Los Angeles Valley College - Crown Yearbook (Valley Glen, CA)

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HIGHLIGHTS ON SIDELINES continued Dr. Max Heyman- Beats the out of 11189 An interest in research and study on the part of Valley teachers has resulted in books on a variety of subjects. Prudent Soldier, A Biography of Major General E.R.S. Canby, was Written by Dr. Max L. Heyman Jr. Always interested in military history, in the Civil War, and in the problems of reconstruction, Dr. Heyman dis- covered, in the course of the study that led to his doctorate, that no work of importance had been done on Canby. The gathering of material on Maj. Gen. Canby, first general officer of the U. S. Army to be killed by the Indians, covered a six year period. Why is that? weekly quiz. Dr. Heyman Will be the first to tell that it was hard work, but he will quickly add, dark eyes twinkling behind his glasses, that it's enjoyable to create a person from the bones out, to build the body, to put flesh on it. It's really a fascinating experience, he says. I concur with Carlisle to a degree that history is the biography of the World's great men. But, of course, men are shaped by cer- tain circumstancesf' About Canby, he says, I don't say he was one of the greats, but he made a contribution. And We all have to make our contribution in one Way or another to society, to our coun- try's development? Dr. Heymcm exclclms when no one receives 100 per cent on his

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Attractive biochemist and author Lois Bergquist Miss Lois Bergquisf, biology and physiology instructor, finds academic stimulation in combining research and teaching. Miss Lois Bergquist is a Writer too. Her Writing is the result of off-campus activities, activities that make her a better teacher. Easily mistaken for a Valley college stu- dent, Miss Bergquist has been Working for the past three years in the field of bio-chem- istry. I like to combine teaching and research, said Miss Bergquist. I find myself in that unique position at last, she said. Miss Bergquist was referring to her re- search appointment at the California College of Medicine. With the title of visiting assist- ant professor, Miss Bergquist does much of her research in the lab at the Los Angeles County General Hospital. Lipo' proteins and cholesterol have held special interest for her. In addition to her teaching at Valley, she has Written several papers in the bio-chemistry field, most of which have revolved around lipids and methodology in the laboratory for analysis oflipids. At California Hospital Miss Bergquist works with Dr. Ronald Searcy and in the course of their research they co-authored Bio-chemistry of Lipo Proteins in Health and Diseasef' which was published by Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, Ill. Of her participation in this Work, Miss Bergquist said, It's extremely stimulating academically to participate in research. The interest and enthusiasm Miss Berg- quist feels for her work is reflected in the interest and enthusiasm students feel for the classes in biology and physiology taught by Miss Bergquist.

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Joseph Nordmann has text, will teach Teaching is in itself a contribution to so- ciety, but teachers who write do so because they have something additional to give. Joseph B. Nordmann of Valley's chemistry department has given many written pages. Among his material is the textbook in use in the college. Credited to Nordmann is Qualitative Testing and Inorganic Chemistry published by Wiley of New York, a textbook used in about 75 colleges and universities. Among the schools so recognizing Nordmann's work are Columbia, Colgate, the University of Massachusetts, the University of Alaska and the University of Hawaii. Monterey Tech in Monterey, Mexico, uses a translation of Nord- mann's book too. A lab manual, Experiments in General Chemistry? was written by Nordmann with co-author E. S. Kuljian. While operating Pacific Chemical Con- sultants, a chemistry lab in Los Angeles, Nordmann and his associates had the dis- tinction of receiving the only contract for water analysis awarded to a commercial laboratory by the State of California Water Resources. Out of this lab grew some of the work put into Nordmann's books. Said Nordmann, Some of the practical applications can be brought into the classroom. And students like that. This work gives the subject some intrinsic interest. It's down-to-earth. Writing a text, says Nordmann, is one of the best subject reviews you could con- ceive of. Nordmann, an artist as well as an author. has done all of the illustrations that accom- pany his text. Like many Valley instructors, quite, seri- ous, scholarly Nordmann crowds many crea- tive interests into his day. Nordmann, like Dr. Heyman, Miss Bergquist, Spingarn and Porges, proves that on Valley's campus there's more to the teacher than meets the eye, for here a teacher's life is a many-sided thing. And some sides of some teachers are only glimpsed between the covers of the books they write. Among the material published by Joseph Nordmann of VaIIey's chemistry department is text Qualitative Testing and Inorganic Chemistry used in universities as far as Alaska and Hawaii.