University of Chicago - Cap and Gown Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Histology class in the Anatomy Building 20 Bu'l' I HEARD HIM, DR. PARK! HE msrmcrm smo, tTAKE ME To YOUR LEHDE RV meeting times at 7 a.m. Dr. Carlson often had to face the cries of the antivivisectionists. He si- lenced one wealthy matron who had eloquently pleaded the cause of antivivisectionism before a legislative body by merely pointing to her mink stole and asking, Vet is dot you are treating? Dr. Carlson's four-score-plus life was one from which the Division had the great fortune to benefit. L. T. CoggeshaIle trip to Austria to observe the Hungarian refugees climaxed a two-year period of service as AssiStant to the Secretary of Health, Edu- cation and Welfare. The Dean returned to the University on a full time basis early in 1957. The problems facing him were numerous, but their common element concerned the maintenance and development of the Division as a great center of research and teaching. A unique aspect is that the Medical School is an integrated unit of the Divi- sion. The absence of sharp barriers between clin- ical studies and basic research is f ndamental to the advance of medical science, fokxample. The Block bequest of over $17,000,000 Will do much

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B iological Sciences The events of the year placed the Division of the Biological Sciences in the limelight more than once. The death of a beloved figure, the adminis- trative Odyssey of the Dean, and the Block gift were a few of the more striking happenings. The passing of Anton J. Carlson, professor of Physiology, known to his students and colleagues as AjaxK was a great loss to the University and t0 the scientific world. Dr. Carlson? work in mam- malian physiology, his co-authorship of the text Machinery 0f the Body, and his advisory functions in such governmental agencies as the Pure Food and Drug Administration established his national prominence. But Ajax's appeal to those who knew him was of a different sort. He was a personality of a very special kind. His most famous question was Vot is de eHidence? In arranging class hours, he avoided conflicts by conveniently scheduling Dean of the Biological Sciences, L. T . Coggeshall in a conference isidei, and with his wife tabavei 19

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to provide the financial framework in which the Division can continue to fulfill its unique func- tion. Considerable construction work lies ahead. Drexel Avenue will be closed and a building will connect Billings Hospital and Lying-in Hospital. This will permit expansion, for instance, of the Department of Psychiatry and the extension of the research laboratories of the Department of Obstet- rics and Gynecology. New housing facilities for residents, interns, and student nurses are being planned. Similarly, the basic sciences 0f biochem- istry and physiology Will be aided by the antici- pated remodelling of Abbott Hall. In the fmal analysis, the future strength of the Division rests not merely upon its physical facili- ties, but more so on the greatness of the faculty. From the Bachelorts level up, the Division endeav- ors to provide the stimulating framework in which the students Wiljl develop into men that shall prove equal to the exciting problems that lie ahead in the biological sciences. Above-Conference over group of X-tays in Billings; Belowaechnician injecting a mouse to be used in an experiment in Billings II. mmuummmu