University of Oklahoma - Sooner Medic Yearbook (Oklahoma City, OK)

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JAMES L. DENNIS, M.D. tflklahoma. 19401 Vice-President in Charge of Medical Center Affairs. and Director and Dean of the Medical Center. Dean Dennis Heads Medical Center An outstanding administrator, Dr. James L. Dennis, in his fourth year as Dean and Director of the Medical Center, received the additional title of Univer- sity of Oklahoma Vice President for Medical Center Affairs last spring. In addi- tion, Dr. Dennis is a professor of Pediatrics. Having received his M.D. from the University of Oklahoma School of Medi- cine in 1940, Dr. Dennis returned to assume the position as Director and Dean in l964. He previously held appointments as Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Arkansas Medical Center. He currently is chairman of the section on pediatrics of the American Medical Asso- ciation and on the specialty editorial board of POSfgl'Ildlflllf6 Xvleditine and GP. Dr. Dennis has directed the various programs for growth and remodeling of the Medical Center toward the modern community center approach.

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Dr. J. Herbert Hollomon, inaugurated in October as the president of OU. brought to campus the concept of thc university community. Hollomon Becomes OU President In the first inauguration ceremony held at OU in 42 years, Dr. J. Herbert Hollomon be- came the eighth president of the university on October lS, 1968. Events held in conjunction with the ceremony included an academic pro- cession to the South Oval for the inauguration, an inaugural celebration concert by the Uni- versity Symphony Orchestra and a major pro- duction by the School of Drama with a guest director and a guest star. With the intention of defining the future goals and purposes of the university, Hollomon initiated an extensive research program during his first year at OU as president-designate. Findings of the various committees involved in the program were compiled and released at the time of the inauguration. In addition to conferring with students, faculty, alumni and state citizens, Hollomon spent the academic year before he assumed his duties as president in visiting other colleges and universities across the country. He did this in an effort to acquant himself with the problems of higher education.

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Associate Dean EDWARD N. BRANDT. JR.. M.D.. Ph.D. Associate Dean of the School of Medicine Associate Director of the Medical Center Professor of Preventive Medicine and Public Health Director of Computer Operations Associate Pofessor of Research Medicine B.S., Oklahoma I954g M.S.. Oklahoma State 19553 M.D., Oklahoma 19605 Ph.D. 1963 PHILIP EDWARD SMITH, SCD. Associate Dean in Charge of Student Affairs Associate Dean of the Graduate College Profssor of Parasitology in Preventive Medicine and Puhlic Health B.Ed., Southern Illinois University. 1940 M.S., University of Illinois. 1942 Sc.D., Johns Hopkins, 1949 ROBERT MONTGOMERY BIRD. MD, Associate Dean of Planning and Development Professor of Medicine and of Physiology B.S.. University of Virginia, 1937 M.D., University of Virginia, I937 2 es 1 s fm? so 8 . I at ts?-:sw feifsa ,MM