University of Michigan Medical and Nursing School - Aequanimitas Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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Alpha Umega lpha Alpha Omega Alpha is a national medical school scholastic honor society. As such, qualification for membership is based almost solely on scholastic achievement. Each year a variable number of Senior Students, as well as five Junior Students, gen- erally the first five in scholastic rank, are elected to membership on this basis. The five Junior Students constitute the nucleus and officers of the society for the follow- ing year. Among the activities of AOA is the annual sponsorship of a student research forum at which students are given an opportunity to present their original research work before both their fellow students and the faculty, President ------- Vice President ----- Secretary-Treasurer Initiation Chairman --.. Research Forum Chairman - Thomas V. Abowd Robert H. Bartlett Ronald D. Brown Daniel J. Buchalter John E. Chimoskey Kenneth E. Fellows Kent K. Gillingham Dwight W. Hecht Thomas H. Kreulen Louis W. Munchmeyer William D. DeWys Margaret E. Drost James H. Wells Jimmy A. Light 148 - - -Michael S. Leahy - Charles J. Berwald Richard P. Henschele Marian C. Steinbauer - - - Lynn E.Dykrnan Gordon F, Murray Mark P. Owens Peter C. Pairolero Stephen H. Salzman Harvey V. Sparks, Jr. Monica N. Starkman Bruce T, Stubbs Harold R. Styler John J. Voorhees Jerry L. Waldyke Richard W. Erbe Ernest L. Knight

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l Q.. FIRST ROW-D. Weiner, D. Callen, H. Weindley, M. Chernic, R. Serwln, S. Wilensky, G. DuB0ff, M. Levitt, H. Dondershine, P. Toren,SECOND ROW-E. Weisman. P. Gruskin, J. Starr, R. Pliskow. FOURTH Gabelman, L. Krogel, J. O'Recklin, R. Komorn, S. ROW-L. Danto, D. Kaminski, B. Sedenberg, R. Katz, B. Shoen. THIRD ROW-S. Goldman K. Zegart, Miller, B. Ostkow, R. Wilensky, S. Rubenstein, N. H. Friedman, L. Rosenthal, J. Willis, R. Sweet, A. Haas, B. Swartz. The heritage of a medical fraternity manifests itself in a variety of desirable and professional endeavors. DOCTOR means TEACHER Accordingly, it is fitting and proper that the primary objective of our Medical Fraternity is education. The exchange of information, and the handing down of wisdom from generation to generation form the cornerstones of our heritage. Doctor Isidore Snapper was the guest speaker at our Annual Lectureship which is attended by staff members and in- quiring medical students. Doctor Snapper, Professor of Medicine at the Beth Israel Hospital in New York, spoke concerning The Fact and Fiction of Atherosclerosis. In addition, we had several after-dinner faculty guest speakers address our member- ship. The social calendar includes a halloween party, football Saturday brunches, a barn dance, and the memorable Pledge Formal held at the Sheraton-Cadillac in Detroit. Intramural sports include basketball, football and bowling teams. Needless to say, as in all medical fraternities, Bacchus a.nd Laennec are well honored. Mock gross practicals and biochemistry seminars are offered to the freshman class. A series of teaching films will soon be available to the entire medical student population. The study of Medicine is an intellectual challenge and a lifelong pursuit which is stimulated by our heritage. It's what you learn after you know it all that counts. Robert C. Karlsberg '64 147

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First Row-T. McCormick, K. Champion, B. Venema, T. Abowd, John R. G. Goslins, M. D. Second Row-G. Murray, M. Leahy, H. Sparks, F. Wright, D. Lucas, J. Chi- moskey. Third Row-H. Farquhar, J. Wells, T. DeMeester, T. Kingsley, W. Taylor, B. Fors. Missing-B. Bartlett, B. Beck, W. Belenky, T. Hudak, L. Mtmchmeyer, M. Owens, P. Perkins, A. Rosenthal, S. Salzman, M. Stetten, K. Wuepper. Victor Vaughan Thomas V. Abowd President William J. Venema Vice-President Timothy M. McCormick Secretary Kohler Champion Treasurer The most interesting function of my life as a teacher has been the study of my students. They have come and gone by the thousands a.nd no two of them alike. Each has had his own individuality. These words were written by Victor Vaughan in his autobiography A Doctor's Memories. The Victor Vaughan Society, named in honor of the world-renovmed bacteriologist and former Dean of the Medical School, is dedicated to the expression of this individuality. Those senior medical students elected to membership, meet twice monthly in the homes of faculty hosts. At each meeting, papers are delivered by two members, and discussed by the group. Now in its 34th year, the society's traditional interest in medical history, ethics, and philosophy has been perpetuated by papers which have ranged in subject from The Origin of the Universe to Cre- ativity and the Scientific Method, The Society is privileged to have Dr. John R. G. Goslins as its faculty advisor. 149