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Vol. 1, No. 37 Friday, May 22, 1964
THE LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
Who's Who in America Lists President's Award Goes to Five
New Head of Chemistry Dept. Students for Devoted Study and Life
fornia schools from 1938 to
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i Among the 597 Californians
listed in Who's Who in America
this year for the first time is
Maurice E. Mathisen, PhD, pro
fessor of chemistry, who will
take up duties as chairman of
the Graduate School chemistry
department in June.
Publisher Jackson Martindell
notes that only three out of
every 10,000 Americans are
chosen for the book's listings.
Total listings, old and new, are
58,000.
Dr. Mathisen, 48, who was
born in Chico, California, ob-
I tained a Bachelor's degree from
Pacific Union College, Angwin,
California, in 1938. Stanford
University awarded him a Mas
ter's degree in 1947 and a Doc
tor of Philosophy degree in
1952.
A teacher of science and
mathematics in Utah and Cali
1942, he was a chemist with
Permanente Metals Corpora
tion, San Jose, California, in
1942. At Mountain View ( Cali
fornia) Union Academy, he
again taught mathematics and
science until completing work
on his Master's degree in 1947.
Dr. Mathisen became a chem
istry professor in 1947 at Paci
fic Union College and was
named academic dean in 1955,
which position he held until
1963. For the past year he has
been a visiting professor at the
California Institute of Tech
nology in Pasadena.
He holds membership in the
American Chemical Society,
Rotary Club, the American As
sociation for the Advancement
of Science, Sigma Xi and Phi
Lambda Upsilon, both nation
al scholastic honor societies.
' School of Physical Therapy
[ Accepts 37 New Students
The School of Physical Ther
apy has announced acceptance
of 37 students to enter as jun
iors in September, 1964. Other
applications for admission are
under consideration, according
' to the school, and more accept
ances will be disclosed at a
later date.
Union College, Lincoln, Neb
raska, and Andrews University,
Berrien Springs, Michigan, top
the list for the number of stu
dents accepted with five and
four, respectively.
Accepted from Union Col-
_ lege are: Doris E. Babcock,
' Steven R. Ericson, Roger A.
Stacker, David L. Whitcomb
and Lloyd L. Whitten.
The four students from An
drews University are: Donna
M. Johnston, Raymond E. Jor
dan, Julia A, Knisley and Bar
bara L. Murtha.
Other acceptances are: James
R. Combs, David A. Olson and
• 0. D. Wilhite, all from South
western Union College, Keene,
Texas; Laurel J. Hayes, Doris L.
Rogers and Larry M. Starr, all
from Walla Walla College, Col
lege Place, Washington; James
P. Barrett and Carolyn R. Jen-kins,
both from Atlantic Union
College, S. Lancaster, Massa
chusetts; John H. Thiele, Paci-fie
Union College, Angwin, Cali
fornia; Paul W. Roesel, La Si
erra College, Riverside, Cali
fornia.
Aubrey W. Boyd and Ronald
D. Boyd, both from San Ber-nardino
( California) Valley
College; Carol D. Brown, Long
Beach ( California) City Col
lege; Penelope A. Cecil, River-
. side ( California) City College.
Curtis C. Frembling, Shasta
Junior College, Redding, Cali
fornia; Gerald H. Price, Los
Angeles Valley College; Kath
leen A, Shelton, University of
California, Berkeley; Carole I.
Stone, La Verne ( California)
College; Kai K. Tsu, Fullerton
( California) Junior College;
David A, Uyeyama, Sacramen
to City College; Lily K. Wong,
University of California, Los
Angeles.
Steven K. Yamamoto, Uni
versity of Redlands ( Califor
nia); Suzanne Harmon, George
Fox College, Newberg, Oregon;
Lee B. Throup, Brigham Young
University, Salt Lake City,
Utah; Hal Williams, University
of Washington; Charles M.
Fancher, Hinsdale, Illinois; Lee
F. Greer, Omaha, Nebraska;
and Robert F. Sheldon, West
minster, California.
Choir to Perform
Brahms' ' Requiem'
The MV Society of the Uni
versity Church will present a
performance of Brahms' " Re
quiem" at the May 29 meeting
at 7: 45 p. m.
The choir will be under the
direction of Patrick H. Hicks,
minister of music, and accom
panied by Patsy Hicks, organ
ist.
Soprano soloist for the " Re
quiem" will be Anne Evans, Ar
lington, California.
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Manager, University SCOPE,
Loma Linda University, Loma
Linda, California, 92354.
RECIPIENT of the President's Award in the Graduate School was
Dale Clayton, ( r.) Master's degree candidate in biology. With him
are Thomas A. Little, PhD, ( L) dean of the Graduate School, and
President Anderson.
Medical Honor Society Names
16 Members from University
Thirteen students in the
School of Medicine and three
alumni were initiated into Al
pha Omega Alpha membership
at the annual initiation dinner
of the Epsilon chapter of Cali
fornia recently in Los Angeles.
Alpha Omega Alpha, a na
tional medical honor society,
has branch chapters on the
campuses of most accredited
medical schools in the United
States and Canada. The or
ganization is dedicated to stim
ulating research, promoting
humanitarian service and to
fostering the scientific and
philosophical ideals of the med
ical profession.
The Epsilon chapter, estab
lished in 1957 on the Los An
geles campus of the University,
each year accepts as members
junior and senior medical stu
dents of high moral character
whose scientific and clinical
performance in medicine have
been outstanding.
Epsilon chapter President
Raymond Herber, SM' 57, in
structor in medicine, reports
that the following members of
the class of 1964 were initiated
at the dinner: Bruce N. Ander
son, Emma L. Bryant, Ben E.
Crouse, Kenneth L. Kelln, Wal-dermar
Kutzner, Kenneth M.
Mathiesen, Donald, R. Miller,
John L. Shaw, Norman C. Sooy
and Gustavus B. Youngberg.
From the class of 1965 are
John E. Bottsford Jr., Robert
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One student from each of the
five major schools of the Uni
versity received a President's
Award at this week's convoca
tion in recognition of high
scholastic attainment, partici
pation in student affairs and
Christian commitment.
Those who received awards
presented by President Godfrey
T. Anderson, PhD, are: Mar-jean
J. Horning, SN' 64; John
E. Hodgkin, SM' 64; DeEtta M.
Eisenman, PT64; W. Eugene
Rathbun, SD' 65; and Dale L.
Clayton, GS.
Presenting Miss Horning for
the award was Maxine Atte-berry,
dean of the School of
Nursing. Miss Horning, who
was born in Chico, California,
is a graduate of Armona ( Cali
fornia) Union Academy and at
tended Pacific Union College,
Angwin, California, for one
year before entering the School
of Nursing. During the sum
mer of 1963 she and Dorothy
T. Steinert, SN' 64, spent three
months in Peru as missionary
student nurses.
Mr. Hodgkin, who was pre
sented by John E. Peterson, as
sistant dean of the School of
Medicine, is a graduate of Wal
la Walla College, College Place,
Washington. Dr. Peterson cited
him for commitment to service
to others and excellence in
scholastic achievement.
The recipient of the Presi
dent's Award in the School of
Dentistry, Mr. Rathbun attend
ed La Sierra College, Riverside,
California, before entering the
University. He has been award
ed a scholarship to serve in a
United States Public Health
Service Hospital this summer
and will serve next school year
as president of the senior class
in the School of Dentistry- He
was born in Sacramento and
attended Thunderbird Academy
in Arizona. Charles T. Smith,
dean of the School of Dentis
try, presented Mr. Rathbun at
the convocation.
Miss Eisenman, the recipient
in the School of Physical Ther
apy, was born in South Dakota
and attended Plainview Acad
emy in that state. She also at
tended Union College, Lincoln,
Nebraska, before entering the
University, where she has
served this year as president of
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FINAL PLANS FOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL, CENTER were completed recently by the archi
tects, Heitschmidt in Los Angeles and the Ellerbe Company in St. Paul, Minnesota. The drawing
shows the medical center as it will appear in 1967.