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N DEMPSEY APPOINTED TO HEW POST rn

DR. KING APPOINTED

Dr. Edward W. Dempsey, dean of Wash- Dr .M. Kent-- King L.c. ,een nam~, ,gton university School of Medicine, has ingdeanofwa tngton LversitySc *en named by President Lyndon B. Johnson of Medicine, Chancellor Thomas H. E 6 special assistant to Anthony J d Cele- has announced. I King has been ass rezze, Secretary of Health, Education ate dean since JI 1962. nd Welfare.

Dr. King w: assume all the duties The nomination t inned by the of the dean lntil ' a permanent dean is

senate on September 21 DI Dempsey suc- named, Chancellor Eliot said. During his ceeds Boisfouillet Jones, who is now exe- 'em as dean he will also continue his :utive director of tF- W~-~ruff Founda- ,esponsibilitv for studamt affairs.

. :ion, Atlanta, Georgi~ - .ng is familiar

Dr. Dempsey has resigned tzes of the dean's -.

as dean to accept the post ,,, i t k well qbaltfied and has taken a leave of ab- - - - ve as acting dean," Dr. sence from his position as Carl .Moore, vice-chancel professor and head of the de- for medical af fairs bsaid. I-(:mant of anatomy. has the full support of

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In the Department of Health, Educa- The vacancy was brought abOVgA$.- tion and Welfare, Dr. Dempsey will act as resignation of Dr. Edward W.

D-qcey EIl an advisor on matters of public health had served as dean since 1958.k. L

and make recommendations on the budget is now special assistant to S~ac;rat#q of for the National Institutes of Health and Health, Education and Weltare' 4~fhai$~ J.. on the safety of new drugs. Celebrezze. He is ,,&n 1 r M @f..Pqq ,

from his post as pr$fesso$ d h 3&man Dr. Dempsey was recently appointed o: he department of anat&. A.

:hairman of the Manpower Pane1 of the President's Comiss ion on Heart Disease, Dr. Moore said a codttee to rec Strake and ClnrP_r. mend a new dean had been a m 4 , d d

Dempsey and their son, Richard, was at work to secure' a wmi~ee fw< Ire now in Washington with Dr. Dempsey. Post. Their address is 344 N Street,N.W., Wash- *ton, D.C., 20024. Dr. Kil, joined the faculty of

ington University School of wdic 1957. He was physician in OWqe of.khah Student Health Service from 1957 to 1962. He was named asiistant dean Cn 1961 and associate dean in 1962. Hs also bold& the title of assistant professor of mdFci~e and of prtlvenf ive aasd icind

He received hia B,Ai degree from the' Unimxsi$y of Oklahorns and h h M.D. &-' gree from Vanderbilt UsiZversity S&OQ

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member o f h a s s p e n t more t h a n 30 y e a r s c a r i n g f o r t h f r o m Hansent s Disease. Now a member o f t h e r e c e n t l y reorganized b r m a t o l o g y ,Dr. H e r b e r t Gass h a s s p e n t h i s amq i n I n d i a except ' f o r t h o s e p e r i o d s s tudy ing at

o cal c e n t e r s . S t a r t i n g a new career i n acadard i n t h i s count ry , D r . Gass has s a i d he fe l t h e l e f t the of dermatology and l e p r o s y at C h r i s t i a n Medical Co l l i n t h e hands o f conapetent and w e l l t r a i n e d young doa

D r . Gass r e c a l l e d t h a t t h i s a v a i l a b i l i t y o f s p e i n c o n t r a s t t o hi-s e a r l y p r o f e s s i o n a l days when h e W t o a 600-pa t ien t l ep rosa r ium i n t h e c e n t r a l p rov inc Then h i s g m a t e s t d e s i r e w a s t o have t h e h e l p o f a s an o r t h o p e d i s t , a p l a s t i c surgeon. But t h e r e we- programs as one sees today s o h e adapted h i s own taX-aats t h e needs o f t h e h o s p i t a l . H e l e a r n e d what WU d i d n ' t tee&- l e p r o s y a t t h e School of T r o p i c a l Medicine i n Calsuttr, '

s t u d i e d ophtha lmic s u r g e r y , so t o remove catawq.ats . t h e eyes of v i c t ims o f l e p r o s y v e l i n g and obsel?vh@ :# .

I n d i a and l a t e r i n Swi t ze r l and

"I was young t o t a k e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r t h e h o s p i t a l b u t t h a t w a s t h e p l a c e of g r e a t e s t need," D r . Gass has s a i d about - s t e p p i n g from h i s i n t e r n s h i p i n t o t h e p o s t o f medical s u p e r i n - , t endent a t Chandkhuri Leprosy H o s p i t a l . However, h i s e a r l y y e a r s i n I n d i a wi th h i s Swiss miss ionary pa ren t s had developed

y t o a c c e p t t h e Wlenge a t Chandkhuri u n t i l 1950 when he

s t i a n Medical Col lege , where he k.

s o r of dermatology. A t t h e Mediagl' t on ly was r e s p o n s i b l e f o r t e a c h i n g and c l i n i

l s o f o r t h e l e p r o s y c l i n i c and s e s . During t h e s e y e a r s h i s i n

o f t h e l e p r o s y b a c i l l u s i n bone taneous nerves of l e p r o s y p a t i e n t s ,

D r . Gass has s a i d t h a t t h e most encouraging, s i g n i n t h e t r e a t m e n t o f l e p r o s y i n I n d i a i s t h a t coming i n f o r t r e a t m e n t when t h e d i s e a s e i s i n i ts "When t h e s e people are t r e a t e d e a r l y , t h e y can be when t h e r e are no v i s i b l e d e f e c t s , they are g e n e r a l l y a- back i n t o s o c i e t y . " He s a i d t h a t t h e s t igma o f l e p r o s y .ls =% %;:$, as s e v e r e as i t was p r e v i o u s l y as a r e s u l t of p r i v a t e at3 .>'?- .. governmental e d u c a t i o n a l programs . 2 1

Here a t W U , where he w a s a member o f t h e class &$ L B ~ D $ ~ -"& D r . Gass i s a s s i s t i n g w i t h t h e c l i n i c a l p r a c t i c e and t e a a h $ a t t h e School o f Medicine, Cochran V.A. H o s p i t a l and S t . L~$S. I

C i t y Hosp i t a l . He and h i s w i f e are l i v i n g i n t h e UnivWSlty Apartments on t h e Main Campus. A daugh te r is h e r e w i th them t e a c h i n g i n t h e Univers i ty . C i t y School system. A son , Michael, a WU gradua te o f 1958, i s s e r v i n g a r e s idency i n t h e Canal Zone,,

A and a n o t h e r son i s a miss ionary now s e r v i n g i n I n d i a .

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a t t h e Graham Colloquium a t F;.m . , Tuesday, November 1 0 , i n n penthouse . H i s t o n i c w i l l b e

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program i s f o r med ica l , s t a f f , h o u s e o f f i c e r s ,

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DR. LOWRY NAMED TO NtGMS COUNCIL

D r . O l i v e r Lowry, p r o f e s - s o r and head o f t h e de- par tment o f pharmacology, h a s been named a member o f t h e N a t i o n a l Advisory Genera l Medica l S c i e n c e s ? Counci l . AS a member o f t h e C o u n c i l , h e w i l l re- view and 9 d v i s e on t h e

' a c t i v i t i e s o f t h e NIGMS which d i r e c t s and admin- i s t e r s t h e N I H programs o f supDort f o r r e s e a r c h and t r a i n i n g g r a n t s i n t h e s c i e n c e s b a s i c t o m e - d i c i n e and b i o l o g y . D r . Lowry w i l l s e r v e a f o u r - y e a r term e n d i n g Septem- ber 1968.

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A s i x - y e a r wager p a i d d i v i d e n d s for Miss Mattee Rowan, a g l a s s w a r e c l e a n e r i n t h e metabol ism l a b s . D r . ' d i ' l l iam Daughaday , p r o f e s s o r o f me- d i c i n e and h e a d o f t h e d i v i s i o n o f me tabo l i sm, promised t o t a k e Mattee t o a World S e r i e s game i n a chauf- f e r e d l i m o u s i n e ' i f t h e C a r d i n a l s e v e r won a pennan t a g a i n . The s i x t h game o f t h e World S e r i e s w a s pay- o f f t ime . T i c k e t s were o b t a i n e d a f t e r Miss Gail Benjamin ,head n u r s e i n t h e P e d i a t r i c C l i n i c a l Research C e n t e r , s t o o d i n t h e b l e a c h e r l i n e o v e r n i g h t . A s h o r t a g e o f chauf f e r s ' from a commercial agency a lmost s t o p p e d t h e t r i p , b u t a n o t h e r l a b worker , Thomas Howard, s t e p p e d i n f o r c h a u f f e r and a r e n t e d car was o b t a i n e d .

History of Science & Medicine

D r . John Freeman, a s s i s t a n t pro- f e s s o r o f h i s t o r y a t Kansas S t a t e U n i v e r s i t v , w i l l a d d r e s s t h e H i s t o r y o f S c i e n c e and Medicine S o c i e t y Tuesday, December 7 a t 8:15 p.m. i n O l i n p e n t h o u s e , H e w i l l d i s c u s s t h e s c i e n t i f i c a s p e c t s o f t h e Lewis and Cla rk e x ~ e d i t i o n .

D r . Freeman r e c e i v e d h i s Ph.D. i n t h e H i s t o r y o f American C i v i l i - z a t i o n from Harvard U n i v e r s i t y . He s p e n t two y e a r s a t t h e L i b r a r y o f t h e American P h i l o s o p h i c a l S o c i e t y compi l ing a g u i d e t o t h e i r American Ind.ian m a n u s c r i p t s . T h i s work i n - c l u d e s t h e L e w i s and Cla rk papers .

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r CEPTING CONGRATULATIONS from Secretary .thony Celebrezze i s special . a s s i s tant ward Dempsey, shown with Mrs. Dempsey id son Richard. Dr. Dempsey was sworn I for the Health, Education and Welfare d(s&g -