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

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Pr jfmvr Department d( Pkjfififogy JAMES RYAN, PHD Profieuor Department ep Pharmacefotpp Amiate Dean per Medicaf Education GERALD STERLING, PHD 1 A hold is always black in color, but tne edges and and lining have individual significance. The hood is lined in silk with the official colors of the institution conferring the degree. The edging of the hood is velvet, with a particular color representative of the field of study to which the degree pertains. The official colors of Temple University are cherry and white while the velvet is dark green signifying medicine. A doctorate degree has a hood length of four feet. The tradition is that a candidate for a degree should not wear the hood of that degree until it is actually conferred. One of the great continuing traditions is the presence of hood-ers - individuals who symbolically bestow the medical degree upon each graduate. The senior class chose four individuals to assist with the placement of hoods. These distinguished members of the faculty were selected not only for their superior quality of teaching, but for their passion, hard work and dedica- ''C 'CCW' tion, the practice of medicine, and student education. Each hooder has committed themselves to challenging the minds of medical students and encouraging future doctors to maintain integrity to the profession It was from these mentors that we were able to obtain the knowledge and learn the skills to become physicians - doctor, teacher and fnend. 2007 Skull I 9

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Profotor Department dp Anatomy and CdCBtofogy Prvpem Department dp Pfiarmacdfogy CARSON SCHNECK, MD, PHD I CONCETTA HARAKAL, PHD ABOVE Dr Sch-neck shares his love of ana(omy with students. RIGHT: Dr Ryan explains the physiology of the heart to a confused student. Graduation is a culttJal tradition considered a rite of passage from one platform in a student’s life to another. It has its origins in antiquity where many tribes were found to be celebrating their passing from youth to adulthood through various customs and observances. Today’s graduation ceremony is a manifestation of this ancient rite of passage in the modern context. An important part of the graduation ceremony is the giving of hoods. The origin of the hoods lies with the Celts and the Druids (the Celtic priests). Among the Celts, only the Druids wore mantles which had hoods attached to them as a mark of their rank in the society. In the schools of the middle ages, the hoods were worn as a head-covering to resist the frigid temperatures. But gradually, it was integrated into the academic system with much symbolic significance. Now, wearing of hoods symbolizes a kind of authority, a high standing, or to identify a new graduate’s institution and the degree. 8 i Temple University School of fhedicine

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FROM DUR DEAN JOHN M. DALY, M.D. Dm Dear Members of the Class of 2007: Warmest congratulations. You've graduated. It’s a very important landmark in your career. And now it is time to focus on the next stage in your education, soon to be followed by the step after that, and the step after that, ad infinitum. Medicine is a continuous process of learning and developing. There is no arriving, no end point. Medicine, like space, is endless, fascinating, and infinitely explorable. You have learned an enormous amount these past four years at Temple, but if we have done our job well, your biggest take-way lesson is that your education has only just begun. As you embrace successively more challenging and rewarding phases of your career, we hope that you will think back on your Temple medical school years with fondness, recognizing the special imprint that we strived to make on you - and that you certainly made on us. Yours John M. Daly, MD’73 Dean 10 Terrple University School of medicine