University of Miami - Ibis Yearbook (Coral Gables, FL)

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ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS ,; INDIAN ' ' ' . - IfOGEAN .. , J - ...... RADAR SYSTEM TO PLOT RAIN FALL — NEAR COM- PLETION Two years of work have gone into the development of a radar system which removes echoes commonly seen in the radar weather forecasts. According to Dr. Homer W. Hiser, this radar operates through a computer which can be used to print maps of rainfall over an area of approximately 125 miles in radius from the radar station. The equipment will be shipped to New Mexico but funds are being sought to build a center In south Florida. iinfjikfj; . ' ■ ScADEMIC g

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■ m 3 Hm ■■Tai«t-, Biology and Living Resources is part of the Dorothy H. and Lewis Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. Situated on Virginia Key, the school is in an ideal location for the study of many fundamental branches of biology and the use of living resources to better serve the w orld population. The department is headed by Dr. Francis Williams. Those interested in this curricula are required to have a broad undergraduate background in the sciences. 2 O o IVIarine Science is a field involving the basic disciplines of biology, geology, chemistry, and physics as they pertain to the ocean and its bed. Vessels of all types, including submersibles, an extraordinary array of sea gear and laboratory instrumentation, and massive computer systems are used to study problems related to the ocean. Because of the tremendous significance of the ocean for basic and applied environmental science, as well as for human affairs and welfare, marine science has come to play a rapidly increasing role in college and university education.

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TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE f festive crowd of 900 gathered in the Grand Ballroom of the Omni Hotel Saturday evening, November 12, to wish UM ' s School of Medicine a happy 25th birthday. The $50-a-plate tab was picked up by Mrs. Alice Elise Adams, enabling the Medical School to receive approximately $40,000 in donations. Medical School parents, faculty, students and administrators were treated to Chateaubriand Bordelaise and Bombe Glace Surprise while The Doctors, a band consisting of medical school faculty, played instruments not resembling stethoschopes in the least. They weren ' t bad, considering they ' re doctors. The gala affair was filled with smiling doctors, stunning syles, and celebrities. Channel Four newscaster and UM alumnus Ralph Renick recalled his days in the State Legislature 25 years ago when that body considered giving Miami $225,000 to subsidize students in opening a Medical School. According to Renick, the University had some grave difficulties, and at one point it looked as if a medical school in Miami would not be a reality. I voted for it, and I admired then and admire now, the persistency UM had; and I feel that UM ' s med school is the first good thing that happened to Dade County, UM administrators Henry King Stanford, Clyde Wingfield, Oliver Bonnert, John Green, and Ed Coll were in attendance. There aren ' t enough hours in the day to accommodate our pride in the medical school, President Stanford said. ' Even though the med school Is only half as old as the rest of the institution, it has made up for lost time by allowing the University to receive the most dollars for basic research in the South, second only to Duke Medical School. We ' ve always had wall-to-wall talent at the Med School, and now we have wall to wall carpeting, he said. According to Stanford, the banquet ' s purpose was to let the medical school know just how much the rest of the institution appreciates being associated with them. Med School Dean Emanual Papper lightened the evening by barring all speeches longer than a few minutes. No one seemed to mind the restriction, however. We have made enormous progress toward becoming a major medical school and I think it is entirely possible for us to step up and become as good as Harvard or Stanford. In order to do the things we do in an outstanding way, we ' re going for broke with a fantastic faculty, a strong student body and good relations with everyone, Papper said. Seated at my table was the first female president of a UM Medical School class. Senior President Bonnie Queener. Also, at this table were the Student Body President Jack Don Temple and his wife and Junior class president Linda Marraccini. Secretary for the Dean of Student Affairs Mary Wright announced with pride that a great many officers and people of importance at the Med School are females. According to Linda Marraccini, the 1977-78 junior class president, the problems of apathy are not unique to the undergraduates of the University. It ' s really difficult to get anything done, because everyone Is always studying all the time; it seems like they never take a break, she said. Dean of admissions Bernard Fogel said that the best part of his job as an administrator Is working with the students. They are optimistic and want a high quality education, for which they are willing to work, he said. Over half of the crowd consisted of med school parents. We ' re proud that our son can attend such a fine medical school and we ' re glad to support the institution in this way, said Moses and Betty Braun, parents of a senior student. The affair was appropriately characterized by Papper as a milestone in a life blessed with very good things. — Cynthia I. Chiefa 10 SCHOOL OF MEDICINE