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

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-. bgifii 3 ' .T ;....-m.$ue.omw ownefs-Urrt '- ' n HealTh Resea rch lnsTiTuTe Dr. William Smith, DirecTor Mrs. Ruth Elsasser Dr. Alan Fleishman Mrs. Doris Hubert Dr. Llonas Miller Dr. Hal YacowiTz Dr. William Smith, DirecTor Since 1960, The HealTh Research lnsTiTuTe has been engaged in sTudies of The environmenTal facTors relaTed To healTh and disease, placing parTicular emphasis on researching The causes of cancer and hearT disease. Using mice, hamsTers and raTs, sTudies were made in conTroIled experimenTs on The eFfecT ThaT cerTain chemical subsTances had in insTigaTing The growTh of a cancer. The cause musT be found before The cure. Similarly, in The work done on hearT disease, conTrolled experimenTs were done in quesT of a cause. However, The subjecTs used were The docTors Themselves. Dr. Fleishman and Dr. PacowiTz, who spearheaded The drive, had placed Themselves on very unorThodox dieTs in an eFforT To conTrol The amounT of faT absorbed mm The bloodsTream. FaT, or, more Technically, cholesTerol, is believed To be a maior facTor in hearT disease. AcTing as assisTanTs in The HealTh Research InsTiTuTe are sTudenTs of The Madi- son Campus. In addiTion To Their being beneficial To The lnsTiTuTe, The sTudenTs are gaining insighT and experience in The operaTion of a research lab. Their inTeresTs are developed in This work, and many go on To furTher schooling or mm a vocaTion relaTed To The work ThaT They have been doing. 91

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Department of Social Sciences Mr. John Tinsley, Chairman Mr. lstvan B'Racz Mr. Winberg Chai Mr. John Fritz Dr. Curtis Forner Dr. Robert MarkoH: Mr. John Osborne, Jr. Mr. David Peterson Dr. Lois Pratt Dr. Kent Redmond Dr. Gene Weltflsh Mr. John Tinsley, Chairman The Social Sciences include such areas of study as History, Political Science, Economics, Government, Anthropology, and Sociology. Students who display superior knowledge in any of the areas of study in the Social Sciences are invited to participate in Honor Programs and permitted to do original work and research. There are various opportunities in the Social Sciences after graduation, most of which require graduate degrees. Anthropologists may consider college teaching in sociology or geography, as well as in anthropology. Other alternatives might be research or museum work, or consulting or writing. Economists may also teach college, do research work in various government agencies, encompassing areas such as fiscal economics, inter- national trade, statistics or intelligence. The realm of private industry offers econo- mists banks and other Financial institutions. Historians may become college teachers, archivists, editors of historical magazines or consultants to editors and publishers of materials for radio, T.V. and motion pictures. Students in the area of poltical science have such flelds as teaching, research and administrative or managerial positions to choose from for their lifetime career. Sociologists may also enter teaching, research or positions of administration. This year's events of the Social Science Department have included an Aus- tralian political scientist, sponsored by the History Club. The scientist, Herbert Bienstock, spoke on Career Opportunities in the Social Sciences. Events scheduled also included several sociology and anthropology Field trips. The Economic Honor Society was also instituted this year, and in the spring semester, a program was given for high school students.

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Dr. Raymond Balouny, Chemistry Mr. Tosun Bayrak, Fine Arts Mr. Ronald Biglin, Business Administration Dr. Bernard Budish, Business Administration Dr. Irving Buchen, Languages and Literature 92