Loma Linda University - Priorities Yearbook (Loma Linda, CA)

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Frederick Griggs, President of the Board of Trustees and Choir- man of the Board of Directors AIIIVII he College of Medical Evangelists was founded to make more effective the ministry of Sev- enth-day Adventists. As Christ approached the spir- itual needs of his people by relieving their physical ailments, so the Church has found men more receptive to its message where it has conducted strong medical work. The aim of the College is to train Christian doctors and nurses who will witness by their words and deeds of the life of Christ. Some graduates enter denomina- tional work directly, staffing sanitoriums and hospitals throughout the world. Others advance the interests of the Church by living consistent Christian lives, minis- tering to the needs of their communities in private practice. The Board of Trustees guides school policy to ensure that those who leave the school represent its principles and have the highest professional competence. It is composed of medical men and laymen with educa- tional and administrative experience. Some are lead- ers in the General Conference of Seventh-day Advent- ists, others are directors of sister educational and medi- cal institutions. Their spiritual leadership in the denom- 12 ISlIiflllll ination has never been questioned. That they are pro- gressive and aware of the medical needs of the College has been demonstrated in recent months. The Board voted to expand the facilities at Los Angeles with a new hospital, clinic, and educational Percy T. Magun, M.D. i facilities on a new campus large enough to permit growth. It inaugurated a School of Tropical and Pre- ventive Medicine, now functioning in embryo and soon l to have a large, new building at Loma Linda and fa- cilities in tropical countries for clinical teaching. It

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lHl PlilSllli VS IVllSS.lllii he success of an institution is most accu- rately measured by how well it attains its objectives. Seventh-day Adventists have always considered the cure and prevention of disease as having a direct relationship to the gospel of the Great Physician and Redeemer. It is because of this belief that the church operates the College of Medical Evangelists, some seventy sanitariums and hospitals, and eighty-four dispensaries and treatment rooms in various parts of the world. One of the functions of the College of Medical Evangelists is to furnish well-trained doctors, nurses, dietitians, and technicians to form the professional nuclei of these institutions. However, in a broader sense the objective of the College is to carry the gospel of health to those who need it. lt is the ideal of the College that its graduates use their medical abilities not only to earn a living for themselves, but also to raise the standards of health and morality in this and in foreign countries. During the war years the College of Medical Evan- gelists and its alumni did their jobs well. Nearly one thousand medical alumni and many nurses, dietitians, and technicians found their assignments in the Army, Navy, and Public Health Service. Many of these men and women, having the spirit of the medical mis- sionary and having seen in military experience the needs in other countries for their services, will return to those areas. Many have already done so and are living up to the traditions which have been estab- lished by alumni who have gone before. When one realizes that the type of work which is carried on by the denomination is being multiplied many times through the activities of the majority of graduate physicians, nurses, dietitians, and techni- cians who are working privately or in connection with other institutions, one begins to realize the potential value of the College of Medical Evangelists to the broader functions of the denomination. ln the main, its alumni have accomplished their objectives and have justified their training. Stimulated by the requests of alumni returning from the war, from the mission fields, or from other locations, CME has established a Graduate School of Medicine for those who desire preparation for more effective medical work. Although somewhat limited by facilities, the various courses are well planned, effectively operated, and extremely popular. As one considers the past, surveys the present, and searches the future, he sees a professional school which has grown soundly and well, but which will need additional facilities to enable it to continue to perform its duties and to attain the objectives for which it was established. The near future will demon- strate evidence of the continued loyalty of the de- nomination, of the alumni, and of friends as they cooperate to assist the College of Medical Evangelists toward the ultimate accomplishment of its goal. Dr. Macpherson discusses ways and means of getting through National Board Examinations ,r 11

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approved plans for the Newton Evans Foundation, an independent corporation run by alumni and men of the General Conference. The Foundation will establish a private patient clinic on the new campus in Alham- bra. lt will assist in training graduate physicians and contribute financial support to the College of Medical Evangelists. The President of the Board is Frederick Griggs, an educator who has spent his life in administration of denominational enterprises. Percy T. Magan, M.D., President Emeritus, has since l9l6 given aggressive leadership to the advancement of the school. Until ill health forced his retirement he worked continually to raise the quality of the school and has strengthened the position of the school with the medical profession. Walter E. Macpherson, M.D., followed Dr. Magan in the presidency. He holds the respect of medical men and students as clinician, teacher, and philosopher. He faces the duty of steering the school through the travail attending the expansion now beginning. G. S. Luther The Seventh-day Adventist denomination is not wealthy and, in general, does not have a wealthy constituency. Financially it has no business sponsoring a medical school. For physician training is very expen- sive and cannot possibly be paid for by the student. In fact, at CME, in spite of one of the highest tuition rates in the country, the student pays less than half his training cost. In the past the General Conference of Seventh-day Aclventists has contributed heavily to the School. The profits from the White Memorial Hospital and the Loma Linda Sanitarium and Hospital which the school owns have been one mainstay. The Loma Linda Foun- dation, a corporation formed to handle annuities, trust agreements, and other gifts, has contributed about a million dollars to the school during the last decade. Mr. Glenn Luther, comptroller of the College, and Mr. Otis A. Hudson, treasurer of the College and manager of the Loma Linda Foundation, have the responsibility of building a financial structure that Otis A. Hudson will pace the school as it expands physically and med- ically and attempts by more aggressive research to contribute to the world something of significance. lt is difficult to choose from among a large and loyal host men and women to mention publicly as aiding the march of CME. The desire to make the book rep- resentative has been the rule most frequently used. As you read further, realize that between each line and behind each picture are many others who with unselfishness and devotion have macle possible the march of CME. Carla Ermshar and Hazel McNemar of the accounting department