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

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Victor aughan Society Victor Clarence Vaughan was the dean of the medical school in the years of its most significant growth. In guiding the medi- cal school toward its role as an internationally prestigious in- stitution, he established himself as one of the truly great deans of American medicine. He was an innovator who helped create several new scientific departments in the medical school, among them the world's Hrst pharmacology department and one of the earliest bacteriology departments. He was so much the origin of the experimental method in basic science education that he earned the local nickname of f'Piggy Vaughan because of the number of guinea pigs he introduced into the newly built lab- oratory system. lt is to his memory that the society gives honor through its name. Briefly, the Victor Vaughan Society is a senior medical group that gathers biweekly for the discussion of the historical, social, aesthetic and ethical parameters of the art of medicine. Each member prepares a paper on a non-scientific topic of interest to him and presents his ideas at a meeting held in the home of a senior faculty member. The student selects a discusser who may comment on or develop further the points ofthe paper. The con- cluding event is an open discussion which usually proves to be both fervent and colorful. With an appreciation of medical history fundamental to the modern medical education, the Victor Vaughan Society attempts to see-along with a famous scientist ofthe past-that we stand on the shoulders of giants. ln keeping alive an appreciation for this tradition, it is the hope and pledge of this society that the future generation might stand a little taller still. Glenn W. Geelhoed '68 lfiiiill Milli? Smted: P. lnsel, j. Thrall, j. Schrager, S. Geelhoed, G. Geelhoed, Dr.j. Gosling, Dr. R. Green. Standing: D. Beau- doin, R. Grekin, j. Berman, D, Drachler, S. Ringel, M. Ziegler, R. Matthews, C. Robinson, R. Hiatt, O. Grin, R. Livesay, W. Howard, R. Sawyer, R. Mulder. Missing: L. Britton, T. Derleth, W. Faggett, T. Gaensbauer, G. Hess, M. Hinnen, C. Moore, P. Quinn,j. Ravin, B. Tigelaar. 145

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LPHA O EGA ALPHA 1 1 , . 5 I W K ZF 'K 1 i A 1' W 3 Q A . i .U . if ' .i i N ' First RowYA. Oostendorp, S. Monroe, Dr. Jaffe, P. Insel, W. Meengs, C. Kauffman, F. Serratoni. Second Row-B Dragoo, H. Alvarez, R. Kreuzer, D, Logan, W. Redlin, j. Rogers, j.Sugar, R. Grekin. Third Row-G. Geelhoed, W Boyko, S. Ringel, R. Matthews, L. Hurshman, J. Maize, F. jones, A. Hilgenberg. Absent: N. Brown, C. Ferguson, S Geelhoed, M. Hinnen, W. Howard,-I. Lipson,j. McNamara, F. Maynard, B. Mohr, R. Salamon, D. Silver, R. Tigl elaar, T. Rowland. Alpha Omega Alpha is a national medical scholastic honorary society which has chapters at vinually every accredited medical school in the United States. At the University ofMichigan members are elected during both the junior and Senior years, and an initiation banquet is held in the Fall of each year with a non-medical guest speaker. This year we were privileged to have Dr. Marvin Felheim, Professor of English at the University ofMichigan as our guest and Dr. Robert Green, Assistant Dean of the Medical School, as master of ceremonies. In past years the major activity has been the sponsorship and administration of the Student Re- search Forum, an annual spring event when selected students from all four classes present re- sults oftheir investigative efforts. This year we have also begun a series of evening meetings at faculty members' homes with guest faculty from outside the medical school who discuss with AOA's and a few invited medical faculty and house staff concepts outside the usual medical school realm. Finally, preliminary discussions have been held in an attempt to involve AOA participation in the medical school curriculum. Paul Insel '68

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GALENS HGNQRARY MEDICAL UCIETY The Galens Honorary Medical Society was founded at the University of Michigan in 1914 when a method of expressing student opinion was needed to obtain lockers. It was, and re- mains, a group which is unique among medical schools in the nation. Thirty-four members from the upper classes are chosen at the rate of 17 each year on the basis of achievement, endeavor, and demonstrated willingness to help others in the various phases of medical school life. Since that meager beginning, Galens has grown and broad- ened in scope and amassed a fascinating heritage. Although the primary organization has remained one of service, it is doubtful any organization in any medical school has embodied the vast numbers of Galens just as of medical student new ones. Many become autono , and the internship has en- compassed the Galen's Lectureship of service as can be seen by its free T.B. skin tests and a resident loan fund, and others the year Galens act as from all parts of the world. In an in scholarship and teaching Galens otter, and Crosby awards, not to mei Shovel Award. During the junior and senior act as projectionists in conferences and maintains the Galens Foreign Fellowship. In laboratories are partial- ly equipped by the of microscopes and microhematocrit machines The brightest spot in s year is the Galen's Tag Day. Each year since 1927 has sponsered this suc- cessful drive to maintain the 's Workshop. The workshop provides pediatric patients activities, and a Christ- mas party. Recently, the drive has made possible the building of a new workshop in order to continue these services in the new Mott Children's Hospital. It is evident that although the primary purpose of the organi- zation remains service, there is a great deal more to the Galens Honorary Society. Lee R. Britton '68