclear Medicinein Montreal.

Dr. and Mrs. William Rankin, Sr., Marietta,Ohio, attended the Cranial Conference in

Kansas City, Missouri, on September 21. Dr.Rankin was a lecturer at the meetings.

Dr. W. Clemens Andreen, Wyandotte, Mich.,attended the meeting of the Advisory Boardfor Osteopathic Specialists held in Chicago inlate June.

1936Dr. Ernest 0. Bauman, Salt Lake, City,

Utah, has been elected president of theUtah Osteopathic Association of Medicineand Surgery.

1937Dr. Donald J. Evans, Detroit, Mich., was a

program participant at the annual meetingsof the Missouri Association of OsteopathicPhysicians and Surgeons at St. Louis, Mo.,October 25-30. Dr. Evans lectured on "Sur-gery in the Treatment of Bronchogenic Car-cinoma."

Dr. Evans is also listed as an associateeditor for the JOURNAL, published by theMichigan Association of Osteopathic Physici-ans and Surgeons.

Dr. Joseph W. Peterson, Scottsdale, Ariz.,an associate of the Mesa General Hospital,is a member of the newly-organized Ap-plied Clinical Research Group whose primarygoal is to search for objective evidence thatcan be documented and will demonstrate thespecific application of the osteopathic con-cept.

Dr. James E. Dunham, Akron, Ohio, isone of several flying D.O.'s who is bringinghealth care to the Tarahumara Indians inSierra, Madres mountains of Mexico. Anarticle describing his experiences there earlierthis year appeared in the August 1963 issueof THE BUCKEYE (Ohio Osteopathic As-sociation of Physicians and Surgeons).

Dr. 0. Edwin Owen, Youngstown, Ohio,pathologist, attended a meeting of the Ad-visory Board for Osteopathic Specialists heldin Chicago in late June.

1938Dr. Clive R. Ayers, Atlantic, Iowa, has been

named president of the American Osteo-pathic Academy of Sclerotherapy for the1963-64 term.

Dr. Marcus S. Gerlach, Santa Barbara,Calif., was re-elected secretary-treasurer ofthe Western States Osteopathic Society ofProctology at the group's annual assemblyheld in Denver, Colo., Juno 21-23.

A. C. Parmenter, CollegeH o s p i t a 1 Administrator,proudly hangs the 1963 plaqueawarded to COMS by theUnited Campaign Service ofDes Moines for OutstandingParticipation. COMS was se-lected as one of eight pilotfirms to hold its campaign forfunds in September. Mr.Parmenter, in charge of theCollege campaign, reported anincrease in both the numberof participants and amountcontributed by COMS em-ployees.

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Two COMS publication edi-tors are Lionel Gatien (stand-ing), Southgate, Michigan,and Herbert Gearhart, Hop-kinton, Iowa.

Lionel, a junior, is-for thesecond year-editor of "ThePulse," the student news-paper, issued monthly. He isthe son of Dr. Lionel A.Gatien, a 1941 graduate ofCOMS.

Herbert, a senior, is editorof the "Pacemaker," the col-lege yearbook. Both Lioneland Herbert were staff mern-bers of college newspapersduring their undergraduatecollege years.

COMS Exhibits Travel"Blood Coagulation and con-

trol of Anticoagulant Therapy,"an exhibit illustrating the workof Professor David R. Celander,chairman of the Department ofPhysiology and Chemistry, wasshown at the 36th Annual Clini-cal Assembly of the AmericanCollege of Osteopathic Surgeonsin St. Louis, and "Celestine BlueB as a Nuclear Stain in VaginalExfoliative Cytology," project-ing a paper by Doctors Dzmura,Miroyiannis and Burrows, wasshown at the Wisconsin StateTeachers' Convention in Mil-waukee, November 7-8.

These exhibits were designedand built by E. Lynn Baldwin,chairman of the Department ofMedical Illustration.

1939Dr. Neil R. Kitchen, Detroit, Mich., a mem-

ber of the Committee on Hospitals of theAmerican Osteopathic Association, conducted.the summation and general discussion ses-sion at the workshop held October 27 follow-ing the annual convention of the AmericanCollege of Osteopathic Internists, held inSt. Louis, October 24-26.

Dr. Kitchen is also listed as an AssociateEditor for the JOURNAL, published by theMichigan Association of Osteopathic Physi-cians and Surgeons.

1940Dr. Arthur E. Borchardt, Sunnyside, Wash.,

has been named president-elect of the Wash-ington Ostecpathic Medical Association.

Dr. Paul E. Kimberly, St. Petersburg, Fla.,was program chairman for the Academy ofApplied Osteopathy teaching sessions at theNew Orleans convention, September 30-Octo-ber 3. The theme of the sessions was"Physical Fitness,"

Dr. Alfred A. Ferris, Saginaw, Mich., islisted as an associate editor for the JOURNAL,published by the Michigan Association ofOsteopathic Physicians and Surgeons.

1942Dr. Paul D. Taylor, Dover-Foxcroft, Me.,

has been installed as president of the MaineOsteopathic Association.

Dr. Ronald K. Woods, Des Moines, la.,is a co-author of the article "Sympathicob-lastoma: Discussion and Case Report" whichappeared in the September 1963, issue of theAOA JOURNAL.

1943Dr. John R. Shafer, Denver, Colo., was

program chairman for the American Osteo-pathic College of Pathologists' annual meet-ing in New Orleans, September 30-October 1.

Dr. Gerald A. Dierdorff, Sunnyside, Wash.,has been named a trustee for the Washing-ton Osteopathic Medical Association.

1944Dr. James S. Crane, Milwaukee, Wis., was

program chairman for the American Collegeof General Practioners in Osteopathic Medi-cine and Surgery at the group's annual meet-ings in New Orleans, September 30 - Octo-ber 1. Dr. Crane was recently elected Houserepresentative on the Osteopathic ProgressFund Committee.

1946Dr. Harry B. Elmets, Des Moines, Ia., was

re-elected for an unprecedented third term asChairman of the Certifying Board of theAmerican Osteopathic Board of Dermatolo-gists, and also was named Chairman, of theEducation Committee for the American Osteo-pathic College of Dermatology during thegroup's annual meeting held in New Orleans,September 2.8- October 3.

Dr. John R. Snyder, Dayton, Ohio, attendeda one-week course in "Vaginal Cytology" atthe University Hospital in Columbus. Thecourse, conducted by the obstetrical and gyne-cological departments of the hospital includedlectures and laboratory work.

1947Dr. Erskine H. Burton, Tacoma, Wash., is

serving as treasurer of the Washington Osteo-pathic Medical Association.

1948Dr. W. J. Blackler, Grand Rapids, Mich.,

has been named vice-president of the Cen-tral States Osteopathic Society of Proctologyfor the 1963-64 term. Dr. Blackler was alsoa program participant at the group's annualmeeting held in Lima, Ohio, September 21.He lectured on "Ulcerative Colitis."

1949Dr. Kermit Davidson, Scottsdale, Ariz., an

associate of the Mesa General Hospital, isa member of the newly-organized AppliedClinical Research Group whose primary goalis to search for objective evidence that canbe documented and will demonstrate thespecific application of the osteopathic con-cept.

1950Our congratulations to Dr. M. Louise Miller,

Oakdale, Pa. ! Dr. Miller writes that shehas been chosen to be included in "Who'sWho of American Women." Since finishingher internship in 1951, Dr. Miller has prac-ticed in both Tucson, Ariz., and Duncannon,Pa.

1951"This is one of the finest things our pro-

fession has ever done," said Dr. James G. Lott,Clarion, Ia., when he described the DOCAREprogram to members of the COMS Students'Wives Club at their November meeting.

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Participants in the program are osteopathicphysicians who fly their own planes to bringneeded medical services to the Indians inthe Mexican State of Zacatecas-about 150miles southwest of Chihuahua.

In addition to describing his own experi-ences there, Dr. Lott showed the latest AOAfilm, "Doctors to the Stone Age," that de-picts the work of the DOCARE doctors.

Dr. Lloyd B. Hoxie, Mt. Clemens, Mich.,was installed as president of the Central StatesOsteopathic Society of Proctology for the1963-64 term.

Dr. Dale Dodson, Northfield, Minn., hasbeen appointed by Minnesota Governor KarlF. Rolvaag to the Minnesota State Boardof Medical Examiners. Dr. Dodson is thefirst osteopathic physician to be appointedto the Board. His term will extend until1970.

Dr. Patricia Cottrille, Grand Rapids, Mich.,was a participant on the program for theAmerican College of Osteopathic Pediatrici-ans at the group's meetings in New Orleans,September 28 - October 4. Dr. Cottrille dis-cussed "Common Weaknesses in Pediatric In-tern Training Programs in the Non-CollegeAttached Hospital-Possible Solutions for Im-proved Student Interest in Pediatric Careers."

Dr. John A. Voorhees, Oklahoma City. Okla.,assistant chief of medical staff at Hillcrestosteopathic Hospital, presided over the gradu-ation exercises and dinner for four youngdoctors who finished their one year intern-ships at Hillcrest.

Dr. E. J. Rennoe, Columbus. Ohio, wasauthor of the article "Lesions of the CervicalIntervertebral Disc" which appeared in theJuly 1963 issue of the JOURNAL of theColumbus Clinical Group.

Dr. Sidney Adler, Hallandale, Fla., a mem-ber of the Osteopathic General Hospitalstaff, has been appointed a medical ex-aminer in the Federal Aviation Agency.

Dr. Thomas C. Reed, Tulsa, Okla., was pro-gram chairman for the annual OklahomaOsteopathic Association convention held inOklahoma City. November 19-20-21.

1952Dr. Edward A. Felmlee, Tulsa, Okla., was

a participant on the program for the 63rdannual meeting of the Missouri Associa-tion of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons,October 25-30. Dr. Felmlee was a discussanton "Surgical Management of Dupuytren's Con-

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Eugene C. Herzog, Flint, Mich., participatedin the program at the 63rd annual meetingof the Missouri Association of OsteopathicPhysicians and Surgeons in St. Louis, Octo-ber 25-30. Dr. Herzog lectured on "Treat-ment of Fractures of Tibia, Including Ankle"at the American Osteopathic Academy ofOrthopedics session.

Dr. Herzog is also listed as an associateeditor for the JOURNAL, a publication ofthe Michigan Association of Osteopathic Phy-sicians and Surgeons.

1953Dr. Arthur Simon, Des Moines, Ia., was a

speaker for the American College of Osteo-pathic Surgeons (Urology Section) meetingduring the 63rd annual convention of theMissouri Association of Osteopathic Physici-ans and Surgeons at St. Louis, October 25-30.Dr. Simon spoke on "Ureteric Pathology."

Dr. Milton Dakovich, Des Moines, Ia., wasprogram chairman for the 10th annual PolkCounty Clinical Conference held in Des Moines,October 9. The conference was sponsoredby the Polk County Society of OsteopathicPhysicians and Surgeons.

Dr. Paul H. Ribbentrop, St. Clair Shores,Mich., is listed as an associate editor for theJournal, published by the Michigan Associa-tion of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons.

1954Dr. S. A. Gabriel, Dayton, Ohio, has been

certified in general Surgery by the certifyingboard of the American College of OsteopathicSurgeons. Dr. Gabriel served his internshipand residency at Grandview Hospital.

Dr. Stanley Nelson, Wyandotte, Mich., re-ceived a certificate of membership in theAmerican College of Osteopathic Internists atthe group's 23rd annual convention held inSt. Louis, Mo., October 24-26.

1955Dr. Richard Lee Schwan, Condon, Ore., was

recently appointed Health Officer and Medi-cal Examiner (Coroner) for Gilliam County,Ore. He is also the Local Registrar ofVital Statistics and Consultant to the Se-lective Service Board for that area.

1956Dr. Robert Ho, Des Moines, Ia., chairman

of the COMS Department of Orthopedics, wasa speaker at the annual meeting and edu-cational seminar of the Canadian OsteopathicAssociation held in Toronto, Canada, November7-9.

1957Congratulations to Dr. Richard W. Pullum,

Corpus Christi, Tex.! Dr. Pullum receiveda request for a copy of his article, "A NewRectal Radium Applicator," which appearedin the December 1962 issue of The JournalOf The AOA, to be abstracted for the Nu-clear Science Abstracts.

1959Dr. Charles F. Libell, Columbus, Ohio,

was co-author of the article "Current TrendsIn Otology" which appeared in the July 1963issue of the Journal of the Columbus ClinicalGroup.

1960Dr. William Lavendusky, Tulsa, Okla., re-

viewed the book SYNOPSIS OF ROENTGENSIGNS by Isadore Meschan, M.A., M.D., withthe assistance of R.M.F. Farrer-Meschan,M.B., B.A., (Melbourne, Australia), M.D. (W.B. Saunders Company, Phila., Pa.) for theOctober 1963 issue of the AOA Journal.

Dr. Dawin C. Sprague, Johnston, Colo.,has been named president of the NorthernColorado Osteopathic Association.

1961Dr. Moneta White and Dr. James E. White,

Scottsdale, Ariz., are members of the newly-organized Applied Clinical Research Groupwhose primary goal is to search for ob-jective evidence that can be documentedand will demonstrate the specific applica-tion of the osteopathic concept. Both doctors

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are associated with the Mesa General Hospi-tal-Dr. James White is research director.

Dr. James White is the author of the article"Pubic Malalignment and Its Relationshipto Other Pelvic Lesions" which appeared inthe September 1963, issue of the AOA Journal.

Congratulations! to Dr. and Mrs. Paul Glass-man, Miami Beach, Fla., on the birth of adaughter, Pamela Ann, on October 1, 1963.

1962Congratulations! to Dr. and Mrs. Elwyn D.

Crawford, Lake Orion, Mich., on the birthof a daughter, Lisa Marie, on June 7, 1963.

Win AOP AwardsThe announcement of the win-

ners of the 1963 awards for os-teopathic periodicals showingthe greatest improvement dur-ing the past year was made bythe Association of OsteopathicPublications at the AOA annualconvention in New Orleans.

Dr. Herbert A. Goff, Eliza-beth, New Jersey, editor of THEJOURNAL, published by theNew Jersey Association of Os-teopathic Physicians and Sur-geons, was awarded first place,and Stan Misunas, Park Ridge,Illinois, editor of THE OSTEO-PATHIC HOSPITAL, publishedby the American OsteopathicH o s p i t a Association, wasawarded second place.

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Student Doctors Aid o cal TeamsThe opening of the 1963 bes Moines and Polk

County (Iowa) high school football season in Sep-tember found the COMS FOOTBALL FIRST-AIDMEN ready to go!

Under the supervision of Dr. Byron Laycock,chairman of the COMS department of PhysicalMedicine and Rehabilitation, the program of pro-viding Football First-Aid Men to high schoolteams actually began twenty-four years ago, buthas been intensified during the past few years.COMS junior and senior student doctors, in teamsof 5 or 6, attend all football practice sessions, andteams of 2 or 3 attend the regularly scheduledgames, both at home and away. COMS freshmenand sophomore students may report at practicesessions to observe.

COMS Football First-Aid Men include in theirservices all taping of injured players; administer-ing first aid to lacerations; setting up exerciseprograms for the rehabilitation of the injured,and instructing players so they can do their ownrehabilitation exercises. If further medical treat-ment is needed for a player, he is taken to hisfamily physician or, with permission of his par-ents, to the clinic or a hospital.

Student Doctortapes footballplayer under

supervision ofcoach.

High schools participating in the COMS first-aid program include North, East, Tech and Lin-coln high schools in Des Moines, Valley highschool at West Des Moines, and Polk City andNorwalk high schools.

"The first-aid program serves a two-fold pur-pose," explains Dr. Laycock. "It gives valuabletraining to our student doctors and provides afine health service for the high school teams."

C 0 M S Football First-AidMen include (back row, leftto right) Dr. Byron Laycock,Chairman of the Departmentof Physical Medicine andRehabilitation; R o b e r t E.McDonald, R o b e rt Sims,Harlen C. Hunter, Jerold M.Lynn, Arthur Lieberman,Albert F. Marz, Floyd J.Miller, (front row, left toright) Ronald R. Ganellli,Richard H. Sherman, PerryM. Dworkin, Lionel J. Ga-tien, Elliott P. Feldman.

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