SUNY Downstate Medical Center - Iatros Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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ROBERT A. MOORE became the President of the State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, and Dean of the School of Medi- cine in 1957. Since joining the faculty, he has furthered a number of ambitious projects. Seeking a personal approach in medical training, he made the faculty responsible for the training of house officers at Kings County Hospital. Expand- ing this principle, he widened the medical school's involvement in clinical teaching facilities, result- ing in a greater association with affiliated hospi- tals. Under the guidance of Dr. Moore, the medical school library successfully merged with the Brooklyn Academy of Medicine and has now become one of the most complete medical col- lections in the country. He also supported the introduction of computers in order to raise the standards of hospital care, and encouraged the now President Hill along such lines. As a clinician, Dr. Moore authored a textbook of Pathology, and contributed more than one hundred articles to the medical literature. As an administrator, his prime interests lay in devising methods of keeping hospitals abreast of relevant advances in other areas. At the Student Council Dinner in May of 1966, Dr. Moore commented that his only wish was to have had more personal contact with the medical students. Unfortunately, he remarked, the administrative and clinical duties took up too much of the timef' Dr. Moore, in retiring from his post after nine years, leaves an admirable legacy of progress to his successor. Having just completed a series of medical meetings in Japan, .-he is to become the next Medical Director of the National Fund for Medical Education, and the President of the Medical Society of the County of Kings CBrook- lyn, New Yorkl. This continued vigorous activity reflects the energy and breadth of interest of this man throughout his entire career. We wish him health, happiness, and success in all his new endeavors.

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On September 1, 1966, JOSEPH K. HILL assumed office as Downstate's new President and Dean. A product of Dartmouth and Yale, and serving here in several capacities since 1956, he has filled teaching and administrative positions at Upstate, Yale, and Southem Connecticut. In ten years, he has been responsible for the operation of all administrative departments within the Med- ical Center, expanding these in number and scope to accommodate its growth. Accomplishments include creating an independent Persormel Office, separating the offices of Admissions and Student Affairs, and establishment of the Computing Center, thereafter developing and expanding its use in research and administration. He originated and developed the THOMIS CTotal Hospital and Medical Information Systemj, linking all services and patient care in the new University Hospital. The son of the late Clyde M. Hill, Sterling Professor of Education at Yale, Dr. Hill's back- ground and training provide him with distinct advantages in accomplishing his mission here: developing a total university bio-medical center. With expansion to 2000 students and 3700 faculty and employees a future goal, present plans project a College of Nursing, a College of Health-Related Professions, and, most important, a Graduate School. The possibility of an integrated program combining the last two years of college and the first two of medical school, is to be studied in the future. Though the College of Medicine has reached maximum working size fwith no future expansion plannedj, it will remain dominant, the sharing of the campus providing the medical student with valuable additional stimulation. The great responsibility assumed by a physician within a community, together with the accom- panying respect given him, is an area of large concern to Dr. Hill. He feels ,the physician is often thrust into positions of leadership, whether de- sired or not, and should, therefore, be well in- formed and broadly educated. Accordingly, fol- lowing classes will see the introduction of mind- stretching experiences, including exposure to visiting scholars from other fields, in addition to those of medicine and health. Visits will be both formal and informal, many guests living on cam- pus for a time. As the new recreation facilities are completed, cultural programs including perform- ing arts will be added. Viewing the future of his specialty, Dr. Hill dismisses fears of impersonal or push-button,' medicine, explaining the increased use of com-