University of Michigan - Michiganensian Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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Salk s Success Announced, A Victory Over Polio On April 12, 1955, the tenth anniversary of Franklin D. Roosevelt ' s death, the long months of tension ended. In the Rackham Building auditorium, Dr. Thomas Francis, Jr. reported the Salk vaccine to be eighty to ninety per cent effective. After the field trials of the vaccine in the summer of 1954, the data were sent to Dr. Francis, University pro- fessor of epidemiology, to be analyzed. He was the only person able to decode the numbers on the bottles of vaccine used to innoculate 654,000 children in the tests. The Na- tional Foundation for Infantile Paralysis financed the tests and analysis. Dr. Jonas E. Salk relaxes with his family. The young University of Pittsburg doctor made medical history by discovering the first effec- tive vaccine against paralytic polio. He made initial tests on sons. Dr. Thomas Francis, Jr., Dr. Jonas E. Salk, and Basil O ' Conner. President of the National Foun- dation for Infantile Paralysis confer in the Rackham Building. Dr. Francis holds the report on the success of the vaccine which he delivered to assembled scientists, physicians, and Foundation officials. Dr. Thomas Francis, Jr. (left) reported on the success of the vaccine after analyzing the results of the testing program. I

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The Alice Crocker Lloyd Radiation Therapy Center, located underground between the Kresge Medical Research Building and University Hospital, uses radioactive cobalt to treat cancers which are deeply situated in the body. To protect researchers, the source, which is the l.nm si in a non-governmental laboratory, is stored in a water tank and manipulated by remote control. University Researchers Explore Frontiers in Medicine

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If You Seek a Pleasant Peninsula, Look About You The AFROTC chorus performs on University TV. Kinescope productions are seen on stations from New York City to Seattle. From Menominee to Monroe, the impact of the University is felt throughout the state. While the activities and fa- cilities in Ann Arbor itself benefit the state, the University functions beyond the campus proper. Via the air waves, WUOM and WFUM blanket southeastern Michigan with educational radio programs. Kinescopes of the University Television Hour are available to TV stations. In addition, lecturers from the University bring news of the campus to alumni clubs and other interested groups, and the Uni- versity Press publishes books of both state and national in- terest. In the field of direct education, the University main- tains extension centers in eight Michigan cities. These cen- ters offer an opportunity to obtain college credit while re- maining at home. The most dramatic example of the Uni- versity ' s expanding service is the establishment of Flint College. The College, which is scheduled to open in the fall of 1956, will serve about five thousand students. University faculty members and administrators will staff the unit which is to offer junior and senior courses. Flint students will receive their first two years of training from Flint Junior College. A full degree-granting branch of the University, it is the dream of Charles S. Mott, Flint philanthropist. In the summer, Professor Maynard Klein directs the high school choir at the University ' s National Music Camp at Intcrlochen. The University Extension Service offers adult education and credit courses at centers in eight Michigan cities. Enrollment was 3,426. 10