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

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4 DEDICATION

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an6 qla6Ly woL6e he LeRne, And qlaOly teche. JOHN W. LACHMAN, A.B., M.D., F.A.C.S. It is eight o'clock Saturday morning; the subject is fundamental orthopedics. The lecturer loves his subject, relishes teaching it, and knows it as well as he knows himself. He tells the class, Stop writing; look up here. He throws his coat off and rolls up his sleeves to show the mechanics of the Colies' fracture; later he removes his shoes to demonstrate varus and valgus at the ankle. At the bedside or in the lecture hall, his teaching always conveys the excitement that he feels for his specialty and practice of medicine. It is with a real sense of appreciation, therefore, that the class of 1966 dedicates its yearbook to this outstanding teacher and physician— Dr. |ohn W. Lachman. Dr. Lachman was born in Philadelphia and received his early education here. He attended Temple University on scholarship and graduated with a A.B. in chemistry in 1940. He went to Temple University School of Medicine as the Second World War was beginning, and then was graduated in the December 1943 class. His record here was distinguished; he graduated second in his class and was a member of the Babcock Surgical Society. Dr. Lachman interned at Temple, and was preparing to enter the Navy when he contracted tuberculosis. After a period of recuperation, he took a residency in orthopedic surgery with Dr. John Royal Moore and in 1948 went into association with him. A long period of honors and accomplishment followed. Dr. Lachman was board-certified in orthopedic surgery in 1951 and was elected a member of the Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He collaborated with Dr. Moore for the orthopedics chapter in Nelson's Textbook of Pediatrics and was elected President of the Philadelphia Society of Orthopedics in 1964 He is the chief of orthopedics at Philadelphia General Hospital and assistant chief of surgery at Shriners' Hospital. To the class of 1966, his new honor — the chairmanship of the section of Orthopedic surgery at Temple —is a richly deserved one. We are grateful to him for his interest and for his genuine desire to teach us well. We are privileged to dedicate the 7966 SKULL to him.