volume three, number forty-one october 7, 1973 tupw

volume three, number forty-one october 7, 1973

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SCREEN COMMITTEE FOR DEAN OF MEDICINE BEGINS WORK

Dr. Victor

~c~ey,

chairman and__2rofessor of dermatology

and~rman

^{of the}

sear~h and screen committee recently appointed by President Ryan. states

"The task of this committee is formidable, but I am confident that the

committee will be able to accomplish its mission efficiently and with dispatch."

Hackney said, "It is essential that there be a broad perspective in seeking suitable candidates for this important post and that every effort be made to identify the most qualified individual possible to lead our medical school programs in the years to come."

Dr. Hackney invites all interested individuals to submit, by memo, names of prospective candidates either directly to him or to any member of the search and screen committee. The appointed members of the committee are:

v """or.

James Ashmore, Chairman, Department of Pharmacology

William Beeson, President, Sophomore Medical School Class William Breneman, Waterman Professor of Zoology

r. Patrick Corcoran, Director, Evansville, Center for Medical Education Walter Daly, Chairman, Department of Medicine

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Joe Dukes, Dugger, Indiana

James Gosman, Associate Professor of Dermatology Morris Green, Chairman, Department of Pediatrics Elizabeth Grossman, Dean, School of Nursing

Charles Hunter, Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology John Jesseph, Chairman, Department of Surgery

John Johnson, President, Student Council School of Medicine Ralph McDonald, Dean, School of Dentistry

Ward Moore, Associate Dean for Basic Medical Sciences

George Rapp, 508 Hume Mansur Building, Indianapolis, IN 46204 J. 0. Ritchey, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Medicine Ewald Selkurt, Chairman, Department of Physiology

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MOVED

The IUPUI Chancellor's Office has moved to the ground floor of the Union

Building. Names and telephone extensions of administrators in the new location are:

Dr. Glenn W. Irwin, Jr., Chancellor, 4417

Dr. Edward C. Moore, Executive Vice-Chancellor, 4434

Dr. John C. Buhner, Vice-Chancellor and Dean of the Faculties, 8974

Dr. Jack M. Ryder, Vice-Chancellor and Dean for Administrative Affairs, 3822 (continued)

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Arthur D. Lautzenheiser, Business Manager, 7364

Dr. Maynard K. Hine, former IUPUI Chancellor, remains at 1219 West Michigan Street. Dr. Hine will head a newly established Office of the Indiana University Foundation in Indianapolis. His new posts are Special Consultant to the President and Executive Associate of the Foundation.

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CANCER SYMPOSIUM CONVENES

A national conference on the cancers of childhood will be held in Indianapolis this week under the sponsorship of the Indiana University School of Medicine and the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital fo~ Children.

The two-day meeting, opening Thursday at Stouffer's In<lianapolis Inn, will present advances in the diagno?is and treatment of children's cancers through discussions by authorities from the I.U. medical school and other major centers throughout t\e United States.

will address the meetin at Tickets for the banquet cost

research in children's cancer, the Tickets are available from Dr. Jay

couple and will be sold second leading cause of L. Grosfeld at the I.U.

a ban uet on Thursda • to raise funds for death i~ children.

Medical Center.

Visiting panelists include some of the nation Is leadin.g resea~ch arid clinical authorities on childhood cancers: Dr. H. William Clatworthy Jr., Ohio State University College of Medicine; Dr. Robert M. Filler, Harvard University School of Medicine and chief of clinical surgery at Boston's Children's Hospital Medical Center; Dr. Alvin M. Mauer, medical director of Memphis' St. Jude's Children's Hospital; Dr. William Newton Jr., Ohio State University College of Medicine;

Dr. Judson G. Randolph, chief surgeon at Children's Hospital of Washington, D.C.;

Dr. Lucius F. Sinks, chief of cancer research at Buffalo's Roswell Park Memorial Hospital, and Dr. Melvin Tefft of Harvard University School of Medicine.

The program is directed by two members of the I.U. School of Medicine faculty, Dr. Jay L. Grosfeld, professor of pediatric surgery, and Dr. Robe_rt L~--~-a~b:n~~.

associate professor of pediatrics.

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PUT IT IN WRITING

A book to teach dentists how to help .their patients stay away from dentists has

\ton its three authors, all members of the School of Den..tistry faculty, a ~!91

merit award from tTh American Dental Ass ciati n.. The book, Preventive Dentistry

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in Action, was \'fri n by Dr. Simon atz, rofessor of preventive dentistry;

Dr. James L. ~ al Jr,, assistant professor of preventive dentistry, and Dr.

Ge9rge K. SthQkey: ~Gciate professor of preventive dentistry.

Dr. Eugene E,

Lev~t,'\iirector

of the section of psychology and professor of

clinical psychology, has written a chapter in a book called Issml; in Abnormal Child Psychology (Brooks/Cole Publishing Company). The chapter deals with "Research on Psychotherapy with Children."

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Dr. Michael R.

C~sociate

professor of education, has had an article reprinted in a book of readings currently being used at the University of

Nebraska. ~article is called "Developing a Teacher's Awarness of Children."

Dr. K. V.

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associate professor of physics, is a co-author of an article published in the Proceedings of the International Conference on pi-pi Scattering, held at Florida State University.

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MEDICAL NURSING SERVICES SEARCH AND SCREEN COMMITTEE NAMED

A search and screen committee has be a ointed to seek a Chairman of Medical Nursing Services, as Mrs. Norma Rader, R.N., will be leaving that position

shortly to accept a position with the University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics.

The committee's membership includes:

~Anne

P. Black, R.N., Assistant Director of Hospitals for Nursing Services

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Ms. Frances Hellman, R.N., Senior Associate Director, Nursing Services Ms. Rosemary Baker, R.N., Coordinator for Unit 4 South, Medical Nursing )'Ms.

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Sally Knox, R.N., Educational Coordinator, Medical Nursing Services Margaret Arnold, R.N., General staff nurse, Medical Nursing Services 'Qr. Elizabeth Grossman, Dean and Professor, School of Nursing,

or her designate

/ Mr. Robert Terrill, Director of Hospitals

Dr. Walter Daly, Chairman of the Department of Medicine

Names of possible candidates should be directed to Ms. Black, Room C-112, University Hospital.

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DR. McBURNEY APPOINTED

'\.,1be Office of Sponsored Programs announced the appointment of Dr. Wendell F.

\/'"M'CBurney as assistant dean, Dr. McBurney's responsibilities will include working

with the non-health area faculties to develop funding for individual and multi- disciplinary research, education and service programs. He also will serve as academic analyst with ICFAR where he will be involved in an evaluation of industrial needs for education programs in Indianapolis.

Before joining the IUPUI faculty, Dr. McBurney was co-ordinator for school science at IUB. His experience in that position has included the development and

administration of various programs in science education.

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McMASTER MEMORIAL

A large number of

alUV19~re

present for the Friday

aft~noon

^{memorial service}

for Mrs. Florence R. McMaster, librarian and professor o law at the Indianapolis Law School. Mrs. McMaster died July 16 at Malibu, Califp ia. Participants included President John W. Ryan and Chancellor Glenn

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Irw~n.

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JEANNETTE MATTHEW

LIBRARIAN, SCHOOL OF LIBERAL ARTS

42C BLAKE STREET

•A News Bureau Publication •

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Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis 1100 West Michigan Street

Indianapolis. Indiana 46202 .

Eulogies were read by Virginia Dill McCarty and Professor R. Bruce Townsend.

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CALENDAR CHECK-OFF

Exbibits -- Pharmacy displays this week in University Hospital will be Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp on Monday, G. D. Searle

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Company on Wednesday, and Upjohn Company on Friday. Displays in Riley Hospital will be Abbey Rents on Wednesday and Lederle Laboratories on Friday. Exhibit hours are 8:30 a.m. to

3:30 p.m.

TUNE IN -- Dr. John T. Li.ell, acting director of the General Assistance Center, will talk about his unique mandate on the IUPUI Magazine. The center is

assisting nine Indiana school corporations as they adopt desegregation plans.

The program will be heard on WIAN-FM (90.1) Sunday, Oct. 7 at 9:30 a.m. and Friday, Oct. 12 at 6:30 p.m.

Monday -- "The Effect of Topical Applications of Dimethylsulfoxide on M'Qrris Hepatoma 3924A Prior to Treatment with 5-Fluorouracil, 6-Mercaptopurine, and X Irradiation," Biochemistry Faculty Seminar by Professor George T. Giffor'd, Medical Science Building, Room 326, 4 p.m • . (3:45 coffee)

Tuesday -- "Clinical Application of Impecl-Q.nce Cardiography," Physiology Departmental Seminar by Dr. William Kubice\ from the Institute of

Rehabilitative Medicine at the University of Minnesota - Medical Science Building, Room 205, 4 p.m.

Tuesday -- "Studies on Heredity of Clubfoot," by Robert M. Palmer, associate professor, Medical Genetics Seminar, Riley Research 138, 4 p.m.

Thursday -- A special program for physicians and medical assistants is scheduled at the Indiana State Medical Association Convention Center, (room 104, 9 a.m.

no registration fee -- free luncheon). This program purpose is to promote efficiency within medical practice and to inform office personnel of current issues. Program agenda is listed in the September I.S.M.A. Journal.

Friday -- "Preparation and Metabolic Behavior of IsoJ.a'ted Liver Cell,"

Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar, by Tsia-Feng Wu, graduate student, Medical Science Building, Room 326, 4 p.m. (coffee 3:45).

Friday -- An evening of African arts will be presented at the Herron Auditorium at 8 p.m. The free program will offer dance, music, poetry, film and visual art.

Late Flash • The Indiana Program for Statewide Medical Education is covered in a major artd laudatory report published in the Oct. 1 issue of American Medical News.

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