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

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Seated, left to right —Dr. Milo D. Leavitt, Jr., Dr. Robert T. Cutting, Dr. William Hafner, Jr., Dr. Sol Levine, Dr. Leonid Snegireff, Dr. Hugh R. Leavell, Miss Bernice Wright, Dr. Barbara Terrile Ganern, Dr. David Sevlever. Standing —Dr. Gertrude Woodruff, Dr. Jean Henri Puyet. Dr. Henry Greenleaf, Dr. Zekin Shakhashiri, Dr. Leon Taubenhaus, Dr. Edward Mason, Mr. Michael Rodzenko, Dr. Harry T. Phillips, Mr. Jerry Solon, Miss Charlotte Owens, Dr. Marjorie A. C. Young, Dr. Louisa Howe, Dr. Ascher J. Segall, Mrs. Ruth G. Cumings, Dr. Thomas Plaut, Dr. Leon Sternfeld, Dr. Fernando Serpa-Florez, Dr. Maurice M. Osborne, Jr., Mrs. Martha Breed. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE Dr. Hugh R. Leavell, Professor of Public Health and Head of the Department, Assistant Dean Dr. Leonid Snegireff, Associate Professor of Chronic Disease Control Dr. Gerald Caplan, Associate Professor of Mental Health Dr. Be njamin Paul, Associate Professor of Social Anthropology Dr. Ozzie Simmons, Associate Professor of Social Anthropology Dr. Sol Levine, Assistant Professor of Social Anthropology Dr. Helen L. Roberts, Lecturer on Public Health Practice Irwin T. Sanders, Ph.D., Lecturer on Sociology Dr. Alfred Frechette, Clinical Professor of Public Health Practice, Commissioner of of Health, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Dr. Edward Mason, Assistant Professor of Mental Health Dr. Marjorie A. C. Young, Assistant Professor of Health Education Mary Lee Ingbar, Ph.D., M.P.H., Lecturer on Medical Economics Louisa P. Howe, Ph.D., Lecturer on Mental Health Miss Charlotte Owens, M.P.H., Instructor in Mental Health Dr. Leon J. Taubenhaus, Instructor in Public Health Practice Dr. James Dunning, Lecturer on Public Health Dentistry, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Director, Dental Health Service, University Health Service 26

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Breathe deeply. T N its teaching program, the Department of Physiology teams with Industrial Hygiene ■ to present basic courses in the held of environmental hygiene. The unique research interests of this shy family, however, remain somewhat of a mystery to students, who have a vague impression of barking dogs and the importance of the respirometer. Under Asst. Dean Whittenberger’s direction, the major emphasis of current research is respiratory and environmental physiology. Dr. Amdur investigates the effect on guinea pigs of inhalation of gaseous irritants (such as sulphu r dioxide) and the en¬ hancement of toxic effect when the gas is in combination with aerosols. These studies are of great importance in defining the problem of air pollution. Dr. Mead’s work is concerned with what might be called basic breathing, primarily the measurement of pulmonary function. Dr. Forbes, known for his work in physical fitness, is planning to initiate a series of experiments on fatigue and recovery in small muscles. He also is kept busy acting as Faculty Advisor to foreign students. The barking dogs can be explained by the department’s research on circulatory physiology. A sample article title will make everything clear: Effects of Vagus Stimu¬ lation and of Acetylcholine on Myocardial Contractility, O., Consumption and Coronary Flow in Dogs”—which is enough to make any dog bark. 25

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Cecil G. Sheps, M.D., Clinical Professor of Preventive Medicine, HAIS and General Director, Beth Israel Hospital William J. Curran, Lecturer on Law, Department of Legal Medicine, HMS (Professor of Legal Medicine, Director of Law-Medicine Research Institute, Boston University) Dr. Kenneth I. E. Mcleod, Instructor in Public Health Practice Dr. Zekin Shakhashiri, Visiting Associate Professor in Public Health Practice David M. Kaplan, Instructor in Mental Health Dr. Dean Clark, Clinical Professor of Preventive Medicine HMS and General Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Mr. Jerry Solon, Instructor in Medical Care Dr. Sidney Lee, Associate in Public Health Practice Dr. Franz Goldmann, Associate Professor of Medical Care, Emeritus STUDENTS MAJORING IN PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE Dr. Augusto Aguilera, Mrs. Marion Edna Alexander, Mrs. Judith Mogil Blanc, Miss Ellen Ann Cain, Dr. Louis J. P. Calisti, Dr. John W. Carr, Dr. Felix Cohen, Miss Amney C. Caurdy, Dr. Robert T. Cutting, Dr. Barbara Terrile Ganem, Mrs. Lorraine V. Klerman, Dr. Jean Henri Puyet, Dr. Fernando Serpa-Florez, Miss Bernice Wright, Dr. William Hafner, Jr., Dr. Milo D. Leavitt, Jr., Mrs. Irene D. Merker, Dr. Maurice M. Osborne, Jr., Mr. Michael Rodzenko, Dr. Ascher J. Segall, Miss Janet Elaine Waite, Miss Gertrude Woodruff. HE largest department in the School, Public Health Practice, unites many lineages L into a clan concerned with myriad activities of teaching, research, and active par¬ ticipation in public health programs. The non-resident clan members who, while working as Health Officers, lecture and lead discussions in school courses help keep the con¬ nection between theory and practice strong. Dr. Leavell, the busy head of the clan, presides over many things, including the tribal initiation rite called PHP lb,c. There he explains (with puns) the principles of preventive medicine and administration and coaxes every student through the diabolically complete outline, Solving a Community Problem. Dr. Shakhashiri acts as assistant chief (or in Polynesian, talking chief ), holding tireless discussions with confused students, delivering memorable final lectures, and justifying extra assignments. The separate lineages that make up the clan each have a specialty and their own place of residence. The Mental Health Unit, under Dr. Caplan, continues its unique research and consultation program based in- the Whittier Street Health Center. Dr. Caplan’s lucid lectures on mental health in 40b,c were one of the high points of the year. Students become familiar with the Social Science Unit in the first quarter through the well organized crash course on the Human Community. Under Dr. Paul, Dr. Levine and others, research into reactions to fluoridation programs and community organization flourishes. Health Education, led by Dr. Young, impressed the students by their practical demonstrations of the team approach and the profession’s techniques before lecture and seminar groups. The Chronic Disease Unit, represented by Dr. Snegireff, emerged from intensive cancer research to contribute excellent lectures on the special problems of this growing public health interest. Dr. Ingbar, in the Medical Care Program, was able to give provocative presentations of medical economics, while increasing the population of the clan. Such are the activities of this large kin group that are best known to the class. They indicate only a small proportion of the clan’s contribution to public health. 27