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

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Oklahoma Medical John Rogers, Tulsa attorney and president of the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation for fifteen years. is one of OkIahoma's best known leaders in promoting expanded fa- cilities for higher education. particularly in medicine. Research Foundation The Oklahoma Medical Research Founda- tion is an independent, privately financed, non- proht corporation engaged in basic and clini- cal research as well as functioning as a coop- erative educational institution with the Uni- versity of Oklahoma School of Medicine. The Foundation is an integral part of the Medical Center, though it has separate man- agement, financing and functions. By charter, and by practice, the Foundation has two basic objectives: to conduct a research program and to offer a training in the medical sciences. The training begins at the high school junior level and extends through the graduate field and the post-doctoral level where men and women from around the world participate in training projects under fellowship and grant arrangements. The idea for the Foundation originated from a group of Oklahoma physicians and pro- gressive laymen. Chartered in August, 1946. the Foundation is led by governing boards consisting of Sl business, professional, and civic leaders from every section of the state. Assets of the Foundationls physical plant are valued in excess of three million dollars. lt houses 75 laboratory units, two animal care facilities, a 20-bed hospital. and modern out-patient clinic. The staff numbers 300.

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Wm gt Q t S, s, 5 2 KATE' 'W e . f 1, tw' wht 'Tbfnm H The New Coronary Care Unit of the University Hospital provides the latest in the management of patients with acute Heart Disease. Medical Center Progress This year has seen many Mhappeningsv oc- cur at the Medical Center. The Medical School's facilities have been improved and are in the process of being expanded. New lab- oratories have been completed, the Universi- ty's emergency room has been expanded to handle any situation, ground has been broken for the new basic sciences building, and the Coronary Care Unit offers all the modern ad- vances in the care of patients with cardiac diseases. And with all this, the surface has hardly been scratched, with many improve- ments yet to come. The future holds dreams that will make the University of Oklahoma Medical Center a leader in the health sciences, So when you look around, remember that this is only the beginning.

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A Prescription For Progress Over half of its current budget of two mil- lion, 400 thousand dollars is provided through the generosity of state citizens in the form of memorial contributions, outright gifts, income producing property, wills, endowments, trusts, and allocations from United Funds from a doz- en Oklahoma cities. The Oklahoma Medical Research Founda- tion, through its research program and educa- tional functions, is truly an expression of the desire of the people of Oklahoma to share in the worthy objective of obtaining relief from suffering through new knowledge in medicine. Shirley Goff tstandingj, supervisor of the Foun:1ation's hematology, x-ray, and plasmapheresis laboratory, is shown with assistants Dorie Seikel and Margo Parker. Dr. Reagan Bradford, assistant head of the car- diovascular section, supervises studies in his laboratory. 'Technicians are Karen Kostka and Chuck Clayton. Dr. Paul T. Condit, head of the cancer section. visits one of his younger patients in the Foun- dation's study hospital. Dr. Jordan Tang, neurosciences section, super- vises his research program and the training of Rebecca Foster, candidate for Ph.D. Dr. Richard Bottomley and Dr. Mark Kollmorgen, members of the cancer section, shown working with live human cancer cells. wiif. 1