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* University staff appointments, promotions
* Students visit Bakersfield medical clinic
Vol. 1, No. 30 Friday, April 3, 1964
THE LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
Dr. Lemon Will Study Cancer New Tax Law Sets Deadline for
Incidence Among Adventists Certain Contributions to Charities
A grant to study the inci
dence of cancer among Sev
enth- day Adventists has been
made by the American Cancer
Society to Frank R. Lemon,
SM' 50, associate professor and
chairman of the University
School of Medicine department
of preventive medicine.
Dr. Lemon will center his
investigation on 28,000 Califor
nia Seventh- day Adventists.
The question of incidence of
various types of cancer among
this group is of interest, states
the cancer society, " because
their religious beliefs lead them
not to use tobacco and alcohol.
Coffee, tea and meat products
are used sparingly, if at all,"
comments the society adminis
tration.
Previous reports have indi
cated there is a significantly
reduced total mortality in this
group, particularly death from
arteriosclerotic heart disease
and cancer, notably of the en
tire respiratory tract, the uri
nary bladder, the stomach and
uterine cervix.
However, recent analysis of
data suggests there may be in
creased risk for cancers of the
pancreas and liver and for leu
kemia as compared with the
general population.
Dr. Lemon's work in the past
and his present plan will be
done in collaboration with
Guyler Hammond, MD, and
Lawrence Garfinkel of the Sta
tistical Research Department
of the American Cancer So
ciety. They will aid in the
processing, storage and dupli
cating of data as well as some
aspects of future analysis.
Richard T. Walden, SM' 52,
associate professor of preven
tive medicine, and Robert W.
Woods, MD, associate professor
in the department, are asso
ciated with Dr. Lemon in his
research.
Dr. Tatro to Serve
On Council of
U. S. Examiners
Raymond F. Tatro, SM' 28,
assistant clinical professor of
surgery, has been selected to
serve on the Council of Exam
iners, United States Section, of
the Internationa] College of
Surgeons.
The council examines sur
geons who wish fellowship in
the college.
Dr. Tatro will act in his new
capacity during examinations
to be September 8, 1964, in
Chicago, Illinois, prior to the
29th annual Congress of the
North American Federation of
the International College of
Surgeons also to be in Chicago.
In addition to his University
affiliation, Dr. Tatro is a prac
ticing surgeon in San Bernar-dino.
To Spring Council
In Washington, DC
Attending the Spring Coun
cil of the General Conference
of Seventh- day Adventists
April 14- 16 in Washington,
D. C., will be Godfrey T. Ander-son,
University president, and
Robert L. Cone, vice president
for financial affairs.
Dr. Anderson will attend also
some pre- meeting committees
beginning April 12.
The council is conducted to
transact business occurring be^
tween the annual fall councils.
Professor Attends
Washington, DC, Meeting
Theodore J. Curphey, MD,
clinical professor of pathology,
attended a meeting for the dis
cussion of establishment of a
national center for the study
of sudden deaths in infants
recently in Washington, D. C.
Dr. Curphey is also Los An
geles County's chief medical
examiner and coroner.
IT'S A BASKET! iMtua, Linda campus students triumphed over
students from Los Angeles in a close basketball game, 33- 30.
Staff photo.
Weeks of Prayer to Feature
James J. Cox, Pastor Duffield
The Spring Week of Devo
tion will begin on both cam
puses April 13 with C. L. Duf
field, pastor of the Alhambra,
California, Seventh- day Ad-ventist
Church, speaking in
Los Angeles, and James J.
Cox, acting chairman of the
4N ATTENTIVE GROUP from Loma Linda University School of Medicine and their friends and
spouses listens to Marion C. Barnard, SM' 44- A ( background, in the mirror), as the doctor explains
the organization of the Bakersfield medical clinic. ( See story inside.) Staff photo.
department of religion at Co
lumbia Union College, Wash
ington, D. C., in Loma Linda.
Pastor Duffield will speak at
services from 7: 30 to 8: 15 each
morning Monday through Fri
day, except Wednesday when
there will be no morning meet
ing. Evening services will be
from 6: 30 to 7: 15 Monday
through Thursday, and will be
gin at 7: 30 Friday night.
His topics will be " God's
Message for Modern Man,"
" Christ's Power Analyzed,"
" Can We Know God," " How
Well Can We Know Him,"
" Bondage or Freedom," " What
Is Truth," " Why I Became a
Seventh- day Adventist," " Cour
age" and " Love or Perish."
In JLoma Linda, meetings
will begin each day at 8: 10 a. m.
and end at 9. Evening meetings
will be from 6: 30 to 7: 15, ex
cept on Friday evening when
the service wil start at 7: 30.
Mr. Cox will speak also for
an 8: 15 a. m. Sabbath service
April 18 at the University
Church. There will be no Sab
bath school or 10: 45 services
that day because of an all- day
campmeeting of the Southeast
ern California Conference of
Seventh- day Adventists on the
National Orange Show grounds
in San Bernardino.
As the dominant theme for
his messages for the week, Mr.
Cox has chosen " Indicative and
Imperative."
A graduate of Union College,
Lincoln, Nebraska, Pastor Duf-
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Contributors to the cause of
Loma Linda University may
yet eat the cake of their gifts
and keep it, if they act before
July 1, 1964. A contribution
deduction will be allowed for
transfers of tangible personal
property made before that
date.
This means, according " to D.
Ordell Calkins of the Univer
sity Corporation office, that
donors may accomplish three
things if they desire to make a
donation before July 1. ( 1)
They will help the University
by their gifts. ( 2) They may
enjoy the use of their contri
butions as long as they wish.
( 3) They will benefit from the
tax deduction that is presently
allowed for gifts to a charity
such as Loma Linda University.
Mr. Calkins stated that the
University would be interested
in books, equipment and other
tangible personal property ( art
collections, to mention one
group). The gifts must have
future interest for the Univer
sity. Those interested in mak
ing arrangement of this kind
should contact Godfrey T. An
derson, University president, or
the development department. -
" A donor may still give prop
erty to a charity retaining
either for his life ( or the life
of others) the use or enjoy
ment of the property. He re
ceives a contribution deduction
at the time of the gift of future
interest for the present dis
counted value of that interest,"
states the Internal Revenue
Service.
Under the new law the donor
gets no contribution deduction
" while he ( or relatives of his)
retains the right of possession
and enjoyment of tangible per
sonal property such as works
of art, sculpture, etc."
After July 1, no deduction for
contributions will be allowed
until all rights to possession or
enjoyment of the tangible prop
erty have expired or are held
by a person other than ( 1) the
donor or ( 2) relatives of don
or.
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