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

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0m- .iC John DeAngelis, B.C.S. M.C.S., C.P.A. Comptroller James Wolfe Mrs. Martha Cain Frances H. Beisel, A.B. Librarian ■ ■ 9 hP ' T- OJ ' sS3 i I Office Staff Elizabeth A. Sensenig Dean ' s Secretary

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Dean Sherwood Rock Mercer was born in Manchester Conn. He received both his A.B. and A.M. degrees from Wesleyan University in Middletown Conn. He has attended both Yale and Harvard Universities, and received his LL.D. from the Philadelphia Institute of Textiles and Science in 1957. He is married, and the father of three children. Dean Mercer was a teacher in the Middletown public schools from 1930 to 1942, and director of adult education from 1938 to 1942. He was an instructor in Social Science at Wesleyan University in 1939. Dean of the faculty at Muhlenberg College was his next position, which he held from 1946 to 1954. In 1954 P.C.O. acquired his services as Dean of the College. The Dean has been active in the field of education: serving as secretary of the committee on Objectives of General Education in a Free Society, at Harvard University, also serving as consultant in higher educa- tion for the Conn. State Dept. of Education, at Hartford Conn. He was a member of the Combined Plan of Columbia University, School of Engineering and Applied Science. The Dean is a former vice- president of the West Philadelphia corporation, and serves as a member on the Council of Deans for the A.O.A. Dean Mercer feels his contribution to P.C.O. and the profession lies in the ' World of Ideas. ' In his own words, he is concerned with, how to educate a man to be a surgeon. He explains his role as the Dean as being an adviser and providing assistance to the faculty as they arrange the teaching program, so that not only will the student be familiar with current techniques, but that he will also have an integrated experience. Dean Mercer ' s plans for P.C.O. include institutional growth to a major medical center; a student body num- bering six hundred; a large group of post-doctoral fellows; a Ph.D. program; Para-medical education. The Dean has conducted an ' Open-Door ' policy toward the student body. He has always been recep- tive, attentive and understanding. The word is known, that if the facts are on your side, so is the Dean. SHERWOOD R. MERCER, A.B., A.M., LL.D. DEAN PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHY

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JohnJ. Crozier, O.D. Hospital Administrator Thomas M. Rowland, Jr., B.S. Director of Admissions Assistant to the President A dministration Marguerite Archer Assistant Registrar