Columbia University School of Public Health - Yearbook (New York, NY)

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'r ,qu W' ' 'D X , , .pv I lvl cf ': EE . Q if 1. EE A- .,et .Q ' ' I w L.: ,- pg. .5 ,,,. ir. HE s Ourselves, Our Environment and Our Future Five continents-Africa, the two Americas, Asia and Europe-are represented at the Columbia School of Public Health and Administrative Medicine in the academic year that is endingg also to be remembered is the fact that this truly international graduating class of 1960 is the largest in the history of the School. These two factors could have resulted in many points of friction within the somewhat narrow confinement of the overcrowded building in which we have heard a variety of lecturers, attended many seminars, organized frequent so- cial events and, unfortunately, presented ourselves for examination. But, looking back over the past year, we can say without hesitation that a more congenial and co-operative group would be difficult to find. History of the School Beginning in 1754 as King's College Cafter George IIJ, and with its name changed to Columbia College in 1784, Columbia University has had a medical faculty since the same period. However, as one would expect, in view of the comparatively recent history of Public Health as a specialty, the giving of formal instruction in this field has only occurred in this century. A bequest in the will of Joseph R. DeLamar provided the necessary financial support to establish an Institute of Public Health in 1921, with Dr. Haven Emerson as the first full- 4

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THE FACULTY We regret that some familiar faces are absent from the photographs of the Faculty on this page. To find a single day and hour when all Faculty members could be together is almost impossible: however. the attendance at the monthly faculty meeting at which these photographs were taken was the highest for many months. .Q fag Front row, left to right: Dr. Edward Suchman, Dr. George Rosen, Dr. Harold Brown, Dr. Bea- trice Mintz, Phyllis B. Michelsen. Dr. John Fertig. Dr. Elmer Severinghaus. Back row, left to right: Raymond Sloan, William Thomas, Dr. Roger Williams, Dr. George Saiger, Dr. Eric Oster- berg, Dr. David Sanders, Dr. Morton SChV'6ltZ61',D1'. Arthur Ladd. 7 f 6 6 I Q s Front row. left to right: Harold Baumgarten, Dr. Mary Dunn, Miss Louise Gerold, Dr. Kathleen Hussey, Dr. Frances Gearing. Mrs. Anna Gelman. Back row, left to right: Dr. Jack Elinson, Dr. Leonard Goldwater. Dr. Clement Clay, Dr. Morris Jacobs, Dr. Alvin Jacobson, Dr. Mabel Ingalls. Dr. E. Gurney Clark. Dr. George James, 3

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time faculty member. In 1945, the Institute became a School , and in 1955, the Institute of Administrative Medicine qfounded in 19501 was combined with the School so that the present structure was established. Life in The City What of the city in which we have spent the past nine months? Each of us will natur- ally have his or her own special memories of New York, but it is certain that we can all agree that it is a great city in a great hurry. When Manhattan was bought in 1626 from the Al- gonquin Indians for twenty-four dollars, it must have appeared extremely small and valueless in comparison to the neighboring mainland: to-day, it has the proportions of a universe. When the majority of us arrived in New York, perhaps the most confusing problem was travelling on the subway-gradually, however, after wasting time on buses or walking innumerable miles, we became New Yorkers and were able to skilfully find our way along the subterranean routes. Becoming accustomed to the vibration and noise of the city quickly followed, al- though the roar from the city below, especially with a window open, would often provide us with an excuse land time to thinkj for asking to have a question repeated in a seminar. N o Foreigners Here No foreigner in New York need feel an exile for long. This city is made up of small towns, villages and settlements in which can be found nearly every nationality and custom in the world. For example, a stranger, whether he be from Manila or London, San Juan or Cairo, is certain to find, somewhere in this metropolis, a restaurant to transport him to the gastronomical delights of home. In New York, every kind of interest can be satisfied: it is a center to which many people and professions naturally migrate, it contains famous banks, foundations, stores and places of entertainment, it is the one great world city. We may con- sider ourselves fortunate that we have been able to combine the experience of living here with that of acquiring a degree. ' Looking Ahead In our future positions in the broad fields of public health and administrative medicine, we will face some of the problems which we have been Warned are likely to exist in our special- ties. These problems, of course, will be constantly changing so that our programs will have to be modified to meet the needs of our society, whether this is in a large urban area or in a poorly-developed rural community. The ideas to which we have been exposed and the tech- niques that we have learned during the past year should help us to find solutions to these difficulties, In to-day's ever-changing world, with its many unsolved political, economic and social questions, it is to be hoped that the spirit of internationalism, that has grown up among us, will continue to produce effective and practical results in our chosen field of health. 5