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THE JEFFERSON MEDIC.AL COLLEGE OF PHIL.ADELPHI.A

ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIXTH COMMENCEMENT

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PROCESSIONAL MARCH PRIZES I INVOCATION ...... Most Reverend J. Carroll McCormick, D.D., Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia The Henry M. Phillips Prize. Awarded upon the recommendation of the Professor of Medicine to the grad­ THE OATH OF HIPPOCRATES uate, in his opinion, most worthy, to WILBUR JONES HARLEY CONVOCATION ...... James Laurence Kauffman, Vice Admiral, U.S. N. (retired), President of the College The Henry M. Phillips Prize. Awarded upon the recommendation of the Professors of Surgery to the grad­ uate, in their opinion, most worthy, to PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES IN Co URSE .. By William Harvey Perkins, M.D., Dean HERBERT ARTHUR YANTES with Honorable Mention of Aaron Rosenthal In the Course in Medicine In the Course in Medical Sciences Practice Prize. A Gold Medal, awarded by bequest of Dr. Francis W. Shain, for the best essay on a subject pertaining to the Practice of Medicine, to CONFERRING OF DEGREES IN COURSE ...... By the President DONALD BURNS LEWIS with Honorable Mention of Bernard Adrian Kirshbaum CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREES

By the Chairman of the Board of Trustees-Percival E. Foerderer Surgery Prize. A Gold Medal, awarded by bequest of Dr. Francis W. Shain, for the best essay on a subject pertaining to Surgery, to Doctor of Civil Law DAVID JOSEPH LIEBERMAN with Honorable Mention of Robert Ely Colcher The Honorable Alfred E. Driscoll, Governor of the State of New Jersey

By the President Clinical Surgery Prize. A Gold Medal for general excellence in Clinical Surgery, in memory of Francis Doctor of Science Torrens Stewart, Professor of Clinical Surgery, Jefferson Medical College, 1910-1920, to RICHARD LEE ROVIT Edwin E. Graham, M.D., Professor of Diseases of Children, Emeritus with Honorable Mention of Erich Antonio Everts-Suarez

Doctor of Literature Solomon S olis-C oh en Memorial Prize. Given by members of the family in memory of Professor of Clinical J. Parsons Schaeffer, M.D., Professor of Anatomy, Emeritus Medicine, Emeritus, S. Solis-Cohen, for the best essay in the field of Clinical Medicine by a member of the Senior Class, to ARTHUR STEINBERG AWARD OF PRIZES with Honorable Mention of Irwin Norman Perr

ADDRESS ...... The Honorable Alfred E. Driscoll, Governor of the State of New Jersey Obstetrics and Gynecology Prize. By Professors Scheffey and Montgomery for the best examination in Obstetrics and Gynecology, to ~ BENEDICTION ...... Rt. Reverend Oliver J. Hart, D.D., Bishop, Diocese of Pennsylvania AARON ROSENTHAL with Honorable Mention of Leonard Alfred Erdman and John Riggs Evans RECESSIONAL - The Pascal Brooke Bland Memorial Prize. By Mrs. J. Hamilton Coulter, in memory of her father, to the Senior student who has shown the greatest aptitude and excellence in practical obstetrics; the student to be chosen George Allen Bennett, Marshal by the Professor of Obstetrics and the prize to be used exclusively for the purchase of medical books, the choice James Balys Cox, '51 Roland Bruce Lutz, '51 of which is to be left to the discretion of the student who receives the award, and the purchase of which is to be made through the Librarian of the College, to Roy vV. Mohler, Assistant Marshal ARTHUR STEINBERG

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CANDIDAT ES FOR DEGREES IN COURSE THE COURSE IN MEDICINE Gynecology Prize. By Professor Scheffey, for the best examination and clinical report on Gynecology, to HARRY BERNARD BECHTEL DOCTOR OF MEDICINE with Honorable Mention of David Joseph Lieberman and Michael Emil Nardi

Daniel Lee Backenstose ...... Schaefferstown, Pa. Albert J acob Grant ...... • . . . Chester, P a. Orthopedic Surgery Prize. By Professor Martin, for general excellence in Orthopedic Surgery, to Robert Charles Bair ...... New Hope, Pa. M ilton Sidney G reenberg . . .• . . . . •• . . • .. . . . Philadelphia, P a. LEONARD HARRISON GRUNTHAL, JR. John Robert Ball ...... Baltimore, Md. Leonard Harrison Grunthal, J r . . . . . • ...... J acksonville, Fla. with Honorable Mention of Weir Lee King and Donald Keiper Sass W illiam M artin Barba ...... Emmaus, Pa. Albert Cottrell Haas ...... Mobile, Ala. Linus Andrews Barbor ...... Philadelphia, Pa. Laurence Bartlett Hall ... . . • ...... •. .. Philadelphia, Pa. Joseph Sanders Haney, J r ...... Gulfport, Miss. Neurology Prize. By Professor Alpers, for the best examination in Neurology, to James D avid Barnes ...... Philadelphia, Pa. Eugene Wilfrid Beauchamp, J r ...... Chicopee, Mass. W ilbur J ones Harley ...... Royersford, P a. FRANKLYN CHAPMAN HILL, JR. Harry Bernard Bechtel...... Johnstown, Pa. Harry Lyster Harper ...... • ...... Philadelphia, P a. Byron Earl Besse, Jr...... Haverford, P a. Albert Harry Helm ...... Camden, N. J. Psychiatry Prize. By Professor Keyes, for general excellence in Psychiatry, to Joseph John Blake ...... W ayne, P a. Frank Rogers Hendrickson ...... • ...... •. .. Springfield, Pa. Charles Reinhold Henkelmann ...... Philadelphia, Pa. LAURENCE BARTLETT HALL Frank Elliott Brown, J r ...... Renovo, Pa. Richard Lawrence Callis ta ...... Erie, Pa. Franklyn Chapman Hill, J r ...... •...... Longbeach, Calif. Mark Otis Camp ...... Charleston, W . Va. J ames Robert Hodge ...... Martin's Ferry, Ohio Laryngology Prize. By Professor Clerf, for general excellence in Laryngology and Bronchoscopy, to Ralph Cantafio ...... Philadelphia, Pa. William Baker Holman . . . •. . . ••...... • .. Norwalk, Ohio JAY WESLEY MAcMORAN Emil Capito ...... Chester, W . Va. Robert Gray Hunter ...... ••...... •. . Duluth, Minn. with H onorable Mention of W illiam Martin Barba Eugene Lee Childers ...... Fresno, Calif. Bernard Vincent Hyland, J r ...... Scranton, P a. Edward John Clark ...... Norristown, P a. W illiam Jerome Jacoby, J r ..•...... Mt. Carmel, Pa. W illiam Roy Clark ...... Washington, Pa. David Jaffe ...... •...... • •...... Philadelphia, Pa. Otology Prize. By Professor Williams, for the best examination in Otology, to Edwin Irving Cleveland ...... Conneaut Lake, P a. J ames Braden Jamison, II...... Beaver Falls, P a. BERNARD VINCE NT HYLAND, JR. Marshall Lewis Clevenger ...... Albuquerque, N. M. Ernest Harry J ensen •...... • ...... Philadelphia, Pa. with Honorable Mention of H al Edward Snedden and Theodore Benjamin Thoma Leroy W ard Coffroth ...... Somerset, P a. Joseph James John . • ...... •. . . . . Philadelphia, Pa. Robert Ely Colcher ...... Philadelphia, P a. W illiam Addison Joy .•...... Longport, N. J. Harry H amilton K anner ...... Sacramento, Calif. W. B . Saunders Company Prize. Medical publications to the student who passes the best general examination Carter F. Cort...... •...... Fairmont, W. Va. Robert Earl K arnofsky ...... •. . . Wilkes-Barre, Pa. at the end of the Senior Year, to Drew Eugene Courtney ...... •...... Greensburg, P a. ERICH ANTONIO EVERTS-SUAREZ Louis Macfarland Crews ...... T itusville, N. J. K imball Charles Kaufman, J r ...... • ...... Oswego, Ore. Robert J ohn Critchlow ...... Philadelphia, Pa. Lester Keiser • ...... • ...... Philadelphia, P a. Vincent Peter DeAugustine ...... Chester, P a. Louis Todd K erman ...... W ilmington, N. C. T he C. V. Mosby Co nipany Prizes. Awarded to graduates fo r excellence in specialties as follows: Leonard M atthew Del Vecchio ...... Freeland, Pa. Murray K essler ...... • . . .. . Asbury P ark, N. J . Medicine, WILBUR JONE S HARLEY and ALBERT MEADE MURTLAND Charles Russell Derrickson ...... Washington, D. C. Robert Francis Kienhofer ...... Cumberland, Md. Pediatrics, HERBERT ARTH UR YANTES Henry C. deValinger ...... Haddonfie ld, N. J. W eir Lee King ...... W est W arwick, R. I. Surgery, AARON ROSENTHAL and ERICH ANTONIO EVERTS-SUAREZ George Lewis Donaghue ...... Philadelphia, Pa. Bernard Adrian Kirshbaum ...... Philadelphia, P a. Obstetrics and Gynecology, HARRY BERNARD BECHTEL T homas Joseph Dougherty ...... Shenandoah, Pa. W illiam Frederick K raft...... Bethesda, Md. Dermatology, WILLIAM PAUL ENGLEHART Richard Vincent Duffey ...... • • ...... Brewer, Me. Paul William Layden ...... Union City, Pa. William Paul Englehart ...... Harrisburg, Pa. Henry Lesse ...... • ...... Philadelphia, P a. S . MacCuen Smith Memorial Prize. A Gold Medal given by Mrs. Stuart Lodge Bullivant in memory of her Leonard Alfred Erdman ...... Dunmore, Pa. Donald Burns Lewis ...... Forty Fort, Pa. father to the member of the Senior Class judged most worthy of recognition for his ability in the field of Otology, to J ohn Riggs Evans ...... Provo, Utah Milton Louis Lewis ...... Philadelphia, Pa. BERNARD VINCE NT HYLAND, J R. Erich Antonio Everts-Suarez ...... Aibonito, P. R. David Joseph Lieberman ...... Philadelphia, Pa. Francis Xavier Farrell ...... Philadelphia, P a. Jose Rafael Limeres ...... •...... San German, P. R. Frederick Justin Fay ...... Providence, R. I. J ohn David Lopes . . . • ...... San Bernardino, Calif. William Potter Memorial Prize. The income froin a bequest of Mrs. Adaline Potter Wear offered to encour­ T homas Forker ...•...... H arrison, N. J. John Charles Lychak ...... Catasauqua, P a. age excellence in the clinical branches of medicine and awarded to that graduate attaining the highest general Albert Foster .•...... •...... Pawtucket, R. I. Ernest J oseph M cCraw ...... • ...... •. . Laurel, Miss. average in the final two years of the medical course, to Donald Phillip Franks ...... Youngstown, Ohio Frank Eugene McElree, Jr...... G reenville, Pa. MARTIN GOLDBERG Victor ·J ohn Fredrickson . .. • ...... Medford, M ass. J ohn Edward Donnelly McGuigan, J r ...... Providence, R. I. John Calvin Frommelt ...... Paterson, N. J. Bernard Joseph McLaverty ...... •...... Cynwyd, Pa. Alumni Prize. By the Alumni Association, a Medal for the best general average obtained in the examinations T homas Edward Gazowski ...... Edwardsville, Pa. William Bernard McNamee ...... Philadelphia, P a. for the entire curriculum, to Martin Goldberg ...... Philadelphia, Pa. J ay Wesley MacMoran ...... Philadelphia, P a. IRWIN NORMAN P ERR Marvin Goldstein ...... New Rochelle, N. Y. Edward Regis Malia ...... •...... G reensburg, P a. Eugene Leonard Grandon ...... Camp Hill, P a. J oseph Samuel M atta ...... Drexel Hill, Pa. CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES IN COURSE THE COURSE IN MEDICINE DOCTOR· OF MEDICINE

Eugene Vincent M aynard ...... Kinston, N. C. Leonard Seidenberg ...... Philadelphia, Pa. Patrick Anthony M azza, Jr• ...... • ... Reading, Pa. Jam es Alan Shafer ...... Easton, Pa. Donald Irwin Meye rs ...... Orange, N. J. Charles George Silberman ...... Miami Beach, Fla. Jam es Robert Milligan ...... Vero Beach, Fla. Gerald Fletcher Simmermon ...... Philadelphia, Pa. James M atthew Monaghan, III ...... , .. . Somers Point, N. J. Amos Vastine Smith, Jr...... W atsontown, Pa. Ralph D avid Moye r, Jr...... Bogota, N. J. Richard H arding Smith ...... •. •...... Wakefield,'R. I. Albert M eade Murtland ...... Butler, Pa. Hal Edward Snedden ...... , ...... Medina, Ohio Richard Lee Murtland ...... Butler, Pa. Aris Michael Sophocles ...... Trenton, N. J. M ichael Emil Nardi ...... Haddon Heights, N. J. Robert Sidney Stein ...... Philadelphia, Pa. George William O'Brien ...... •. Pittsburgh, Pa. Arthur Steinberg ...... Philadelphia, Pa. Robert Henry Painter ...... Collins, N. Y. Darrell Cabble Stoddard ...... Idaho Falls, Idaho Chauncey G ause Paxson, Jr...... •...... Penn's Park, Pa. Howard Elsworth Stra':'•cutter ...... •...... FaUs Creek, Pa. Edward Lewis Pennes ...... • , .... Philadelphia, Pa. Andrew Aloysius Sullivan ...... Philadelphia, Pa. Irwin Norman Perr ...... , ...... Newark, N. J. Joseph Francis Tabasco ...... •...... Philadelphia, Pa. Gerard J oseph Peters ...... ,·•...... Philadelphia, Pa. Theodore Benjamin Thoma ...... • ...... Upper Darby, Pa. Carl Gray Pierce, Jr...... Pitcairn, Pa. John Freeman Thompson • ...... Blairsville, Pa. W illiam Ernest Powell, Jr ...... Asheville, N. C. J. Richard Titus ...... •...... Columbus, Ohio J ames D. Ripepi, Jr...... ·.... Philadelphia, Pa. Maurice Raymond Turcotte ...... Saylesville, R. I. Alan Spencer Rogers ...... Haverford, Pa. Frans Joannes Vossenberg .•...... Philadelphia, Pa. Aaron Rosenthal...... Philadelphia, Pa. Thomas Worrall Watkins ...... Belmar, N. J. Richard Lee Rovit...... Brookline, Mass. George William West ...... Saint Marys, W . Va. Joseph James Rowe, Jr...... Union, N. J. Olin Kenneth Wiland ...... • •...... • . Pittsburgh, Pa. Virgil William Samms, Jr ...... Collegeville, Pa. William Henry Winchell ...... San Francisco, Calif. John Pack Sargent...... Salt Lake City, Utah James H arold Williams ...••...... •... Ridley Park, Pa. Donald Keiper Sass ...... Boswell, Pa. Sherrod Newberry W ood . . ,...... Enfield, N. C. Charles Lawrence Saunders, Jr...... Reidsville, N. C. Hugh Beistle Woodward ...... Philadelphia, Pa. Harmar William Schmidt...... Philadelphia, Pa. Robert Kindig Worman ...... Souderton, Pa. Hubert S. Sear ...... Croton-on-Hudson, N. Y. Herbert Arthur Y;mtes ...... Philadelphia, Pa.

THE GRADUATE COURSE IN MEDICAL SCIENCES MASTER OF SCIENCE (Bacteriology)

Sonia Ernestine Schorr ...... ••...... Arden, Del.

GEOGRAPHICAL RECAPITULATION PENNSYLVANIA ...... 87 MISSISSIPPI ...... 2 NEW J ERSEY ..... , ...... 15 PUERTO RICO ...... 2 RHODE ISLAND ...... " .. . ." . ." .. . .' ...... 6 UTAH ... : ...... 2 CALIFORNIA ...... , ...... , ...... 5 ALABAMA ...... NORT H CAROLINA ...... 5 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ...... ,. OHIO ...... , . . . . , ...... 5 IDAHO ...... WEST VIRGINIA ...... 4 MAINE ...... FLORIDA ...... , , ...... , ...... MINNESOTA ...... ~ ...... '...... MARYLAND ...... NEW MEXICO ...... M ASSACHUSETTS ...... OREGON ...... NEW YORK ...... 152

The foregoi ng additions bring the total number of names on the list of Graduates to 18,269