Drexel University College of Medicine - Medic Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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3 1 However, there .ire illnesses ot .1 l.lI't1Ql'l' ortler wluih 1.1ll lor your help Certainly you, of .ill people, .ire hest eiliiiiipetl to resolve the prohleius ol' .iegre gates of lIILllYlxlLl.llS prohleius ot' .1 Nt71l.ll oriler x.lI'L' ol' the iue1li1.1lly iiiiligeut, inadeqimte housing, III.llIIIllI'lllUII, f.Ill.lI iueiluities, .lllil OXL'I IWUlWlll.lll0lI, for example. I e.1rnestly hope th.1t you will .ukuowleilee your responsibilities tu such b1'O.lLl concerns .inil th.1t you will heioiue person.1lIy iiivolvetl in resolving them. Important .is these issues .1re, .intl iuuth .is they ueeil your thought .lllkl effort. YOu will, I IIILIHIIIC, ilerivn' Your chief s.1tisl'.1ttion from the k.lI'L' of iu- dividual patients. To tl1e extent llI.lf yo11 .ire .1hle to tlo more for .1 sick IILIII IILIII any who have gr.1i.lu.1te1l before, your s.1tisl'.1t'tion will he great iiuleecl. But tlo not let this s.1tisf.1ction I11ll you into coiuplaceiiey. And ilo not for .1 minute Suppose that the wonder drugs, .intl II'lII'.lL'lL' surgery, .uul precise diagnostic' tefhniques h.1ve lessened hy .in iot.1 the P.llICIIl'S neeil for w.1rmth, untlerstiiniling, and symp.1theti1' eoucern. There is healing in yo11r relationship with patients, I wish for each of yo11 long life, rich in opportunity, .intl rewarding, 11s you deserve. As theye.1rs pass, I hope your ties with I'I.ll'ID6II1.lIlI1 will remain fresh, .ind that you will .leknowleelge your kinship proudly. Sincerely yours, CHARLES S. CAMERON, M.D. Dean L :fl I 'L -hae

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CHARLES S. CAMERON, M.D. President and Dean To The Class Ol 1961 Y.. if lb .351 4 'lf L mf' 2 FE it rf? glhr if l' Let me First offer to each of you my warm sentiment of congratula- tions on this happy occasion of your graduation from medical school. Allow me, also, to welcome you as the newest members of the noblest profession. You, and those who, like you, are being graduated from the medical colleges of our country, make up about four ten thousandths of one percent of the nations population. You are, therefore, somewhat of a minority. But your numerical position is inverse to the responsibilities which you assume today. You have, I am sure, visualized yourself in the years ahead as standing exclusively in relation to individual patients. And this is what you have been educated and trained to do.

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wmgegnwv R -- ,Vp .19 ,Wx ' Gret HAROLD A. TAGGART. M.D. Associate Dean Associate Dean of the College and Medical Director of busy Hahnemann Hospital, Dr, Taggart has constantly mani- fested firm and intelligent leadership. His foresight and un- flagging efforts in maintaining Hahnemann's position at the front of national, as well as community, medicine were as selfless as they were successful. He has always fought hard to secure loans and other help for students with financial difii- culties. An early outspoken proponent of Hahnemann's unique Undergraduate Research Program, he has always had discern- ment aud faith in the abilities of his students. Our deepest thanks go out to this man, who above all believed in us and was a true friend, 'E There is not a single member of the Class of 1961 who is not indebted in some large or small measure to Miss Britt. Despite her numerous administrative duties. she has always found the time for a warm and sincere word of encouragement for each of us. Her kind and gentle nature was a soothing balm to tired and de- pressed students. ALICE C. BRITT, B.S. in ED. Registrar lg,