Today - Volume 02, Number 03

              Loma Linda University
Loma Linda University Medical Center
Adventist Health System / Loma Linda IDLW
LCMA LINDA UNIV. LISRAR1
SERIALS DEPARTMENT
LOMA LINDA, CA 92350
FEB08 1989
Volume 2, Number 3 Wednesday, February 8, 1989
Memorial services held for Unified COre Curriculum
former LLU vice president * " LI* " U / I f TT * V
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Qokko^ W,,, o 9R 1QSQ ; fk^ lOtf. / Sabbath, January 28, 1989, in the
University Church of Seventh-day
Adventists for Harrison S.
Evans, MD, former vice president
for medical affairs, president of
Adventist Health System / Loma
Linda, and dean of the School of
Medicine. Dr. Evans died Sab
bath, January 21, 1989, at his
Loma Linda home of pancreatic
cancer.
1936.
A psychiatrist, Dr. Evans was
a founder and member of the
board of directors of Worthington
Foods and the Harding- Evans
Foundation.
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For the first time in its history,
Loma Linda University has estab
lished a University- wide core cur
riculum of general studies ap
plicable to all of its undergraduate
students.
This step, according to Helen
Ward Thompson, PhD, vice pres
ident for academic administration,
is the result of extended study and
planning and enables each student
to attain a true university
Dr. Evans
Born in Monroe, Iowa, Dr.
Evans attended schools in
Newton, Iowa, and graduated
from Union College, Lincoln,
Nebraska, and Loma Linda Uni-
For surpassing goals in the Business Executive's Challenge to Alumni, Loma Linda University presi
dent Norman J. Woods, PhD, ( right) receives a $ 27,000 award from Tom and Vi Zapara ( center),
major donors to the incentive program. Accepting the award for Loma Linda University are ( from
left) Marillyn Bradley, director of alumni relations and annual giving for the La Sierra campus; R.
Dale McCune, EdD, vice president / provost for La Sierra; Mike Huitt, former assistant director
of development; and Dr. Woods. The award was part of $ 248,000 distributed during the 12th an
nual dinner for philanthropy held in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
education a broad, academical
ly strong formation in spiritual,
mental, physical, and social areas
in addition to the focused train
ing provided by the major
curriculum.
The new general education
program consists of 77 units, plus
three physical activities courses.
In combination with free elec-tives,
this comprises one half of
a bachelor- level student's total
coursework, Dr. Thompson says.
The program's provisions are
expressed as minimum re
quirements in each of six general
areas of learning. These may be
augmented by the individual
schools of the University at their
discretion.
A. Humanities: Must include
one course in each of the follow
ing areas: civilization / history,
literature, and fine arts. Remain
ing units may be chosen from the
areas above and modem language
and philosophy. 20 units.
B. Communication skills: Writ
ten skills: must include a corn-
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Researcher explores
pages of
' ancient book 9
During a recent field trip into
unexplored canyons in the wind
swept back country of Wyoming,
an explorer stumbled onto a very
ancient book. It is said that the
book is older than the relics in
. Pharaoh's tomb.
Dust covered and weather
beaten, the book required a great
deal of effort and care to open.
Tools including picks, shovels,
chisels, hammers and whisk
brooms were used. By day's end
the explorer had examined hun
dreds of pages many blank
but enough revealing treasures
that made him want to keep on
reading by lantern light!
The process of opening pages
of the old book was relatively
simple. The edge of the book
revealed thin, multi- colored
laminae. A page was selected, the
chisel put to it and several sharp
blows of the hammer opened it
to reveal a spectacular treasure
and coded message. The code
must await the laboratory and its
sophisticated equipment in
cluding x- ray diffractometers and
computers. The treasure was at
least in part self- explanatory.
The book tells the story of an
ancient lake that covered a large
part of Wyoming during what is
described by geologists as the
Eocene time. Never mind how
old. . . just very old! The
sediments deposited in the lake
have since turned to stone, and
they record the day by day events
of life of those ancient times.
These rocks are known world
wide by scientists and layman for
their exquisitely preserved fossil
fish, crocodiles, turtles, birds, bats,
snakes, frogs,' insects, leaves, and
even delicate flowers just to
name a few.
There is much controversy
over how and why these fossils
are preserved. Even the origin of
the rock that contains them re
mains an " unsolved mystery" and
evokes heated debate among
scientists.
These rocks are known as " oil
shales" and have over the years
attracted the interest of both
private and government agencies
hoping to find an inexpensive
means of extracating the " black
gold."
At Loma Linda University, H.
Paul Buchheim, PhD, professor of
geology and coordinator of the
paleontology graduate program,
has been investigating these rocks
and their fossils for over 10 years
and has involved numerous
graduate students in these studies.
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