Scope - Volume 01, Number 38

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Vol. 1, No. 38 Friday, May 29, 1964
THE LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
University Professor Removes University CreWS Spruce up CampUS;
Pancreas in 13- hour Surgery LLU Mec| jcal Center Ready for Start
An Arlincrtnn Cnlifnrnia man _________ ________________ • An Arlington, California, man
who has been in hospitals 55
times in the past five years
hopes to return to work soon
as the result of a 13- hour- and-
7- minute operation performed
by Jerrold K. Longerbeam, MD,
associate professor of surgery
in the School of Medicine.
Bryce ( Chick) Averill is one
of the few persons alive without
a pancreas, which was removed
in the operation April Z at the
Riverside County General Hos
pital. Also removed at that time
was his spleen. Part of his gall
bladder had been taken out ear
lier. Dr. Longerbeam is a spe
cialist in pancreatic ailments.
Mr. Averill has worked but
little since he first became ill
with pancreas- titus in 1959. He
was in the Riverside hospital
40 times, and has also been in
many others, including the
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Min
nesota, and veterans' hospitals.
Thirty- five pints of blood
were donated to Mr. Averill
during his recent illness by
employees of Cupples Division
fjf Alcoa in Corona. HP has PX-pri^
srf! Trts apprmntton to the
employees and says the only
person he knows at the Cupples
plant is his wife, who works
in the payroll department.
A former professional base
ball player, boxer, public health
service bacteriologist and bar
ber, Mr. Averill hopes to return
to public health work with
Riverside County. He says he
feels good for the first time in
a long while.
Professor, Student
Study Food Service
In Mexican School
A graduate student in the
University School of Nutrition
and Dietetics and a faculty
member recently returned from
a trip to Mexico where they ob
served facilities and needs for
a food service supervisors'
workshop.
Providing transportation for
the student, Marian A. Fedak,
and Irma B. Vyhmeister, ND
' 59, associate professor of nu
trition and dietetics, to Escuela
Agricola e Industrial del Paci-fico
in Navojoa, Sonora, was
Mexico Pan- American League
( Liga Mexico Pan- Americano
Medico y Educacional, a league
of University alumni and others
who for years have been operat
ing a medical and educational
aid organization in Latin Amer
ica).
Through the visit and con
versation with teachers at the
school, Miss Fedak gained an
insight into problems confront
ing food service supervisors. A
workshop planned by Miss Fed
ak will be conducted in Mexico
later this year by Associate
Professor Vyhmeister.
The need for such a work
shop was pointed out some time
ago by Mrs. Daniel W. Palmer,
whose husband is director of
the school in Navojoa. She re
quested that the School of Nu
trition and Dietetics conduct
the course.
Responsibility for planning
the workshop was given Miss
Fedak, who planned the pro
gram taking into account facil-
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Jerrold K. Longerbeam
Professor to Serve
Heart Association
of the Los Angeles County
Heart Association recently is
Robert Stivelman, MD, assist
ant professor of medicine in
the School of Medicine.
Dr. Stivelman also is chief of
cardiovascular services at John
Wesley Company Hospital and
a member of the American Col
lege of Cardiology.
Wife of Alumnus
To Head Assn.
Installed as president of the
Women's Auxiliary to the
Southern California State Den
tal Association recently was
Mrs. Hugo M. Kulstad of Bak-ersfield.
Her husband is asso
ciate professor of pedodontics
in the School of Dentistry.
Mrs. Kulstad was installed
during the 26th annual meet
ing of the Southern California
State Dental Association, for
which the theme was " Flair
Internationale."
Public Invited
To Attend
Groundbreaking
Loma Linda University has
extended an invitation to the
public to attend the ground
breaking ceremony for the med
ical center here.
The ceremony will be June 7
at 2 p. m. on the site of the
center, the construction of
which will begin on July 1. The
audience will gather on the
mall extending to the building
site between the School of Den
tistry and the University
Church, near the corner of
Central Avenue and San Ber-nardino
Street, states Godfrey
T. Anderson, PhD, University
president.
Speaking at the ceremony
will be representatives of the
medical profession, the Univer
sity administration and officers
of the General Conference of
Seventh- day Adventists.
Featured speakers are Ben-
General Conference, who will
speak on the subject of " Ful
filling Our World Mission;"
Dwight L. Wilbur, MD, editor
of California Medicine, who
will present remarks on " The
Challenge of Modern Medical
Education;" and Maynard V.
Campbell, chairman of the Uni
versity Trustees and vice pres
ident of the General Confer
ence, whose address will be
" Blueprint for Progress."
The one- hour ceremony will
feature the groundbreaking at
which Robert L. Cone, chair
man of the planning committee
and vice president for financial
affairs, will officiate, assisted by
student representatives. They
are Delmar L. Herrick, SD' 64;
Vivien Dee, SN' 66; David D.
Decker, PT' 64; Theodore M.
Herring, SM' 67; and Marian
Ann Fedak, GS, Nutrition and
Dietetics.
Others to appear on the pro
gram are Godfrey T. Anderson,
PhD, University president;
Dwight L. Wilbur
Trustees Meet at
Loma Linda Campus
University Trustees met, this
week at Loma Linda. On the
agenda were administrative,
faculty and building matters as
well as long- range planning of
the educational structure of the
University. As the meetings
were in the process at press
time, a report of Trustee deci
sions will appear in the next
issue of Scope. Trustee chair
man is Maynard V. Campbell,
vice president of the General
Conference of Seventh- day Ad
ventists.
Howard B. Weeks, vice presi
dent for public relations and
development; David B. Hin-shaw,
MD, . dean of School of
Medicine; Keld J. Reynolds,
PhD, vice president for aca
demic affairs; Walter E. Mac-pherson,
vice president for med
ical affairs; and Albert Brown,
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University crews were en
gaged in all- campus spruce up
activities this and previous
weeks, wrecking the old busi
ness building on the corner of
Anderson and Central Streets,
erecting another office building,
painting the oldest building on
campus and adding a touch of
beauty to campus greenery.
Activities preceding com
mencement and groundbreak
ing ceremonies June 5 through
June 7 stirred up everyday life
on the campus where already
excavators are cutting into the
asphalt on Anderson Street to
install huge water mains from
a new water tank above Lawton
Street and down Anderson,
crossing the railroad tracks at
Van Leuven.
In the periphery, area . build
ers erect homes by the hun
dreds, adding a new skyline
south of the medical center
that will raise its landmark be
tween Barton Road and Cen
tral Street in the year of 1967.
A few weeks ago, University
crew 3 u> i.'^ u^ U* e 20- acre
orange grove on which the med
ical center will be constructed.
Excavation and foundation
work will begin July 1 under
a negotiated contract between
Loma Linda University, the Del
Webb Corporation, Phoenix,
and Larry C. Havstad, local
contractor.
A computer- planned con
struction schedule calls for
completion of the medical cen
ter by March, 1967, with equip
ping and staffing of the various
hospital services and educa
tional and research facilities to
be accomplished shortly there
after.
The new office building is be
ing erected at the University
Hospital, on the parking lot
toward Anderson Street, across
from the Hill Church. A 30 x
60 structure built by Havstad
and Bergvall, it will house
clinical offices for University
staff members. It will be oc
cupied by July 1.
The old School of Nursing
building adjacent to a complex
in which the School of Physical
Therapy and the Occupational
Therapy Curriculum have their
teaching facilities, has received
a coat of paint, as have the
two other buildings there.
POINTING FORWARD TO A LONG- LOOKED- FOR event In Loma Linda was this truck at a
recent community fair. It displayed plans of the University medical center, groundbreaking for
which will take place on June 7. Staff photo.