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

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1 iv. 4-if ,..4 AN Z f 5 f The Galens Medical Society is primarily a service organization composed of 28 upperclassmen, Throughout its fifty year history the Society has done much to attain its original objectives: to maintain an effective liaison between students and faculty, and to provide meaningful services to patients, house staff, and students. In fact, the group functioned so well that membership began to carry a certain status, and in 1947 the designation Honorary was added to the name. The honor involved is an acknowledgement of the con- tributions of previous Galens groups and does not connote any pres- tige bestowed upon a new initiate: rather, it is necessary for each year's Galens to maintain the standards that brought recognition to their predecessors, ' r 4 it t, 4

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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

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First Row: K. Seiffert, S. Goldman, B. Lucchesi, E. Hammer, J. Laidlaw. Second Row: P, Slaughter, W. Fisher, W. Fors, R. Bartlett, S. Klapper, T. Abowd, D, Heinerman, J. Gosling. Third Row: M, Renfrew, T. McCormick, J, Wells, T. Corbett, P. Allmendinger, R. Erbe, M. MacConnaughy, R. Mathis, R, Hensinger, J. Ryan, N. Grossnickle, R. Komorn. There are no specific criteria for membership. Members are chosen from the sophomore class by the Society once a year. In this picture you will find C-students a.nd AOA members, fraternity presidents and independents, quiet men with few social contacts and gregarious extroverts. They have three things in common: a vigorous enthu- siasm for medical philosophy and practice, an interest in the objectives of this Society, and the extra time required to sustain its standards. Robert H. Bartlett '63 316115 f , ,, f .hvvw-'Q- nn , V, ll Y J ?g.,,,,'i4i,g1'- Q 52,5 i ep .AJC