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Vol. 2, No. 25 Friday, June 18,1965
Dr. Magan Honored in Final
Sixtieth Anniversary Program
The University concluded on June 6 a series of events observing
the 60th anniversary of its founding by naming the administration
building " Percy Magan Hall" in memory of Percy T. Magan, MD,
former president of the University.
Before a crowd of about 300 ___________________
persons, Dr. Wellesley P. Mag
an, a 1918 School of Medicine
alumnus, unveiled a plaque on
the building recognizing his
father's contribution to the
University.
The elder Magan, who was
graduated in 1914 from the Uni
versity of Tennessee College of
Medicine, served as president of
the University from 1928 until
1942. He was 80 when he died
in 1947, survived until several
months ago by his wife, Lillian
E. Magan, also a physician.
Walter E. Macpherson, MD,
vice president for medical af
fairs, eulogized Dr. Magan as a
fearless administrator dedicated
to his God and to the success of
the University, which at that
time was the College of Medical
Evangelists.
President Godfrey T. Ander-son
presented Mrs. Magan and
Mrs. Merlin Neff with bouquets
of roses. Mrs. Neff's husband,
who died last August, wrote a
biography of Dr. Magan, For
At the same early afternoon
service the University saluted
its first school, the School of
Nursing, and placed a plaque
on a stone that once stood on
the site of the American Medi
cal Missionary College in Mich
igan.
That college, which closed in
1910, was the first medical
school founded by the Seventh-day
Adventist church.
Among those introduced as
being associated with the Uni
versity in its early days were a
1908 graduate from the School
of Nursing, Mrs. Nora Cloud,
and Dr. Edmund C. Jaeger,
who attended the sanitarium
dedication in 1915 as a boy and
who later taught in the elemen
tary school in Loma Linda. He
is a noted biologist and author.
Music for the service was
provided by the Long Beach
Municipal Band.
Other 60th anniversary events
have featured Dr. Paul Tillich
( January), the State of the
University address by President
Anderson ( February), the Med
ical Missionary Convocation-
Banquet ( March), " The Out
reach of the Church's Health
Emphasis" by Walter R. Beach
( April), and the Founders' Day
Luncheon and Convocation with
a review of the University's
birth by Francis D. Nichol
( May).
Governor Salutes
60th Anniversary
California Governor Edmund
G. Brown and other state
officials, together with leaders
of the Seventh- day Adventist
church and others, have sent
congratulatory statements to
the University on the occasion
of its sixtieth anniversary.
" The citizens of California
thank you for your work," said
Governor Brown. " It is with
great pride that I salute Loma
Linda University on its sixty
years of educational and hu
manitarian service to Califor
nia, the nation, and the world.
" Loma Linda University has
always endeavored to create an
environment conducive to infu
sion of sound moral, ethical, and
religious principles in harmony
with Christian teachings. It has
tried to motivate persistent in
tellectual curiosity. It has tried
to pry. ff? e professional compe
tence and purposeful living in
the service of God and human
ity.
" In this, your sixtieth year, it
is obvious that you have suc
ceeded in these goals," he con
cluded.
United States Senator from
California Thomas H. Kuchel
stated in a telegram that the
University's six decades of serv
ice have helped to educate
Americans to understand prob
lems facing people and nations,
at home and around the globe.
" Loma Linda is well and
favorably known in all areas of
education and health circles in
the nation's capital," according
to Ken W. Dyal, United States
Congressman from the 33rd
district in California,
Donovan F. Ward, MD, presi
dent of the American Medical
Association, praised the Univer
sity for its high standards and
for farsighted and meaningful
education.
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July and August
University SCOPE will be
published monthly during July
and August on July 23 and Au
gust 27. The regular biweekly
schedule will be resumed in
September.
6,000 Persons Witness
Conferring of Degrees
THE FIRST WOMAN GRADUATE of the School of Dentistry,
Marlene M. Schultz, accepts her diploma from President Anderson.
She received applause as she was introduced by Charles T. Smith,
DDS, dean of tne School of Dentistry. Photo by EUis Rich.
An estimated 6,000 persons at
tended the University's confer
ring of degrees commencement
event held at the Redlands Bowl
Sunday, June 6.
Winton H. Beaven, PhD, aca
demic dean and president- elect
of Columbia Union College, de
livered an address titled " The
Private World of the Inner Me"
at the ceremony in which more
than 300 degrees and certifi
cates were awarded.
Dr. Beaven warned the grad
uates to beware of slanted
truth designed to force men's
thinking in a certain direction.
" You're going into a world
motivated by moral futility. You
will be tempted to withdraw
yourself into your own neigh
borhood," he continued. " Don't
go into the world thinking it's
waiting for you or even that it
needs you. The world needs your
success, whafs inside you, the
contribution you have to make.
" The educated person must
realize that fragmented knowl
edge will not produce an edu
cated man," he said. " Frag
mented, education. produces &._
WELLESLEY P. MAGAN, SM ' 18, unveils a bronze plaque desig
nating the administration building Percy Magan Hall in honor of
his father. His wife and President Godfrey T. Anderson participated
in the dedication ceremony on June 6. Photo by EUis Rich, ,
Dr. Witzel to Teach
At Vellore College
Everet W. Witzel, SM ' 62, in
structor in anatomy, will leave
this summer for a two- year
teaching position at Vellore
Christian Medical College in
India. As a visiting professor he
will teach anatomy at the col
lege, which is affiliated with the
University of Madras.
" Dr. Witzel is
uniquely quali
fied for this as
signment," says
Harold Shry-ock,
MD, pro-fes
sor and
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Dr. Witzel anatomy. " The
request from
Vellore specified that the teach
er have an MD, degree and
graduate work in anatomy. Dr.
Witzel meets both of these re
quirements. While on leave he
will retain his rank at the Uni
versity and will become assist
ant professor of anatomy on
July 1, according to a recent
action of the Board of Trustees."
Dr. Witzel received his BA
degree from Andrews Univer
sity in 1957. He earned his MS
and MD degrees at Loma Linda
University. After interning at
Hinsdale Sanitarium and Hos
pital, he was awarded a post
doctoral fellowship at the Uni
versity of Chicago. He joined
the staff of his Alma Mater in
1964.
He will be accompanied to
his new post by his wife, Joan,
and his two children: Eddie, 6;
and Judy, 4.
Vellore Christian Medical
College and Hospital was foun
ded by Dr. Ira Scudder in 1900.
The college, with its 923- bed
hospital, has 318 medical stu
dents in training, and graduates
60 nurses annually.
The institution is supported
by 23 missions and churches in
India, and by 39 church groups
outside India, including the
General Conference of Seventh-day
Adventists, which owns and
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School of Dentistry
Is Reoccredited
The School of Dentistry and
the Dental Hygiene Curriculum
at Loma Linda University have
both been reapproved by the
Council on Dental Education for
up to five years.
Formal notification received
last week by School of Dentist
ry Dean Charles T. Smith fol
lowed a week- long inspection of
the two programs last March,
Accreditation of educational
programs in dentistry is for an
indefinite period, with reexam-ination
always scheduled with
in'five years.
The Council on Dental Edu
cation, which approves such pro
grams at schools m the United
States, represents the American
Association of Dental Schools,
the American Association of
Dental Examiners, and the
American Dental Association.
The examining team which
spent March 8 to 12 at the
Loma Linda school included
faculty members from two other
dental schools, an American
Dental Association official, a
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DR. WINTON HEAVEN deliv
ered the address titled " The
Private World of the Inner Me."
Photo by Kllis Rich.
grist of knowledge without any
central meaning."
The afternoon program con
cluded a weekend series of
events beginning Friday eve
ning, June 4, with a homily, " We
Have Promises to Keep," by
Dr. Daniel Walther, professor of
church history at Andrews Uni
versity.
The baccalaureate sermon,
titled " The Church and Soci
ety," was presented by Reinhold
R. Bietz Saturday afternoon in
Pasadena Civic Auditorium. Mr.
Bietz is president of the Pacific
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SIX THOUSAND PERSONS attended file conferring of degrees
commencement event at the Redlands Bowl, Sunday afternoon,
June 6. Photo by EUis Rich.