Veritas, Vol. 14, No. 10, November 5, 1973

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Volume 14, Number 10
November 5, 1973
Sea Grant Adds New Service
Grant Received For Study of Ions
by Jack Oswald Public Information Officer School of Medicine
A $2-million grant has been awarded by the National Heart and Lung Institute to the School of Medicine to study the role of ions—electrically charged atoms—in controlling heart and blood vessel functions.
Malfunction of this control mechanism is implicated in high blood pressure and heart failure. Dr. Roger F. Palmer, chairman of the department of pharmacology and principal investigator in the project, explained that the knowledge gleaned from the study will serve as a basis for developing new approaches to treating these cardiovascular problems, the researchers’ ultimate goal.
The scientists will study the molecular aspects of cellular membrane interaction—how ionic movements control cardiovascular activity through membrane-related processes.
“We need a thorough knowledge of the mechanisms which control cardiac and vascular cell function by means of molecular ‘carriers’ before we can seek to correct a diseased condition,” Dr. Palmer said.
“Once we have this information, it is possible that we could treat cardiovascular diseases by induction of control molecules which perform as naturally occurring carriers into the membranes of diseased cells. This could be an important new concept in medicine.”
In addition to the grant from NHLI, Dr. Palmer’s department received a training grant in clinical pharmacology from the National Institutes of Health for supplemental studies in humans, in which he also serves as principal investigator.
UF Fund Drive Enters Final Week
Following are the October 30 figures on the University’s United Fund Campaign. For those members of the UM family who haven’t yet contributed, the final day of the campaign is November 9.
Division	Percent of Goal
Academic Affairs	54.92
Development Affairs	78.31
Financial Affairs	75.78
Medical Affairs	18.87
President	77.18
Student Affairs	85.21
The total dollar amount raised so far is $45,256 or 47 percent of the University’s goal of $94,876.
Rights of Women At UM Examined
Two groups serve President Stanford and Vice President for Academic Affairs McKenry as advisory committees for the concerns of women on campus. The charge to the committees is to bring to the attention of the administration any general inequities or problems facing women in the university. Last year the University Women’s Commission recommended to President Stanford the hiring of at least one female psychologist in the Guidance Center, the dispensing of contraceptive pills to students in the Medical Center, the establishment of a child care center on campus. The Commission heard individual and group grievances, sponsored several programs and speakers for women, and planned orientation for women students. Several members attended national conferences.
For the current academic year, major projects include publishing a report on the status of women in the university, sponsoring a regional conference in the spring, and planning programs which present important female speakers. They include The Honorable Martha Griffiths, who spoke on the Equal Rights Amendment on November 3 and Dr. Margaret Mead, scheduled to speak in the spring. President Stanford will co-sponsor two women scholars, Dr. Alice Walker on December 2 and Dr. Rosa Lee Walston.
Members of the Women’s Commission are Marjorie Abrams, Lynn Bartlett, Polly Cook, Carolyn Garwood, Virginia Gaddy, Sylvia Huber, Evaleen Lorton, Nedra McNamara, Louise Mills, and Betty Pate. Evelyn Helmick is chairman of the Commission. Several others have been elected and are waiting for presidential confirmation.
Members of the Women’s Advisory Committee on Academic Affairs are appointed by Vice President Carl McKenry and concern themselves with problems of faculty women exclusively. The committee includes representatives of all areas of the university: they are Barbara Campbell, Alma David, Carolyn Garwood, Evelyn Helmick, Edith Lord, Evaleen Lorton, Minnette Massey, Harding Michel, Frances McGrath, Helen Purdy, Rosalina Sackstein, Anitra Thorhaug, Wilhelmina
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Marine Pathology Services, for public use as well as for research and education, was established November 1 by the UM Sea Grant Program.
Dr. Richard Bader, director of the UM Sea Grant Program, reporting on the new community and regional service to Secretary of State Richard Stone, at the quarterly Miami River Restoration Project Conference (Oct. 26), said, “The increasing occurrences of fish kills, the pollution of shellfish, and the . frequent appearance of diseased fish in catches has become a topic of national as well as South Florida interest. The public demands an explanation for the loss of these natural resources as well as recommendations for corrective action.”
UM and Sea Grant funding of $70,000 will support Marine Pathology Services for the next eight months, but Dr. Bader said additional funding must be found to vastly widen the scope of the community-related service.
Dr. Bennett Sallman, professor of microbiology, School of Medicine, and Dr. George Krantz, associate professor of fisheries, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS), will head the project with the participation of other scientists at the University.
James Higman, research scientist, will be coordinator for the new services, and will handle requests for assistance at 350-7351, said Dr. Bader.
Three major objectives of Marine Pathology Services will be:
t To provide service for short-term problems such as marine kills arising in waters of adjacent coastal zones or in mariculture, or in the tropical fish industry, or from persons requesting fish pathology services. Additionally, services will be available for quarantine inspection and certification of marine fish and invertebrate health as required by international law;
•	To conduct an organized investigation of chronic marine mortality problems with primary reference to Biscayne Bay and Southeast Florida, and secondarily other areas;
•	To establish long-term research investigations in which techniques for
detailed studies of marine animals will be developed and evaluated.
“Long term,” explain the scientists, includes both research and education. Research will be to establish a body of information to enable scientists to predict and to prevent marine resource destruction such as chronic diseases and fish kills. Education will include both teaching and training—the former to develop a curriculum for graduate students, the latter to institute short courses to train field groups such as park and marine officers, extension service personnel, pollution control and public health representatives in observation, sampling, and informationgathering for Marine Pathology Services.
$50,000 Pledged By CB Member
Angel L. Lorie, Jr., president-owner of Coral Way Village, Inc., and general managing partner of the Miami Toros soccer team, has pledged $50,000 to the University’s School of Business Administration Building Fund.
Presentation of the first payment of the pledge was made to Dr. E. J. Fox, interim dean of the School of Business Administration.
With his gift, Lorie becomes eligible for induction into UM’s Society of University Founders, a distinguished group of UM supporters.
Lorie, 31, a native of Santiago, Cuba, holds B.S. and M.S. degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is a member of the University of Miami Citizens Board, the advisory board of the UM School of Business Administration, and the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce.