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

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strati his sincere interest in the student and his eager willingness to teach. These are qualities that make a group of concrete and glass structures a medical school. To you, I)r. Lauby, in appreciation of your dedication to us, we, the Class of 1964. dedicate our yearbook. 11

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The years 1948-50 were spent as a Fellow in Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic, and were followed by three more years there as a resident in Thoracic Surgery. It was during his residency at the Cleveland Clinic that Dr. Lauby met his wife, who was a technician in the Department of Cytology. They were married in 1953. That same year he came to Episcopal Hospital in Philadelphia for an additional year of residency in thoracic surgery. At Episcopal he once again became associated with members of Temple’s Department of Surgery. In 1954, at the bidding of Dr. H. Taylor Caswell, Dr. Lauby joined the staff at Temple. With his appointment at Temple, Dr. Lauby was now ready to develop the interest in teaching he had acquired while still an intern. His desire to remain in academic medicine had been fulfilled. While here at Temple his special interest has been pulmonary surgery, although he does general surgery, also. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Thoracic Surgery, as well as, a member of several other surgical and medical societies. Our first contact with Dr. Lauby came in the Sophomore Year during the second semester lectures in Surgery. In our Junior Year, he lectured to us at Philadelphia General during our service in pulmonary diseases and in the Junior Correlated Conference series. As Seniors, we have spent many hours with Dr. Lauby on the wards, on the private service, and in various conferences. Dr. Lauby and his wife have two daughters — Jean Elizabeth, age 8, and Nancy Gillett, age 6. His time at home is spent in gardening, stamp collecting, and enjoying his family and friends, in addition to pursuing his aforementioned interest in the American West. He has travelled extensively in the western United States and in Canada, and returns as often as possible to Nebraska to visit his parents, who arc still living there. We are confident that Dr. Vincent W. Lauby has many fruitful years ahead of him at Temple. We are certain that he will continue to demon- 10

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 A Dr. Harry Shay, a native of Philadelphia, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1921 where he later became an Instructor in Internal Medicine. He was named Chief of the Gas-tro-intestinal Clinic at the old Jewish Hospital in 1928. In the year 1933, Dr. Shay was co-recipient of the Alvarcnga Prize of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. In this same year he was appointed Director of the Medical Research Laboratory of the Samuel S. Fels Fund. This laboratory later became Fels Research Institute and received international plaudits in the field of gastroenterology. In 1937, Dr. Shay was co-recipient of the first award of the International Congress of Radiology. In 1947, he became Professor of Clinical Medicine at Temple University Medical School. He was also visiting lecturer in Gastroenterology at the Graduate School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, and a consultant to St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, Frankford Hospital, and the Veterans Administration Hospital in Philadelphia. He was a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the New York Academy of Sciences, and a senior member of the American Gastroenterological Association. Dr. Shay was also an affiliate of the Royal Society of Medicine, England, and a corresponding member of the Academia de Mcdicina dc Sao Paulo, Brazil. In Memoriam Harry Shay M.D. 1898-1963 Dr. Shay was also associated with the following societies: American Physiological Society, the Society of Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Association for Cancer Research, American Gastroenterological Association, Sigma Xi, College of Physicians of Philadelphia, American Medical Association, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, Alpha Omega Alpha, National Medical Society, and the American Federation for Clinical Research. He was also a member of the Expert Panel on Carcinogenicity, Commission on Cancer Research of the Unio Intemationalis Contra Cancrum. Dr. Shay wrote more than three hundred research articles on cancer, physiology, gastroenterology, and nutrition. His numerous scientific innovations included the “Shay’s rat,’’ consisting of ligated rat pylorus. His work became milestones in the physio-pathology of gastroenterology. He is survived by his wife, Bertha; two sons, Robert and Jonathan; a sister; and grandchildren. His passing marks the loss of an energetic and dedicated scientist. The Temple University Medical Center will miss this dynamic gentleman who correlated the basic sciences into clinical practice during his productive lifetime. 12