Harvard School of Public Health - Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

Text from Pages 1 - 76 of the 1956 volume:

■ , . : ■ I I . _ The Class of 1956 HARVARD SCHOOL of PUBLIC HEALTH Boston, Massachusetts The Officers and Class of 1956 wish to express their thanks and appreciation to THE WINTHROP LABORATORIES whose generous support made possible the publication of this yearbook. PUBLIC HEALTH IN A WORLD COMMUNITY HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH CLASS OF 1956 Dr. Hugh R. Leavell What T here life have you ij you hai is no life that is not in e not life together community. p T. S. Eliot DEDICATION To Professor Hugh R. Leavell, M.D., Dr.P.H., who epitomizes to us the ideal in public health by combining the art and the skill of the medical and the social sciences to promote health and to prevent disease. Graphic interpreter of preventive medicine as the joint responsibility of private physicians and of voluntary and official agencies, he is a strong advocate of local administration for health services. He has enlarged student horizons by encouraging an understanding of different cultures and the cooperation of many professions. An out¬ standing leader in the fields of national and international health, he is a true citizen of the world community. We, the Class of 1956 of the Harvard School of Public Health, dedicate this record of our year to Dr. Leavell. We wish him success in his mission to India, and a speedy return to Harvard. POLIO AMBASSADORS. PUBLIC HEALTH MAYES SURVEYS. MAYES IN WEST PAKISTAN. 1956 STUDENTS 75 United States 2 Canada 7 South America 1 Haiti 1 Panama 4 Europe 1 Egypt 19 Asia 2 Philippines 2 Australia ROVING PALE HANDS AND ANEMIA. PERINATAL PEAKS TRULSON IN PERU. WHITTENBERGER AND FERRIS ARGENTINA KIRKWOOD IN SWITZERLAND d SPANS THE WORLD TAYLOR IN INDIA. 1956 STUDENTS 46 Physicians 2 Dentists 2 Veterinarians 16 Nurses 5 Health Educators 5 Social Workers 6 USAF 1 RCAF 38 Others BELL SAUDI ARABIA. FACULTY PUNJAB POPULATION PATROL. STARING AT KWASHIORKOR. STARE IN FRENCH WEST AFRICA. TRAVELLING TRACHOMATOLOGIST. GORDON IN INDIA. VILLAGE MEDICINE MAN. FOREWORD As graduate students in public health from many states and many nations, we have come to Harvard to listen, to learn, and to exchange ideas, not only on the problems particular to our own country, but to world health in general. During this period of study which has been described as a year long conference in international health, we have acquired a planetal point of view. In a world of tension and conflict, this awareness has strengthened our belief that there are no boundaries in public health, and that our responsibility is to the world community. The Harvard School of Public Health, an integral part of a great medical center, has been both our source of inspiration and our link with the metropolitan community. Here, through cooperation with the medical schools, teaching hospitals, research laboratories, and health agencies, Harvard has given us the opportunity to gain experience in the effective practice of public health in a variety of local settings. Our student community includes men and women from the different specialties that constitute the public health profession. In one short academic year, we have become convinced of the importance of fusing the knowledge of numerous arts and sciences in the development and operation of realistic public health programs. Although many of us came to Harvard profession oriented, we leave community oriented, with an active sense of the value of cooperation and teamwork. LOCAL COMMUNITY THE COMMUNITY IS THE LABORATORY OF PUBLIC HEALTH MAIN BUILDING HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEAL ' 55 SHATTUCK STREET COFFEE SHOP ENTRANCE PETER BENT BRIGHAM HOSPITAL 10 JIMMY FUND BUILDING AUDITORIUM ENTRANCE HUNTINGTON BUILDING HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH 1 SHATTUCK STREET HARVARD FIELD TRAINING UNIT WHITTIER STREET HEALTH CENTER SIDE VIEW CHILDREN ' S MEDICAL CENTER 11 Standing (left to right) QUINLISK, PURDY, PARSONS. Seated (left to right) BARNABY, WHITTENBERGER, O ' NEILL, SNYDER, MURPHY, LASKEY, SPAULDING. ADMINISTRATION Administration is an art becoming more and more of a science. Expert Opinion E ACH September the reception hall at 55 Shattuck Street becomes an interna¬ tional lobby,” as students from here and abroad register for postgraduate studies designed to make them more effective as public health workers in all parts of the globe. Dean Snyder, Asst. Dean Leavell, and the Admissions, Curriculum and Degrees Committees had already prepared the academic path of approach. During registra¬ tion week, the Deans and faculty advisors gave valuable advice as they signed the masses of necessary documents. At this time the efficient administrative staff began teaching their year long field course: the Care and Nourishment of Public Health Students (C.N.a,b,c,d) Under the direction of the chief instructor, Mrs. Barnaby, and research assistants, Beverly Laskey, Mrs. Purdy and Jean Parsons, the course dealt with the orientation of students to life in urban New England. With the Faculty Wives as Associates in Housing and Transportation, the staff provided a pleasant introduction to the year at Harvard, smoothing the rough days of househunting, program planning and physical examinations. At midyear the ecological situation changed as the Administration became mysteriously concerned with the students’ scholastic progress. With the coming of Spring and the last quarter, the course included psychological consultation and guidance to all overworked worriers. Conclusive evidence of the success of this comprehensive course in care and nourishment was the fairly compleat H.S.P.H. graduate of 1956. 12 BIOSTATISTICS Prove all things, hold fast to that which is good. St. Paul I N the Biostatistics Department, formal train¬ ing, designed to provide all students with a healthy skepticism regardirg the use of sta¬ tistics, is undertaken with vigor tempered with compassion. The staff also provides a statistical consultation service, as well as an advanced training program for young statisticians. To students who undertake the annual cruise through the School, Biostatistics looms as a distinct hazard to navigation. That safe pas¬ sage was accomplished in 1956 is a tribute to the patience and tutorial ability of Twelve- year-old Boy” Muench, Penny-tossing” Wor¬ cester, Tennessee” Drolette, and the lab assistants, who met resourcefully the simple- minded” problems presented by students of varied background and experience. As the ship reached calmer waters, the crew was in¬ troduced to cosmic thinking where each small world became a universe” in itself. DR. MUENCH Standing (left to right) MUENCH DROLETTE REED ELASHOFF Seated WORCESTER 13 Standing (left to right) DUFF, LEFCOE, BORST, FERRIS, FRANK. Seated (left to right) MEAD, WHITTENBERGER, AMDUR, BERGLUND. PHYSIOLOGY The spending of our energies is the greatest possible stimulus to their re-creation. Darwin T HE courses and research projects under the direction of the Physiology staff are closely related to those dealt with in Industrial Hygiene and Sanitary Engineering. At present, major emphasis is being given to studies of the effects of environment on body function, with special concern about the problems of ionizing radiation. Results of the Department’s research on the mechanics of respiration and pulmonary circulation were applied recently by Drs. Whitten- berger and Ferris during the polio epidemics in Massachusetts and Buenos Aires. In process are studies of the effect of air pollution on the physiology of the lungs and of the factors influencing the work of the heart. SANITARY ENGINEERING . . . Where the river flows ivith the foreign flotations. T. S. Eliot U NDER the cultured tutelage of Prof. Fair, cross-connected with the expert pres entation of Prof. Moore, the students became familiar with the principles of water treatment and sewage disposal. Having been informed by Prof. Fair that this is Harvard and not a trade school, the class was relieved to find that the Sanitary Engineering course did not require them actually to build the privy. Dr. Bradley provided practical solutions to the problems of handling food and dairy products and none of us will ever forget about milk stone, or the menace of public eating places. After the midterm exam, it was evident that students from other countries were under no handicap, since a knowledge of English was purely academic. (Left to right) THOMAS, FAIR, MOORE, MORRIS. PROFESSOR DRINKER INDUSTRIAL HYGI ENE Free air space and clean, ivith high stacks and a Captain’s wind. Editor T HE Industrial Hygiene Department began a series of lectures starting with hot air and ending with accidents. Prof. Yaglou, with a rare savoir-faire in teaching such a mixed group, gave us a clear picture of heating, ventilating, and air conditioning. Prof. Drinker’s talks on dank and dusty industrial hazards, followed by the student seminars on smog and the nuclear reactor, brought home some of the acute public health problems resulting from modern living. After illumination by Prof. Silverman, Prof. Williams sounded off on the damaging effects of noise. That man’s hopes and fate lie in the control of the atom was Mr. Small’s theme. After Prof. McFarland’s lecture, passing the course became purely accidental. Perhaps there was such a thing as safety in numbers” for the entire class of M.P.H. candidates who took this required half course in Industrial Hygiene. Such was not the case, however, with the industrial and aviation medics who carried on through the year with Prof. McFarland and Dr. McCahan. For those space cadets who were plied with mental and physical foods from the McFarland Fresh Pond five-foot shelf, the outward and inward pressures were occasionally equalized. Others were bombarded with radio isotopes by Dr. Warren at the Deaconess, mortified by Dr. Ford at the Medical School, and introduced to clinical problems at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Through these experi¬ ences and exploits, we were sensitized to the hazards and intricacies of integrating an industrial medical program in an American community. Standing (left to right) WIL¬ LIAMS, SMALL, SILVERMAN, McFarland, oconnor. Seated (left to right) YAGLOU, DRINKER. ADVANCED SEMINAR IN BIOSTATISTICS, STUDENTS AND STAFF. DEPARTMENTS AT WORK DR. MURRAY IN MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY. DR. WHITTENBERGER AND POLIO PATIENT. DR. HEGSTED IN NUTRITION LABORA¬ TORY. SEMINAR IN SUPERVISION WITH MRS. DANA, MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER OF BETH ISRAEL HOSPITAL. AVIATION HEALTH AND SAFETY WITH PROF. McFarland. PREPARATION OF ANTI¬ TOXIC SERUM, DR. IPSEN. INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE WITH DR. McCAHAN. EPIDEMIOLOGY, TROPICAL Seated (left to right) AUGUSTINE, WELLER, GEI- MAN. Standing (left to right) PAN, MICHELSON, CHERNIN. T HE Department of Microbiology, Trop¬ ical Public Health, and Epidemiology are the disciplines dealing with the hints ' ' offered by Nature and the guesses” of men who at¬ tempt the scientific solution of the problems of disease. They differ only in their scope and methods of attack; each is so intimately related These are only hints and guesses, Hints followed by guesses; and the rest Is prayer, observance, discipline, thought and action. T. S. Eliot to the other that their boundaries become nebu¬ lous. In Microbiology the emphasis is on the minutest of the agents of disease—rickettsiae and viruses. The roller culture tube and the embryonated egg have supplanted the agar slants and nutrient broths of an earlier era. Despite its doors bearing slogans to the effect that one must stay out unless immunized,” the microbiology laboratory is a friendly place. The staff and students are busily attacking problems such as trachoma, relationships of rickettsiae and lice, infectious hepatitis, and the nutritive requirements of cells in tissue cultures. Tropical Public Health emphasizes the larger agents of disease: parasitic protozoa, worms, and the vectors which serve to transmit (Left to right) Laboratory Assistant, AUGUSTINE, CHERNIN. Seated IPSEN. Standing (left to right) INGALLS, RUBENSTEIN, GORDON. 18 PUBLIC HEALTH AND MICROBIOLOGY them. Viruses come in for their share of attention here also, so the roller tubes of the virologist are used, as well as many less re¬ fined techniques. The Department carries on a lively program of research in the bionomics and ecology of the snails which serve as in¬ termediate hosts of schistosomes, in studies of toxoplasma, and in the pathology of tropical ailments. Epidemiology, unlike the controlled experi¬ ments conducted in Tropical Public Health and Microbiology, deals primarily with disease as it occurs in human populations—trying to account for all of the variables which Nature, plus so-called civilization, can provide. The world, the flesh, and the devil—environment, host, agent—are investigated in an attempt to understand the interrelationships which may cause epidemic disease. Its tools are statistics and the knowledge gained by other disciplines. These combined with thought, observance, and action” may provide the answers to the prob¬ lems disease presents when attacking popula¬ tions. A disease in one guinea pig differs from the same sickness in a herd; and disease striking down men is not the same as a herd infection in guinea pigs. But infections and their spread are not the sole focus of the epidemiologists’s efforts. The Department is involved also in long-range research projects related to popula¬ tion dynamics and congenital malformations. These three departments serve as different types of exploratory fingers of one organism. Each can be likened to a tentacle of a hydra which busily whips about probing the murky waters of the unknown—straining out, now and then, tidbits of knowledge which are DR. SNYDER sucked into the body cavity to nourish the entire animal, regardless of the identity of the tentacle which made the capture. Hence, each division brings nourishment to the col¬ lective understanding of disease and of the complex relationships between man and his environment. Seated (left to right) IPSEN, MURRAY, SNYDER. Standing (left to. right) CHANG. BELL, TARIZZO. H ADDON. 19 (Left to right) TRULSON, GEYER, HEGSTED, MAYER, STARE, ANDRUS, VITALE, DAVIS, GERSHOFF. NUTRITION It ' s a very odd thing— As odd as can be — That whatever Miss T eats Turns into Miss T. De La Mare DR. STARE I N the Nutrition Department, considerable emphasis is being given to research on atherosclerosis and its relation to coronary heart disease. Although this is an affliction of well- to-do countries, the staff believe that its pre¬ ventive aspects should be studied in under¬ developed areas. Teams of faculty members and students have been engaged in several research projects related to various aspects of the prob¬ lem. Experimental studies of atherosclerosis in rats and monkeys were directed by Drs. Stare and Hegsted. Dr. Mayer and co-workers have investigated appetite regulation and obesity, while Dr. Geyer and his group have been ex¬ amining the influence of nutrition on tumor growth. In order to assess the relative impact of nationality and environment on fat metabol¬ ism, Dr. Trulson and others are conducting a dietary survey and medical evaluation of second-generation Italian factory workers. 20 F OR Dr. Stuart and the Maternal and Child Health team, time, space and people are a continuity. Relativity is a reality. The longi¬ tudinal studies of child growth and develop¬ ment, nearing completion after twenty years, illustrate the importance of research composed in the key of C: consecutiveness, consistency and comprehensiveness. The problems of care for mothers and children (fathers, too) were presented to the students by Drs. Stuart, Kirk¬ wood, Stitt and Miss Rice through the medium of growth studies, the Family Health Clinic at the Lying-in Hospital and the Whittier Street Clinics. Mrs. Burke presented new information concerning the influence of nutrition on preg¬ nant mothers. Translation of this knowledge on maternal and child health to successive classes is encouraging students to play their part in attaining a well born” world. DR. STUART MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he tvill not depart from it. Proverbs Seated (left to right) RICE, STUART, BURKE. STITT. Standing (left to right) KIRKWOOD, WATTENBERG, CYR. BUTLER, SORENSEN, VALADIAN. 2 L PUBLIC HEALTH WHITTIER STREET COMMUNITY HEALTH PROJECT (Left to right) DAVIS, NABOISEK, CATH. T HROUGH a myriad of activities the De¬ partment of Public Health Practice reaches into the local community helping to improve the public’s health and enlarging the experi¬ ence of its students. Practical evidence of the Department’s continuing community interest is ROXBURY COMMUNITY COUNCIL (Left to right) REED. HENRY, BLAKENEY, DiCICCO, AMOROSO. the Harvard Field training Unit at the Whittier Street Health Center where, under Dr. Reed’s administrative and demographic eye, students benefit from Well Child teaching clinics, inde¬ pendent case studies and observation of a new local health council. The two research projects in Mental Health, Dr. Simmon’s study of the status of psychiatric rehabilitation of mental patients who have returned to their homes and the Family Guidance Center directed by Dr. Caplan are a medium for teaching and com¬ munity service. The required basic course in Public Health Practice la, lb, in which students are first saturated with Dr. Paul ' s Ecology and later inculcated with the team approach, is followed by the well known 10 c, d. Here, class members are intensively indoctrinated with the theory and practice of Public Health Nursing by Miss Varley, Health Education by Miss Roberts and Social Work by Miss Rice. Dr. Leavell, Dr. Mayes, and many visiting lecturers analyze health problems and public problems from the community point of view, with special em- Colleges and Universities do not exist to impose duties but to reveal choices. A. MacLeish 22 PRACTICE Men are wise in proportion not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience. B. Shaw phasis on administration. As the students go into the field to participate in actual group studies, the Aristotelian adage becomes a reality; the thing you would do after you have learned it, you learn by doing it. Within this Department are two compara¬ tively new degree programs: one especially de¬ signed for health educators and one for social workers. Here the behavioral sciences are stressed in such stimulating courses as Dr. Caplan’s Psychosocial Problems, Dr. Rosen¬ berg’s Group Dynamics and Miss Rice’s Re¬ habilitation Seminar. Group cohesiveness for self protection is the by-word in Dr. Hamlin’s challenging class in Legal Problems of Public Health. Comprehensive Medical Care with Dr. Goldman, Chronic Disease with Dr. Snegireff, Geriatrics with Dr. Ryder and Dental Public Health with Dr. Dunning still do not com¬ plete all the areas covered by the Department of Public Health Practice. It is to be regretted that there is not enough time for a major in Public Health Practice Each time we make a choice, we pay With courage to behold resistless day And count in fair. A. Earhart Seated (left to right) ROBERTS, MAYES, VARLEY. Standing (left to right) FLASH, SNEGIREFF, PHILLIPS, CAPLAN. even to sample the wealth and variety of avail¬ able material. One is glad that colleges and universities do not exist to impose duties but to reveal choices and one hopes that the multi¬ plicity of life will lead not to fragmentation but to unification. DR. GOLDMANN WITH ADVISEE 23 SECRETARIES Top row (left to right) MARY E. INGLIS, PATRICIA A. DONALDSON, CHRISTINA E. MacASKILL, JANE S. MATTSON, MARGARET C. SALMON. Second row (left to right) AGNES G. NEVILLE, DANELLA H. PEARSON, MARIE L. SEIERSEN, MADELINE E. SOWLES, HELEN L. SHEEHAN. Third row (left to right) MARGARET M. MAHONEY, LOUISE J. McCAFFREY, MARJORIE C. McNULTY, STELLA M. NIELAND. VIVIENNE J. HUBER. Fourth row (left to right) DIANE A. SPARR, JUDITH E. CROSBY, KATHERINE D. FITZ¬ PATRICK, PATRICIA C. KELSEY, ANNE H. BACKUS. Fifth row (left to right) CAROLINE CASSIDY, MARJORIE S. HEMMING, MARTHA H. BREED, AUDREY B. STAHL, MARIANNE SUGARMAN, JANET O. BUCKINGHAM, ELEANOR P. FIORE. Bottom row (left to right) CLAIRE WASSERBOEHR, MURIEL M. REYNOLDS, ROBERTA KORELITZ, JOY P. ROBERTS. 24 STUDENT COMMUNITY SCHWARTZ, ALTER, YEPEZ, DORMIN Dr. Arnold D. Schwartz —2151 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, Calif.; A.B., 1947, M.D., 1950, Univ. of Calif.; Staff Psychiatrist, Wellesley Human Rel. Service; candidate for M.P.H. (Public Health Practice—Mental Health); sponsored by U.S.P.H.S.; future position: Chief, Mental Health Services, Calif. State Dept, of P.H. Mrs. Mary E. Alter —3412 River Road, Toledo 14, Ohio; A.B., 1941, Univ. of Michigan, M.N., 1950, Yale Univ. School of Nursing; formerly Staff Nurse, Washtenaw County Health Dept., Ann Arbor, Mich.; candidate for M.P.H. (Public Health Practice—Nursing). Dr. Miguel E. Yepez —Casilla 3951, Guayaquil, Ecuador; M.D., 1945, Central Univ., Quito, Ecuador; Physician of the National Sanitary Service, Guayaquil; candidate for M.P.H. (Public Health Practice); sponsored by I.C.A. Miss K. Barbara Dormin —500 Bradford Parkway, Syracuse, N. Y.; B.S., 1940, Syracuse Univ.; Field Education Supervisor, Mass. Dept, of Public Health; candi¬ date for M.P.H. (Public Health Practice—Nursing). 26 Mrs. Ruth B. Kundsin —71 Pratt Road, Squantum, Mass.; B.A., 1936, Hunter College, M.A., 1949, Boston Univ.; Research Bacteriologist, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital; candidate for S.D. in Hyg. (Microbiology). Capt. Robert H. Lang —USAF (MC), School of Aviation Med.; Randolph A.F.B., Texas; A.B., 1949, Austin College, M.D., 1953, Univ. of Texas; Flight Surgeon, USAF; candidate for M.P.H. (Aviation Medicine); sponsored by USAF. Miss Katherine T. Cantwell —970 Washington Ave., Albany 3, N. Y.; B.A., 1951, College of St. Ross; Biostatistician, New York Department of Health; can¬ didate for M.P.H. (Biostatistics); sponsored by Milbank Memorial Fund. KUNDSIN LANG CANTWELL ZOMZELY TOMABECHI SILIDES CHINDABHA Miss Claire E. Zomzely —55 Shattuck St., Boston 15, Mass.; B.S., 1950; Colum¬ bia Univ.; formerly Research Technician, Dept, of Nutrition, H.S.P.H.; candidate for M.S. in Hyg. (Nutrition); sponsored by Dept, of Nutrition, H.S.P.H. Dr. Konosuke Tomabechi —The Institute of Public Health, Tokyo, Japan; M.D., 1948; Kyoto Univ., Japan; formerly Technical Officer, Institute of Public Health, Tokyo; candidate for M.P.H. (Nutrition); sponsored by Rockefeller Foundation. Miss Demetra Silides, H.S.P.H.—55 Shattuck St., Boston 15, Mass.; A.B., 1950, Hunter College, N. Y.; formerly Research Assistant in Nutrition, H.S.P.H., Boston; candidate for S.M. in Hyg. (Nutrition); sponsored by Dept, of Nutrition, H.S.P.H. Dr. Chindabha S. Sayanha-Vikasit —Sivadon House, 1 Convent Rd., Bangkok, Thailand; M.D., 1938, Chulalankarana Univ., M.P.H., 1950, Univ. of Minn., S.M. in Hyg., 1955, Harvard Univ.; Head, Dept, of Mat. and Ch. Welfare, School of P.H., Bangkok; candidate for Dr. P.H. (Maternal and Child Health); spon¬ sored by China Medical Board and H.S.P.H. 28 Dr. Michael J. Takos —Dade County V.D. Clinics, Miami, Florida; B.S., 1940, Pennsylvania State College, M.S., 1942, Univ. of Maine, M.D., 1951, Univ. of Michigan; Director, Dade County V.D. Clinics, Miami; candidate for M.P.H. (Epidemiology). Dr. Claudio L. Prieto —Mariscal Lopez 839, Asuncion, Paraguay; M.D., 1939, Univ. of Asuncion; Director of Technical Services of the Ministry of Public Health, Asuncion; candidate for M.P.H. (Public Health Practice); sponsored by I.C.A. Mr. David B. Hoover— 171 Bay State Road, Boston, Massachusets; B.S., 1951, Univ. of Michigan; formerly Biostatician, Maryland Department of Mental Hy¬ giene; candidate for S.M. in Hyg. (Biostatistics); sponsored by National Institute of Health. Dr. Ichiro Fukushima — -1295 Ohara-machi, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan; M.D., 1946, Tokyo Univ.; Assistant Professor of Public Health, Tohoku University Medical School, Sendai, Japan; candidate for M.P.H. (Epidemiology); sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation. TAKOS, PRIETO, HOOVER, FUKUSHIMA 29 Miss Irene R. Mahar —New York State Health Dept., Albany, N. Y.; B.S., 1950, Univ. of Buffalo; Asst. Supervising Nurse, New York State Department of Health; candidate for M.P.H. (Public Health Practice—Nursing); H.S.P.H. scholarship. Dr. Hugh M. Averill —55 Sherwood Avenue, Webster, N. Y.; D.D.S., 1944, Univ. of Buffalo; candidate for M.P.H. (Public Health Practice); sponsored by Mass. Dept, of Public Health; future position: Director of Dental Health Educa¬ tion and Hygiene, Rochester, N. Y. Mrs. Alina Drake—1798 Walnut St., Berkeley 9, California; S.B., 1934, Univ. of Chicago; Med. Social Consultant, California State Health Dept.; candidate for M.P.H. (Public Health Practice—Social Work); sponsored by HEW, Office of Voc. Rehab. Dr. Edwin E. Smith—39 Elm Ave., Wollaston 70, Mass.; M.D., 1914, Tufts Univ.; formerly Bacteriologist, Quincy Health Dept.; candidate for M.P.H. (Microbiology); future position: Health Center, Quincy, Mass. mahar, averill, drake, smith 30 MILLER ROSEN INGBAR Dr. Eugene G. Miller —7726 N. Marshfield, Chicago 26, Illinois; M.D., 1949, Univ. of Chicago; formerly Field Staff, American College of Surgeons; candidate for M.P.H. (Public Health Practice). Miss Evelyn R Rosen—20 Walden St., Revere 51, Mass.; B.S., 1952, Boston Univ.; formerly Asst. Dir. of Nursing Home Care and Instr. in P.H. Nursing, Beth Israel Hosp., Boston; candidate for M.P.H. (Public Health Practice—Nurs¬ ing); future position: Nursing Assoc., Health Division, U.C.S. Boston. Dr. Mary Lee Ingbar —46.Kingswood Road, Auburndale 66, Mass.; S.B., 1946, A.M., 1948, Ph.D., 1953, Radcliffe College; formerly Economist, U.S. Dept, of Interior; candidate for M.P.H. (Public Health Practice). 31 BANASIEWICZ-RODRIGUEZ, VIJIL, GOULD, STOBO Dr. Maria Banasiewicz-Rodriguez —200 Brookline Ave., Boston 15, Mass.; M.D., 1946, Univ. of Poznan, Poland; formerly Damon Runyon Research Fellow; candidate for M.P.H. (Microbiology). Dr. Camilo Vijil y Tardon —Tallbacken, Alingsas, Sweden; B. Phil., 1930, Univ. of Paris, M.D., 1939, Univ. of Lausanne, M.D., 1940, Univ. of Chile, M.P.H., 1955, Harvard Univ.; formerly Epidemiologist, Tuberculosis Section, W.H.O.; candidate for S.M. in Hyg. (Public Health Practice). Mrs. D. Gail Gould—16 Heckle St., Wellesley Hills 82, Mass.; B.A., 1954, Smith College; formerly Asst. Health Educator, American Cancer Society; candi¬ date for S.M. in Hyg. (Public Health Practice—Health Education); sponsored by Mass. Div. of A.C.S. Miss Elizabeth C. Stobo —Div. of Nursing Education, Teachers College, Colum¬ bia Univ., 525 W. 120 St., New York 27, N. Y.; B.S., 1941, M.A., 1954, Columbia Univ.; Instructor, Nursing Education, Teachers College, Columbia Univ.; full-time student (Maternal and Child Health); sponsored by National League for Nursing. 32 Miss Hazel Midwood —48 Greylock Ave., Cranston 10, R. I.; B.S., 1953, Sim¬ mons College; formerly Instructor at Boston College School of Nursing; candidate for M.P.H. (Public Health Practice—Nursing). Dr. Suph Thiraveja —Petburi Province, Thailand; M.D., 1951, Univ. of Med. Sciences, Thailand, M.P.H., 1954, School of Public Health, Thailand; Health Officer, Petburi, Thailand; full-time student (Public Health Practice); sponsored by I.C.A. Mrs. Francis H. Pitts —808 West St., Stoughton, Mass.; B.S., 1935, Univ. of Pittsburgh, M.S. in Hyg. Phys. Ed., 1938, Wellesley College; Assoc. Prof, of Health and Phys. Ed., Tennessee A I State Univ.; candidate for M.P.H. (Public Health Practice—Health Education); sponsored by Parshad Holding Corp. Miss E. Mary Earnshaw —Provincial Health Building, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada; B.A.Sc., 1948, Univ. of British Columbia; Public Health Nurse Super¬ visor, Regina Rural Health Region; candidate for M.P.H. (Maternal and Child Health). MIDWOOD, SUPH, PITTS, EARNSHAW Dr. Franz N. Metzner —Hasede 77, b. Hildesheim, West Germany; M.D., 1953, Univ. of Goettingen; formerly Hospital Staff Physician in Paterson, N. J.; candidate for M.I.H. (Industrial Medicine); H.S.P.H. and Holtzer scholarships. Dr. Franck F. LeFort —Service de la Sante Publique, Rue des Miracles, Port- au-Prince, Haiti; M.D., 1940, Univ. of Haiti; M.A., 1943, Columbia Univ.; Chief, Public Health Education Div., Port-au-Prince; candidate for M.P.H. (Pub¬ lic Health Practice-Health Education); sponsored by I.C.A. Dr. Pedro Schuler —Casilla 1957, Santiago, Chile; M.D., 1942, Univ. of Chile; Acting Dir., Occupational Disease Dept. (Ind. Hyg. Dept. Nat. P.H. Service) and Asst. Teacher, Catholic Univ. of Chile; special student (Industrial Hygiene); future position: Ind. Hyg. Dept., Nat. P.H. Service and Catholic Univ. of Chile. Dr. Ernest E. Musgrave —Calle Earle 1, P. O. Box 9552, Santurce, Puerto Rico; M.D., 1954, Univ. of Puerto Rico; formerly Medical Officer in Charge, Crow Indian Hospital, Montana; candidate for M.I.H. (Industrial Medicine); sponsored by A.E.C. METZNER, LE FORT, SCHULER, MUSGRAVE 34 JACKA F.I.ASHOFF LUDWIG MM MID Mr. Cyril K. Jacka —Grand Boulevarde, Montmorency, Victoria, Australia; B.A., 1954, Univ. of Melbourne, Australia; formerly Research Fellow, State Health Dept., Victoria; full-time student (Biostatistics); sponsored by the Rocke¬ feller Foundation. Mr. Robert M. Elashoff —11 E. Boulevard Rd., Newton Centre 59, Mass.; S.B., Suffolk Univ., 1952, A.M., Boston Univ., 1955; Statistician, Dept, of Bio¬ statistics, H.S.P.H.; sponsored by National Heart Institute. Mr. John H. Ludwig —c o U. S. Public Health Service, HEW Building South, Wash. 25, D. C.; B.S.C.E., 1-934, Univ. of California, M.S.C.E., 1941, Univ. of Colorado; formerly Sanitary Engineer Director (Colonel), U.S.P.H.S.; candidate for S.D. in Hyg. (Industrial Hygiene). 35 BER RY, HIBBEN, COONS, JOHNSON Capt. Charles A. Berry —USAF (MC), School of Aviation Med., Randolph A.F.B., Texas; A.B., 1945, M.D. 1947, Univ. of Calif.; formerly Base Flight Surgeon and Deputy Command Surgeon, Albrook A.F.B., Canal Zone; candidate for M.P.H. (Aviation Medicine); sponsored by USAF. Capt. Herbert A. Hibben —USAF (MC), School of Aviation Medicine, Ran¬ dolph A.F.B., Texas; M.D., 1948, Univ. of Tennessee; formerly Flight Surgeon, USAF, Frankfurt, Germany; candidate for M.P.H. (Aviation Medicine); spon¬ sored by USAF. Wing Commander Dwight O. Coons —RCAF, 547 Main St., E. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; M.D., 1948, Univ. of Toronto; formerly Senior Medical Officer, RCAF, Marville, France; candidate for M.P.H. (Aviation Medicine); sponsored by Govt, of Canada. Major Louis F. Johnson, Jr. —USAF (MC), School of Aviation Med., Ran¬ dolph A.F.B., Texas; B.S., 1940, Univ. of Massachusetts, M.D., 1949, Harvard Univ.; private practice of anesthesiology; candidate for M.P.H. (Aviati on Medi¬ cine); sponsored by USAF. 3 6 Dr. R. Dradjat D. Prawiranegara —20 Tjikini Raya, Djakarta, Indonesia; M.D., 1945, Medical School, Univ. of Indonesia; Deputy Director, Nutrition Institute, Ministry of Health, Djakarta, Indonesia; candidate for M.P.H. (Nutri¬ tion); sponsored by W.H.O. Dr. John A. Scharffenberg —804 Houston Ave., Tacoma Park, Maryland; B.S., 1946, Washington Missionary College, M.D., 1948, College of Med. Evan¬ gelists; formerly Army—Advisor, 1st Field Army, Formosa; candidate for M.P.H. (Nutrition), H.S.P.H. Scholarship. Dr. David C. Miller —c o U. S. Public Health Service, Wash. 25, D.C.; M.D., 1950, Duke Univ.; formerly Resident in Internal Med., U.S.P.H.S. Hospital, Boston; candidate for M.P.H. (Epidemiology). Mrs. Marjorie Grant Whiting—20 West St., Hanover, N. H.; B.S., 1927, Cornell Univ., M.A., 1941, Columbia Univ., M.P.H., 1951, Harvard Univ.; fo rmerly Nutritionist, U.S.P.H.S.; candidate for S.D. in Hyg. (Nutrition); spon¬ sored by U.S.P.H.S. dradjat scharffenberg miller whiting 37 Dr. Arnaldo C. Sampaio —General Direction of Health and Institute Superior of Hygiene, Lisbon, Portugal; M.D., 1933, Univ. of Oporto, M.P.H., 1948, Johns Hopkins Univ.; special student (Microbiology and Epidemiology); spon¬ sored by I.C.A. Miss Marjorie A. C. Young—16 Hinckley St., Boston 25, Mass.; B.Sc. Ed.. 1933, M. Ed., 1934, Boston Teachers College; M.P.H., 1947, Yale Univ.; can¬ didate for Dr. P.H. (Public Health Practice—Health Education); sponsored by the Dept, of Pub. H. Practice, H.S.P.H. Mrs. Emily F. McFarland—17 Fresh Pond Parkway, Cambridge, Mass.; B.A., 1953, Boston Univ.; formerly Chairman of Council, Association for the Aid or Crippled Children, New York City; candidate for M.P.H. (Public Health Practice). SAMPAIO YOUNG Ml I ARLAND 38 SOGANDARES, SHORTRIDGE, SINISTERRA Miss Lucila E. Sogandares —Ministerio de Trabajo, Prevision Social y Salud Publica, Panama; B.S., 1939, College of St. Teresa, Winona, Minn., M.S., 1945, Simmons College; Chief, Nutrition Sect., Dept, of P.H., Panama; candidate for S.D. in Hyg. (Nutrition); sponsored by W.H.O. Miss Lucy J. Shortridge —Camden Point, Missouri; B.S., 1951, Univ. of Calif.; formerly Administrative Dietitian, State Hospital, Osawatomie, Kansas; candidate for S.M. in Hyg. (Nutrition). Dr. Leonardo Sinisterra —Prof, of Nutrition, Univ. del Valle, Facultad de Med., Apartado aereo 2188, Cali, Colombia; M.D., 1951, Central Univ., Madrid, Spain; formerly Asst. Prof, of Physiology, Univ. del Valle; candidate for S.M. in Hyg. (Nutrition); sponsored by Rockefeller Foundation. 39 Dr. Alfred W. Senft —c o Falmouth Med. Assoc. (Mass.); B.A., 1948, Univ. of Calif., M.D., 1952, Harvard Univ., D.T.M. H., 1953, London School of Trop. Med. Sc Hyg.; Staff Phys., Lutheran Mission Hosp., Jagaum, New Guinea; candidate for M.P.H. (Trop. Pub. Health); H.S.P.H. scholarship; future field: research and private practice, Woods Hole, Mass. Dr. Ralph L. Doherty —Queensland Institute of Med. Research, Herston Road, Brisbane, Australia; M.B., B.S., 1950, Queensland Univ.; Senior Research Fellow, Queensland Institute of Med. Research; candidate for M.P.H. (Microbiology); sponsored by the Rotary Foundation. Dr. Mohammad F. Khan —2 Court View A.M. 18 Frere Road, Karachi, W. Pakistan; M.B., B.S., 1952, Dow Medical College, Karachi; formerly Demon¬ strator in Pathology, Dow Medical College; candidate for S.M. in Hyg. (Micro¬ biology); Fulbright scholarship. Dr. Lucio Nuzzolo —Piazza del Servili 1, Rome, Italy; M.D., 1949, Univ. of Rome; Asst., Istituto di Patologia Medica, University of Rome; candidate for S.M. in Hyg. (Microbiology); sponsored by Lederle Laboratories. SENFT, DOHERTY, KHAN, NUZZOLO MOODIE, PAYZIN, PAIR AT AN A Miss Aileen D. Moodie —Medical School, Cape Town, S. Africa; Primary Teacher’s Certificate, Cape Province; Instructor and research social worker, Med¬ ical School, Cape Town; special student, Simmons College School of Social Work and H.S.P.H.; sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation. Dr. Huseyin S. Payzin —School of Medicine, Univ. of Ankara, Turkey; M.D., 1940, Univ. of Istanbul; Asst. Professor of Microbiology, Univ. of Ankara, Tur¬ key; full-time student (Microbiology); sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation. Dr. Pairatana U jjin —School of Public Health, Rajavithi Rd., Bangkok, Thailand; M.D., 1950, Univ. of Med. Sciences, Thailand; Instr. in Microbiology, School of P. H., Bangkok; candidate for M.P.H. (Microbiology); sponsored by I.C.A. and China Medical Board. 41 GARCIA CANLAS DUNHAM RAO Dr. Edito G. Garcia —Schistosomiasis Project, Dept, of Health, Manila, Philip¬ pines; M.D.. 1949, Univ. of the Philippines; Deputy Director. Schistosomiasis Project, Philippines; candidate for M.P.H. (Epidemiology); sponsored by the World Health Organization. Dr. Marcelo S. Canlas —146 F. Roxas, San Juan, Rizal, Philippines; M.D., 1946, Univ. of St. Tomas; formerly pathologist, North General Hospital, Manila, Philippines; candidate for M.P.H. (Public Health Practice—Cancer Control); sponsored by Govt, of the Philippines. Dr. Marguerite C. Dunham —Wolfeboro, New Hampshire; B.S., 1950, Univ. of New Hampshire, M.D., 1954, Univ. of Toronto; formerly intern, St. John, New Brunswick; candidate for M.P.H. (Epidemiology); H.S.P.H. Scholarship. Dr. V. Narayana Rao —Asst. Dir. of Public Health, Connaught House, Poona 1, Bombay State, India; M.B., B.S., 1943, Madras Univ., D.P.H., 1946, Calcutta Univ.; candidate for M.P.H. (Epidemiology); sponsored by Rockefeller Founda¬ tion. 42 Mr. Lester Levin —5007 N. 9th Street, Philadelphia 41, Pa.; B.A., 1950, Univ. of Pennsylvania; formerly Chemist, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard; candidate for S.M. in Hyg. (Industrial Hygiene); sponsored by A.E.C. Mr. Anibal Gastanaga— Departamento de Higiene Industrial, S.C.I.S.P., Mi- nisterio de Salud Publica, Lima, Peru; Chem. E., 1950, San Marcos Univ., Lima; full-time student (Industrial Hygiene); Industrial Hygiene Chemist, Lima; spon¬ sored by I.C.A. Mr. Eugene V. Barry —c o American Industrial Hygiene Association; B.S., 1951, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn; formerly Industrial Hygienist, National Lead Company of Ohio; candidate for S.M. in Hyg. (Industrial Hygiene); spon¬ sored by A.E.C. LEVIN, GASTANAGA, BARRY Hi Mr. Milton T. Hill —New York State Dept, of Health, State Office Bldg., Albany, N. Y.; S.B. in C.E., 1931, Clarkson College of Tech. M.C.E., 1937, Cornell Univ.; Asst. Director, Office of Professional Training, N. Y. State Health Dept.; candidate for M.P.H. (Public Health Practice). Dr. Hugh J. Stennis —Abilene-Taylor County Health Unit, Abilene, Texas; M.D., 1949, Univ. of Pennsylvania; Director, Abilene-Taylor County Health De¬ partment; candidate for M.P.H. (Epidemiology); sponsored by Texas State Health Dept, and H.S.P.H. Dr. Donald L. Toker —U.S.P.H.S., Wash. 2 5, D. C.; B.S., 1946, Univ. of Notre Dame, M.D., 1950, Western Reserve Univ.; Medical Resident, U.S.P.H.S.; candidate for M.P.H. (Epidemiology); sponsored by U.S.P.H.S. hill, stennis. toker O ' HARA CHAPMAN PLISKIN CLOUGH Mr. Desmond O’Hara—175 Weston Road, Wellesley, Mass.; A.B., 1950, Tuft s Univ.; formerly Assistant Field Director, American Red Cross, Far East; candidate for M.P.H. (Public Health Practice—Health Education). Mr. Kenneth L. Chapman —Indiana State Board of Health, 1330 W. Michigan St., Indianapolis; B.A., 1950, Univ. of Connecticut, M.S., 1951, Indiana Univ.; Health Education Consultant, Ind. State Board of Health; candidate for M.P.H. (Public Health Practice—Health Education). Dr. Boris Pliskin —19 Massarique St., Tel Aviv, Israel; M.D., 1934, Univ. of Wilno, Poland; Med. Dir. of the Institutions for Care of Handicapped Immi¬ grants (Malben) Services of Joint” in Israel; candidate for M.P.H. (Public Health Practice); sponsored by American Joint Distribution Comm. Miss Ruth T. Clough —Damariscotta, Maine; B.A., 1925, Goucher College, M.A., 1930, Univ. of Maine; Health Education Consultant, Maine State Dept, of Health and Welfare; candidate for M.P.H. (Public Health Practice—Health Education). 45 ROBBINS DONALDSON BURWELL Capt. Jack H. Robbins —USAF (MC), School of Aviation Med., Randolph A.F.B., Texas; M.D., 1948, College of Med. Evangelists; formerly Chief of Aviation Med., Eglin A.F.B., Florida; candidate for M.P.H. (Aviation Medicine); sponsored by USAF. Mr. Harry M. Donaldson —545 Boulevard, Westfield, N. J.; S.B. in Chem., 1936, Mass. Institute of Technology; formerly Chemist, Esso Standard Oil Co., N. J.; candidate for S.M. in Hyg. (Industrial Hygiene). Capt. Robert R. Burwell —USAF (MC), School of Aviation Med., Randolph A.F.B., Texas; B.S., 1947, Univ. of Wyoming, M.D., 1951, Creighton Univ. School of Med.; formerly Base Flight Surgeon, Goodfellow A.F.B., Texas; candi¬ date for M.P.H. (Aviation Medicine); sponsored by USAF. 46 Dr. Edward Wellin —H.S.P.H., 55 Shattuck St., Boston 15, Mass.; A.B., 1949, Syracuse Univ.; Ph.D., 1955, Harvard Univ.; formerly Anthropologist for PASB- WHO in Peru; candidate for S.M. in Hyg. (Public Health Practice); sponsored by Russell Sage Foundation. Dr. Jamal H. Azzawi —Dept, of Tropical Diseases, Ministry of Health, Bagh¬ dad, Iraq.; M.B., Ch. B., 1950, Royal College of Medicine, Baghdad; formerly physician in Prison Hospital; candidate for M.P.H. (Tropical Public Health); sponsored by I.C.A. Dr. Milton Werrin —4429 Sherwood Rd., Philadelphia 31, Pa.; V.M.D., 1934, Univ. of Pennsylvania; Chief, Veterinary Public Health Section, Philadelphia Dept, of Public Health; candidate for M.P.H. (Epidemiology). Dr. Azmi T. Hanna—27 Glymenopoulo Street, Ramleh Alexandria, Egypt; M.B., B.Ch., 1949, Univ. of Alexandria, D.P.H., 1952, Univ. of Cairo; Demon¬ strator in Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, Univ. of Alexandria; candidate for M.P.H. (Epidemiology); sponsored by I.C.A. WELLIN AZZAWI werrin HANNA AMARA WILKINSON UBOLSRI Dr. Amara Chandrapananda—32 Pitsanulok Rd., Bangkok, Thailand; M.D., 1947, Univ. of Medical Sciences, Bangkok; Head of Nutrition Dept., School of Public Health, Bangkok; full-time student (Nutrition); sponsored by I.C.A. Mr. Thomas K. Wilkinson —United Aircraft Corp., East Hartford, Conn.; B.A., 1950, American International College; formerly Industrial Hygienist, Pratt and Whitney, E. Hartford; candidate for S.M. in Hyg. (Industrial Hygiene); sponsored by A.E.C. Miss Ubolsri Palasiri —44 Soi Prasanmitra, Bangapi, Bangkok, Thailand; B.S., Pharm., 1948, Univ. of Med. Science, Thailand, M.N.S., 1955, Cornell Univ.; Nutritionist, Food Drug Div., Ministry of Health, Bangkok; candidate for S.M. in Hyg. (Nutrition); sponsored by Royal Thai Embassy. 48 Miss Beatrice S. Stone —1163 Beacon St., Brookline 46, Mass.; A.B., 1934, Smith College, M.S., 1943, Boston Univ.; Soc. Worker, Mass. Mem. Hospitals, and Instr. in Med. Soc. Work, Boston Univ., School of Med.; candidate for S.M. in Hyg. (Public Health Practice—Social Work); sponsored by HEW, Office of Voc. Rehab. Dr. Moye W. Freymann —H.S.P.H., 55 Shattuck St., Boston 15; B.S., 1945, Yale Univ., M.D., 1948, Johns Hopkins Univ.; formerly Public Health Consult¬ ant, U. S. Operations Mission, Iran; candidate for M.P.H. (Public Health Prac¬ tice), sponsored by the Commonwealth Fund. Dr. Rafael Risquez-Irribarren —Apartado 4143, Correos del Este, Caracas, Venezuela; M.D., 1935, Univ. Central de Venezuela, M.P.H., 1940, Johns Hop¬ kins Univ.; Coordinator Public Health, Med. Dept., Creole Petroleum Corpora¬ tion, Caracas; special student (Industrial Hygiene). Miss Jean B. Sweeley —1719 North 18th St., Boise, Idaho; B.A., 1932, Univ. of Calif, at Los Angeles, M.S.W., 1950, Univ. of Southern Calif., Med Soc. Consultant, Idaho Dept, of P.H.; candidate for S.M. in Hyg. (Public Health Practice—Social Work); sponsored by HEW, Office of Voc. Rehab. STONE, FREYMANN, RISQUEZ, SWEELEY DEGREE CANDIDATES Mr. Anthony F. Bartholomay Dr. Louis C. Fillios Dr. Om P. Gupta Mr. William J. Reddy Dr. Calvin Schwabe Miss Charlotte A. Smith Miss Grace Wyshak Mr. William Vinson Candidate for S.D.Hyg. in Biostatistics Candidate for S.D.Ffyg. in Nutrition—Feb. 1956 Candidate for Dr. P.H. in Nutrition Candidate for M.S.Hyg. in Nutrition Candidate for S.D.Hyg. in Tropical Public Health Candidate for M.S.Hyg. in Microbiology Candidate for M.Sc.Hyg. in Biostatistics—Feb. 1956 Candidate for S.D.Hyg. in Microbiology SPECIAL STUDENTS Miss Battishwa Badawi Miss Cynthia Bailey Mr. Austin J. Barrett Dr. Iskender Bayka Miss Lilitia Doten Miss Mary E. DuBois Dr. Carlos W. Espinoza Mr. Arnold W. Fieber Miss Frances E. Fischer Miss Marlene Friedrich Dr. Blair T. Hunt Miss M. Louise Keenan Mr. Lawrence I. Kramer, Jr. Mrs. Cecelia Mr. Joseph E. Leahy Miss Ellenora Lenihan Mrs. Fannie McEnge Miss Soekartijah Martoatmodjo Miss Melita Mascarenhas Miss Inez Mora Miss Laura Morris Mr. Gerald Mullin Miss Jane Paterson Mr. Carmen Pizzuto Mr. John T. Tierney Miss Mary Toy Miss Aleyamma Verghese Zysniewski 50 SOCIAL ACTIVITIES FACULTY WIVES kospifir rty fawmi fn REGISTRATION wm urmrto j a iisffliiri PORT OF EMBARKATION OUR CHARTED COURSE W ITH a last long look at the outside world, we stepped over the threshold of the school on registration day into a community unfamiliar to the majority of us. Many were in the United States for the first time; indeed, several had come to the School directly from their plane, boat or train. One instance in particular was memorable, although not atypical, since the student, his wife, and two active child explorers, complete with luggage, descended upon the premises with no arrangements having been made for housing. The warmth of the faculty wives’ welcome and the efficient organization of Mrs. Barnaby’s staff (and later on, of Mr. Barnaby’s punchbowl) helped allay our fears of the strange and unknown. The faculty reception provided everyone with an opportunity to meet the President and Mrs. Pusey, Dean and Mrs. Snyder, as well as other mentors and fellow students. Dr. and Mrs. Snyder devoted their Wednesday evenings throughout the year to entertaining class members for dinner. It was fun getting to know the whole Snyder family and to experience true Harvard hospitality. Other members of the faculty also assumed the role of the gracious host. Evenings such as these helped to mold the heterogeneous mass into a congenial team. Recognizing the need for a more closely knit class organization, a small group of interested students, led by Dr. Dwight Coons, initiated the necessary steps to bring about the election of officers and the formation of committees. As a result of their efforts, elections were held in October with Ken Chapman and Kathy Cantwell voted in as Vice President and Secretary, to serve along with the writer 52 as President. At the same time, Claire Wasserboehr was unanimously acclaimed Executive Secretary of the Class. Shortly thereafter, the executive trio met at Averill’s Lounge,” with the re¬ sult that Dr. Ralph Doherty was selected as Treasurer, provided that he keep informed on the dollar-pound exchange rate at all times. Committee Chairmen chosen were: Dr. Charles Berry, Social; Desmond O’Hara and Mrs. Emily McFar¬ land, Co-Chairmen of Publicity; and Dr. Moye Freymann, Forum. Subsequently, a meeting of officers and committee chairmen was held to de¬ fine the problem,” determine the resources” and formulate objectives” in true H.S.P.H. tradition. With the advent of the second semester, sixteen of our students had left our fold, and an even larger number of new faces appeared. Dispersion of the stu¬ dent body increased our dependence on the mailbox corner for communication with the members of the class. Unofficial deanship had apparently passed to Jean Parsons. Social events and forums occupied a place of even greater importance now, since they provided the only opportunity for students to see one another. Informal meetings became the rule of the day, held in any available corner, from the 5 5 Shattuck Street Nutrition Lab” to the Boiler Room.” As what is jokingly referred to as Spring” ap proached, Boston was thrice blessed with sizeable blizzards, tying up traffic hopelessly and marooning thou¬ sands of motorists. Some students and faculty were forced to remain overnight in our school buildings. For the first time in the history of the school, classes were suspended for a day and a half, while Boston dug itself out. This Dean Snyder did in the true spirit of accident prevention.” THE SNYDERS AT HOME CAPTAIN AND CREW Standing (left to right) O HARA, McFARLAND, BERRY, FREYMANN. Seated (left to right) CHAPMAN, AVERILL, CANTWELL, DOHERTY. By this time, we were greeting each other on a first-name basis, and many close friendships had developed. With the approach of comprehensives and gradua¬ tion, we felt frustrated that so little time remained to enjoy this friendship, so much having been wasted in the preliminary stages. But one cannot hurry nature, especially human nature. The opportunity to serve as President was not only an honor but a gratifying experience. The success of our activities throughout the year must be attributed to the cooperation of the class. No better committee chairmen could have been selected, for each has done his job in a most competent fashion, as did those whom they chose to serve on their respective committees. Claire Wasserboehr’s coopera¬ tion and enthusiastic work capacity lightened our literary fabrications for fun, frolic and forums. It will be with genuine regret that we say not goodbye,” but ”au revoir” to each other and to the faculty and staff who have our admiration and respect. Hugh M. Averill, President 54 PUBLICITY B ECAUSE of the amount of work and time involved in supervising the varied activities of the Publicity Committee, the class officers appointed Emily McFarland and Desmond O’Hara as co-chairmen to share this responsibility. The first issue of Shattuck Street Sidelights was published in November 1955 and before the turn of the school year, Robert Burwell, the editor, was able to take two more publications of this literary gem off the press. With the new semester and the hopeful belief that pressures might ease up, the Publicity Committee divided its efforts in order to conquer time and insolvency. Emily McFarland was appointed Editor of the Yearbook while Desmond O’Hara assumed responsibility for all other publication and publicity activities. Once the yearbook was underwritten and given the impetus of a deadline,” whirlwinds of activity ensued, involving composit ion, biographies, and lay-out. It is fortunate that the spring holiday intervened to allow the School, administration and faculty particularly, to recover from the invasion by the photography team. During the picture taking, serious public health specialists were seen holding high voltage lights aloft, electronically attached to the agile photographer, Ted Polumbaum. They made the sun shine indoors, while the blizzard raged outside. Gene Miller and his cohorts did everything but stand on their heads to record the School in action.” Des O’Hara and Bob Burwell carried through with more issues of Shattuck Street Sidelights,” depending heavily on the graphic and mimeographic talents of Claire Wasserboehr. These brought into focus interesting ideas and thoughts on life in these United States as seen by various members of the student community. LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION SHATTUCK STREET SIDELIGHTS 55 HOSTS FOR HIGH JINKS Standing (left to right) DONALDSON, DORMIN, MIDWOOD, BURWELL. Seated (left to right) COONS, BERRY, DRAKE. SOCIAL A S the school year began, the life” that was in our community ' ' lay seem¬ ingly submerged—the Damoclean threat of shillelagh and slide rule, pos¬ sibly?—for it was not until sometime in November that the social conscience of the class arose to assert itself in tangible form. Under the able leadership of Doctor Chuck” Berry, a group of volunpulsoryteers” (don’t look this one up) namely, Doctors Coons and Burwell, Kahn and Azzawi, Barbara Domnin, Hazel Midwood, Lee Drake, Harry Donaldson and Austin Barrett, met in formal organization to lay plans for class partying, outings and the necessary refreshments. An icebreaker in the form of a square dance was planned for early December, the McFarlands graciously offering their barn for the occasion. So great w r as the response, however, that this plan had regretfully to be abandoned in favor of Vanderbilt gymnasium. That the Gods frowned on the plan might have seemed the case: on the very eve of the dance came the first real snowstorm of the season. Withal, a record crowd gathered on the night of December 2 for the promised fun. Suffice it to say in retrospect that a dance pattern of international character 56 was born of that night when squares ' ' from India, Iraq, Australia and Texas— to name but a few—formed to allemain left and dosey-do, bow to your partner and away we go. Gene and Bab Marsden were the callers and the interaction they were able to accomplish through adroit involvement of all partici¬ pants would have done credit to the best potential in Public Health Practice 40, c, d. Assuredly, future visitors to Karachi, Lahore, Bangkok and Lima will not be surprised to see hereinafter a recognizable version of Bumps A Daisy and Birdie in the Cage wherever the dance is on. Scarcely had the class recovered from this success when the Yuletide Season marched in, and another party was in order. Harkness Commons supplied the locale for the traditional wassailing and caroling—the sumptuous dining. Presi¬ dent Hugh Averill found a quartet for the singing of the beautiful Christmas music but, under this spell he himself also found voice and led some impromptu carol-singing of his own. Bud Werrin played Santa with such success that even the faculty agreed they had received just what they wanted. Refreshed by the mid-year holiday which took everyone into the field for a look at the other side of the fence in accordance with individual interests and plans, the class entered into the second term in somewhat more relaxed mood, one which welcomed more social exchange. They had found their dancing feet it seemed and squared off in Harkness Commons on February 18. This time, a heavy winter blanket was successful in suppressing resurging enthusiasm. AROUND THE WORLD IN A SQUARE ' ’ SANTA WERRIN Sure and no group could be in Boston on March 17 without plannin ' a bit o’ celebratin’. To keep faith with Doctor Gordon’s shillelagh, the gremlins and the fifinellas, a Saint Patrick’s dance was planned, again at Harkness Commons. Some¬ one must have mentioned the frogs of Connemara (pro apologia, Lord Dunsany!) for that weekend the snows really came. In the paralysis that crept over the city, A TEAM OF HUSKIES ' ’ 58 all plans were snowed under as well. Only those intrepids living close to the school were seen to creep about in the next few days, looking for a class to go to and ending up, of course, in the Library. Of the things that had to be laid aside, however, that which caused more dis¬ appointment than all the rest was the change in plans for the Yearbook presen¬ tation to world citizen, Dr. Leavell. Instead of the Saint Patrick’s dance gather¬ ing—originally chosen as the occasion for the class presentation, the somewhat different setting of the Reading Room at 55 Shattuck offered the last opportunity before Dr. Leavell was to take off for his protracted visit to the East. Drifts were sufficiently cleared away to allow a few to reach the school on that day, March 20. The psychological processes of rumor did the rest, and in a brief and informal ceremony, the hand-wrought scroll which served as dedicatory page for this Yearbook, was presented to Dr. Leavell. His words of appreciation and his en¬ couragement to the class will serve to fortify us for the inevitable storming of the bastions come E-Day. We go to press before the many other social events being planned by our resourceful Social Committee will take place. Three other parties are envisioned, including a boat trip and of course, the traditional clambake for the class outing. It has been good fellowship, for what we have shared together we will not lightly lay down. HONORS FROM ONE HUGH TO ANOTHER 59 RANDOM SAMPLES L IFE continues on in its own fashion no matter where you are. Returning to an academic environment does not seal the stu¬ dent in a vacuum and protect him from the problems and pleasures which help mold his pattern of living. Many of us kept a picture in our minds of what we left behind and hoped it would re¬ main the same until we returned home. Snap¬ shots, letters and packages helped keep the picture meaningful and the postman and Jean Parsons on their toes. Others made the most of the present by bringing along a little bit of home in the form of wives, children and favorite foods. Dr. Prieto and Mr. Gastanaga soon found they could not live on memories and were joined by their families. What better way to solve the problem? Everyone soon knew metropolitan Boston well. Souls” were worn thin, including those of Miss Laskey and Mrs . Barnaby, as we tramped the streets to find suitable housing. During our state of fatigue and while we were suffering from restaurantitis, the Harvard Clinic demanded blood and whatever else could be supplied. The pressure of classes was occasionally re¬ lieved by informal get-togethers at each others homes, at which hidden talents of many class¬ mates were revealed in the expertly prepared favorite dishes of their native lands. Every¬ thing from baked beans and codfish cakes to spaghetti Milanese, biriyana and sukiyaki. Even though the majority of the class made the most of their rather scarce leisure hours, a few also looked forward to the future. Des O ' Hara got carried away on Christmas Eve and presented his fiancee with an engagement ring. Dave Hoover walked down the aisle in April and Mrs. Gail Gould was busily preparing a member for the Harvard class of ' 78. FOOD AND FORENSICS A LA FREYMANN FORUM I N that effort to deeper understanding of human nature with a greater respect for alien ideas —to quote from our class member, Dr. C. Vijil y Tardon— the Forum Committee got underway early in the year. Robustly chaired by Doctor Moye Freymann, the Committee offered a forum on almost every Wednesday evening throughout the year. The series began with an outstanding discussion of the Home Medical Service, Boston University Medical School, the joint presenta¬ tion of Doctors Dreyfus and Mara. In capsule, they satisfied the popular demand for those new ideas on the changing concept of comprehensive medical care not wholly covered in the classroom and set the tone for varied experience in all forum meetings to come. Outstanding, too, was Dr. Dradjat ' s handling of the Indonesian scene, the beauty and rich potentialities of which were apparent to all who shared in the meeting. There was standing room only when Professor Packard came from across the river to charm the forum audience with his offering of painless public speaking or as he put it conversation with an audience. It was added interest for some to hear their own voices for the first time via tape recorder. Another not to be forgotten evening was that in which Doctor Azmi Hanna so nimbly covered in one evening some six thousand years of Egyptian history, with a peek into the crystal ball of things yet to come. Two other forums stand out in our minds: one in which Miss Marion Russell brought the art of interviewing into practical play, the other in which Dr. Garland enlightened us on the intricacies and idiosyncrasies of medical writing. 62 Of quite different character and setting was the Pakistan Evening which revealed latent talents and brought a record gathering. The lobby of 55 Shattuck took on the color and flavor of a far-eastern bazaar that evening, owing to the evasive fragrance of biriyana served hot off the griddle (the thoughtful and time-consuming effort of Mrs. Mayes); the tinkling of strange and exotic music; the daz¬ zling beauty of the handicraft exhibit that served as background for the program. This was indeed a gala evening, sponsored by the gracious, smiling Doctor Khan and the Pakis¬ tan Student’s Association of Greater Boston. What to Tell the Press,” conducted by Miss Burns and a panel of distinguished jour¬ nalists, was the topic of another fruitful eve¬ ning, followed shortly by the next week’s pro¬ gram when Doctor Rao and his colleagues contributed their offering of what life is like in India. The color of the costumes, the dances and the songs—as well as the more serious consideration of the ways in which India is meeting those problems, of concern not alone to herself but to the world at large—left a deep and lasting impression. HANNA CROSSING THE NILE CONVERSATION WITH AN AUDIENCE 63 PAGING PAKISTAN To add another continent, Dr. Phillips took us to South Africa to show the broad field of his experiences. Miss Beryl Roberts gave the class an evening of pleasure and practical purpose with her demonstration of ways in which to use audio-visual aids. Doctor Metzner produced an absorbing talk on Germany—and soon the series came to a close. Not, however, without expressions of gratitude to Doctor Claire Ryder and all who assisted her in bringing to these meetings a wealth of material which added so much to the meaning and scope of the forum program. These forums helped to create a better appreciation of the fu ndamental human attitudes in front of the riddles of the universe” (again Dr. Vijil). In later years, looking back, we shall remember these meetings and our friends from the world community. We shall also remember the experiences we shared together in our own special world—the community of the School. We came to this PLACE To go through this PROCESS We proceed with PURPOSE To further the PLAN which is Health for the PUBLIC 64 CLASS COMMITTEES EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Dr. Hugh Averill, President Mr. Kenneth Chapman, Vice President Miss Katherine Cantwell, Secretary Dr. Ralph Doherty, Treasurer Dr. Moye Freymann, Forum Dr. Charles Berry, Social Mrs. Emily McFarland, Yearbook Mr. Desmond O’Hara, Publicity FORUM COMMITTEE Dr. Moye Freymann, Chairman Miss Mary Earnshaw Dr. Azmi Hanna Dr. Herbert Hibben Dr. Franck LeFort Dr. David Miller Miss Lucila Sogandares Dr. Michael Takos SOCIAL COMMITTEE Dr. Charles Berry, Chairman Dr. Dwight Coons Dr. Robert Burwell Miss Barbara Dormin Mrs. Alina Drake Dr. Mohammad Khan Mr. Austin Barrett Miss Hazel Midwood Mr. Harry Donaldson Dr. Jamal Azzawi PUBLICITY COMMITTEE Mr. Desmond O’Hara, Chairman Dr. Robert Burwell Miss Jean Sweeley Dr. Dradjat Prawiranegara Miss Marlene Friedrich Dr. Mary Lee Ingbar Miss Lucy Shortridge Mr. David Hoover 65 FIVE SHEETS TO THE WIND, GOULD ON WATCH YEARBOOK COMMITTEE Mrs. Gail D. Gould Editors Mrs. Emily McFarland Mr. Kenneth I. Chapman Dr. Eugene Miller Dr. Marjorie A. C. Young Biographies Dr. Boris Pliskin Miss Elizabeth Stobo Mrs. Alina M. Drake Miss Hazel Midwood Miss Beatrice S. Stone Miss Phyllis Barron Dr. Charles A. Berry Dr. Robert R. Burwell Miss Katherine T. Cantwell Miss Ruth T. Clough SUBCOMMITTEES Photography Dr. Eugene G. Miller Mrs. Frances H. Pitts Miss Jean B. Sweeley Mr. Milton T. Hill Mr. Thomas K. Wilkinson Dr. Milton Werrin CONTRIBUTORS Mr. Hj ' .rry M. Donaldson Dr. Moye W. Freymann Mr. David B. Hoover Dr. David C. Miller Mrs. Marjorie G. Whiting Advisory Miss Lucila E. Sogandares Dr. Lucio Nuzzolo Dr. Azmi T. Hanna Dr. Konosuke Tomabechi Dr. Ralph L. Doherty Dr. V. Narayana Rao Dr. Mohammad Khan Dr. Maria Banasiewicz-Rodriguez Dr. Chindabha Sayanha-Vikasit Dr. Ernest E. Musgrave Mr. Desmond O’Hara Miss Jean B. Sweeley Miss Elizabeth C. Stobo Dr. Michael J. Takos Vacuity Advisor: Dr. Beryl Roberts Photographer: Ted Polumbaum 66 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The Yearbook Committee wishes to thank: — Dr. Muench, for the generous loan of his office during the preparation of final copy for the printer. — Miss Claire Wasserboehr, for her expert secretarial work as well as her unfaltering energy. — Mr. Roger Spaulding and his staff, for the donation of office space, the use of photography files and pictures, telephone and typing. — Mrs. Augustine and Mrs. Gordon, for making a special trip to 55 Shattuck Street in the interest of assisting us to photo¬ graph the school in action at registration time. -—- Delia, for raising the morale and refreshing the spirits of many of us with frequent cups of coffee served always with cheer.” —- Harcourt Brace and Company for granting permission to quote from The Collected Poems of T. S. Eliot—1909 to 1935.” —- Mr. Robert W. Kelly of the Robert W. Kelly Publishing Corporation. — The Winthrop Laboratories for the sponsorship of the Year¬ book for 1956. 67 INDEX TO BIOGRAPHIES Page No. Alter, E. Mary, Mrs. 26 Averill, Hugh M., Dr. 30 Azzawi, Jamal H., Dr. 47 Banasiewicz-Rodriguez, Maria, Dr. 32 Barry, Eugene V., Mr. 43 Berry, Charles A., Capt. 36 Burwell, Robert R., Capt. 46 Canlas, Marcelo S., Dr. 42 Cantwell, Katherine T., Miss 27 Chandrapananda, Amara P., Dr. 48 Chapman, Kenneth I., Mr. 45 Clough, Ruth T., Miss 45 Coons, Dwight O., Wing Commander 36 Doherty, Ralph L., Dr. 40 Donaldson, Harry M., Mr. 46 Dormin, K. Barbara, Miss 26 Drake, Alina M., Mrs. 30 Dunham, Marguerite C., Dr. 42 Earnshaw, E. Mary, Miss 33 Elashoff, Robert M., Mr. 35 Freymann, Moye W., Dr. 49 Fukushima, Ichiro, Dr. 29 Garcia, Edito G., Dr. 42 Gastanaga, Anibal, Mr. 43 Gould, D. Gail, Mrs. 32 Hanna, Azmi T., Dr. 47 Hibben, Herbert A., Capt. 36 Hill, Milton T„ Mr. 44 Hoover, David B., Mr. 29 Ingbar, Mary Lee, Dr. 31 Jacka, Cyril K., Mr. 35 Johnson, Louis F., Maj. 36 Khan, Mohammad F., Dr. 40 Kundsin, Ruth B., Mrs. 27 Lang, Robert H., Capt. 27 LeFort, Franck F., Dr. 34 Levin, Lester, Mr. 43 Ludwig, John H., Mr. 35 Mahar, Irene R., Miss 30 McFarland, Emily F., Mrs. 38 Metzner, Franz N., Dr. 34 Midwood, Hazel, Miss 33 Miller, David C., Dr. 37 Page No. Miller, Eugene G., Dr. 31 Moodie, Aileen D., Miss 41 Musgrave, Ernest E., Dr. 34 Nuzzolo, Lucio, Dr. 40 O’Hara, Desmond, Mr. 45 Palasiri, Ubolsri, Miss 48 Payzin, Huseyin S., Dr. 41 Pitts, Frances H., Mrs. 33 Pliskin, Boris, Dr. 45 Prawiranegara, R. Dradjat D., Dr. 37 Prieto, Claudio L., Dr. 29 Rao, V. Narayana, Dr. 42 Robbins, Jack H., Capt. 46 Rosen, Evelyn R., Miss 31 Risquez-Iribarren, Rafael, Dr. 49 Sampaio, Arnaldo C., Dr. 38 Sayanha-Vikasit, Chindabha S., Dr. 28 Scharffenberg, John A., Dr. 37 Schuler, Pedro, Dr. 34 Schwartz, Arnold D., Dr. 26 Senft, Alfred W„ Dr. 40 Shortridge, Lucy J., Miss 39 Silides, Demetra J., Miss 28 Sinisterra, Leonardo, Dr. 39 Smith, Edwin E., Dr. 30 Sogandares, Lucila E., Miss 39 Stennis, Hugh J., Dr. 44 Stobo, Elizabeth C., Miss 32 Stone, Beatrice S., Miss 49 Sweeley, Jean B., Miss 49 Takos, Michael J., Dr. 29 Thiraveja, Suph, Dr. 33 Toker, Donald L., Dr. 44 Tomabechi, Konosuke, Dr. 28 Ujjin, Pairatana, Dr. 41 Vijil y Tardon, Dr. Camilo 32 Wellin, Edward, Dr. 47 Werrin, Milton, Dr. 47 Whiting, Marjorie G., Mrs. 37 Wilkinson, Thomas K., Mr. 48 Yepez, Miguel E., Dr. 26 Young, Marjorie A. C., Miss 38 Zomzely, Claire E., Miss 28 68 . • V .. .