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

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. i l I l . - -- ., ,A FI,- TTIEI EMKBHBCND 'CCI EHR Our cover design graphically illustrates that public health is a field of many varied activities rather than a profession per se. Many professions have been drawn into this field in the last century and apparently the end is not yet in sight. The links in the chain point up the interdependence and complexity of our world and its reflection in our field. The interdependence of the professions has not been the result of a plan. Rather the problems requiring solution have fashioned and continue to shape this inter-relatedness. Many new problems are in turn posed by this need for hitherto unrelated professions to work together. This in itself serves to emphasize the great necessity for planning not only for the present but also for the future. The old ideas of 'every man for himself' and 'every community shall take care of its own' are clearly no longer viable in public health. Among the new features stimulated by the problems of collabora- tion and planning are: the concepts of consciousness and awareness of ourselves and our publics, deep thinking about our priorities and our general direction. These are social concepts. Therefore, one may say that public health has emerged as a social field both in respect to its end goals and in its modus operandi. This is true in an international sense as well as on local and national levels. 1962 Those nations which still battle primarily against infectious disease have been greatly influenced by the experience of the more developed nations. They wish to progress rapidly in all areas and health is necessarily high on their agendas. We see many evidences of the international aspects of the health movement and the ease with which it crosses national boundaries, for example, the many nations represented at our schoolg the widespread use of Sabin oral polio vaccine in the Soviet Uniong the deep influence of British experience in stimulating the mental hospital reform movement in the United Statesg and the international collaboration in communicable disease reporting. The recognition of the enormous present and prospective hazard to the health of all mankind attendant upon the use of atomic weapons has undoubtedly acted as the chief deterrent to a new war. Therefore,one may be entitled to say that health activities and awareness are today acting as a countervalent force to political strife and division among nations. This may he something new under the sun! It appears that so far, the situation has primarily dictated the terms: interdependence, collaboration among professions, internationalism, and a somewhat tense peace. Would it not be a great good if men them- selves could begin to dictate the terms of their own welfare on a grand scale? If by conscious and planful action we could fashion another symbolic chain of clasped hands extending across all boundaries, we might raise the curtain on a new era of undreamed of achievement for the people's health. - Raymond Lemer

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WeDedica As an expression of our high regard for her as physician, administrator, public servant, teacher, and devoted friend of the student body, we dedicate this yearbook to Dr. Margaret W. Barnard. A graduate of Smith College and the Cornell Uni- versity School of Medicine, 'wp . , -ti Dr. Barnard earned the degree of Doctor of Public Health from johns Hopkins University. She joined the faculty of the Columbia Uni- VCl'Sify School of Public Health and Administrative Medicine in 1951, after many years of broad professional experience in clinical and administrative medicine and in research. Dr. Barnard has held such posts as Director of the Office of District MARGARET W. BARNARD Health Administration for M.D., Dr. P.H. the New York City Depart- ment of Health, Medical Dir- ector of the Bellevue-Yorkville Health Center Demonstration, and Member of the Milbank Memorial Fund Research Staff. In private life, she is Mrs. Gerald S. English, the mother of three and the grandmother of four. As Associate Professor in the Division of Public Health Practice, Dr. Bar- nard has earned the deep respect of her colleagues and of the numerous Public Health students who come to Columbia each year and find her a warm,wise friend and a devoted, interested teacher. With this dedication, we hope to demonstrate some small measure of our esteem for her. Class 0f1962