Scope - Volume 04, Number 18

              Loma Linda University
Loma Linda, Calif. 92354
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Vol. 4, No. 18 Wednesday, November 8, 1967
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Smoking Statistics Reveal
Non- Smokers Live Longer
At age 35, a male member of the tobacco- free Seventh- day Ad
ventist Church can expect to live six years longer than his coun
terpart in the general population.
This bonus in life expectancy in the adult years is greater than
the life extension resulting
from all the advances of medi- dav Adventist women in every
cal science in the past 40 years, a% e level studied also lead their
a research statistician told the " average" California counter-
American Public Health Asso
ciation in Miami, Florida last
month.
Jan W. Kuzma, PhD, assist
ant professor of biostatistics, de
scribed a study comparing Cali
fornia Seventh- day Adventists
with the general California pop
ulation. At every age level in
the study, covering the years
from 35 to 85, the non- smoking
subjects had a life expectancy
greater than did other Califor-nians
of the same age.
The report, co- authored by
Frank R. Lemon, MD, associate
professor of preventive medi
cine and public health, and
Richard T. Walden, MD, pro
fessor of preventive medicine
and public health, dealt with
34,217 Seventh- day Adventists
35 years of age and older. Life
tables for the group were con
structed for the period 1960- 62
and compared with standard
statistical tables provided by
the California State Depart
ment of Publi" Health.
The general- population sta
tistics used in the study re
presented all residents of the
state, including smokers, non-smokers,
and even the Seventh-day
Adventists themselves.
" It seems clear that the life
expectancy difference would
have been even more dramatic
had the second group comprised
only regular smokers, rather
than a mixed population group,"
Dr. Kuzma declared.
At 35, the average Californian
male looks forward to another
36.1 years of life. The male
Seventh- day Adventist, at the
same age, has 42.3 years of life
ahead, a gain of 6.2 years over
his " average" counterpart. At
age 40, the comparable life ex
pectancies are 31.2 years for
the male Californian and 37.7
years for the male Adventist.
For females, the differences
are somewhat less, but Seventh-
Bieber Schedules Progress
Report for University
The second President's Convocation in the history of Loma Linda University will be
held Sunday, November 19, in the University Church at 7: 30 p. m.
In his first major address on the state of the university, David J. Bieber, newly elect
ed president, will report to the University faculty and the general community on the
implications of the recent merg
er with La Sierra College, the
success of the Los Angeles
Loma Linda campus consolida
tion, and the long range plans
of the University.
Invitations to attend the
event have been sent to govern
ment, business, and professional
people in the area as well as to
k
— Photo by El I is R. Rich
SENIOR DENTAL, STUDENTS, Ronald D. Neiifeld, and Gordon M. Rick, win first prize with their exhib
it " The Scientific Use of Color Principles in Achieving Esthetics." This is the third year Loma Linda Uni
versity's entry has taken the top honor in national judging by the American Dental Association.
School of Dentistry Students
Awarded First Prize- Again
A table clinic exhibit, " The Scientific Use of Color Principles
in Achieving Esthetics," has won first prize in a national scientific
competition for two Loma Linda University School of Dentistry
students, according to Charles T. Smith, DDS, dean of the School
of Dentistry.
This year's first- place award
marks the third consecutive
year in which Loma Linda Uni
versity's entry has taken top
honors, and the sixth consecu
tive year that the University's
entry has placed among the top
three in national judging by the
American Dental Association.
Gordon M. Rick and Ronald
D. Neufeld, both seniors in the
School of Dentistry, entered
their project in the student
table clinic competition spon
sored by the Council on Scien
tific Session of the American
Dental Association at its 108th
annual session in Washington,
D. C. last week.
Mr. Rick, presenting the ex
hibit for the pair, competed in
the clinical applications and
techniques category against stu
dents from 24 other dental
schools across the nation. An
other 24 dental schools entered
exhibits in the basic science and
research division.
A panel of five judges evalu
ated competitors on originality,
knowledge and skill, presenta
tion, and personality, and the
application to dentistry of their
exhibits.
The student table clinic com
petition at the American Dental
Association meetings is support
ed annually by the Dentist's
Supply Company of York, Penn
sylvania.
University trustees, faculty,
staff, and employees. Commun
ity residents are also invited to
attend.
The last President's Convoca
tion was held in 1965 on Loma
Linda University's 60th Anni
versary. At that time Godfrey
T. Anderson, PhD, then Univer
sity president, presented the
long- range University develop
ment plan to the public.
In his report to the public,
President Bieber plans to dis
cuss the future of the Univer
sity including specific problems
such as federal aid to education
versus private support. Also to
be included in his address will
be. an explanation of special
problems and advances of Loma
Linda University in both aca
demic and financial areas.
Africa Is Subject
of Missions Forum
Missions in Africa will be the
topic of discussion at the Mis
sions Forum Saturday, Novem
ber 11, at 3: 30 p. m. in the Bio
chemistry Amphitheater.
Leonard C. Robinson, asso
ciate director of development, a
former missionary in Africa,
will be present to participate in
the discussion. A color movie
will be shown.
The same program will be
given at the Angwin Hall Chap
el, La Sierra campus, Novem
ber 18 at 3: 30 p. m.
University Open- heart Surgeons
Leave for Greece Clinical Tour
The Loma Linda University open- heart surgery team left Monday, October 23, for
a six- week clinical program at a hospital in Athens, Greece.
Members of the team will perform the first open- heart surgery in the 1,300- bed
Evangelismos Hospital, one of the foremost medical centers in Greece. They will also
carry on a program of lectures,
seminars, and demonstrations
for Greek physicians.
Making the trip by air, with
stops in Washingon, D. C., and
New York City, are two cardiac
surgeons, a cardiologist, a pe-diatric
cardiologist, an anesthe
siologist, a nurse specializing in
post operative care, a heart-lung
machine technician, and
an administrative secretary.
The team will conduct a
heavy operating schedule for six
weeks, utilizing equipment re
cently acquired by the Athens
hospital to begin its open- heart
surgery program. No accurate
estimate of the number of pa
tients to be cared for was avail
able today, but on a similar mis
sion to Pakistan four years ago
the team performed about two
surgeries per day.
The Loma Linda team will
work closely with the specialists
at the hospital, hoping to speed
development of an open heart
surgery program to be conduct
ed by the Greek physicians.
The team was invited to in
augurate the open heart sur
gery program at the Athens
hospital by its director, Pro
fessor Thomas Doxiades. Spon
soring the trip are a number of
private citizens, mostly of Greek
descent, who have been active
in the past in bringing cardiac
patients from Greece to this
country for surgery.
Heading the heart team on
the clinical tour is Ellsworth E.
Wareham, MD, professor of sur
gery. Wilfred M. Huse, MD,
assistant professor of surgery,
is the team's second surgeon.
C. Joan Coggin, MD, assistant
professor of medicine, is the
team's pediatric cardiologist;
and School of Nursing assist
ant professor Lavaun W. Sut-ton,
completes the foursome on
the team who also made the
trip to Pakistan in 1963.
New to the team on the cur
rent trip are cardiologist Roy
V. Jutzy, MD, assistant profes
sor of medicine; Dr. Bernard D.
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PRESIDENT Lyndon B. Johnson welcomes Loma Linda Univer-ity
president David J. Bieber to the White House. Mr. Bieber was
one of 12 Seventh- day Adventist educators who met with the
President on the National Day of Prayer last month. The meeting
took place in the Cabinet Room of the White House President
Bieber was in Washington, D. C. for the annual autumn council
of the Seventh- day Adventist Church.