Temple University School of Medicine - Skull Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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collecting Indian relics. With the aid of the local district commissioner of highways, who was an amateur archealogist and paleontologist, he made discoveries of remnants of early American Indian civilization, which were worthy enough to be donated to the University of Nebraska. To this day, Dr. Lauby has retained this avid interest in Ameri- cana, and as a hobby enjoys reading historical accounts of the Pony Express, the American Indian. and the early cattle business. In 1942. Dr. Lauby received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Nebraska. Three years later through an accelerated program at the University of Nebraska School of Medicine, he was awarded his Doctor of Medicine degree. He chose Philadelphia General Hospital in which to do his internship where lie first came in contact with the men who would shortly be his colleagues in Temple's Department of Surgery. In 1946. he entered the United States Air Force when he attended flight surgeon school and did research in acrophysiology. He was sent to Randolph Field in San Antonio, Texas, where he became the Chief of the Professional Division of the Fourth Air Force. 9

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of Oregon cumbersomely made their trails to the future. The Pony Express ran through Bridgeport on its way from Fort Sidney to the Black Hills of South Dakota during its brief, but colorful existence. It was here that the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians had encampments long before their immortality was secured in Cinemascope and Technicolor. Such an environment was bound to make an unforgettable impression on a growing boy. In his youth, Dr. Lauby enjoyed searching for and The atmosphere at Temple has been for the past four years filled with the promise of the future. We have all in some measure become cocnizant of the intentions of the administration to expand, improve, and mold Temple into one of the major medical centers in the country. Indeed, we have watched some of these intentions become realities in the form of concrete and glass. Imbued with this spirit of the future, we, the Senior Class, have selected to dedicate our yearbook to a man, who in our estimation, will play an integral role in the Temple renaissance. By some standards he is young and his tenure has been short, but by our standards his enthusiastic interest in teaching and concern for the student has won our respect and affection. This man is Vincent W. Lauby, M.D. Dr. Lauby was bom in Sterling, Colorado. His family moved to Bridgeport, Nebraska, shortly after his birth. Bridgeport with its population of 1,100 is situated on the North Platte River. It is along this river that the Mormons and the settlers Dedication of the 1964 Skull to Vincent W. Lauby, M.D. 8

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The years 1948-50 were spent as a Fellow in Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic, and were followed by three more years there as a resident in Thoracic Surgery. It was during his residency at the Cleveland Clinic that Dr. Lauby met his wife, who was a technician in the Department of Cytology. They were married in 1953. That same year he came to Episcopal Hospital in Philadelphia for an additional year of residency in thoracic surgery. At Episcopal he once again became associated with members of Temple’s Department of Surgery. In 1954, at the bidding of Dr. H. Taylor Caswell, Dr. Lauby joined the staff at Temple. With his appointment at Temple, Dr. Lauby was now ready to develop the interest in teaching he had acquired while still an intern. His desire to remain in academic medicine had been fulfilled. While here at Temple his special interest has been pulmonary surgery, although he does general surgery, also. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Thoracic Surgery, as well as, a member of several other surgical and medical societies. Our first contact with Dr. Lauby came in the Sophomore Year during the second semester lectures in Surgery. In our Junior Year, he lectured to us at Philadelphia General during our service in pulmonary diseases and in the Junior Correlated Conference series. As Seniors, we have spent many hours with Dr. Lauby on the wards, on the private service, and in various conferences. Dr. Lauby and his wife have two daughters — Jean Elizabeth, age 8, and Nancy Gillett, age 6. His time at home is spent in gardening, stamp collecting, and enjoying his family and friends, in addition to pursuing his aforementioned interest in the American West. He has travelled extensively in the western United States and in Canada, and returns as often as possible to Nebraska to visit his parents, who arc still living there. We are confident that Dr. Vincent W. Lauby has many fruitful years ahead of him at Temple. We are certain that he will continue to demon- 10