University of Virginia School of Medicine - Biopsy Yearbook (Charlottesville, VA)

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THE CLASS OF '49 We went on the vvards. The cruel long-hand physicals, The myriad blood counts . . . urines . . . stools. The occasional party became a vital necessity. The Out- patient Department. A quick beer at the Virginian, Then the bridge craze hit. Next hearts. Anything to lceep from studying. The third year was gone. Our last lree summer loomed before us. The decision between vvorl4 or play was upon us. We did both. Several of us spent six weeks in Texas with the Army . . . Nuevo Laredo, Monterreyl Many tales were brought baclc to be told and retold. The summer passed all too quiclcly. The lourth year davvned. Several nevv laces greeted us-some of the old ones were gone. A scramble to get internship applications in. Then the breathless waiting. We held out lor the best. We got the best. Seattle to Miami, Boston to Denver. The lirst orals quickly lollovved, and shoclced us. Our collective egos may have sutlered, but vve lcnevv humility. There was much to review, much to learn. DAVIS CRAIG LUCAS BLACKSBURG, VIRGINIA K A, fb X, A Q A, Raven Society, Extern, Ortho- pedics, Medical ROTC. Internship, University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan ROBERT ARTHUR MARKS QUEENS VILLAGE, NEW YORK Band, Intermediate Honors, Dean's List. Internship, USPHS, Staten Island Hospital, Staten Island, New York WALTER RAMON McCOOK KEY WEST, FLORIDA fir X, BIOPSY, Medical School Shovv, '47. Internship, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida EUGENE MENDELSOHN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS dl A K, Medical ROTC, Extern, Orthopedics. In- ternship, Wesley Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois i l 0880

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WILLIAM EDGAR LAWTON, JR. MOUNT HOPE, WEST VIRGINIA A.B., West Virginia University, B 9 IT, O A Ii, Medical School President, Honor Committee, Student Council, '48,'49, Class President, '46-'49 Internship, St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago, Illinois MIRIAM LENDING CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA Dean's List, Medical School Show, Band, Extern, Medicine, '48. Internship, St. Louis City Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri CLAIR LIEBRAND HELENA, OKLAHOMA A.B., University of Virginia, N E N, President, O A K, BIOPSY, Treasurer, '47,'-'18, Circulation Manager, '48, Medical IFC, President, Jabbervvock Society, Glee Club, Medical School Shows, Raven Society. Internship, University of Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville, Virginia BRIDGER PEARL LITTLE, JR. LEEDS, SOUTH CAROLINA l'I K A, Calconon Club, Extern, Blood Bank, Medical ROTC. Internship, USPHS, Staten Island I-Iospital, Staten Island, New York THE CLASS OF 49 Then, with only a month in school, the blast that shook the world-August 6, 'l945fthe lirst atom bomb. Short days later the war was over. We took to peace easily. ln no uncertain terms we were told the War was over. Get to work. Summer llevv into lall, lall to winter. ln December the Navy men shed their unilorms, to be lollowed in March by the Army men. Exams. Sixteen lelt. Physiology. Talks that passed lor lectures. Work now vvith the living rather than the dead. The slavery to biochemistry paid oil. Kymographs and Cannon. Then another summer-and the First vacation in lour years. From Massachusetts to Arizona, Florida to Oregon. We enjoyed it. The lall, and still nine months left in the second year. Physical diagnosis and our First contact with real patients. Medicine began to take on a look ol reality. The murmurs still escaped us. We studied, we listened. Pharmacology . . . and a bunch ol Uadolescent morons made good. Surgery, Medicine-aerophagia, pneumonia, and then a smattering ol O. B. An introduction to that torture chamber-the amphitheater. Catching up on sleep in clinical diagnosis class. The second year vvaned. A couple more ol us Fell by the wayside, a couple sought greener pastures, a couple, a better lile. Another summer and many ol us picked up a levv extra dollars. 0870

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DAVID ALAN MULLON PORT WASHINGTON, NEW YORK E N, Calconon Club, Medical ROTC. Internship, Bellevue Hospital CN.Y.U.D, New Yorlc City JOSEPH ALLAN OFFEN BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS A.B., University of Virginia, lb A K, Dean's List, BIOPSY, Chairman, Class-Faculty Dinner. Internship, Boston City Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts DONALD ROBERT PIERCE BELOIT, WISCONSIN 112 X, BIOPSY, Assistant Business Manager, Student Instructor, Bacteriology, Extern, Medicine and Sur- gery, '48. Internship, Milwaukee County General Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin MICHAEL POTTER PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY B.A., Princeton, E 3,Special Research, Pharmacology. Internship, University of Virginia I-lospital, Char- lottesville, Virginia - THE CLASS OF '49 A new adventure awaited us on the delivery room. We lelt the thrill of bringing new life into the world. . . We ielt what it was like to spend days with only a cat- nap lor the much needed and much wanted sleep. A little panic hit us at the thought ol parting with cherished friends, but now it was all drawing to a close. Ol the original sixty-six, lorty-seven were here to graduate. Eight additions made a slightly more respectable Fifty-six. That MD. was going to loolc good. But in our minds we ltnew it was not an end, lout only a beginning. -Allan L, Armstrong. '13 June 1949. o8Q0