Temple University School of Medicine - Skull Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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ADMINISTRATION MILLARD E. GLADFELTER Ph.D., D. Sc. in Ed., LL.D., Litt.D., L.H.D. President of the University HOWARD YV. BAKER. M.l). Hospital Administrate]

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Above: Dedication of Medical School Building - 1930; Dr. Parkinson: Dr. Babcock. Mayor Mackey; Dr. Wm Mayo; Dr. Bcury; Dr. Hammond Left: The Parkinson Press Lower Left: Parkinson Pavilion cornerstone laying: Dr. Johnson: Governor Leader; Dr. Parkinson; Mayor Clark Below Dedication of Parkinson Pavilion — 1955: Dr. Parkinson; Dr Johnson. Dr Murphy: Dr. I. S. Ravdin I I

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LEROY E. BURNEY. M.D. Vice-President of Health Sciences Temple University is pleased to welcome Dr. Leroy E. Burney as Vice-President of Health Sciences. Former Surgeon-General of the United States Public Health Service, Dr. Burney is renowned for his activities in the field of public health. As Surgeon-General from 1956-1961, he brought direction to public health matters throughout the world. He was responsible, for example, for the organization of various medical units into an effective defense against the ‘Asian’ influenza epidemic of 1957. He was Chief Delegate and Chairman of the U.S. Delegation to the Tenth World Health Assembly in Geneva, and to the Eighth Session of the Regional Committee for the Western Pacific of the World Health Organization. Dr. Burney is a graduate of Butler College and the Indiana University School of Medicine. He served his internship at the Public Health Service Hospital in Chicago and received his Master’s Degree in Public Health in 1932, following a year’s study as a Rockefeller Fellow at Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health. As a young physician, Dr. Burney worked in the field of venereal disease control and helped to develop the mobile health clinic which has become a standard health measure in our .Southern States. He was called to Washington. D.C. during World War II to aid in the War Shipping Administration’s fight against venereal disease. After an assignment as District Health Director in New' Orleans. Dr. Bumfey was appointed State Health Officer of Indiana and, in 1953, was named Deputy Chief of the Public Health Service, Bureau of State Services. Three years later, President Eisenhower appointed him Surgeon-General of the Public Health Service with the rank of Rear Admiral. Numerous honors have come to Dr. Burney for his distinguished service, including a personal presidential commendation and, more recently, election to the newly created position of Speaker of the Governing Council of the American Public Health Association. Dr. Burney’s activities as Vice-President of Health Sciences at Temple University emphasize his concern for problems confronting professional education today and tomorrow. 14