Veritas, Vol. 08, No. 17, May 20, 1968

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Dr. Duane Koenig, history, was elected president of the Florida Conference of College Teachers of History for 1968-69 at the sixth annual meeting in Miami recently...
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For Faculty and Staff
May 20, 1968
UM MEDICAL MEN TRANSPLANT THYMUS
Vol. 8, No. 17
Physicians in the department of pediatrics of the UM School of Medicine successfully implanted a thymus into a 7-months-old baby boy who was born without the small, glandlike organ. The transplant, believed to be the first successful one of its kind, had an international aspect, since the thymus —that of a 13-week female fetus, was flown to Miami from London, England.
Dr. William W. Cleveland, endocrinologist and professor of pediatrics at UM, described the procedure in a paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Clinical Investigations in Atlantic City, N.J. His colleagues in the undertaking were Dr. Bernard J. Fogel, pediatrics and director of the Birth Defects Center, and Dr. H. E. M. Kay, a pathologist at the Royal Marsden Hospital, London. The child who received the thymus is now 18 months old and growing normally.
Function of the thymus, a structure occurring in the upper chest near the base of the neck, has long been a medical mystery. Only recently has it been found to play a part in the development of immunological reaction.
DR. CHARLES S. KENT TO JOIN MUSIC STAFF
Dr. Charles Stanton Kent, former director of Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, Md., will join the staff of the UM School of Music ao visiting professor of Music History and Literature in September.
Dr. Kent, 54, is a well-known authority in the fields of musical acoustics and electronic music. He was Dean at Peabody Conservatory 1961-62, acting director 1962-63 and director, 1963-67.
DOCTORATE STUDY FOR DEAN ROBERT A. HYNES
Robert A. Hynes, Dean of Men for the past three years, is resigning June 21 to work on his doctorate degree at Ohio University where he will also serve as director of housing. No successor has as yet been named. Hynes received his A.B. degree in 1960 and his Master's in 1962, both from Ohio University. Prior to coming here he was assistant dean of students at his alma mater.
DERMATOLOGISTS FIGHTING FUNGUS
UM dermatologists are seeking means to prevent the festering sores and other skin diseases which plague U.S. troops in Vietnam and account for the majority of sick call visits. Fungus and bacteria infections are the fourth most common cause for hospitalization among the men fight-J in the wet heat of the jungles and rice paddies.
Dr. Harvey Blank, chairman, dermatology, and two assistant professors, Dr. Nardo Zaias and David Taplin, are attacking the problem-testing clothing, particularly boots and socks, to find designs more suitable for tropical combat wear, studying the ways in which skin infections start and are spread, and investigating means to increase the effectiveness of present fungicidal drugs and perhaps to develop new ones that will prevent infection from starting.
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Dr. Melanie Rosborough, foreign languages, was guest of honor at a luncheon at Coral Gables Country Club given May 11 by Miss Ardelle Waldhour of English Department. Dr. Rosborough was feted earlier by foreign languages department which presented her with a sterling silver triple candelabra...
Dr. Harold L. Royer, accounting, will serve on a panel for a seminar at the national meeting of the American Accounting Association in San Diego, Calif. August 26...
"Advances in Microbiology of the Sea," Volume 1, Academic Press, New York and London, contains articles by four IMS scientists: Dr. E. J. Ferguson Wood's "Perspectives in Marine Biology," N. van Uden and J. W. Fell's "Marine Yeasts," and J. S. Bunt's "Probing the Ecosystem." Dr. Wood was co-editor of the publication...
Dr. Harry Schultz, chemistry, spoke on "Progress in Teaching Undergraduate Organic Chemistry" at the Junior-Senior College Articulation Conference May 10 in Orlando...
Hubert Marcotte, foreign languages, will teach French this summer at Harvard University...
Dr, Harold K.Skramstad, scientific director of the Computing Center, was recently elected chairman of the Miami chapter, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). He also was official delegate to the Inter-University Communications Council meeting, Chicago, May 13-15...
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