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

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Back roir, left to right —Miss Wettach, Dr. Stitt, Dr. Eliot, Dr. Meyer, Miss O’Donoghue, Dr. Post, Judith Schoellkopf (Visiting Lecturer), Dr. William Schmidt, Mrs. Ruth G. Cumings, Dr. Leon Sternfeld. Seated around table —Dr. Harfouche, Dr. McNamara, Dr. de Vega, Dr. Dhillon, Dr. Morris, Dr. Valadian, Miss Rice, Dr. Govaerts, Dr. Demello, Miss Hosack. DEPARTMENT OF MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH Martha M. Eliot, A.B., M.D., L.H.D., S.D. (hon.), LL.D., Professor of Maternal and Child Health and Head of the Department Harold C. Stuart, Litt.B., M.D., A.M. (hon.), Professor of Maternal and Child Health, Emeritus Blrtha S. Burke, A.M., Associate Professor of Maternal and Child Nutrition Elizabeth P. Price, A.B., S.M., Associate Professor of Public Health and Social Work William M. Schmidt, M.D., Associate Professor of Maternal and Child Health Samuel B. Kirkwood, A.B., M.D., Clinical Professor of Maternal Health Pauline G. Stitt, M.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor of Maternal and Child Health Ruth G. Cumings, S.B., A.M., Assistant Professor of Maternal and Child Health Nursing Carlotta Wettach, A.B., A.M., Instructor in Public Health Social Work IS

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Flight surgeons —Ross McFarland and his boys. Left to right —Dr. Zellmer, Dr. Betz, Dr. Marriott, Dr. Stevenson, Dr. McFarland, Dr. Hobbs, Dr. Parkes, Dr. Chunn, Dr. Schulze, Dr. Nugent. AVIATION MEDICAL GROUP Dr. Richard N. Betz, Dr. Samuel P. Chunn, Dr. W. J. Hobbs, Dr. Victor E. Schulze, Dr. Ian A. Marriott, Dr. Gerald Parkes, Dr. W. J. C. Stevenson, Dr. R. W. Zellmer, Dr. J. Miller, Dr. Brian O’Doherty, Dr. Thomas O. Nevison, Jr. T HE aims of this department are to unite the various disciplines of engineering and medicine into one coordinated package and to do so in such a manner that it will be intelligible to both the physicians and engineers which comprise the classes. This is a most difficult task, but one which is very ably accomplished by all members of the department. The rapidly growing interest in the problems of air pollution, radiation, aviation health and safety and occupational health and safety is evidenced by the unprecedented (and somewhat unexpected) size of the classes in those elective courses which dealt with these problems. The value of the instruction is enhanced by the close association of theory and practice. Numerous laboratory exercises, clinics, and held trips illustrate concepts (and provide a break from long hours of lecture) and the frequent use of visiting lecturers brings the latest ideas and problems from industry to the ivory towers.’’ This department may be considered an extended family of four fairly distinct groups which deal with the whole held of Industrial Health but use somewhat different approaches. Industrial Hygiene considers the problems of air pollution, noise, air conditioning and heating from the engineering aspects; Occupational Medicine empha¬ sizes the clinical or medical side of these areas; Radiological Hygiene deals specifically with ionizing radiation but utilizes principles learned in industrial hygiene and occu¬ pational medicine; and Aviation Medicine applies all the principles of preventive medi¬ cine and public health to the special problems of the aviation industry. All the groups then assemble for a reunion in the survey courses such as Environmental Hygiene. 17

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The Johns introduce the first class baby of ... The suspense mounts—is it a boy or girl, the year to Pauline Stitt . . . STUDENTS MAJORING IN MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH Dr. Claudia Demello, Dr. Harbans Dhillon, Dr. Jamal Harfouche, Miss Alice Hosack, Dr. Charlotte John, Dr. Monique Govaerts, Dr. Genevieve Masse, Dr. Roger Meyer, Dr. Naomi Morris, Miss Kathleen O’Donoghue, Dr. Cornelius Post, Dr. Virginia McNamara. T HE Public Health Family” is perhaps symbolized most clearly by the Maternal and Child Health Department. The spirit of instruction drawn from Dr. Eliot and her team of teachers focuses each profession dynamically and effectively on problems of children and their families. A rich fund of understanding and wide practical expe¬ rience characterized the teaching activities from the basic course with its Fund B and historical overview, to the advanced studies dealing with more detailed work with crippled children’s programs, delinquency and the like. True to the spirit of the de¬ partment, students are given action assignments throughout the country as part of the yearly field” migrations, giving firsthand knowledge of a community’s problems and medical care. Active participation in both established and spontaneous community programs in Boston and the country at large provides teaching and research resource for a number of actively ongoing projects. Community health centers, schools, health departments, day care centers are some of the teaching opportunities. Members of the department family” are frequently sought as visiting lecturers and consultants here and in other countries. The department also continuously carries out research projects on the problems and needs of children. An unusual community contact has been provided since 1930 by Dr. Stuart’s famous longitudinal growth and development study now gathering data and experience together for one of the great classics in the field. 19