Louisiana State University Medical Center - Murmur Yearbook (Baton Rouge, LA)

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MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS The Aesrulapigy,. Aouor Soriety RECOGNIZES Patricia S. Beach - Bobby Bourge Greg Brian | Thad Broussard - Janet Carriere - Stan Diavolitsis Doug Dicharry '. AlHensel — Donna Kennedy Kay Koelemay Seth Malin - Mike Melancon | Mary Beth Neal Barbara Sandefur Marshall Sommers Ken Stubbs John Theile Mark Tilyou Leo Verlander Brian Bertucci George Blestel Harold Brandt Elsa Caire Anna Cannizzaro Robbie Chugden Bradley Duplantier Ken Hardy Tommy Krefft Owen Leftwich Cynthia Legiere Lynn McCarron Monica Monica Nancy Neher Steve Pollet Jay-Saunee John Schutte Angie Smith Mel-Triay Bill Von Almen Vernon Carriere Susan Edelman Pat Flynn Tim Frederick Deborah French Susan Glade David Hagan. Linda Kinman Dean Kirby Tony Morales Vonnie Serbin Peter Spitzer Mike Steinkampf Rob Zajac Mary Lou Courrege David Cunningham Mike Jennings Junior Luquette Patsy Paddison David Van as an Ashive member of the Aesculapians of Louisiana Sta University School of Medicine. Given this BREDA day of , SECRETARY OUTSTANDING PROFESSORS Freshmen: Dr. John McCormack Freshman PEP: Dr. James Dollar Sophomores: Dr. Bobby Vial Sophomore PEP: Dr. Frank Gonzales Juniors: Dr. Rick Vial Seniors: Dr. William Chandler Out-of-Town: Dr. Martha Pope Special Award: Dr. Howard Buechner 96 Medicine

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On August 10, 1978, Freshman Orientation began. It was designed to familiarize us with our new surroundings and to assure us that there was no cause for anxiety. It took a full two days. Then the upperclass men told us the real truth about Medical School, and it only took four sentences. They said: ‘‘In the Freshman year, they scare you to death. In the Sophomore year, they test you to death. In the Junior year, they work you to death. In the Senior year, they bore you to death.’’ And so this was the year in which we were scared to death. For some of us the fright was only occasional and low key, more motivational than detrimental. For others, the whole year was one long, painful anxiety attack until the last final exam about nine months later. Everything about the Freshman year was intense. We studied | harder and longer than we had ever studied in college. We | probably absorbed more knowledge in one year of med school | than we did in four (or five, or six. . .) years of college. It was a | year of basic sciences. We learned in great detail the gross and microscopic anatomy of the human body. We learned a lot more than we ever cared to know about the biochemical reac- tions of a cell. We performed surgery on volunteer dogs and breathed the O, on top of the magnificent, splendid twin peaks of Mt. Levitsky. We had various ways of letting off steam. When we partied, we didn’t get merely drunk. We got blasted. We got rowdy to the point of having neighbors call the police not once, but two or three times in a night. We gatored on the floor, and when that got old, we hung from pipes and gatored on the ceiling. Some of us released the pressure we felt every day in more subtle, normal ways. Some of us never released the pressure at all. Years from now, when we’re either well-to-do physicians or government civil servants, we probably won’t remember what an extraordinary year it was. A year in which the person we spent the most time with was dead, cold, and full of formaldeh- yde. In which NOPD went on strike and ruined a cherished tra- dition in this crazy, decadent city that takes its traditions very seriously. In which we finally began realizing a life-long ambi- tion. A year filled with anxiety, pressure, and wondering just what the hell type of masochism made us want to go to med school anyway. . = WN. And now in retrospect, it was a good year. We learned a lot. | if (CAL i We made some good friends and had some good times : TN together. | SCHOULS QF MEDICINE: But the best thing of all about the Freshman year is that, for é; most of us anyway, it’s over with and behind us. Medicine 95

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Seniors: Sr. Mary M. Baudier Patricia S. Beach Robert Beach Bobby Bourge | Greg Brian Jay Brooks Tom Castille -Ronnie Daigle Forrest Dugas Janet C. Harrison Bill Hobbs } Phil Karam Phil Kurica Michael Lifsey Nell Loftin Juniors: Michael Alvarez Herbert Ashe Terrence Burt Daniel Deane Gregory Fusilier David Gartman Emory Gonzales ALPHA OMEGA ALPHA Honorary Medical Society Pam C. Martin Whit Oliver Steve Oreck Russell Roberts’ Guy Roussel Gordon Russo Barry Sartin Tris Shultis Brenda Seiler Susan Selser Ken Stubbs Greg Tilton Sharon Tomberlin Jeff Troxell Stephanie Woolhandler Michael Hegmann Thomas Krefft Charles Lobrano Lynn McCarron Chuck McKay Chris Stowell Michael Ward SENIOR AWARD RECIPIENTS C. V. Mosby Awards Patricia S. Beach Burke Joseph Brooks, Jr. Russell Wayne Roberts Lange Awards Ronald Joseph Daigle, Jr. Steven Louis Oreck Otolaryngology Award Stephen Dan Goodwin Academy of Family Physicians Award Philip Jerome Karam Bick Award in Psychiatry Sister Mary Madonna Baudier Pediatric Award Donna Jean Kennedy Orthopedic Award Michael Joseph Schutte Physiology Award Robert Charles Bourge Norma Jean Adamo Memorial Award Michael David Lusk Russell L. Holman Memorial Award Susan Frances Selser Urban Maes Memorial Award Thomas A. Castille Upjohn Award Jeffrey Richard Troxell Dean’s Award Seth William Malin George Sam Bel Memorial Award Kenneth Wilson Stubbs Chancellor's Award Robert Charles Bourge Medicine 97 Bad