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Volume 1, Number 8 Incorporating Newsbreak and Observer June 22, 1988
Faculty, alumni honored during National championships for Sports
1988 commencement services A i T~< i * r T i* Acrobatic Federation set tor June 21 « ir
Six Loma Linda University
alumni and faculty members
were honored during com
mencement services.
Honored during School of
Medicine commencement ser
vices on May 29 were Harrison
S. Evans, MD, professor of
psychiatry in the School of
Medicine, and Jack W. Provon-sha,
MD, PhD, professor of
philosophy of religion and
Christian ethics in the School
of Religion.
Dr. Evans and Dr. Provonsha
were both presented with the
" Distinguished University Ser
vice Award."
A 1936 graduate of Loma Lin
da University, Dr. Evans has
been chairman of the depart
ment of psychiatry, dean of the
School of Medicine, and vice
president for medical affairs for
the University. Currently in par
tial retirement, Dr. Evans con
tinues as a faculty member in
the department of psychiatry
and maintains a private practice
and a resident teaching load.
Dr. Provonsha, a 1953 grad
uate of the School of Medicine,
earned a doctor of philosophy
degree from Claremont Grad
uate School in 1967. He joined
the faculty of Loma Linda
University in 1958. During his
27 years of service to Loma Lin
da University, Dr. Provonsha has
taught theology, religious
philosophy, and Christian ethics
in a health- care setting to pro
fessional students in dentistry,
medicine, and nursing. In 1985,
prior to his retirement. Dr. Pro
vonsha was the recipient of the
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The 1988 National Cham
pionships for the United States
Sports Acrobatic Federation are
scheduled to be held in River
side, June 21 through 23, at
Loma Linda University, La Sierra
campus.
This event is significant, not
only for its national scope, but
also because sports acrobatics
LLU medical students David Blue ( left), a freshman, and Andrew Chang ( right), a sophomore, meet
with Representative George Brown, Jr. ( D), U. S. representative from California's 36th District, in
the Congressman's Washington office in March. The students were attending the national conven
tion of the American Medical Students Association as representatives of the School of Medicine.
Mr. Chang is president of the local AMSA chapter, Mr. Blue will be president during 1988- 89.
They discussed with the Congressman some of the recent changes that had taken place in the tax
law, specifically nondeduction of interest on student loans and considering scholarships and grants
for tuition as taxable income. An initiative was going through the House at that time to amend
these specific areas, among others, in the tax law.
has recently been accepted as an
Olympic event. The 1992 Olym
pics will see sports acrobatics as
a demonstration sport, and in
1996 it will be an official com
petition in the Olympic games.
The winners of June's national
competition will go on to the
World Cup in Antwerp,
Belgium, later this year.
Sports acrobatics is a graceful
sport similar to gymnastics.
However, it differs from gym
nastics in that most routines are
performed using two or more
See complete schedule
for sports acrobatic meet
on page 15
people with a minimum of hard
ware apparatus. Competitors are
scored on balance and tempo us
ing gymnastic, dance and turn-
Hundreds of athletes from
throughout the US will compete
in advanced, intermediate and
elite classes as men's pairs,
women's pairs, mixed pairs, mix
ed trios, women's trios, and
men's fours.
The 13th annual USSAF Na
tional Championships will be
held in the Alumni Pavilion,
4700 Pierce Street, Riverside.
For ticket information, call ( 714)
785- 2084.
Barstow hospital nurse honored for exemplifying best in profession
Reporters ask questions of Lauren Stapp, RN, a Barstow Community Hospital ( an Adventist
Health System / Loma Linda hospital) nurse who was one of nine nurses selected nationwide
in a contest to find nurses who exemplify the best of the nursing profession. For the contest,
patients submitted letters telling of special care they had received from a nurse. In the background
is Philip Denny, the patient who wrote a letter about Mrs. Stapp.
A Barstow Community Hospi
tal ( BCH) nurse, Lauren Stapp,
RN, was honored recently for
being one of nine registered
nurses selected in a nationwide
contest as exemplifying the best
of their profession.
In a " Nurses Make a Dif
ference" recognition contest
sponsored by the American
Hospital Association ( AHA)
and the American Organization
of Nurse Executives ( AONE),
patients throughout the country
submitted letters telling about
outstanding care they had re
ceived from a nurse.
A panel of AHA and AONE
members, including a nurse ex
ecutive, chief executive officer,
volunteer director, and AONE
nurse staff specialist, selected
one winner from each of the na
tion's census regions, based on
letters submitted by patients.
Approximately 3,500 letters
were received.
A winner was selected from
each region, and Mrs. Stapp, 26,
was chosen from Region 9,
which includes Alaska, Califor
nia, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon,
and Washington. She received
a plaque at a special awards
ceremony and luncheon held at
Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas on
May 23 for the nine winners,
their guests, and representatives
of their institutions.
Mrs. Stapp also was honored
on May 24 at a luncheon held
at Barstow Community Hospi
tal, to which reporters from the
local media were invited.
Also honored at both func-
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