Jefferson Medical College - Clinic Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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J. PARSONS SCHAEFFER, A.M., M.D., Ph.D., Sc.D. Professor of Anatomy, Emeritus. Formerly Professor of Anatomy and Director of the Daniel Baugh Institute of Anatomy, 1914-1948. I0 H l'l Af 'bf 1. Pm' Anatom! stifllte 0? 1ggE. ill' 595166 by sfff rapid I' methftdf anatolllf He G lhffe P' he Sdn scienff ing ODE they W the spil ter pn ticed F dents' SWIPB' Dr. Yale m enable compi' plkhn Hax Colleg to stu Schm Iwo Q sem sylval from fame ouey tame Wars Cum It rixef whit Rf-ax mln Polls Wns Kim S0111 and

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tv- 91 'W' H9-it . And In Those Days There Were Giants 011 the Earth. At the close of the 1947-43 academic year, Dr. I. Parsons Schaeffer retired as Professor of Anatomy and Director of the Daniel Baugh ln- stitute of Anatomy of the Jefferson Medical Col- lege, thus ending a term of thirty-four years of service to the school, distinguished not only by great personal achievement, but also by rapid forward strides in the improvement of methods and facilities for the teaching of anatomy. He came here from Yale in 1914 to accept these posts, bringing with him an idea to which he still firmly adheres, viz., that a professor of science has, of various functions, one outstand- ing one, which is uso to teach and train men that they will always remain students and continue the spirit of the investigator, thus becoming bet- ter practitioners of medicinef, That he prac- ticed this precept is a fact well-known to stu- dents, who have found in him a ready source of sympathetic encouragement and inspiration. Dr. Schaeffer also brought with him from Yale an extensive and varied background, which enabled him, during his stay at Jefferson, to compile an enviable record of personal accom- plishments. Having graduated from Central Pennsylvania College with an A.B. degree in 1897, he went on to study pedagogy at the Keystone State Normal School, receiving a BE. in 1901, and an ME. two years later. Between 1901 and 1903, he served as a principal of public schools in Penn- sylvania. Dr. Schaeffer received his M.D. degree from the 'University of Pennsylvania in 1907, earned an A.M. degree from Cornell in 1909, and one year later gained his Ph.D. ln 1912 he be- came professor of anatomy at Yale, only five years after having served as a demonstrator at Cornell! lt was in July of 1914 that Dr. Schaeffer ar- ' rived at Philadelphia to assume the position to which he had unanimously been elected by the Board of Trustees at Jefferson. The years that followed were years of rapid progress for the college, and Dr. Schaefferis contributions were considerable. He is the teacher of Doctors Per- kins, Keyes, Scheffey, Jones, Cantarow, Mont- gomery, and Gibbon the younger. His vision and outstanding ability as organizer and ad- ministrator have served his school and profession admirably on numerous occasions, through his acting as representative or chairman on various commissions, dealing not only with the protec- tion and advancement of medical research, but also with the problems of public health as well. Dr. Schaeffer has received the Cold Medal of the American Medical Association for his re- searches and demonstrations on the paranasal sinuses and the upper respiratory apparatus, he has received honorary A.M. and Sc.D. degrees and the coveted Strittmatter Award. He has writ- ten several books, including The Nose, Para- nasal Sinuscs, Lacrimal Passageways, and Olfac- tory Organ, in Man, The Dissection of the Human Body, and Outline and Directions for the Dis- section of the Human Body. He is the author of the section, The Respiratory System, in Morris' Human Anatomy, of which he is editor- in-chief. Other scientific books have received contributions from him, and his numerous pub- lished monographs, papers, and reviews attest to his years of tireless investigation of anatomical and embryological subjects. Though retired at present, he is in excellent health, with an inexhaustible supply of energy with which he meets the demands of a still busy schedule. He is now the President of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, and the Executive Secretary of the Anatomical Board of Pennsyl- vania, of which he was for many years, the Presi- dent. He has also served as President of the American Association of Anatomists. He is a member of the American Philosophic Society, innumerable scientific societies, and various clubs and fraternities, including the Yale, Cor- nel, Graduate, and University Clubs, as well as the Alpha Omega Alpha and Omega Upsilon Phi fraternities claim his membership. It will not be easy to forget soon the kindli- ness, humor, and sympathetic understanding that his piercing glance and business-like manner could not hide. ulakefi as we fear he was some- what irreverently known by admiring students, is one of the great men of his generation, a dis- tinguished and cultured gentleman of whom all Jefferson is justly proud. Edward C. Smith