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

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,f FI ARTHUR VANDER Arthur Vander, Associate Professor of Physiology Born December 28, 1933 B.A., M.D., University of Michigan Intern at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Cen- ter Crosby Award 32 Arthur Vander is one of those few basic scientists who appreciates that medicine is much more than just a science. After seven years at Michigan as both an undergraduate and medical student, he departed from his career plans to take an internship at New York Hospital CCornellj. He did this hoping to learn not only about medicine but about Qhimsellj and his response to sick peoplef' He was not disappointed. Yet, even before that experience, Dr. Vander had already determined that teach- ing and research in physiology would be his calling. I-le had entered Med School with a definite inclination to become a psychiatrist, easily understandable in light of his under- graduate major, philosophy. However, his freshman year coincided with the arrival of Horace Davenport as physiology chairman. It was Davenport's dynamic approach to physiology that had a telling effect on Art Vanderis ultimate and immediate plans. Thus, since the summer after his sophomore year, when he first worked with Drs. Mal- vin and Wilde, he has been at the forefront of renal physiology research. There is much that separates Art Vander from the ordinary in all he does. He is one of the few basic scientists who works in concert with clinicians and recently collabo- rated with Dr. john Green investigating the renin-angiotensin system in renal disease. By vocation a physiologist, he is by avo- cation a playwright, adapting Carson McCuller novels for stage presentation.

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Another part of his technqiue is to deve- lop as personal a relationship as possible with as many students as he can. When he lectures he establishes eye contact with only one student and lets the other 199 eaves- drop. In the age of busy men Dr. Swain's door is always open, W'hen he talks with a student he manages to make the student feel that he is sincerely interested in what he has to say. Probably the greatest secret to success -that Dr. Swain has is that he is happy with what he is doing. Dr. Swain relates that he was a k'revolutionary in his days in medi- cal school, and like many students today he s unhappy with the course of medical ation. Fortunately for Michigan medi- students he had the courage to attempt to Sitting on Dr. Swain's desk, amidst his awards. is a beaten up old trophy Henry Swain the least valuable at his high school l937f38. It at our hero was a 5'l0'f95 lb. who insisted on wrestling and both football and baseball. lt is this type of spirit that we now salute. for it made this 'kleast valuable athlete into a most valuable teacher. -1,. VV. Crzzbcr Henry H. Swain, Professor of Pharmacology Born .july ll, 1923 AB., M.S., M.D., University of Illinois Intern at Cook County Hospital Crosby Award, Galens Shovel, Senior Award j,.w

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D' ln his teaching, Dr. Yander is a veritable Davenport disciple, It is his aim to convey the excitement of normally routine material and to illustrate ways of working with this information. To this end, especially with regard to undergraduates. he has felt as if most available texts were geared to the intel- lect of a moron. Thus, two years ago, he began work on a new hook which empha- sizes mechanisms of biological systems, not 5-ov UQ facts. Wlhen this text is published in 1970, Dr. Vander hopes to coordinate undergrad- uate and med school physiology courses. giving med students a more enriched, gradu- ate school presentation. llis extra-medical pursuits and scientific literacy not withstanding, what has truly endeared Art Vander is his unflagging effort to involve students in the course material. Rather than giving a strictly didactic pres- entation and remaining aloof from the class. 1,1 7 1 C f he endeavors to create a free-form seminar atmosphere. The true worth of this experi- ence soon becomes apparent as students respond by answering his basic questions. then challenging him with ever more sophis- ticated queries of their own. lt is upon this fertile ground that Dr. Vander hopes to sow the seeds of his knowledge. engendering a new crop of inquisitive, scientifically knowl- edgeable physicians. - forty Kratzten tl-4 , I