Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine - Synapsis Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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SYNAPSIS, 1937 BOARD OF DIRECTORS RUSSELL DUANE, Esq., ' President CLARENCE A. MUSSELMAN, Vtcc ' President EDWARD G. DREW, D.O., D.Sc, Vice-President C. D. B. BALBIRNIE, Ph.G., D.O., M.Sc, Secretary EDGAR O. HOLDEN, A.B., D.O., T3reasurer GusTAVE C. Aberle George L. Markland Ralph L. Fischer D.O., M.Sc. Charles Q. MacDonough William O. Galbreath, D.O., D.Sc. Charles L. Morris Henry H. Savage George E. Stauffer William Steele, III P..OBERT D. Harper George E. Loane D. S. B. Pennock, M.D.,D.O.,D.Sc. Alexander Van Straaten Alfred P. Post e i ALUMNI ASSOCIATION This Association of the graduates of the College stands organized with the express objects to promote the interests and prosperity of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy, to encourage a high standard of osteopathic education, to cultivate and maintain good feeling among the graduates and to advance the interests of sound osteopathic knowledge. ' President — Dr. Donald B. Thorburn First TJice- ' President — Dr. George Gerlach Second Vice- ' President — Dr. C. Earl Evans 13hird Vice- ' President — Dr. John Eimerbrink T-ireasurer — Dr. James M. Eaton Secretary — Dr. Harry Hessdorfer DONALD B. THORBURN, D.O. Eleven

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SYNAPSIS, 1937 DEAN EDGAR O. HOLDEN, A.B., D.O. Greetings to the Class of 1937 I WAS privileged at the recent convention of the Eastern Osteopathic Association in New York City to address a group of representative members of the Alumni Association called together by the President for the purpose of discussing cer- tain problems that confront the College at this time. Among the many important questions touched upon was that of the importance of the part the Alumni Association should play in the future con- duct of affairs of the Institution. The report of the Treasurer of the Endowment Fund for the first fiscal year shows that a fair proportion of the recognized constituency of the Alumni Association covering a wide geographical distribution were m.oved to give expression of loyalty to their Alma Mater and to back it with their dollars. In contemplating the generous returns that were m.ade during the first year of the Annual-Giving effort, I was inspired to rem.ark on an earlier occa- sion, The dollars have been invaluable in them- selves, and essential to the growth and progress of ihe College, but even more significant have they been as tokens of loyalty. The consequence to be attached to this splendid showing on the part of the many graduates of the College is contained in the desire and willingness of these same people to further aid the College in all measures calculated to promote its welfare. To you, the Class of 1937, the intention behind this movement will be readily understood. It is part of a forward-looking program of having the graduates of the College continue their relationship with their Alma Mater and of sharing the responsi ' bility of its progress and development. Your class is already unique in its acceptance of a suggestion to organize for future activity while still in school. The selection of permanent officers and the defining of purposes at this early stage makes you an institu- tion within an institution. The value of complete and sustained organization is evidently clear to you. That is a source of great satisfaction to me. It is shown in your one hundred per cent subscription to membership in the Amer- ican Osteopathic Association. It is reflected too, in your generous pledge to the Endowment Trust Fund of the College. A great philosopher has said that human life is a compact between the noble past, the living and the unborn. The great purpose of the true school, or so far as it justifies itself as a true school, is that the greatness of the past is brought into the soul of the living student. I am confident that the Philadelphia College has impressed upon you the importance of developing a true sense of values. It is not by knowing facts that we acquire wisdom, because it is not enough to acquire facts. The essential thing, having known the facts is to coordinate them and to classify them with some practical philosophy. I may appear to be talking very abstractly, but I believe that the purpose of my remarks will be understood. It is to emphasis the importance of understanding values, of recognizing the duties which a man owes to organization; that while drawing out of the past inspiration and high thoughts he must also realize that today ' s power and tomorrow ' s strength lies in communion and association. Edgar O. Holden, A.B.. D.O. Ten

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SYNAPSIS, 1937 FACULTY O. J. Snyder, D.O., D.Sc. Professor Emeritus of Osteofiathic Technique PROFESSORS Edgar O. Holden, A.B., D.O. Dean D. S. B. Pennock. M.D., D.O., D.Sc. Professor of Surgery William S. NichoU, D.O., D.Sc. Professor of Art of Practice Edward G. Drew, D.O., D.Sc., F.A.C.O.S. Professor of Gynecology and Clmica! Professor of Surgery Peter H. Brearley, D.O., M.Sc. Professor of Osteopathic Technique H. Willard Sterrett, D.O., M.Sc. Professor of Urology William Otis Galbreath, D.O., D.Sc. Professor of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology H. Walter Evans, D.O., M.Sc. Professor of Obstetrics C. D. B. Balbirnie, PhG., D.O., M.Sc. Professor of Therapeutics Sarah W. Rupp, D.O. Professor of T euro- Anatomy and Psychiatry Ralph L. Fischer, D.O., M.Sc. Professor of Practice of Osteopathy and Climcal Osteopathy Edward A. Green, A.B., D.O., M.Sc. Registrar, Professor of Physiology Russell C. Erb, B.S., M.S. in Chem., F.A.I.C. Professor of Chemistry and Toxicology Eugene M. Coffee, DO. Professor of Medical Jurisprudence Herbert V. Durkee, D.O., M.Sc. Professor of Histology Frederick A. Long, D.O., M.Sc. Professor of Principles of Osteopathy and Research C. Haddon Soden, D.O.. M.Sc. Professor of Osteopathic Technique George S. Rothmeyer, D.O., M.Sc. Professor of Anatomy and Associate Professor of Osteopathic Technique J. Francis Smith, D.O. Professor of T eurology and Psychiatry Francis J. Snith, D.O. Professor of Anesthesiology Paul T. Lloyd, D.O., M.Sc. Professor of Radiology Arthur M. Flack, D.O., M.Sc. in Ed. Professor Emeritus of J eurology and Psychiatry Joseph F. Py, D.O., M.Sc. Professor of Bacteriology and Hygiene J. Ernest Leuzinger, D.O., M.Sc. Professor of Bronchoscopy and Associate Professor of Otolaryn- gology Otterbein Dressier, D.O., M.Sc. Professor of Pathology Ruth E. Tinley, D.O., M.Sc. Professor of Pediatrics Edwin H. Cressman, D.O. Professor of Dermatology ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS Wilbur P. Lutz, D.O. Associate Professor of Practice of Osteopathy and Clinical Osteopathy Earl H. Gedney, D.O. Associate Professor of Osteopathic Technique William C. Weisbecker, D.O. Associate Professor of Physiology Francis E. Gruber, D.O. Associate Professor of Obstetrics Guy W. Merryman, B.S., D.O. Associate Professor of Chemistry Richard C. Ammerman, D.O. Associate Professor of Gastro-Enterology John H. Eimerbrink, D.O. Associate Professor of Osteopathic Technique ASSISTANT PROFESSORS Carlton Street, D.O. Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Associate in Regional Surgery Marion A. Dick, D.O. Assistant Professor of Therapeutics D. E. Stombaugh, D.O. Assistant Professor of Osteopathic Technique Harmon Y. Riser, D.O. Assistant Professor of Surgery Theodore W. Stiegler, D.O. Assistant Professor of Practice of Osteopathy Herman G. Hartman, B.S., D.O. Assistant Professor of Chemistry Ronald E. Ambler, D.O. Assistant Professor of Embryology Tuielve