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

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Dr. Troyer's dedication extends outside of the classroom, as he has served as a member of over eight committees, examples include the Honor Board and the Dean's Advisory Committee of Medical School. In addition, he assists his colleagues and attends all of their lectures, and he has earned their admiration as exhibited by their nomination of him for the Great Teacher’s Award. He is author of many articles and texts including the chapter on anatomy in Rypin's Medical Licensure Examinations (which we may need someday). Despite his involvement in various committees and his enormous responsibility as chairman of the anatomy department. Dr. Troyer is always willing to help students with academic and even personal problems. When talking with Dr. Troyer, his concern and pride for his students, his family and his colleagues is easily recognized. This dedication of the yearbook to Dr. Troyer not only recognizes the last four years but encompasses a lifetime of achievement s which spans over ten pages of a curriculum vitae (while many of us struggled with composing our own one page version). We thank you for your excellence as a teacher, a friend and a source of strength and creativity. We wish you continued success, happiness and health. The Class of 1990 Dr. Troyer accepting the Great Teacher Award Children Mark, Susan, Karen and David 6 • Dedication

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Dr. Troycr with wife Ruth Dr. Troycr considers his most significant contribution to Temple University Medical School to be the revision and development of an interdisciplinary core curriculum for the complete four-year medical school training program, which has remained virtually unchanged until recent years. He became chairman to the Anatomy Department in 1979 and has held the position since that time. Numerous awards have attested to his achievements as a great teacher. He has been a recipient of the Lindback Award for distinguished teaching in 1972 and the Sowell Teaching Award for basic science teaching in 1981. He has received the Student American Medical Association teaching Award eight times. More recently in April of 1989, he was inducted into the Temple Chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha, the national medical honorary fraternity, as the faculty awardee and only the second Ph.D. to become a member of this organization. He also received Temple's Great Teacher Award which was accompanied by a medallion and a $10,000 cash award. At last year's graduation, he presented the first Faculty Salute at the University's Commencement Exercise in Convention Hall. Dr. Troyer modestly states that being a great teacher is having students who are able to listen well and organize the facts. Dr. Troyer's teaching extends beyond the lecture hall to the histology and neuroanatomy laboratory as well as to the necessary (and lifesaving) review sessions. His unique style of lecturing can best be appreciated as a member of his audience. We cannot forget his creative three-dimensional models which helped make difficult concepts manageable as well as entertaining. We all remember the colored balloons, the ladder and whatever else Dr. Troyer found in his basement carpentry shop. Temple University had the pleasure of first receiving Dr. Troyer's expertise in 1954 when he taught in the multidisciplinary course of Gross Anatomy, Histology, Embryology and Neuroanatomy. He met his wife Ruth, who is a nurse, while they were jointly teaching a nursing course in anatomy and physiology. They were married on August 18,1956. Dedication • 5

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Carson Schneck, M.D., Ph.D. Sarah S. Long, M.D. Sally Rosen, M.D. Hugo D. Smith, M.D. HOODERS Hooders