Fairleigh Dickinson University Madison - Columns Yearbook (Madison, NJ)

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Dr. William Smith-Director Continuing in the Fine tradition which it started in 1960, the Health Research Institute is still searching for the cures of the modern diseases that plague mankind. In addition to having its own professional researchers, the Lab enables out- standing students the opportunity to learn while being paid. Most of the undergraduates that work on proiects in the Lab are in the science held; this Health Resea rch Lab Smith, W. Badollet, M. Luddecke, H. Bierenbaum, M. Miller, L. Burtan, B. Reed Churg, J. Selikoft Elsasser, R. Yacowitz, H. Hubert, M. Yazdi, E. training, therefore, is a great asset and often serves as an incentive to further the student's in- terest in the medical world. This year was of par- ticular interest to the people in the Lab because of the widely publicized articles on the role of cigarettes as a cause for lung cancer. Dr. Smith and his colleagues have been experimenting with white mice since the establishment of the Lab and have done many experiments in the same area. Drs. Yudi and Smith 23

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22 ChemisTry Department Gordon, 8., Chairman Baylouny, R. Child, W. STurchio, M. Generally, The program in ChemisTry is de- signed To Train The sTudenT for employmenT in The many indusTries locaTed near The UniversiTy and To prepare him for graduaTe work in ChemisTry. The Madison campus has many new faciliTies which noT only aids The ChemisTry majors buT cre- aTes inTeresT in The local high schools. IT is noT Dr. Baylouny Dr. Child Dr. Saul Gordon-Chai rman uncommon To see a demonsTraTion Taking place in The laboraTory solely for inTeresTed high school sTudenTs and Their Teachers. Dr. Saul Gordon, Chairman, is always looking for new problems To keep Those already in The deparTmenT busy and To ofTer an incenTive To Those sTudenTs conTemplaTing becoming a ChemisTry malor. Mr. Sturchio 47-

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24 Fine ArTs Depa rlmenT Gordon, L., Chairman Bayrak, L. Bayrak, T. Evans,J. Gili, M. Jackson, V. SmiThers, J. The Fine ArTs major aT Fairleigh Dickinson Uni- versiTy is cenTered around a basic core curriculum of liberal arTs subjects plus inTensive specializaTion in The fine arTs fields of arT, music and drama. There are enough courses oHered aT Madison so ThaT The major in Fine ArTs requires The sTudenT To Take Three 6-crediT courses in The areas of arT hisTory, music hisTory and drama hisTory. In ad- diTion, The sTudenT elecTs workshOps and seminars in his parTicular fine arTs specializaTion. STarTing in SepTember 1964, The workshop con- cepT will be expanded To include privaTe lessons Mr. Bayrak 'A' .1 Dr. Louis Gordon-Chairman wiTh New York CiTy and New Jersey professionals. ExTensive field work involving Trips To New York CiTy is included in The Fne ArTs curriculum, en- abling The sTudenTs To Take advanTage of The lo- caTion of The Florham-Madison campus of Fairleigh Dickinson UniversiTy. Those sTudenTs who compleTe Their BA de- grees in Fine ArTs will find careers in music Teach- ing, adverTising, gallery and museum work open To Them. Many sTudenTs who pursue The Fine ArTs major Through graduaTion conTinue in graduaTe or specialTy schools To bring Their specialTy up To pro- fessional sTandards. Mr. Evans