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

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My! How wo have grown! Above Temple University School of Medicine. Class of 1911; 18 students. 2 women. Below: Temple University School of Medicine. Class of2001; 182 students. 68 women. 1979 Leo M. Henikoff. MD, becomes dean. 19X1 D. Kolff transplants the first artificial heart into a ncurologically dead human recipient 1983 Sol Sherry. MD. professor and chair of medicine, is named Temple University's first distinguished professor 1984 Philadelphia area's first heart transplant is performed at Temple. High-dose injections of streptokinase for heart attack pioneered by Sol Sherry. MD. Dr. Sherry named 1985 First adult cystic fibrosis inpatient treatment center in nation opens at Temple. 195fi Martin Goldberg. MD '55. becomes dean Temple gets first FDA-approved mobile MRI unit in US. New SI29 million 10-story TUH opens. Old Samaritan Hospital is demolished. 1990 Allen R. Meyers. MD. becomes dean. First combined heart kidney transplant performed. 19S0 1981 1983 1984 am 1986 1988 World Health AIDS is described The first lung Baboon heatt Philadelphia FDA approves Human Genome Organization by the Centers for transplant is transplanted into police drop AZT for AIDS. Project launched declares smallpox eradicated. RU-4X6 invented. US measles mortality rate zero. Phillies heat Kansas City. 4-2. in World Series Disease Control. performed. The Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) technique is conceived human baby. bomb on MOVE row home Space shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after take-off. killing all aboard by the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Energy,

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Blood. Sweat and Boors: Above: The Rugby Team c. 1966. Below New and Improved Above Medical School library c. 1932 Below Members of Class of 2001 getting their game on . The present-day library probably featuring the same card catalog ms William P. Barba. MD '44. becomes Dean, 1969 The Kresgc Building is dedicated 1221 The Sol Sherry Thrombosis Research Center, is founded. Paul Kotin. MD. becomes dean. David Hartman, the first blind medical student in the US in 100 years, matriculates at TUSM. 1973 Roger W. Scvy. MD. PhD. becomes dean. 1974 The world's first university-based sports medicine center opens at Temple. 1976 180 is now average class size: more than 7.000 living grads arc practicing in nearly every state and various parts of world; 22 ck of all practicing physicians in Philadelphia area are Temple grads. 1978 M. Prince Brigham. MD '50. becomes dean. Dr. Kolff arrives at Temple to continue his work on the artificial heart. 1968 ilM 1972 1973 1221 1976 1978 Tin: first Apollo 11 Magnetic US Supreme Alutir home Khorana and two First test tube successful bone mission Resonance Court, in Roc v. computer and dozen post-docs baby” is bom. transplant is astronauts land Imaging Wade, rules that Saturday Night manufacture the performed on the moon. is developed. restrictions on Live debut. first gene: Bobby Kennedy US Defense Nixon visits first trimester Arthur Ashe wins tyrosine transfer and Martin Luther Department sets China. abortions are un- Wimbledon. RNA Legion- King. Jr. up precursor to constitutional Nicklaus wins naires disease hits assassinated. Internet. Secretariat w ins fifth Masters. convention hotel Stonewall riots Triple Crown First monoclonal in Philadelphia. Sesame Street dc antibodies bills on PBS. produced. 19

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 Special thanks to Giselle Zayon, Jannine Medrana and Clare Keefe Foster of the Temple Medical School Alumni Office for their support and generous contribution of resourses to the completion of this section. Thanks to Dr. Gilbert Zayon, DDS 48 for his research making the Temple timeline possible. The More Things Change...: Above: The Old Medical School building c. 1930's Below: Same building standing as a functional reminder of Temple’s long history mi TUSM is sole supplier of rhino mouse for medical research, bred by associate dean and geneticist Stanley Mann. PhD. 1997 The Class of 2001 matriculates and begins thier medical education. Leon S. Nlalmud. MD. becomes dean 1228 The Temple University Children's Medical Center opens in conjunction with ihe Shriner’s Hospital for Children. The Class of 2001 continues in the classroom and prepares for Step 1 of the USMLE. 1999 The Class of 2001 embarks on clinical rotations. 2000 The Class of 2001 begins applications to residency programs. Light at the end of the tunnel is recognized for the first time. 2001 Graduation for the Class of 2001. Much celebration follows immediately thereafter. Class members begin their residencies. The 2001 Skull scar-book is published to rave rev iew s. 1991 US cancer mortality rate is 203.6 per I00.(XK) up from 67.7 100,000 in m Magic Johnson announces that he is HIV-positive. Navy's Tail hook Scandal. 1993 l.'S National Science Foundation replaces global computer grid with a new system, giving birth to the information superhighway. 15 million people surf. 1996 Discovers of gene associated with Parkinson's disease. 199S A rough draft of the human genome map is produced show ing the locations of more than 30.000 genes. President Clinton is impeached. 200U The Y2K bug fizzles. 21