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

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BERT R. BOONE, M.D Assistant Dean for Research The return of l)r. Bert R. Boone to the medical center as ssistant Dean for Research documents Temple’s expansion in this field. Research has been the chief interest of Dr. Boone throughout his thirty year career in the U.S. Public Health Service. His training in internal medicine, cardiology, and instrument research led to research activities on heart sounds in the early forties. From 1944 to 1948 Dr. Boone was active in cardiovascular physiology and roentgenology research at Temple University Medical Center. This research work led to the development of electrokymography, a procedure in which Temple was a pioneer. Dr. Boone began his Public Health Service career in 1931 as an intern at the U.S. Marine Hospital, New Orleans, after receiving his M.D. degree from the University of Michigan School of Medicine. After serving clinical assignments at the Charity Hospital, New Orleans, and the Staten Island Marine Hospital, he was appointed, in 1940, County Health Officer for Clay and Bradford Counties, Florida. Two years later he became Chief Medical Officer of the U.S. Coast Guard. Following his research stint at Temple University, he became Chief of the Laboratory of Technical Development of the National Institute of Health. In 1956. Dr. Boone was commissioned Medical Director of the Research Fellowship Unit, Grants and Training Branch, National Heart Institute. On June 30, 1961, Dr. Boone retired from this position to accept his present appointment as Assistant Dean for Research. This broad and distinguished record marks Dr. Boone as an outstanding leader in the field of medical research. As Assistant Dean, he will be concerned with research coordination and development. His primary task will be to coordinate the numerous research projects under way at Temple so that an efficient and comprehensive program will be formulated. 17

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ARTHUR D. NELSON. M.D. Assistant Dean of the Medical School On July 1, 1961, Temple University School of Medicine was privileged to welcome one of its formei students, Dr. Arthur D. Nelson, as assistant Dean. His duties are many: among them are medical school admissions, student affairs, plant construction and maintenance, health maintenance at the medical center, as well as teaching environmental health for the Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine. It requires a man of unusual talents and exceptional training to be intimately involved in these many-faceted activities so necessary to the proper working of the medical school. Dr. Nelson’s credentials fill the bill. In 1944 he received a B.S. in military engineering from the United States Academy at West Point. Three years of troop duty and three more as an engineering officer in Honduras followed. In 1950 he received an M.S. degree in civil engineering from Harvard University and subsequently taught physics and chemistry at West Point for three years. Having attained the rank of major, our future physician enrolled at Temple Medical School in 1953. From this time on, medicine became a full-time job. Following graduation in 1957, he spent one year as an intern and another as chief resident physician at the Montgomery Hospital in Norristown, Pennsylvania, At present, Dr. Nelson and his wife. Dr. Sarah Burton Nelson, maintain a general practice near their home in Center Square. Whitpan Township, Pennsylvania. 16

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Ginny told me I had to raise the tuition. GINNY HAAR The Dean thinks he runs this office. SUE ETTER CAROL COBB BETTY DUNN BETTY HAAG Thai's spelled H-a-a-g . . and we don’t make whisky!