Jefferson Medical College - Clinic Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Fw vi fi' Pi Portrait of a Teacher The Class of 1961, with a keenly felt sense of pride, presents to the Jelferson Medical College the portrait of Peter Andrew Herbut, M.D., Professor of Path- ology and Head of the Department. We are privileged to honor this man who strives so diligently in our behalf, that we might attain a basic understanding of pathologic processes and thereby accrue the keystone of clinical medicine. Dr. Herbut was born in Edson, Alberta, Canada, and received his early educa- tion there. He prepared for medical study at the University of Alberta and at McGill University, receiving his medical degree from the latter school in 1937. Following his internship at Children's Memorial Hospital, Montreal, and the Vifilkes-Barre General Hospital, he served a resi- - dency in pathology at the Medical College of Virginia and became a member of the .lefferson teaching staff in 1939. He became a United States citizen in 194-2. Steadily rising in the academic ranks, Dr. Herbut was appointed to the professorship in 1948, succeeding Dr. Virgil Holland Moon. ln 1951, he became Director of the Clinical Labora- tories of the Jefferson Medical College Hospital. Dr. Herbut is a member of numerous profes- sional organizations and has made notable con- tributions to medical research, his particular in- terest being the pathogenesis and chemotherapy of cancer. He is well known for his methods of cancer diagnosis by eytologic means and his work has resulted in earlier diagnosis of pul- monary and prostatic neoplasms. Supported by numerous grants, his department continues to be extremely active in many phases of cancer re- search. Professor Herbut is author of numerous text- books in his field and his basic pathology book., a volume of encyelopedic proportions now in its second edition, is regarded as a classic. Dr. Herbutis keen sense of responsibility, his concern for student welfare and his monumental scientific achievements cause us to pause and pay tribute to this man of science.

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Dr. Peter A. llerbut

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x , it 'UN X , Iwi W , .J Bill! of the College ROBERT BRUCE NYE, M.D. Associate Dean and Assistant Professor of Medicine SAMUEL S. CONLY, JR., M.D. Assistant Dean and Associate Professor of Physiology