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Vol. 2, No. 8 June 1981 Op TEXAS HEA " I yid r V trn .. 1".AAOf, i iips'I WY %- > I; Alk U s -c h" / . _. f , Put your little foot right here Richard Anderson of the Medical School tries his luck at the cine, M. D. Anderson Hospital and Texas Woman's University obstacle course during Sportathon '81. More than 1,000 peo- entered the day's events. For more photos and a list of ple from the Health Science Center, Baylor College of Medi- winners see page 4. (Photo by Gary Parker) 7 %...408Ub325. & tt 2.If T'rV A A Aqp a.rr. - :. hC;RCULAITING TEXAS STATE DOCU MENTS COLLECTION Volume 2, Number 8 June 1981 Graduation ceremonies set for six schools About 620 graduates will re- 13. because of the lack of a suitable friends. ceive degrees at six separate com- There will be no single Health facility to handle the growing num- The School of Public Health will mencement ceremonies June 12 and Science Center ceremony this year ber of graduates, their families and hold this year's first graduation cer- emony on Friday, June 12, at 3 p.m. in the school's auditorium. Beverlee Myers, director of the California Department of Health Services, will speak, and 75 degrees will be awarded. Dr. Don Frederickson, director of the National Institutes of Health, will speak at the Medical School ceremony on Saturday, June 13, at 9:30 a.m. in Jones Hall. Degrees will _ " be awarded to 149 graduates. The School of Nursing will '' award degrees to 79 graduates at 10 a.m., June 13, in Cullen Auditorium on the University of Houston Central Campus. Dr. Billye Brown, dean of Al the UT School of Nursing at Austin, . will speak. Dr. Norman Hackerman, presi- dent of Rice University, will speak at the Graduate School of Biomedical ,: Sciences (GSBS) ceremony at 11 a.m., June 13, at the Houston Garden , ' . Center in Hermann Park. Thirty graduates will receive degrees. s Degrees will go to 198 gradu- P ates at the Dental Branch ceremony at 2:30 p.m., June 13, in Jones Hall. s Dr. Charles Jarvis, dentist and humorist, will speak. V The School of Allied Health Sci- ences will award degrees to 89 graduates at 7 p.m., June 13, in Cul- len Auditorium. Dr. John McGovern, who has appointments at GSBS and the schools of medicine, public health and allied health sciences, will speak. McGovern is also head of the McGovern Allergy Clinic and has appointments DOWN TO BUSINESS - This young patient has learned that doctors dent Mike Hagen is no exception. (Photo by Gary Parker) at Baylor College have work to do when they visit, and graduating Medical School stu- of Medicine and M.D. Anderson Hospital. UT Student wins family practice award An annual memorial award program at Memorial Southwest ecologist, lecturer and author. honoring a Houston physician has Hospital in July. Hagen was a high school honors been established to recognize a The Withers Award will be pre- graduate in Richardson. While graduating senior in the Medical sented at the Medical School's attending McLennan Community School who plans to pursue a career awards ceremony June 12. College in Waco on a golf scholar- in family practice. A native of Houston, Withers ship, he was selected for the second The Dr. Henry W. Withers graduated from UT-Austin and team All-American Junior College Memorial Award in Family Practice received his M.D. degree from the Golfers, which finished second in is made possible through an endow- Long Island College of Medicine, the nation. ment from the Withers family. The now called the Downstate Medical He transferred to Houston Bap- family established a memorial fund College of Medicine in Brooklyn. tist University, where he was again through the Health Science Center He was on the staffs of Memori- offered a golf scholarship. He was and the Medical School's Depart- al, Jefferson Davis and St. Elizabeth named to Who's Who Among Stu- ment of Family Practice to honor Dr. Hospitals. A knowledgeable Texas dents in American Universities and Henry W. Withers, who died Aug. 5, historian, he had many and varied Colleges. 1978. community interests, among them After receiving a bachelor of Selected as the first recipient of the Museum of Natural Sciences. He science degree, Hagen entered Med- IN MEMORY the award is Michael Peter Hagen. served the Harris County Medical ical School in 1977 and was award- - An annual award in family practice has been He will enter the Medical School's Society in several capacities, includ- established to honor Dr. ed the John S. Dunn Scholarship. His Henry W. Withers, a Houston physician who family practice residency training ing historian. Also, he was a noted (Continued on page 12) died in 1978. NCINtUUL G NTSU LIBRARY CT 2 4 1984 Med School hosts minority undergrads By Barbara Short minority students include workshops For the best essay, he contin- Murphy advises students to Are you a service-oriented indi- in study skills, time management ued, write a rough draft, let an Eng- keep meticulous financial records. vidual? Are you basically interested and test taking; chapters of the Stu- lish major edit it and then rewrite it. When applying for a loan, Murphy in people? Will you remember how dent National Medical Association There are 855 interview spots, said to ask for enough to cover all and why you became a doctor? and the Texas Association of Mexi- and a class of 200 is chosen from expenses. She suggested opening an These probing questions were can-American Medical Students; these applicants. "The interview is account with enough funds to pay asked undergraduate minority stu- and the Summer Enrichment Pro- your day to shine," Gunn said. "It is for: tuition; microscope, lab, proper- dents by President Roger J. Bulger gram (SEP) for undergraduate stu- not an interrogation, but a conversa- ty and Student Health Service fees; during a meeting to acquaint the stu- dents considering medical school, tion. Talk about yourself: hobbies, malpractice insurance; books; and dents with the Medical School and said Jackie Smith Ross, director of interests and accomplishments. apartment deposit and first month's its admissions procedures. SEP. Have good reasons for particular rent. The day-long session was titled attitudes, especially on controver- Admissions Pointers Murphy's sage advice: "Don't "Minorities in Medicine: Once A sial subjects. "I encourage all of you to let checks bounce." Dream, Now A Reality." "What we like to see most of all The registrar's office is not apply," said Dr. Albert Gunn, assist- the In his welcoming remarks, is evidence of hard work and follow- financial aid office, Murphy empha- ant dean for admissions. "Don't sell Bulger emphasized that the students through on anything," he said. yourself short. Let us make the deci- sized, but the liaison between stu- should "remember someone held the sion. At the very least we can advise Gunn said the criteria most dents and sources of financial aid. door open for you. Too frequently you. heavily weighed are an applicant's She said expenses for the 1981 doctors forget how they succeeded." college grade point average, Medi- The admissions application first-year students will be $7,500 for Bulger related an anecdote cal College Admissions Test score, the the year, while fourth-year students should be neat, typed, accompanied from his academic years at Cam- interview and pre-professional eval- will require a budget of about by a good photograph and should bridge University in England. Bulger uations (letters of recommendation). include all activities and accom- $9,000. said he had always been an admirer The colleges and universities plishments, Gunn said. Applications Financial Aid of the poet T.S. Eliot and had the which participated in the minority can be obtained at universities and Once a student is accepted to opportunity to meet him while in student meeting were The University colleges, and from the UT System medical school, financial aid London. of Texas at Austin, The University of central applications office in Austin. becomes an important concern. During their conversation Houston's Central and Downtown "One of the most important "The first step toward gaining a Bulger told Eliot of some personal campuses, Texas Southern Universi- parts of the application is the essay bank loan is to conduct your own conflict while trying to assess the ty, St. Thomas University, Rice Uni- explaining why you chose medical credit check," said Betty Murphy, importance of his Catholic back- versity, Sul Ross State University, school and why you qualify to be a registrar. "Not paying one bill may ground in his desire to become a Southmost College, Texas A&I Uni- doctor," Gunn said. label you a bad credit risk." doctor. In response Eliot told Bulger versity, Wiley College and Huston that "the world needs good Catholic Tillotson College. doctors." Other speakers included medi- "I feel," Bulger said, "that Eliot cal students Norwood Knight-Rich- , was saying the world needs good e ardson, Sonja Randle, Jose Molinar doctors of any philosophic persua- and Patricia Gomez; Dr. John sion, provided that the commitment Hughes, fellow, gastroenterology; to human service is real." Dr. Luis Rodriguez-Rigau, assistant Discussing student life at the professor, reproductive medicine Medical School, Dr. Richard and biology; and Dr. Carl Dukes, fel- DeVaul, associate dean for student low, internal medicine. UT and curriculum affairs, said in the past 10 years the political concerns of the number of doctors educated have been replaced with genuine concerns about the kind of doctors schools graduate.