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

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The Life Cycle of a Public I-Iea1th1'1ik's Education Begin with alert, energetic raw material Provide a bright, cheerful, firesafe classroom environment End with alert, energetic well-done material Add faculty Keep student interest alive Insure good student-faculty communication Note the briefcase Give practical experience mu Bring in practicing experts an R as re , li i I .t.. M .A Qlwx xrggw T W is .,t. . 1 ,.e,..l. t -.,. . .. Foster stimulating discussions .Qi .- J

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On July 4th of the year he was assassinated, President John F. Kennedy spoke at Philadelphia on international relations. The title of his address was A Declaration of lnterdependencef' At that historic site, for he was speaking from the steps of Constitution Hall. he movingly and persuasively laid to rest the bones of national isolationism. What does that have to do with Columbia. with community health, with health careers and the American Public Health Association? There is a close parallel-for in the field of community health solo practice, like other kinds of isolationism, is obsolete. lt is time for us to recognize and accept the interdependence of a wide assortment of professional and technologic competences if we are to make available to all the real potential the health services now offer for a longer, healthier, happier and more productive life. The APHA, your professional organization, is the forum and the action-planning mechanism where these disparate fragments are brought together into a meaningful whole. It is the place where physicists and physicians, bio- chemists, engineers and administrators get together to develop better radiologic health programs. lt is the place where economists and clinicians rub elbows with nurses, physical therapists and social workers to help formulate better ways of delivering medical care services. In a word, it is the epitome of today's complex way of life, the human systems analysis approach to solving many of our multi-variable equations: the solution of which is so necessary to mobilizing new and old resources which need to be focused on improving the health of every American. Nearly 100 years ago a few dedicated citizens established APHA to protect and promote public and personal health. Times have changed and so have hazards to health. But our objective is the same, only our means are different. For some of us the Association represents a primary and sole professional affiliationg for most it represents a higher level of allegiance-where we bring our initial professional attachment with its strength along with our personal, individual interest to bear on community health problems that are too big, too complex for any one individual or any one group. Both from the idealistic view of service to mankind through combined strength, and from the totally prag- matic view of the need for cooperative effort to solve today's health problems, membership in APHA should be deemed an integral part of every professional career worker in the health field. March 1,1966 T' rs.-no KY' Berwyn F. Mattison. MD Executive Director American Public Health Association Message

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Student Council President: Ahmed N. Dajani, MBBCh Vice-president: Robert Silverman, DDS Secretary: Gleniss S. Schonholz, RN Treasurer: James M. Jones Faculty Advisor: Frances Gearing, MD Members: Eduardo J. Cavalcanti, MD George A. Halaby Ann W. Hudis Anthony M. Orland Annette P. Radick Udo Ukweni Udo, MBBCh Ethel S. Underwood, RN Betty Zuckerman, MD Yearbook Committee Sam Bottone Marilyn Bergner Nicholas Della Pelle Louis Mattucci Co-Chairmen Robert Morgan Members Margery Braren Jean Fink Martha Metz Major Tappan Hugo Rauch Ruth Gangel Edwin Gilbert Robert Silverman ,..-