Scope - Volume 07, Number 20

              Vol. 7, No. 20 Thursday, August 27, 1970
Two LLU administrators named
to fill new academic posts
Two Loma- Linda University
administrators have been named
to fill new duties in the univers
ity administartion.
Robert E. Cleveland, PhD,
vice president for academic af
fairs, has assumed the post of
provost on the La Sierra cam
pus. He will remain as academic
vice president.
Tracy R. Teele, dean of stu
dents on the La Sierra campus,
has been selected to fill the of
fice of vice president for stu
dent affairs. He, too, will con
tinue in his present role. The
office of vice president for stu
dent affairs was vacant during
the past school year.
Dr. Cleveland received his
doctoral degree from the Uni
versity of Nebraska, Lincoln, in
1957. He has served as vice
president for academic affairs
at the University since 1964.
From 1958 to 1964, he was
academic dean at Atlantic Un
ion College, South Lancaster,
Massachusetts. While there, he
also taught history and geogra
phy-
Mr. Teele, a graduate of At
lantic Union College, has been
dean of students on the La
Sierra campus since 1966. He
received his master's degree in
education in 1959. From 1961-
66, he was dean of men at the
former La Sierra College, now
the La Sierra campus.
In filling the role of provost
on the La Sierra campus, Dr.
Cleveland will act as chancellor,
reporting directly t o David J.
Bieber, president.
As vice president for student
affairs, Mr. Teele will advise
and supervise students on both
campus of th university. Last
year, Don L. Bauer, assistant
dean of students on the Loma
Linda campus, served as act
ing dean of students.
Hospital medical
staff elects new
1970- 1972 officers
The newly elected officers of
the Loma Linda University Hos
pital medical staff were install
ed recently, according to Robert
F. Chinnock, MD, past president
of the medical Staff.
Elected are Robert V.
Shearer, MD, professor of oph
thalmology, president; Harrison
S. Evans, MD, professor of psy
chiatry, president elect; and J.
Lament Murdoch, MD, instruc
tor in medicine, secretary.
The officers will serve for a
period of two years ending on
June 30, 1972.
1,400 students to enroll
on Loma Linda campus
Nearly 1,400 students are expected to enroll in the various Loma Linda campus
schools and curriculums this year, according to University officials. Approximately
1,800 students are expected to register on the La Sierra campus.
Ambulance helicopter based
at hospital over Labor holidays
NEW STUDENTS listen to registration instructions during Loma
Linda campus orientation sessions in Burden Hall last year. Similar
meetings will be held during registration beginning September 8.
Registration for the Univer
sity will be September 8 and 9.
Over 500 different classes are
offered this year to students in
the University's eight schools.
The College of Arts and
Sciences, largest of the schools,
expects to enroll nearly 1,800
students for the 1970- 71 acade
mic year. The School of Educa
tion will enroll over 100 stu
dents.
Approximately 430 students
will enroll in the School of
Medicine; 317 in the School of
Dentistry; 237 in the School of
Nursing; 196 in the School of
Health Related Professions; 120
in the School of Public Health;
and 110 in the Graduate School.
Loma Linda University offers
11 degrees in the various pro-fessional
and liberal arts
schools, including the associate
in science, associate in arts,
bachelor of science, bachelor of
arts, doctor of dental surgery,
doctor of medicine, master of
public health, master of science,
master of arts, and the doctor
of philosophy degree.
Instruction begins on Sep
tember 10.
Emergency ambulance heli
copter service will be provided
in the Inland Empire over the
Labor Day- weekend by West
ern Helicopters, Incorporated,
of Rialto, and Loma Linda Uni
versity Hospital.
Covering all of San Bernar-dino
and Riverside counties, the
five- passenger Alouette aircraft
will base at the 54- foot- square
hospital helistop atop the north
wing of the medical center, with
one exception.
During the upcoming Cali
fornia 500, the inaugural car
race at Ontario Motor Speed
way near Ontario, the helicop
ter will be stationed at the
track. A physician from the San
Bernardino Medical Association
will dispatch possible patients
from the raceway to one of the
local hospitals.
Should an emergency eall re
quire the helicopter, however, it
will answer the request before
returning to the race, states
Alec Ferguson of Western Heli
copters. The craft will be on
standby for the California High
way Patrol at all times.
The helicopter " carries two
stretchers in the rear of the
cabin, and there is room for
two passengers in addition to
the pilot. A resident physician
from University Hospital will
accompany all flights, says Nor
man H. Meyer, assistant admin
istrator of University Hospital.
In an experiment conducted
by Western Helicopters and
University Hospital during the
last Christmas and New Year's
holidays, a similar helicopter
was stationed at the hospital
during daylight hours with a
pilot and mechanic.
During the experiment the
helicopter answered nine emer
gency calls, all automobile and
motorcycle accidents in the San
Bernardino mountains. Oxygen
and first aid equipment were
carried on board.
The medical director for the
ambulance helicopter at that
time, Thomas J. Zirkle, MD, as
sistant professor of surgery,
labeled the experiment a suc
cess.
The greatest advantage of
using an ambulance helicopter,
he said, was the speed with
which an accident victim could
be brought to a fully- equipped
hospital emergency room. The
helicopter made the trip from
the Crestline- Lake Arrowhead
area to University Hospital in
10 minutes during some of the
calls last December and Janu
ary.
Public health prof
presents paper in
Hanover, Germany
Chairman of the department
of biostatistics Jan W. Kuzma,
PhD, presented a paper on " A
Multivariate Approach to Test-ing
Survival Functions," in
Hanover, Germany, last week.
The paper was given before
the seventh International Bio-metric
Conference which met
from August 16 to 21.
Dr. Kuzma, associate profes
sor of biostatistics, was also a
participant in the sixth Inter
national Biometric Conference
held in Sydney, Australia, three
years ago.
While in Europe, Dr. Kuzma
plans to visit some of the sta
tistical centers in Germany,
Switzerland, and Austria.
Weight- watchers'
class to be taught
for ' plumps, thins'
A five- day weight control and
physical fitness class, similar to
one held last September where
65 people lost a combined total
of 490 pounds, will be conducted
at Loma Linda University, one
section beginning September 13,
the other starting the following
day.
The September 13 to 17 class
is scheduled from 7 to 9 p. m. in
Fellowship Hall of the Univer
sity Church. The second class,
starting September 14, runs for
two hours each day beginning
at 12: 30 p. m. in Fellowship Hall
to accommodate those who
work in the evenings.
Each evening will be divided
into four parts. Nutrition ex
perts will stress the importance
of well- balanced diets, a psy
chiatrist and a minister will
work together to explain the
need for proper mental moti
vation, an exercise and fitness
instructor will show simple ex
ercises to control weight, and
the evening will be topped off
with food preparation demon
strations.
" You don't have to be over
weight to take the class," says
V. Joyce Lim, health educator
at Loma Linda University Hos
pital and coordinator of the
clinic. In the two previous
classes, she states, all those in
attendance lost weight who
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Social Action Corps being
considered for $ 5,000 award
Loma Linda University Social
Action Corps has just been
named a citationist in the Lane
Bryant Volunteer Awards com
petition for 1970 and has been
honored with a citation in re
cognition of outstanding com
munity service performed in
1969.
The citation is a commenda
tion of the nominee's achieve
ment and means that the candi
date is being actively considered
for one two awards of $ 5,000
given annually to encourage
volunteer work designed to be
nefit the American community.
One award is made to an in
dividual and one to a group.
" To achieve the status of cita
tionist is an honor in itself,"
Jerome E. Klein, director of the
awards committee says. " Fewer
than 20 percent of those nomi
nated survive the rigid prelimi
nary screening performed by a
panel of faculty from Long
Island University, Brooklyn,
New York, to become so desig
nated."
Nationally, the activities o f
the citationists reflect a grow
ing concern on the part of the
American public for the better
ment of its communities and a
sharp increase in the number
of nominations of student vol
unteer groups.
" I don't believe that the in-crease
in student volunteer
groups indicates a new field of
interest for them," Mr. Klein
said. " Rather, it is recongition
by the nominators of the wide
variety of meaningful, positive
forms of student activism on
the campuses across the coun
try," Nearly 21 percent of the
citationists named were college
student groups.
The various volunteer activi
ties of all citationists include
exercise of voting rights, cul-t
u r a 1 enrichment, recreation,
conservation education, youth
development, physical and men
tal health, poverty, human re
lations, and work with the aged.
Final selection for the awards
will be made by a distinguished
panel of five judges. They are
Colonel Frank Borman, field
director, Space Station Task
Group, Houston, Texas; Robert
H. Finch, counselor to Presi
dent Richard M. Nixon; Fred R.
Harris, United States Senator
from Oklahoma; Robert Mont
gomery, president, The Reper
tory Theatre of Lincoln Center,
Washington, D. C; and Bennetta
B. Washington, director of Wo
men's Centers, Job Corps Man
power Administration, Depart
ment of Labor, Washington,
D. C.
The awards will be presented
on December 3, 1970, at a
luncheon in honor of the win
ners at the Plaza Hotel in New
York City.
Director of the Loma Linda
University Social Action Corps
is Cynthia E. Cooley.