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Councillor- Faculty Member
Wins Seat in US Congress
A University faculty member, Jerry L. Pettis, won a seat in
the United States Congress from the 33rd Congressional District
in California's general election on November 8. He will take office
in January when the 90th congress convenes in Washington, DC.
Mr. Pettis
The new con
gressman - elect
is assistant pro
fessor of legal
and cultural
medicine in the
School of Med
icine. He was
formerly the
vice president
for public rela
tions and development and cur
rently is also chairman of the
University Councillors, a group
of advisors to the University
president.
He and his wife Shirley are
residents of Loma Linda. They
have three children: Yvonne,
Peter, and Debbie.
Mr. Pettis, a Republican, de
feated the Democratic incum
bent, Ken W. Dyal, by more
than 13,000 votes. The last
available tally listed 102,400
votes for Mr. Pettis and 89,068
for Mr. Dyal. San Bernardino
County, strongly Democratic by
registration, thus elected a Re
publican to Congress for the
first time in 30 years.
The founder of four major
businesses, Mr. Pettis served his
country in World War II as a
flight instructor. He was also a
the
Civil Air Patrol and an Air
Transport Command Pilot in
the Pacific Theater until the
end of the war.
Near the close of the election
campaign, Mr. Pettis addressed
a meeting in Loma Linda in
which he discussed the future
of private medicine in the
United States. The program
was sponsored by the Student
American Medical Association
and the University.
Mr. Pettis is believed to be
the first member of the Sev
enth- day Adventist Church ever
elected to the United States
Congress.
University Hospital
Receives 3- Year
Accreditation
The Board of Commissioners
of the Joint Commission on
Accreditation of Hospitals has
approved the recommendation
that Loma Linda University
Hospital receive accreditation
for three years, according to
Clarence A. Miller, hospital ad
ministrator.
This recommendation is based
on the evaluation of the hos
pital survey conducted last
August by Dr. Theodore J.
Hughes, field representative of
the commission. Although the
commission reserves the right
to conduct more frequent ex
aminations, accreditation is
granted for a maximum period
of three years on the basis of
a single survey.
Data Manager Details Change
Added Computer Power Posits
Ed. Note: James E. Yoder is manager of the University Data
Processing Center, located in the University Arts building on Taylor
Street. In this interview, he describes some computer- induced
changes in the offing.
Mr. Yoder, what major tasks
are planned for the additional
computer capacity being pro
vided the Data Processing Cen
ter this December?
We serve three main over
lapping areas hospital, busi
ness offices, and administration.
Each of these will benefit many
ways because of this integrated,
central information processing
system.
Could we take a few specific
cases?
It will cut through a consider
able bundle of Medicare follow-up
red tape. The whole hospital
accounting system is being re
written to fit Medicare anyway.
This new system will be pro
grammed using the COBOL
computer language one of the
four accepted by the IBM 360/
30 being installed in the first
stage. Follow- up information on
any patient will be compiled
electronically.
Research grants have to be
handled in the same format.
The business offices are con
verting to a new payroll system
also. All will be advantaged with
Continued on page 4
Microwave Links Campus,
UCLA Computer Programs
The first inter- facility computer programs made possible by a newly expanded Sci
entific Computation Facility capability will be transmitted to Los Angeles next week
via Western Union Telegraph Company microwave.
According to Ivan R. Neilsen, PhD, professor of physiology and coordinator of the
facility, the new setup gives
direct access to the IBM 360/ 75
at the University of California
at Los Angeles. It is the most
powerful computer currently
built by International Business
Machines.
Technicians have been work
ing on the hookup since the
arrival here of an IBM tele
processing unit last month.
The actual microwave trans
mitter is located at Norton Air
Force Base in San Bernardino,
with wire lines between the
University and the base. In
formation submitted to the
computer for analysis will now
be processed either locally or
in Los Angeles, depending on
the particular project and the
scheduling of computer time.
Operating at Capacity
The IBM 1620/ 1311 computer
system installed at Loma Linda
University in 1964 is now
operating at capacity on an
essentially around - the - clock
schedule, Dr. Neilsen states.
The link with the extremely
fas. 360/ 75 is expected to pro
vide much needed aid as the
computational load continues to
increase.
Support for the 360/ 75 and
the University data- link is be
ing provided by the National
Institutes of Health, not only
as an aid to biomedical re
search, but also to provide ex
perience in the use of comput
ing power on a regional basis.
Dr. Neilsen points out that
access to the 360/ 75 will not
only provide computing and in
formation processing power for
the biomedical research com
munity but will also make avail
able large data stores and pro
gram libraries.
" The biomedical statistical
library is certainly one of the
most extensive statistical pro
gram libraries in existence, and
is being continually expanded
Dentistry Students
Win Clinic Contest
A first prize award was won
by Loma Linda University stu
dents in the National Table
Clinic Competition at the
American Dental Association in
Dallas, Texas, Monday, accord
ing to Charles T. Smith, DDS,
dean of the School of Dentistry.
The prize winning table was
prepared by Gary G. Gregory,
SD' 68, and Raymond D. Raw-son,
SD' 68. The table clinic also
won first prize at the March
Alumni- Student Convention in
Loma Linda.
IN THE DATA PROCESSING CENTER James Yoder inspects the
accounts payable checks written automatically by the 1443 printer.
Robert W. Neumann, computer operator ( left), is stationed at the
console, and Betty L. Kinman, programmer, is by a 1311 disc drive.
INTERESTED
IN CIVIL, SERVICE?
Students desiring to
enter Federal service may
obtain explanatory folders
supplied by the US Civil
Service Commission from
the Placement Office in
Burden Hall. " Preparing
for the Federal Service
Entrance Examination" as
well as descriptions of
summer employment op
portunities in government
service, 1967, are avail
able.
m-
RESEARCH ASSISTANT Takashi Yogi checks the performance
of the newly installed IBM 1978 remote terminal unit with an
oscilloscope. The unit sends key- punched card information to
UCLA by the Western Union Telegraph Company micro wave
transmission system.
and updated," he explains.
" Programs in this extensive
library will be immediately
available to us in the computer
files of the 360/ 75."
Communication with the new
360/ 75 will be conducted pri
marily in the Fortran " lan
guage." This language is now
familiar to many computer
users on the Loma Linda cam
pus. New classes in Fortran
are offered by the Scientific
Computation Facility staff from
time to time.
Other Languages
A second language called
COBOL ( COmmon Business
Oriented Language) is also
available for users whose prob
lems are more conveniently de
scribed in a language of this
kind. Other languages such as
PL/ 1 will become available in
the future.
The Health Sciences Comput
ing Facility at UCLA is under
the direction of Wilford J. Dix-on,
PhD. Jere E. Chrispens
serves as director of program
ming and operations at the Sci
entific Computation Facility
here.
Placement Research
Fellowship Award
Of $ 1,200 Available
A $ 1,200 fellowship award for
personnel research in the fields
of college recruitment and
placement was announced today
by Carl Sundin, campus place
ment director.
The. Vera Christie Graduate
Fellowship, sponsored annually
by the" Western College Place
ment Association for graduate
students in member colleges
and universities, or qualified
faculty members, has been
established to encourage re
search in the philosophy, stan
dards, practices, and objectives
of recruitment and placement.
Persons interested in apply
ing for the fellowship may ob
tain full details from Carl Sun-din,
whose offices are located in
Burden Hall. The award carries
no restrictions on holding other
fellowships, assistantships, or
other employment.
Final date for application is
December 7, 1966.
Unaware Dentistry Freshmen
Play to Closed Circuit TV
Freshmen in the School of Dentistry exchanged nervous glances
as they wrote their first " restorative" test this year. It was an
exceedingly difficult test, and scattered throughout were queer
questions such as " What is Dr. Baum noted for besides eye wash
cups for narrow- minded peo- ____________________
pie?"
With stern faces, Lloyd Baum,
DMD, professor of restorative
dentistry, and Melvin R. Lund,
DMD, professor of restorative
dentistry and chairman of the
department, patrolled the aisles.
The apprehension increased
when a student in their midst,
Nolan J. Nelson, became very
disgruntled, and asked in audi
ble tones, " What idiot made up
this test?" He then accused the-,
student beside him of cheating.
" Did such a good school as this
allow dishonesty?" This
prompted a lecture from Dr.
Baum on the evils of cheating.
After more rumblings of dis
content, Mr. Nelson ripped his
paper in two and stormed from
the room, paying no attention
to the threats of consequences
from the teachers.
But at last the freshmen
learned that the senior class
was laughing hilariously as
they watched the whole event
on closed circuit television. Mr.
Nelson, also a member of that
class, had played his part well.
The freshman dental student
initiation had come to its rib-tickling
end.