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

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Administration MILLARD E. GLADFELTEK Ph.D., D.Sc. in Ed.. LL.D.. Litt.D., L.H.D President of the University HOWARD W. BAKER. M I . Chief Administrator of Temple University Medical Center WILLIAM N. PARKINSON, M.D. M.Sc. ( Medicine), F.A.C.S., LL.D., Sc.D.. Dean Emeritus

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The Temple University Medical Center has grown from humble beginnings since its inception in 1901, into a vast institution which has served and is serving both the community and the medical profession. Close to 5000 physicians have been graduated and hundreds of post-graduates have, been trained as interns and residents. Countless patients have received care, both as in-patients and in the clincs. In 1962 alone more than 25,000 patients were admitted to the hospital and in excess of 200,000 visits were made to the clinics. This institution, being a center of medical education, has another role which it must fulfill and that is in the field of basic medical research. Basic research in the health sciences is at the very heart of medical progress. It not only strengthens the foundations of basic medical knowledge, but it broadens and enriches those who participate in it. The teacher who participates in research is better equipped to create an environment which will inspire the student and stimulate his curiosity. The student, whether he becomes a researcher or a clinician, will benefit from any exposure he has had to basic research. After such exposure he will not accept all data as factual without question. Temple has risen to meet this challenge. In the last decade, research at Temple has grown by over 1000 per cent. The facts speak for themselves. The money available for research in the year 1951-52 was around $250,000, while in the year 1961-62, the money available for research approached $3,500,000. Although research at Temple had grown at an astounding rate, the space available for research had remained almost the same. Three years ago it became obvious that if research was to continue expanding at its present rate, more physical space for research and research alone would be required. In 1961, a grant from the U.S. Public Health Service and the Samuel S. Pels Fund made it possible for construction to begin on a modern basic science research building. This building will have space available for the research efforts of all the basic medical sciences. It’s opening in the spring of 1963 marked another milestone in the efforts of Temple to meet the challenge of the future. Groundbreaking ceremonies (Feb. 8, 1961) for Temple University’s Medical Research Building. Foreground: left: Dr. Millard E. Gladfelter, President of Temple University, right: Judge Charles Klein, Chairman of Temple University Board of Trustees. Background (left to right): Russell Conwcll Cooney, Esq., Board of Trustees; Dr. Robert L. Johnson, Chancellor; (partially shown) Mr. Lewis Stevens, President of the Samuel S. Fels Fund; Dr. Richard A. Kern. Chainnan of the Medical School-Hospital Committee; and Dr. Robert M. Bucher, Dean of the School of Medicine. Medical Reset ch Buildins 16

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Leroy E. Burney, M.D. Vice-President of Health Sciences The appointment of Dr. Leroy E. Burney as Vice-President of Health Sciences indicates an awareness of the changing role of the Medical Center in both the community which it serves and in the University of which it is a part. On the one hand, he must determine how the total health needs of this area can be best fulfilled by the several health science schools and their facilities. On the other, he must coordinate the health science schools and relate their activities to those of the entire University. As part of the latter function, he he is the coordinator for the University’s plan of expansion in the North Philadelphia area. His objective is to meet the needs of all of the schools of Health Sciences without duplication of function or facilities. Dr. Burney was graduated from Butler College. After receiving his M.D. degree from the Indiana University School of Medicine, he served his internship at the Public Health Service Hospital in Chicago. Following a year’s study as a Rockefeller Fellow at Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, he received a Master’s Degree in Public Health in 1932, His early work in the control of venereal disease led to an appointment with the War Shipping Administration during World War II. After serving as District Health Director of New Orleans and State Health Officer of Indiana, he was appointed Deputy Chief of the Public Health Service, Bureau of State Services in 1953. Three years later, he was designated Surgeon-General of the Public Health Service by President Eisenhower. Dr. Burney’s ability as an administrator has proven to be more than adequate for the complex task of integrating the multiple needs and functions of the Health Science segments of the University.