In this issue… Dr. Lyn Behrens announces plans to retire · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 2 LLUAHSC president announces retirement after serving the institution for 17 years What in the world is AHI? · · · · · · · · 6 Adventist Health International celebrates 10 years of service Mission to Nicaragua · · · · · · · · · · · 12 Sixty-eight volunteers staff seven dental clinics in Nicaragua Consumed by eating disorders · · · · 16 Two individuals who struggled with anorexia are recovering today The Pettis papers dedication · · · · · · 20 LLUAHSC honors two individuals who chose to live extraordinary lives Comments by the Honorable Shirley Pettis-Roberson · · · · · · · · · · · 26 Comments by former First Lady Barbara Bush · · · · · · · · · 28 Baby Kirillos’ epic journey · · · · · · · 30 Iraqi toddler receives life-saving heart surgery at Loma Linda Loma Linda University Annual Report · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 36 Loma Linda University is experiencing a period of growth On the covers… Newscope · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 40 On the front cover: Alumni notes · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 47 PHOTO : Loma Linda University Adventist Health Sciences Center president B. Lyn Behrens, MBBS, is pictured with School of Medicine students in the current simulation Editor: Richard W. Weismeyer laboratory, located in Risley Hall. A new simulation laboratory, greatly expanded in its Managing edito r/ layout: Larry Kidder, MA technological innovation to match or exceed similar facilities in the United States, will Contributing writers: Richard H. Hart, MD, DrPH; occupy the fourth floor of the Wong Pavilion in the new Centennial Complex. This Dustin R. Jones, MA; Larry Kidder, MA; facility will provide Loma Linda University students with the opportunity to practice Edna Maye Loveless, PhD; James Ponder; Heather Reifsnyder; Patricia K. Thio; Nancy Yuen; their medical skills in situations that are as realistic as possible, preparing them to pro - and Richard W. Weismeyer vide life-saving care for their patients in the near future. Volume 44, Number 1 SCO PE is published by Loma Linda University On the back cover: and Loma Linda University Medical Center, educational and medical institutions operated TOP LEFT PHOTO : A young girl poses for a photo on the grounds of Yuka Adventist Hospital, by the General Conference of Seventh-day in Zambia. The hospital joined AHI in 2002. Adventists. TOP RIGHT PHOTO : Gimbie Adventist Hospital, in Ethiopia, was one of the first hospitals For subscription information, alumni news notes, or to join AHI. Since then, a new hospital structure has been built, along with a address changes, write to: nursing school. SCOPE Loma Linda University Adventist BOTTOM PHOTO : Educators from nearby Gimbie Adventist Hospital, in Ethiopia, lead a Health Sciences Center health education class sponsored by Adventist Health International. Loma Linda, California 92354 Or e-mail: [email protected] Loma Linda University & LLU Medical Center Internet address: www.llu.edu
Contents SCOPE · Fall / Winter 200 7–08 · 1 leading, but one example that comes to do. We must make sure that our plan - mind occurred in the late 1990s, when ning, execution, and our relationships are the Medical Center, like many other all guided by Him. Everything has to be health care facilities in America, faced done in a Christ-like manner. We must Dr. Lyn Behrens announces plans to retire financial challenges. work hard and have courage. The more After serving 17 years as president, the longest for any president in the We had to meet some conditions for difficult our work, the more important it bond financing, which required that we is that we travel the journey with Him. institution’s history, Dr. Behrens has announced that she will retire have a certain amount of cash in the Would you say that your career has BY DELONA LANG BELL AND RICHARD WEISMEYER bank at two fixed dates during the year. In both instances, we came right up been a spiritual journey? to the day when we needed this, and we Absolutely. Christ is central to all he president and chief executive care. But can you describe how that ulty model ways to provide spiritual care. didn’t have the needed money. The first living—our model as teacher, clinician, officer of Loma Linda Univer - happens? Recently, we have also established a world. An example is technology- occurred on July 1. The very day that we and leader. The most important realiza - T sity Adventist Health Sciences Illness equalizes all classes of taskforce to address the issue of physi - mediated distance education. It wasn’t needed to have the money in the bank, tion for me has been the need to live in Center, B. Lyn Behrens, MBBS, society, and often causes patients to cian wholeness. Our goal is to under - until the early 1990s that we had access we received two large payments for care the reality of His will, and to accept daily announced on December 12, 2007, that refocus on serious questions about life. stand how we might better nurture these to this technology, which has interna - and deposited the money in the bank His saving grace and love as my Messiah. she will retire from her leadership posi - Those with faith struggle with the ques - clinical mentors. tional implications for education and just in time to meet the deadline. Reading the Gospels through that tions in March of 2008. tions about where God is during such service outreach. At the December deadline, we had lens is very orienting to one’s behavior— “Dr. Behrens’ 17-year term as presi - times. And those who don’t have faith Isn’t asking physicians to give this The institution will also experience an even more significant occurrence. guided by our chosen values of compas - dent has been the longest for any presi - search for meaning. much to their patients challenging, growth. The hub here on campus will be Once again, we did not have the money sion, integrity, excellence, justice, dent in the institution’s history,” says During this critical time, health care particularly for medical students connected to satellite locations through to meet the minimal cash requirement freedom, purity, self-control, and Lowell Cooper, MDiv, MPH, chair of professionals can become agents of God’s whose hours haven’t historically people and technology. for our bond covenant, and it was humility. These are not just words on the LLUAHSC Board of Trustees and love to our patients. We listen to our contributed to wholeness? The Board has voted to build a unthinkable to default on a bond paper; they are a personal mandate to general vice president of the General patients’ hopes and dreams, lift up Christ, Yes, it is very challenging to main - pediatric and maternal academic campus requirement. me. I must also attend to my own whole - Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. and, as appropriate, pray with them. tain the wholeness of those who care for that will expand our capacity to care for We met together for special prayer. ness—the physical, intellectual, social, “She has given outstanding leadership This healing ministry matures and patients. Fortunately, the hours worked seriously ill patients here and globally A line of credit was needed as a financial emotional, and spiritual aspects of life. for the institutions on campus.” deepens over time as we stay connected by students, residents, and fellows have through telemedicine and collaborative bridge. Unfortunately, this would take That is an exciting and fulfilling personal Elder Cooper states that during Dr. with Christ. Our spiritual journey will been significantly improved since I was a exchanges. In addition, new and exciting two weeks, which of course would be journey. Behrens’ time in office, Loma Linda take us to deeper levels in our relation - resident, but it is a journey that needs to breakthroughs will emerge from innova - too late. We were told by our local bank University and Loma Linda University ship with Him, and that will impact the continue. tion and research. official that only one person in their San What most surprised you about Medical Center have experienced lives of those we serve. Our current centers of excellence— Francisco office was authorized to make leading this institution? remarkable growth and made important Thinking ahead to the future, how do cancer, heart, behavioral health, children, that decision and bypass their routine God’s intervention has been the contributions for health education and How is this ministry aspect of health you envision this institution looking in transplantation, women’s care, and the committee process. Unfortunately, he greatest surprise and joy. The dedication health care regionally and internationally. care incorporated into training for 10 years? orthopaedic, neurological and rehabilita - was on vacation. Still, she agreed to call, of those who are members of our institu - “Dr. Behrens has been very effec - students at LLU? First, I must emphasize three ways tion program, as well as other centers yet knowing the chance was remote that he tion never ceases to amaze me, as well. tive in creating and leading a team of Spirituality is an integral part of this in which the institution should stay the to be identified, will grow and touch would be in. As it turned out, he had One example of this dedication in partic - highly qualified and committed execu - institution. It is in the hearts of our fac - same as it is today. We must stay true to lives clinically and through education just walked into his office for a few ular stands out in my mind. When we tives,” he adds. “She moves to a well- ulty, staff, and clinicians. It is intention - our roots as an academic health center, and expanded research. moments. He received the call and were going through the toughest finan - earned retirement from such heavy ally woven into the curriculum. blending together education, health care, approved the request. Once again, we cial period, our employees joined the responsibilities, and does so with high Students are required to take reli - and research; we must include a focus on Where will the funding for these met our deadline. administration in taking cuts in their admiration and appreciation from the gion courses that address issues such as health promotion and disease prevention come from? Many times we have seen God’s salaries. They sacrificed to ensure the Trustees.” God and human suffering, living an eth - in all our models of care; and we must It will require careful stewardship of providence at work. To have lived these viability of this place. That is the same In a recent interview, DeLona Lang ical life, and maintaining a vital relation - continue to promote the concept of being resources. This is particularly challenging experiences is incredible. selfless dedication demonstrated by the Bell, president of CMBell Company and ship with God in the demanding world agents of God’s love and walking the as we seek to serve all who need our founders of Loma Linda. a consultant for LLUAHSC, sat down of health care. journey of illness with our patients—not care. Some dreams will only become a You’ve been the longest-serving presi - Further, every day our people pour with Dr. Behrens as she shared her They are asked to check their own just in North America, but also globally. reality as others choose to invest their dent in the history of this institution. out their lives in sacrificial service to thoughts and feelings while looking back moral compass and they learn how to We will be different, however, in resources in these projects and leave a What are the most significant lessons others. True humility is real in the lives on a long and fruitful tenure of service at make ethical professional decisions. some exciting new ways. The 21st cen - legacy to bless future generations. you’ve learned during your tenure in of even our most brilliant superstars. Loma Linda. They are taught about whole-person tury provides opportunities with tech - this position? Finally, I am impressed by the care, maintaining appropriate personal nology, transportation, and medical What evidences of God’s leading have I am convicted that Loma Linda is a blessings that we receive from service as I know you would say the Gospel and professional boundaries, and breakthroughs that transform the way you witnessed during your time here? divinely ordained organization. That car - we respond to our calling to serve glob - changes how we deliver health achieving balance in their lives. Our fac - health care can be delivered around the I could cite many examples of God’s ries accountability to God for what we ally, as well as locally.
2 · SCOPE · Fall / Winter 200 7–08 Dr. Lyn Behrens announces plans to retire Dr. Lyn Behrens announces plans to retire SCOPE · Fall / Winter 200 7–08 · 3 What about your past prepared you tion. Likewise, my colleagues have a What have been the biggest and has emphasized the value of for this position? vital spiritual life, and they bless me with challenges? healthful living. Research confirmed the Some major milestones during the Behrens years Rheumatic fever caused me to their wisdom, collaboration, and prayer Two challenges stand out in my scientific validity of this teaching. 1990 1998 spend nearly a year in bed when I was a partnership. I find excitement and mind. The first was the refocusing in ! Board of Trustees formally votes to ! LLUMC recognized as among child. I had a lot of time to think during renewal in discovering new and better 1990 of La Sierra and Loma Linda on What do you think is the biggest chal - recognize and designate Loma “America’s Best Hospitals” by U.S. that period. ways to translate our mission and vision their unique missions, which enabled lenge facing Loma Linda? Linda University (LLU) as a health News and World Report. At one point, there was concern that into a reality in the 21st century. Loma Linda to return to its roots as an I believe our biggest challenges will sciences university. ! U.S. postage stamp honoring organ the illness would be fatal. Fortunately academic health sciences center. The be fulfilling our vision of “transforming ! First patient treated at Proton donors unveiled at LLUMC. penicillin became available. Later, I What are the most significant accom - second was the financial challenges of lives” through increased growth, innova - Treatment Center. 1999 wondered if I would always be in bed, plishments you’ve witnessed at this the Medical Center that occurred during tion, and globalization, while keeping 1991 ! 100th liver transplant performed at unable to walk. I made a commitment to institution? the late 1990s. this institution distinctively and joyously ! Behavioral Medicine Center opens. LLUMC. God to spend my life serving others— I am grateful for the more than Adventist; sustaining our financial 1992 ! First stem-cell transplant performed Was there ever a time when you felt at LLUMC. hopefully as a physician. 17,000 students who have become our strength in the face of health care reform; ! Transplantation Institute founded. Our family had no funding to make alumni during this time, the countless that the task at hand was bigger and continuing to dream boldly about ! Office of Diversity established. 2000 that possible, so if God wanted that, patients who have been served, and the than you? the future and translating these God- 1993 ! First autologous stem-cell transplant He’d have to provide the financial breakthrough research that has occurred Every day. I’ve always said that inspired dreams into reality. performed at LLUMC. ! First kidney/pancreas transplant resources. He did, and the way opened here. Beyond that, the enormous growth people would know that the turnaround performed at Loma Linda University 2001 for me to receive all my education, in services to children has been unbe - in the Medical Center was of God’s Is there anything you wish you might Medical Center (LLUMC). ! World’s smallest pacemaker implanted including basic living support, through lievable—in 1966 there was only an doing, because there was nothing in my have done that you haven’t yet had ! Children’s Hospital opens. into infant at LLUMC. scholarships. eight-bed pediatric unit. Now the Chil - life that prepared me for the magnitude the opportunity to do? 1994 2002 dren’s Hospital is poised to have its own of the challenge. I wish I were 20 years younger! But ! Groundbreaking for Rehabilitation ! LLU Children’s Hospital opens new You’re the first woman to assume campus. In 1966, there were four pedi - Clearly, God worked through dedi - two things come to mind: First, I’d like Institute. pediatric emergency department. this role. Has that affected your posi - atric faculty and one resident, while now cated and competent people—our to provide opportunities for more donors ! Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, the most ! LLU opens new School of Pharmacy. tion, and if so, how? there are 117 faculty and 86 residents. administrative team, the Board, the turn - to live out their dreams of impacting the advanced hospital in mainland China, 2003 which LLUMC and the Adventist My being a woman was not the Further, we have witnessed transfor - around committee, and all the Medical world through philanthropy, especially as ! LLUMC named top company to focus of my work. My colleagues and I mation in care. For example, the James Center family made that happen. it relates to the pediatric and maternal Church have helped to establish and work for in Inland Empire. manage, opens. have always been united in our focus on M. Slater Proton Treatment and That was a journey of faith because academic campus. ! LLU adds School of Science the mission of this place. Research Center is a breakthrough tech - we realized that we had no room for error Secondly, I’d like to bring health, 1995 and Technology. nology for providing radiation medicine in our judgment—we had to make the healing, and wholeness to greater num - ! Drayson Center opens. 2004 ! Center for Molecular Biology and Leadership can be a discouraging therapy. Dr. Leonard Bailey proved correct decisions. We had an intense bers of disadvantaged persons around ! School of Dentistry assists new Gene Therapy opens. road. One sees all that there is to do. infant heart transplantation to be life- sense of prayerfulness during that period, the world. residency program in Armenia. ! Unveiling of bronzed Good One knows the inner challenges of saving. And our mental health program and we also relied on each other. Samaritan sculpture. 2005 ! the institution. What is it that keeps has remained viable in the face of You’ve put in very long days here. I ! SAC –Norton clinic opens. Centennial celebrations begin with “Fulfilling the Vision.” your courage up, that allows you to declining national funding. What do you think is Loma Linda can’t see you walking away from 1996 press on? Finally, there has been much- University Adventist Health Sciences Loma Linda completely. What are ! Centennial celebration: “Fulfilling the ! Roderick conjoined twins separated Health Care Vision.” Every day I must begin with time needed expansion of our facilities and Center’s unique contribution to the your retirement plans? at LLUCH. ! Centennial celebration: “Fulfilling the alone in prayer, Bible study, and reflec - financial base. At LLU, we have wit - Adventist Church? In the immediate future, I will give ! First bone marrow transplant Educational Vision.” nessed the construction of the Drayson Jon Paulien, PhD, dean of our focused attention to my family. Loma performed at LLUMC. 2006 Center, which exemplifies our motto “to School of Religion, has said that “Loma Linda will daily be a part of my prayer ! Baby Juan Santiago receives first skin make man whole;” the Coleman and Linda is the face of the Seventh-day life. I believe it has a profoundly impor - transplant at LLUMC. ! Groundbreaking for Centennial Complex and Pathway. Chan Shun Pavilions; and the Wong Adventist Church to the world.” tant place at this time in the world’s his - 1997 ! Centennial celebration: “Looking Kerlee International Conference Center. We live at the intersection between tory. If I can be helpful in pursuing the ! Center for Spiritual Life Backward to the Future.” & Wholeness opens. The Centennial Complex is cur - the Church and the community—both institutional agenda in any small way, I ! Exactly 100 years almost to the day rently under construction as well. At local and international. We have a pro - would be willing to do that. ! Wong Kerlee International Conference from first dedication service, “Campus LLUMC, growth in the Children’s Hos - found responsibility to be consistent Center opens. Dedication Service” takes place. ! Coleman and Chan Shun pital facilities, the transformation of the ambassadors for God. If you could give one final message to ! LLUMC announces plans for new Pavilions open. East Campus, and enhancement of the the alumni, students, staff, and fac - Ambulatory Care Pavilion/Outpatient ! Loma Linda University Adventist Facility. Behavioral Medicine Center have taken How does the Adventist perspective ulty here, what would it be? Health Sciences Center created. 2007 place. Also, endowments are being impact health care? Experience the joy of living each ! Ronald McDonald House opens. ! developed to keep education affordable, From the beginning, the Adventist day, receiving God’s gifts of love and ! Center for Joint Replacement opens. East Campus opens new rehabilitation- Dr. Behrens addresses guests during to support research, and to help fund Church has recognized the impact of saving grace, and personally being about oriented park. ! Global Health Institute established. one of the centennial events. health care for the most needy. lifestyle choices on personal well-being God’s agenda in the world. SCOPE
4 · SCOPE · Fall / Winter 200 7–08 Dr. Lyn Behrens announces plans to retire Dr. Lyn Behrens announces plans to retire SCOPE · Fall / Winter 200 7–08 · 5 What in the world is AHI? Adventist Health International celebrates its 10th year of strengthening Adventist health systems in the developing world
BY RICHARD H. H ART , MD, D RPH
t began in the scientific and aca - were charged to take the next few our efforts elsewhere. Others thought the demic affairs committee of the Uni - months to assess the issues involved and secular world had taken up the provision I versity’s Board of Trustees. On a come up with a potential strategy that of health care, and there was no longer a board day in 1996, the LLU strategic Loma Linda could use to help with these need for church-based services. Still plan was being presented for routine problems. A small group of faculty was others felt that our young professionals approval. The plan was full of our usual assembled and started meeting regularly were simply not interested in mission commitments to Adventist health care for vigorous discussions on each issue. service, and this result was inevitable. worldwide. Ron Wisbey, a board member We recognized many of the usual The final issue that seemed to scare at the time, asked the simple question, culprits, including diminishing Church many was the threat of ascending lia - “Do you really mean all this? And if so, support from North America, resulting in bility, the fear that someone would sue how are you going to do it?” decreased budgets for missionaries and us for poor care abroad and jeopardize This simple query turned into a less institutional subsidies. But this led to the Church’s resources. lengthy discussion regarding the many the question of “Why is this happening, As our small group reviewed each challenges facing the Church’s health and can it be reversed?” We surmised issue, from the perspective of global fac - care institutions worldwide. Many hospi - that the real issue was a decreased ulty with international experience, we tals were struggling to maintain quality interest—even burnout—for traditional started formulating a strategy. First, we services, and were suffering from poor international mission work. There were concluded the real problem was not a lack finances and low employee morale. For just too many stories of frustrated profes - of resources, but poor management those of us who knew these institutions, sionals, deteriorating national politics, caused by limited board governance and they seemed to be on a long downhill threats to safety, misappropriation of lack of leadership skills. If we could fix slide, with little hope of recovery. Unfor - funds, and struggling national economies. that problem, we felt donors would once tunately, the local church leadership was Many had concluded that the problems again support our institutions. We also talking little about the problem, mainly were simply more than the Church could were sure that young Adventist profes - because no one was sure what to do. And solve. In addition, there was a widespread sionals, both from Loma Linda University most of the medical missionaries had lack of awareness about the state of these and abroad, if offered the chance to serve been sent home long ago due to hospitals and how much they had deteri - in a quality institution, would provide the decreased budgets. orated. Most Church members still skills and energy necessary to bring these thought we were leading the pack, not institutions back to life once again. Assessing the issues dragging in the dust. And with health care needs Out of that committee discussion increasing, not decreasing, developing grew a major assignment. As dean of the Should it be fixed? countries certainly still needed our help. School of Public Health and a concerned After some months, our committee Life expectancy at birth, a common committee member, I was asked to chair started engaging others in the discussion. measure of health care, was dropping a committee addressing the situation. We Did we really want to fix this problem, or rapidly throughout Africa. There was cer - should we just declare an era had passed tainly no basis for saying the world did and let these institutions eventually not need our particular approach to close? Some of the answers shocked us, health and healing. A young girl poses for a photo on the as a number of Church leaders felt the grounds of Yuka Adventist Hospital, issue was too complex and too expensive Laying the foundation in Zambia. The hospital joined AHI to try and solve. It was easier to just let In 1997, we took a proposal back to in 2002. these hospitals gradually die and focus our Loma Linda University Board to
What in the world is AHI? SCOPE · Fall / Winter 200 7–08 · 7 establish what we had started calling Adventist Health International. This new organization eventually came to have ADVENTIST HEALTH INTERNATIONAL seven corporate members—the General Countries Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda Uni - versity Medical Center, Adventist Devel - opment and Relief Agency (ADRA International), Adventist Health, Kettering Medical Network, and Adventist Health - care Inc. Careful legal discussions were held to best protect the “deep pockets” of these established institutions, while pro - viding the support necessary to help our struggling partners in service abroad. AHI Haiti was fully registered as a 501(c)3 non-profit Nigeria Tchad organization in 1999. Trinidad Honduras Guyana Beré Adventist Hospital has seen a resurgence after joining AHI, led by James Ethiopia The first hospitals Appel, MD, a graduate of Loma Linda University. Above, Dr. Appel (third Cameroon Rwanda In the fall of 1997, the General Con - from left) poses for a picture with newly made friends. Venezuela ference offered two hospitals to the new Malawi organization (AHI). Would our new inpatients and was bankrupt. In our had led to unpaid bills, bad credit in the strategies work? Both of these hospitals enthusiasm and belief that we could community, low employee morale, and Zambia were ready to close if help was not pro - make a difference, we accepted the chal - dysfunctional systems. Staff with better vided. Gimbie Adventist Hospital in lenge and began work. employment opportunities had left long western Ethiopia had deteriorated badly. New staff who shared our vision ago. It was difficult to convince people The local government had given the were recruited, buildings and equip - who had the skills we wanted and Church 12 months (six of these had ment were repaired, and the long road needed that things would be different already passed) to fix the hospital or the to recovery began. We began to experi - with the new system. They had heard it institution would be closed. Davis ence all the problems encountered all before. It was a real challenge to give clinics in 12 countries that are now part of coming once again from these institu - professionals. Interest in missions has Memorial Hospital, in Guyana, was when an institution suffers this much. them hope once again. the AHI network. tions. It is clear that the local people never been higher at Loma Linda Uni - caring for an average of two to three Poor accounting and mismanagement and governments want us to be there versity. Growing numbers of students are The tide turns Establishing self-sufficiency and help with the many challenges of asking to serve abroad after graduation. Gradually the tide started turning. We learned it takes about 5 years to providing health care in the Majority We are still struggling with adequate Hospital staffs were right-sized, with turn a hospital around and make it self- World. The needs are immense. The financial support, and have set up a reduction of redundant employees. New sufficient. It can be done, even in the impact of the “Big Three” infections— Global Scholarship Fund that can assist leadership brought effective management poorest countries. Careful governance HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, as with their educational loans while they to each institution. Patients started and management, obtaining appropriate well as many other illnesses and go to serve. The local health profes - returning. Bills were gradually paid. grants and contracts, recruiting and injuries—continues to plague these sionals in each country are also increas - Accounting systems were introduced and training quality staff, and maintaining communities. In many countries, life ingly willing to cast their employment monitored. National hospital boards were good donor relationships have been expectancy at birth has dropped from future with the Church, believing they established in each country with expertise essential to this success. Essentially all of the mid 50s to 45 years and even lower. can now have the kind of practice and in governing hospitals. And hope gradu - our current 21 hospitals are operationally We invite you to visit our website at career they desire. ally returned as progress was made. solvent, though with narrow margins in
8 · SCOPE · Fall / Winter 200 7–08 What in the world is AHI? What in the world is AHI? SCOPE · Fall / Winter 200 7–08 · 9 Table 1. Table 2. Adventist Health International Board providing around $1 million annually. Adventist Health International Services Board These dollars are stretched far, as all the Lowell C. Cooper, vice president (CHAIR ) Allan R. Handysides, director officers of AHI volunteer their time in Lowell C. Cooper, vice president (CHAIR ) General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Health and Temperance Department General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists addition to their “regular” responsibili - B. Lyn Behrens, president ties. We here at Loma Linda are blessed B. Lyn Behrens, president Loma Linda University Adventist Richard H. Hart, president as we experience the support of col - Loma Linda University Adventist Health Sciences Center Health Sciences Center Adventist Health International leagues who value the work of AHI. Ronald K. Benfield, vice president and CFO Mardian Blair, president emeritus Harold L. Lee, retired president Shady Grove Adventist Hospital Adventist Health System/Sunbelt Adventist Healthcare, Inc. & Kettering Adventist Healthcare Expansion of AHI Richard H. Hart, president Maitland DiPinto, director, Hope for Humanity What does the future hold? We do Adventist Health International Services Kevin J. Lang, vice president for financial affairs Larry Dodds, senior vice president Loma Linda University Medical Center not know for sure. We continue to grad - Pardon K. Mwansa, vice president Adventist Health System/West ually expand as resources are available General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Pardon Mwansa, vice president and requests come in. A number of George Egwakhe, associate treasurer General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Donald G. Pursley, retired University administrator General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists other institutions and countries are Claude Sabot, associate secretary waiting to join, while others are Brett A. Spenst, vice president, finance and operations Ruthita Fike, administrator/CEO General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Kettering Medical Center Loma Linda University Medical Center watching and wondering about this new Charles Sandefur Jr., president organization. There is always a certain Jacqueline Wosinski, student and Swiss national Adventist Development and Relief Agency hesitancy to share management respon - The kindergarten class at Palo Cedro Seventh-day Adventist Church raised sibility, which gives some local church $500 in quarters for Beré Adventist Hospital, Tchad. leaders hesitancy about joining AHI. expand our services to areas with no elsewhere. The AHI board membership Donn Gaede, DrPH, assistant professor, There are probably 50 more hospitals again are sometimes painful. But God’s should remain in the health care busi - Church presence are available regularly. is shown in Table 2. We have recently global health, School of Public Health, that need serious help. It is hoped that blessings are evident as we remain ness, and it can be done successfully! There are now four schools of nursing formed a new organization called AHI serves as the secretary of AHI, and Lew this will come from somewhere before it under His direction. Clearly the benefits once again stable in AHI hospitals. More Services (AHIS), incorporated in Switzer - Mowery Jr., CPA, director of internal is too late. The discipline and structures of quality health institutions to the Richard H. Hart, MD, DrPH, is president of educational programs are planned. Often land, to further protect the Church’s insti - audit for Loma Linda University Adven - necessary to make these places strong Church’s objectives have proven that we Adventist Health International. SCOPE graduates of such programs are the seeds tutions from ascending liability. Though tist Health Sciences Center, serves as our of Church growth. none of us will live in Switzerland, this chief financial officer. Jerry Daly, MA, seemed the best approach to provide MSLS, associate director of our new LLU students take on AHI hospital as mission project Broad involvement with AHI more direct managerial support for the Global Health Institute (GHI), coordi - While AHI began at Loma Linda national AHIS organizations. The AHIS nates equipment and logistics. Jan Loma Linda University students, students at California State University University, it is now reaching out for board is shown in Table 1. Zumwalt, RN, MS, MBA, also associate in cooperation with Adventist Health in San Bernardino.” expertise and assistance from our other There are many who assist with this director of GHI, coordinates nursing serv - International, have “adopted” an Malawi is one of the 10 poorest hospital systems in the United States and effort here at Loma Linda University. ices. Albin Grohar, PhD, executive African hospital in Malawi as a mis - nations in the world. Approximately a director of advancement, manages our sion project for the 2007–2008 million children are orphaned as a result fundraising efforts. Dustin Jones, MA, school year. of AIDS. Approximately 70 percent of special projects editor, office of Univer - Since joining AHI in 2005, hospital patients in Malawi are sity relations, produces our Annual Report , administrators and employees of HIV positive. DVDs, and other informational services Malamulo Adventist Hospital (MAH) One of the major projects taken on featuring AHI. Quint Nicola, DDS, assis - have been working with the assistance by the students includes a water purifi - tant professor, School of Dentistry, man - of AHI to stabilize the institution. cation system for the Malamulo Adven - ages the dental services for AHI. Ten With one of the best physical plants in tist Hospital campus. Estimated total dental clinics are now a part of AHI. all of Africa, MAH represents great cost for the water project is $50,000. Beyond this group of officers, there are potential for the Church. Other components in the Malawi many others who contribute their time The Malawi project is an project include education, communica - and energy for specific needs. endeavor by Loma Linda University tions, malaria, health care, and AIDS. students and others to help Malamulo MD/PhD student. “Many individuals “For instance, it costs only $50 to Building new partnerships Adventist Hospital by expanding the are involved in the project including prepare a soccer field for students,” One of the most gratifying parts of health care and education projects at students from all LLU schools, various Ms. Apigian says. “School books for this movement has been the response of the medical facility. clubs on campus, public schools in San one student for an entire year cost only donors, both in the Church and beyond. “This project, initiated by Loma Bernardino, local Seventh-day Adven - $35—a small amount for us, but a huge Gimbie Adventist Hospital, Ethiopia, was one of the first hospitals to join AHI. The many needs of these institutions are Linda University students, continues to tist academies, students at the Univer - amount for a student taking nursing Since then, a new hospital structure has been built, along with a nursing school. supported by both large and small gifts, grow daily,” says Aimie Apigian, an sity of California, Riverside, and at Malamulo.”
10 · SCOPE · Fall / Winter 200 7–08 What in the world is AHI? What in the world is AHI? SCOPE · Fall / Winter 200 7–08 · 11 Mission to Nicaragua Sixty-eight volunteers staff seven dental clinics in Nicaragua
BY NANCY YUEN
he sun beat down mercilessly on classrooms were adorned with brightly They had raised $1,800 from car the elementary school grounds colored posters on stress reduction, oral washes and recycling prior to the trip, T in Anexo Villa Liberdad, health care, nutrition, natural remedies and had raised an additional $1,300 in Nicaragua, where the Students for Inter - such as charcoal, and body mechanics. matching funds. The $1,800 was used for national Mission Service community The health fair was the culmina - education supplies, vitamins, and other health fair was being held. tion of a public health nursing course incentives that were used and/or given The heat and humidity were taught by Kathie Ingram, MS, RN, out at the health fair. extreme; all of the sunscreen, mosquito assistant professor, and Anne Berit “As for the matching funds,” says repellent, and makeup I had applied ear - Petersen, MS, MPH, assistant pro - Ms. Petersen, “the students were so lier in the day were now in puddles fessor, School of Nursing. moved by the conditions in the commu - inside my shoes. Working with Martine Polycarpe, nity surrounding the Acahualinca Ele - Setting down more than 30 pounds MPH, immediate past director of Stu - mentary School that they set up a fund of video gear inside a darkened class - dents for International Mission Service, offering grants to organizations working room, I placed the camera on a tripod they collaborated with UPOLI faculty in the community, with the focus on and captured students from the LLU months before the trip. LLU students improving the community’s health.” Schools of Nursing and Allied Health met with UPOLI nursing students the Professions (physical therapy), giving day before the event to polish their pre - Mission to Nicaragua health talks. Side by side with nursing sentations and create posters. “This The SIMS health fair held in June students from Nicaragua, they interacted proved invaluable,” says Ms. Petersen. 2007 is part of an annual mission to with the audience, demonstrating how to “They made our students aware of the Nicaragua that first took place eight safely pick up heavy packages in one area’s unique public health needs.” years ago after School of Dentistry session. In adjacent classrooms the stu - The students also presented health alumnus Mark Carpenter, DDS, MPH, dents gave presentations on diet and dis - talks at an elementary school. attended a presentation given by a tributed samples of dried local fruit; they also gave away toothbrushes.* The town’s electricity wasn’t working, and so the lone electric fan in the classroom remained silent. Inside classrooms, women and chil - dren sat at student desks, listening and asking questions as nursing students from Universidad Politecnica de Nicaragua (UPOLI) translated. The
The dental clinic at Colegio Bautista (an elementary school in Nicaragua) has been held for eight years. Inset (from left): Lisa Gortari, Kurt Sturz, DDS, and Jeff Firestone pose with a Students from LLU (wearing blue uniforms) and Universidad Politecnica de young patient. Nicaragua held a community health fair.
Mission to Nicaragua SCOPE · Fall / Winter 200 7–08 · 13 Nicaraguan physician at the First Baptist Church in Redlands. Inspired by the picture that was painted of the country’s extreme need (it is the second poorest country in South America), Dr. Carpenter took action, establishing a dental clinic at Colegio Bautista and an elementary school in San Marcos. And his passion has spread. In mid-2007, staff in his dental office adopted a small town in Nicaragua. More than 100 children who attend Thomas Rogers, DDS, MPH, Acahualinca Elementary School associate professor, dental educational (ACS) work half days in the city services, joined the team in 2003. The dump, collecting recyclables to sup - yearly mission has flourished under port their families. The dental volun - their guidance along with that of teers provide care to them at ACS. Henry (Hank) Mercado, DDS, a friend Tom Chen, DDS, works with dental Nursing students from LLU teach a and colleague of Drs. Carpenter and Members of the Nicaraguan mission team attend a farewell celebration with student Yojin Chon. class to Nicaraguan children. LLUMC physician: Jason Smith Rogers, who joined the team in 2002. some of their young patients. LLUMC nurse anesthetists: This year 68 volunteers—consisting worked together, listening to their young life’s work and are now dental students Mary Brady and Nina Cortez of faculty and alumni from the Schools of People are depending on us.” who grow produce to feed the country patients. Dental hygiene student in their final months of training in the U.S. dental hygienist: Ruth Smith Dentistry and Nursing, along with And so when the team travels to received dental care. Chelsea Doyle befriended a young School of Dentistry. LLU dental students: Lance Alder, Vita dental, dental hygiene, and physical Nicaragua for the ninth time in June patient who encouraged her to come Outside the dental clinic at the Borishkevich, Yojin Chon, Tri Duong, therapy students, participated. And a 2008, the Colegio Bautista clinic will be Stories of service back to Nicaragua as an exchange stu - Carmelite Convent, generators and con - Denver Eslinger, Jeff Firestone, Lisa total of 1,029 dental patients received held for the ninth year. “As our team has Work didn’t stop when the clinics dent. Chelsea noticed that one of her tainers of fuel were neatly lined up and Gortari, Brent Hiebert, Sherin Johnson, care at seven clinical sites during the treated the students, they have become closed for the evening. Several young front teeth was discolored and learned cords wrapped with precision, cared for Susan Lee, Nick Marongiu, Kari two-week mission (June 8 to 23, 2007). our friends,” says Dr. Rogers. “It has patients had had front teeth extracted, that the child had injured her tooth by Bill Bagnells, a retired firefighter. “I McCloskey, Tate Montgomery, Gerard Drs. Carpenter, Mercado, and been rewarding to see them grow and leaving a gap. They felt self-conscious when she fell off her bike. Chelsea asked was a fireman my whole career,” he says, Sabate, Angella Santos, Nicholas Wilson, Rogers each participated in dental mis - finish school.” when they smiled or spoke. After volun - dental student Lisa Gortari to examine “and this is the most fun I’ve had in my and Ryan Wilson sion trips (now organized by the School’s After they receive their dental care, teers made several trips to town for sup - the tooth and, with the guidance of Tom entire life.” LLU dental hygiene students: service learning program) while they and when they are asked what they want plies, Jeff Firestone and Tri Duong Chen, DDS, they fixed the tooth, Brent and Patti Allan, friends of Dr. Rivann Chea and Chelsea Doyle were students at LLU. And each is con - to be when they grow up, several of the worked past midnight outside the dorms bringing hugs and smiles from the Carpenter, spent countless hours in ster - U.S. assisting personnel: Brent and Patti vinced that these early experiences per - youngsters excitedly reply, “Dentista!” where the group was staying. They used young patient. ilization, running generators, and Allan; Bill Bagnells; Michelle Bernal; forming short-term mission projects In addition to Colegio Bautista, the what they had learned during a course in assisting at virtually every clinic site. Mara Brady; Barbi Carpenter; Alice helped shape their life goals. clinical sites now include a dental clinic restorative dentistry (prosthodontics), Volunteers Each night while the volunteers ate Chen; Bob Denham; Kari Firestone; Erin Drs. Carpenter and Rogers meet for the school staff at Ave Maria College, and created temporary partial dentures At each busy clinical site, support dinner, the Allans tallied the hundreds of and Francis French; Akala Lemus; twice each week throughout the year to where the entire team stays in dormito - for these young patients. staff make it possible for the dentists patients and procedures that had taken Rachel Mercado; Quinn Montgomery; follow up on tasks that developed during ries; an elementary school near the One morning Ricardo Lopez, a and students to treat more patients— place that day. Brent also took more than Shawna Newbold; Esther, Andrew, and the previous mission, and to plan the Acahualinca dump in Managua, where young patient who had received his tem - volunteers sort and organize dental sup - 1,000 photos to document the trip. Lindsay Valenzuela next year’s trip. They meet during the hundreds of children work every day col - porary denture the day before, delivered plies, spend long hours sterilizing Students for International Mission predawn hours every Tuesday with Dr. lecting recyclables to help support their a hand-written note addressed to his stu - equipment, and keep generators run - *Editor’s note: Video from “Nathan’s Service (SIMS): Martine Polycarpe, Mercado, and with others on Thursday families; and a clinic for children with dent dentist, Jeff Firestone. It read: ning to power handpieces and equip - Project,” one of the seven clinical sites, is on immediate past director mornings while it’s so early that many in special needs (held at Hospital Velez Esteemed doctor, the reason for the ment. When there is not enough support “Loma Linda 360˚,” segment 5; available on LLU School of Nursing faculty: the city are still asleep. Paiz, a children’s hospital in Managua). present [meaning the note], is to sincerely staff, the dentists pitch in. On the
14 · SCOPE · Fall / Winter 200 7–08 Mission to Nicaragua Mission to Nicaragua SCOPE · Fall / Winter 200 7–08 · 15 Consumed by eating disorders Two individuals struggled with anorexia. Today they are recovering, thanks to their hard work at the Behavioral Medicine Center
BY HEATHER REIFSNYDER
ammy, a 25-year-old from can accept myself for who I am, instead of where she couldn’t get out of bed. Corona, California, enjoys kids trying to push myself as I had for so long.” She spent three months this past T and used to teach preschool. But This transformation came about summer in treatment at the BMC. something forced her to give up this job: because Tammy sought help from her Meegan believes that this time, she has an eating disorder she had struggled with school’s counseling center, where she been able to truly beat the disorder. since approximately age 15. Due to was referred to the eating disorder pro - “The program at Loma Linda anorexia nervosa, Tammy would periodi - gram at Loma Linda University Behav - helped me to address my issues and get to cally faint. ioral Medicine Center (BMC). the root cause of my problems,” she says. “I didn’t want to be passing out in front of my students,” she says. Meegan’s story Dangerous disorders, life-saving help Still, she planned to become an Yucaipa, California, resident The Behavioral Medicine Center, educator, so in college, she is pursuing Meegan, 44, is also living a changed life which opened in 1991, offers treatment liberal studies with an emphasis in child because of her experience in the eating for a variety of behavioral and emotional and human development. In December disorder program at BMC. She looks problems, including anxiety disorders; 2006, she spoke with one of her profes - healthy, she feels healthy—she depression; issues stemming from phys - sors about her struggle with anorexia. is healthy. ical, sexual, or emotional abuse; The professor encouraged her to get “Being able to be comfortable with addictions; suicidal tendencies; help. Together, they considered a ques - my body makes me able to also be more and eating disorders. tion that had been weighing on Tammy’s comfortable with myself as a person,” According to the National Institute mind: How would she be able to help she says. of Mental Health, eating disorders are children, and their families, if she Meegan had struggled off and on medical illnesses with roots in under - couldn’t even address her own needs? with anorexia for about 30 years. In her lying biological and psychological Now, about one year later, Tammy early 20s, she was hospitalized for concerns. has a dramatically different life. No treatment. Since then, she’s relapsed The BMC treats the two main types longer is she slowly starving herself. three times. of eating disorders—anorexia nervosa Instead, she is journeying on the road of Her most recent relapse—the one and bulimia nervosa. recovery. She’s also on track to graduate that caused her to come to BMC—began Anorexia is a disease of self-inflicted from college this coming May and hopes in the summer of 2006 after a spider bit undernourishment, driven by a distorted to work with young children again. This her, causing a bacterial infection that left body image and the desire to be thin. time, she won’t have to worry about Meegan ill for a month. As a result, she Anorexics strive to keep their weight passing out. lost quite a bit of weight—and liked the down in various ways: dieting, excessive “I’m filled with joy instead of con - results. This opened the door to her old exercise, self-induced vomiting, and mis - stantly feeling miserable,” she says. “I’m struggles with anorexia. using laxatives, diuretics, or enemas. actually living life and enjoying it, and I “It just automatically kicked in,” Anorexia can lead to medical com - she remembers. plications and symptoms including: For months, Meegan thought she’d ® Thinning of the bones be able to get a handle on the problem, ® Brittle hair and nails For some individuals, food becomes but it spun out of control. Her weight ® Dry and yellowish skin an obsession that takes over their dropped to just under 100 pounds. In ® Growth of fine hair over the body lives—whether it is overeating, addition to barely eating, she was using a ® Anemia purging, or denying themselves food. lot of laxatives. She reached a point ® Muscle weakness and loss
Consumed by eating disorders SCOPE · Fall / Winter 200 7–08 · 17 ® Constipation individual and group sessions. Family especially exhausting—and helpful. ishing her treatment—Lisa.* ® Low blood pressure members can also participate in “After going through the program, Since leaving treatment, Lisa had ® Slowed breathing and pulse Eating disorder resources therapy; for adolescent patients, this is I think that for the first time in my life, experienced a day where she tem - ® Reduced body temperature a requirement. I’m able to look in a mirror and see porarily slipped back into old behaviors. ® Lethargy Loma Linda University Behavioral Medicine Center Addressing the root cause of eating myself for what I am, instead of seeing She is assured by Ms. Hamilton and Some medical complications—such www.llu.edu/llubmc/eatingdisorder/index.html disorders is key to recovery. Both a distorted image,” she says. the rest of the group that it’s O.K.—it’s as impaired cardiac function, electrolyte (800) 752-5999 Tammy and Meegan say they were Finally, a Christian perspective is good—to share such bumps in the road. imbalance, and fluid imbalance—can able to work through some of the issues integrated into the treatment. A spiritu - That’s exactly what they are there for. result in death. that contributed to their anorexia. ality group meets once a week, and The women go around the room in Thankfully, despite her years of National Eating Disorders Association “There are a lot of misconceptions one-on-one time with a chaplain is a circle, each updating the others on struggling off and on with anorexia, www.nationaleatingdisorders.org about eating disorders,” Tammy says. also available. what is going on with life. Meegan says Meegan never experienced any major (800) 931-2237 “Some people say, ‘Oh, just eat; you’ll Tammy has always been a Chris - things are going great—apart from her complications. feel better.’ It’s not that simple. It’s tian, but she attributes a lot of her new- highly stressful job. “I’m one of the lucky ones,” very complex and it usually stems from found joy to a deepened relationship Amanda is doing well overall but she says. National Institute of Mental Health experiences, trauma, or years of dis - with God, to whom she can give faces decisions about her education and Tammy has not been as fortunate www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/eating-disorders/index.shtml torted thinking.” her problems. career plans. Lisa is struggling with in this regard. Her anorexia led to con - Tammy was sexually and emotion - “I always did what I wanted; I panic attacks, as well as concerns about ditions including osteopenia—a pre - ally abused as a child, and she now thought I knew what was right for me,” her child. cursor to osteoporosis; cardiac and MedlinePlus believes this to be the primary cause of she explains. “Now, it’s God’s will I Sarah talks about her relationship thyroid problems; migraines; low blood www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/eatingdisorders.html her eating disorder. follow. I’m going to do what He wants with her brother, how she had to get a pressure; electrolyte imbalance Meegan, too, was sexually abused and trust in Him.” new therapist because her previous one resulting in severe edema in her legs during childhood, and she also thinks was behaving unprofessionally, and how and feet, requiring bedrest; and severe this laid the seeds for her eating dis - Life after treatment school has been really hectic. digestive problems. of care for residents of the Inland to medical complications—are the most order. Physically, she developed early, After spending approximately four It’s a mixed bag for Tammy. She is Within a month following her Empire region. lethal of all the mental illnesses,” says and the perpetrator told her that what weeks in the partial hospitalization pro - happy that she is almost done with her treatment at the BMC, most of these The program has two compo - Sandy Alechman, RN, nurse manager happened was her fault—because she gram, patients transfer to the intensive medical tests, but on the other hand, complications had resolved themselves nents—an adult program, for ages 18 of the eating disorder program. looked the way she did. outpatient program for another four to she’s experienced some difficulties with now that Tammy was getting proper and over, and an adolescent program “As patients progress in treatment, Furthermore, Meegan was a ballet six weeks—four hours a day spent at her family. nutrition. However, the osteopenia may that treats 13- to 17-year-olds. you can see the improvement in their dancer. She began dancing when she BMC, the rest of the day spent transi - For everyone in the room, life can never go away. And her digestive prob - Patients go through a major trans - mental, cognitive, emotional, and phys - was 3 years old, and by about age 14, tioning back into regular life. be complicated, with ups and downs. lems—which doctors are still trying to formation during treatment, says Robyn ical well-being,” she explains. she was dancing seriously, eventually Once patients leave the BMC pro - Aftercare group helps them stay on the diagnose—continue, as do occasional Hamilton, MS, a clinical therapist. Patients begin their care in the signing on with a ballet company. gram, their work is not over. They are track of coping with stress and pain migraines. “It’s as drastic as the difference partial hospitalization program, which In the ballet world, she faced enor - still encouraged to meet individually in a healthy manner, using the new Bulimia—a disease marked by a between a caterpillar and a butterfly,” involves spending about seven hours mous pressure to be ultra-thin. Her with a therapist of their choosing. Fur - skills they were taught as they went cycle of binge-eating followed by she says. “They have been so per day, five days a week, at the Behav - dancing instructors would tell her she thermore, for six months after discharge, through treatment. purging, fasting, or exercising too entrenched in their poor relationships ioral Medicine Center. The work weighed too much. Her father over - graduates of the program are invited to At the end of the session, the much—can also lead to medical com - with their bodies that they haven’t includes group sessions, one-on-one heard this and started putting the same attend an aftercare group that meets women walk out of the room and head plications, including electrolyte imbal - been living fully.” sessions with treatment coordinators, pressure on her at home. weekly on Tuesdays. to their cars. Back to life with the walls ance, gastrointestinal problems, It takes a lot of intense work on the and family participation. “It festered and kept going on and “When you leave the program, of their eating disorders torn down. oral/tooth problems, kidney problems, patient’s part—as well as the expertise Each day includes two meals and getting worse until being thin became you’re on a high. You feel indestruc - “I would not be in the place I am and severe dehydration. of an interdisciplinary treatment team— two snacks; naturally, this can be diffi - an obsession,” she remembers. tible,” Meegan says. “Then reality sets today without going to the BMC for Like people with anorexia, those to make this change possible. cult for patients who are extremely con - Besides therapy, education is in. With the aftercare group, if we’re treatment and learning from the people struggling with bulimia are unsatisfied Patients work with a psychiatrist, cerned about their weight. another key component of treatment. struggling, we have a place to vent, cry, there that I did,” Tammy says. “I’m with their bodies. However, they are registered nurses, clinical therapists, a “You come from a place where Patients are taught about nutrition, talk about anything.” very thankful and I feel so blessed not necessarily underweight. The registered dietitian, clinical counselors, you’re barely eating,” Meegan says. stress management, coping skills, and Aftercare is also a place for gradu - that I had the opportunity to learn majority of people with bulimia are of and chaplains. This team offers a struc - “Consuming breakfast and lunch, as goal-setting, for example. They are also ates to hold each other accountable. so much.” average weight. tured program that provides holistic well as two snacks, while you’re taught very practical matters, such as On a late Tuesday afternoon in She adds, “I believe that I will care addressing physical, psychosocial, there—it seems like a massive amount how to grocery shop or eat in restau - early November, aftercare convenes at be O.K. and that I’ll be one who Metamorphosis and spiritual needs. of food.” rants in a healthy manner. the BMC, led by Ms. Hamilton. Gath - recovers.” Accredited by the Joint Commis - “As a nurse, I find helping the But eating is just the start of the Body image work also figures into ered in the room with her are four reg - sion, the BMC’s outpatient eating dis - eating disorder population very ful - work that goes on. Therapy, of course, treatment. For Meegan, this training to ulars in the group, as well as one who *Some names have been changed to protect order program is an important source filling, because eating disorders—due plays a big role. Patients attend both learn how to accept one’s own body was has come for the first time after fin - privacy. SCOPE
18 · SCOPE · Fall / Winter 200 7–08 Consumed by eating disorders Consumed by eating disorders SCOPE · Fall / Winter 200 7–08 · 19 The Pettis papers dedication LLUAHSC honors two people who chose to live extraordinary lives.
BY PATRICIA THIO
t was a day of celebrating the legacy The young Jerry to start immediately.” of two people who served their Jerry Lyle Pettis was born at the The surprised President W.E. I country, led their community, and close of World War I. Born on a farm in Nelson asked, “What kind of work can enriched Loma Linda University. On Phoenix, Arizona; he often admitted you do?” November 28, LLUAHSC dedicated the that he could milk a cow with the best “I can do anything and everything Jerry L. Pettis Congressional papers and of them. That is how he added money that needs doing on a farm,” Jerry Shirley N. Pettis Congressional papers to his pockets and the way he even paid promptly replied. “I worked the last two that were generously donated by the for his education. years on a dairy farm in Arizona.” Honorable Shirley N. Pettis-Roberson. After graduating from high school, The president was pleased with his “Loma Linda has been a special the nearly 17 year old wanted to attend answer. Most students were city kids place to Jerry and me, and I’m so hon - Pacific Union College (PUC) in Angwin, and didn’t know a thing about the farm. ored that this great University will house California. There was one problem: He Now Jerry could help the college farm the joint record of our Congressional didn’t have enough money. So the deter - provide food for the school and pay for service,” stated the Honorable Shirley N. mined young man hitchhiked to PUC his education. Pettis-Roberson. and walked into the president’s office. He majored in speech and minored The day began with a dedication “I’m here to enroll in college,” in history and Bible. His freshman year program held during the University stu - stated the young Jerry. “I’ll need to he became president of the speech dent convocation. About 2,000 people work all I can this summer to get club, and he served as class president attended the event at University Church, a credit built up, and so I’d like his junior and senior years. including special guests. “Today we are recognizing public service,” explained Ruthita Fike, MA, CEO of LLUMC. “I would like to acknowledge two very special guests present on the platform: former First Lady Barbara Bush and Representative Jerry Lewis of the 41st Congressional District.” Richard H. Hart, MD, DrPH, chancellor of LLU, noted “The remarkable gift of the Congressional papers and assorted memorabilia from the Honorable Jerry Pettis and Shirley Pettis will give our generation and future generations the privilege of remembering and marveling. For indeed these are ordinary people who lived extraordinary lives as they moved comfortably between our local commu - Former First Lady Barbara Bush (left) and Representative Jerry Lewis nity and its issues and the highest applaud the Honorable Shirley Pettis-Roberson during the dedication program. reaches of government.” Photo credit: LaFonzo Rachal Carter / The Sun (San Bernardino)
The Pettis papers dedication SCOPE · Fall / Winter 200 7–08 · 21 The young Shirley Dr. Lewis invited her over for lunch good Congresswoman.’ We’d laugh. But During the “Roaring 20s,” Shirley after church. While walking to the front I remembered it. I realized that there Neil McCumber was born, 700 miles door, she heard an unrecognizable melo - were many unfinished things that he away from where Jerry grew up in dious voice. would have really wanted to finish—bills Mountain View, California. She lived a “I went to the door, and said, ‘I halfway through.” carefree life, moving from college town think you have company. Why don’t you On April 6, 1975, the news to college town since her father was a let me go back to the dorm?’ ‘Oh, no,’ reported that Shirley Pettis had a land - history professor. they said and took me in, and Jerry was slide victory, defeating 12 opponents. “As I think back on it now, when in his United Airlines uniform,” remem - Congresswoman Pettis was the fifth we got beyond Peter Rabbit and all bers Shirley. woman from California to serve in the those wonderful stories that he told “We just sort of looked at each other House of Representatives. me,” shares the Honorable Shirley and visited a bit, and it was practically One of the first projects Congress - Pettis-Roberson, “we moved on pretty love at first sight.” woman Pettis decided to work on was to rapidly to the people who were instru - Shirley found that he was a finish the California Desert Protection mental in forming our country. I real - tremendous campaigner. There were Bill that her husband started. ized that this created in me a great either flowers or phone calls to follow Her hard work paid off. The L.A. interest in America.” up. Perhaps he was practicing for his Times wrote an op-ed piece how the But it wasn’t just history that inter - future career in politics. “woman in red” was able to pass her ested her. This young girl had a passion Six months later they tied the knot bill. They stated, “It was the most for catching butterflies and was also a and moved to Southern California, Congressman Jerry Pettis poses with B. Lyn Behrens, MBBS (right), president and CEO of LLUAHSC, presents monumental piece of land legislation good baseball player. where they soon found themselves in then-governor, Ronald Reagan. Con - the Honorable Shirley Pettis-Roberson with the LLUAHSC President Medal - in our era.” After graduating from academy, Loma Linda. Jerry took the position as gressman Pettis served in the House lion as Mrs. Barbara Bush looks on. The California Desert Protection Shirley studied pre-nursing at Andrews vice president for the College of Med - of Representatives from 1966 to 1975. Bill secured wilderness status for nearly University in Berrien Springs, Michigan, ical Evangelists, now known as Loma After joining the committee, Con - Pettis planned to fly back to Tri-City half a million acres in Joshua Tree and was accepted into the nursing pro - Linda University. to be elected to Congress. gressman Pettis helped author many Airport in San Bernardino. Mrs. Pettis National Monument. gram at Glendale, California. It was in While serving at Loma Linda, His first four years in Congress he laws, including comprehensive welfare planned on driving their car to Glendale While on the committee of Interior school that Shirley met John McNulty, a Jerry initiated the University Coun - served on the Science and Astronautics reforms, new trade agreements, and for an appointment. and Insular Affairs, she played a signifi - premedical student. After they were mar - cilors, an organization that continues to Committee. It was then, in 1969, when Social Security increases. As they drove together to the Palm cant role in environmental issues, win - ried, Jack, who by then had graduated this day—but is now called the Loma United States astronauts were the first to On a local level, his efforts built a Springs airport, Jerry told Shirley that ning federal funding for a cleanup of the from LLU School of Medicine, was Linda University Adventist Health Sci - land on the moon. Veterans Affairs hospital in Loma he would tip the wings of his aircraft Salton Sea, which was home to migratory detached to the Fourth Marines and sent ences Center Councilors. While Congressman Jerry worked Linda to replace the one destroyed in when he saw Shirley driving their car birds, preserving the timber wolf, and to the Pacific theatre. While on medical A couple of years later, the Pettises with fascinating pieces of legislation, Sylmar during the 1971 San Fernando below him. When they pulled up at the bringing the first solar power plant in the rounds at a base hospital, Dr. McNulty created the Audio-Digest Foundation— Shirley decided that the wives needed earthquake. airport, he kissed her good-bye and got nation to her district. died of a coronary. a voice recording of medical journal arti - someone to brief them about what their His major legislative efforts focused out of the car. As a representative for 16 Native “When I think back,” shares the cles on cassette tape. They also devel - husbands were working on, “…because on enactment of his California Desert “See you tonight, Love,” he told American tribes, Congresswoman Pettis Honorable Shirley Pettis-Roberson, “that oped and owned the first high-speed women who had lively minds and were Protection Bill, which he introduced in her. Shortly after, Shirley heard a plane aimed to improve the health and welfare was where I learned that when you can’t duplicators of magnetic tape in the interested in the issues were the ones I three Congresses. overhead. She looked up and saw the of Native Americans. put your foot on the floor and take a world. The company was a huge success. wanted to know, and we wanted to In the eight years that Congressman plane that Jerry was piloting tip its wings. During her second term in the step, you ask God to get you through the know each other,” explains the Honor - Pettis served his country, he was recog - His plane went down shortly thereafter House, she visited the Middle East often next hour and He does.” The next quest: politics able Shirley Pettis-Roberson. “And so nized by many. Christian Science Monitor in the Banning Pass area. as part of her seat on the International While the Vietnam War raged, Jerry we became close, bonding friends.” honored him as Outstanding Con - Memorial services were held on the Affairs Committee. Jerry and Shirley Pettis decided to run for Congress. It was a Every other week, a dozen women gressmen. He received the Watchdog of campus of Loma Linda University at Under the Congresswoman’s leader - In 1946, Shirley decided to attend challenging campaign race. The current would meet to discuss the most perti - the Treasury Award for support of thrift University Church with more than 3,000 ship, the VA hospital in Loma Linda was Pacific Union College. It was here congressman had been in the House for nent pieces of legislation. It was out of in government spending, achieved a 100 people paying their respects. named in honor of her late husband. In where she met Jerry. Although Jerry had 32 years. Furthermore, the district was this group that she became close friends percent national security index rating, Days after his death, his col - 1977, it opened as the Jerry L. Pettis already graduated and become a pastor largely Democrat and Jerry was a Repub - with Barbara Bush. and was given numerous commendations leagues encouraged Mrs. Pettis to run Memorial VA Hospital. and speech professor, he was now an lican. The results were close, but he lost In 1970, Congressman Pettis was for service and leadership in Congress. for his seat. Congresswoman Pettis, who helped airplane pilot for United Airlines. by less than 1 percent. elected to the powerful Ways and Means But on Valentine’s Day, in 1975, a “I kept hearing Jerry,” remembers co-found the Women’s Caucus in 1977, Shirley was an English major and In 1966, it was a different story. Committee. He had the distinction of tragic accident took his life. The Pet - the Honorable Shirley Pettis-Roberson. recalled that she had to prove herself worked for her professor, Dr. Richard He won the seat for the 33rd Congres - being the second man in the 20th cen - tises had separate appointments that “He’d be exhausted at the end of the since she was one of the few women in Lewis. Unbeknownst to her, her teacher sional District in California, becoming tury to gain this post after only three morning. Their plane was at the Palm da y…and he would say to me so many the House. was playing matchmaker. the first Seventh-day Adventist years of congressional service. Springs airport since Congressman times, ‘You know, Shirley, you’d make a “In the Capitol, there’s an elevator
22 · SCOPE · Fall / Winter 200 7–08 The Pettis papers dedication The Pettis papers dedication SCOPE · Fall / Winter 200 7–08 · 23 that says ‘members only’ above it,” them. “They added something that I how their legacy includes Jerry Pettis’ her insights on life (read her full speech remembers the Honorable Shirley Pettis- wish existed today. They added respect organization of the University Coun - on page 28). Roberson. “And I got in the elevator one for others of differing views and that is cilors, now known as LLUAHSC Coun - “While I may not have served in day and a very prestigious chairman of a essential to the legislative process.” cilors. That group has since then Congress myself or been a CEO of a committee was in the elevator with me. provided leadership and financial sup - large company,” said Mrs. Bush, “I As I got off the elevator he said, ‘Now The Pettis papers dedication service port for such projects as the Drayson would like to share with you some of the whose secretary did you say you were?’” After audience members viewed Center, the Chan Shun complex, and things I have learned, which I feel define Such experiences led Congress - “The Pettis Legacy,” a video tribute, the the Centennial Complex, which is cur - a successful life. Remember that woman Pettis to encourage young program continued with speeches from rently under construction. In fact, Jerry includes 82 years of life, 62 years of mar - women to enter politics, not only to fight significant individuals. Pettis initiated the publication of the riage to George Bush … five wars, four gender discrimination but also to fulfill Lowell C. Cooper, MDiv, MPH, University’s current magazine, Scope. dress size s…” The audience roared in their responsibilities as good citizens. chair, Board of Trustees, stated, “These The Honorable Shirley Pettis- laughter. “That’s not funny!” replied “Politics isn’t a far-off thing that papers not only illuminate, preserve, and Roberson was the founding Chair of the Mrs. Bush. happens in a state capital or in Wash - extend access to this nation’s past from Children’s Hospital Foundation Board Dr. B. Lyn Behrens, president and ington,” she once remarked. “It involves their unique perspectives, but they also and founding member of the Big Hearts CEO of LLUAHSC, presented the the road you drive on, the schools you help to bridge the gap between the aca - for Little Hearts Desert Guild. Honorable Shirley Pettis-Roberson with attend; it’s the groceries you buy. It isn’t demic world and public life. And for this She has also served as a member of the LLUAHSC President’s Award: far away from you. It’s important that we express our gratitude to them. the University and Medical Center “Because of your dedication to democ - everyone become involved in the issues “But, in this particular community Boards of Trustees and as a LLUAHSC racy and freedom and walking on the central to their lives.” and in these health science institutions, councilor. stage of the world with dignity and The dedication concluded with the ribbon-cutting for the special Pettis display Congresswoman Pettis retired from we are indebted to these two individ - The Shirley N. Pettis Award estab - wisdom, at the same time maintaining a in the Del E. Webb Memorial Library. From left are: Lowell C. Cooper, the House in 1979 after choosing not to uals for so much more. Their contribu - lished by Children’s Hospital was named common touch and friendship, because MDiv, MPH, chair, Board of Trustees, LLUAHSC; Representative Jerry run for reelection. But the Pettis Legacy tions on behalf of the Loma Linda in her honor to acknowledge the contri - of your devotion to children in this Lewis of the 41st Congressional District; former First Lady Barbara Bush; of honor and service still lives on. University and the Children’s Hospital bution of individuals who model her out - region and around the globe, and the Honorable Shirley N. Pettis-Roberson; B. Lyn Behrens, MBBS, president “I don’t know anybody who was extend far beyond their roles and years standing dedication to children. because of your extraordinary life of and CEO, LLUAHSC; and Richard H. Hart, MD, DrPH, chancellor and liked more or respected more by their in public service. Their legacy here is a Next, Representative Jerry Lewis service, it is my honor and privilege to CEO, LLU. The display case will feature different memorabilia about every colleagues than Shirley and Jerry,” says strong thread in the fabric of our institu - stood at the podium, noting, “I can’t confer upon you the LLUAHSC Presi - three months. former Rep. Paul N. “Pete” McCloskey, tional history.” remember a crowd like this in this dent’s Award. We do that today with who served in the House with both of Elder Cooper continued to share church since my most meaningful visit— great appreciation.” Lori Curtis, MLS, associate chair action,” expresses Ms. Curtis. “My only the funeral of Jerry Pettis.” The Pettis Papers Dedication and archivist of University libraries, regret with the Pettis papers exhibit is Rep. Jerry Lewis and his wife, Luncheon followed the ceremony. assembled the display. “Before that I didn’t have a half-dozen more Arlene, played a key role in Jerry Pettis’ Guests were surrounded by red, white, launching into the project, I worried cases to fill! There is so much more first successful campaign for Congress. and blue decor in Wong Kerlee Interna - that I was facing two-hundred-plus material I wanted to show.” “Indeed, when we were trying to put tional Conference Center to honor the boxes of meeting minutes, and bills Luckily, Ms. Curtis will get that Jerry’s successful campaign together, one Jerry and Shirley Pettis’ service to and resolutions. Nothing to really grab chance since she will change the display of our biggest challenges was to get the country. my attention. But I was wrong!” admits case about every three months. people in this community to register to After the buffet lunch, the Honor - Ms. Curtis. “I was very surprised at the During the ribbon-cutting cere - vote for the first time.” able Shirley Pettis-Roberson and Mrs. number of letters both Jerry Pettis mony, Mrs. Barbara Bush summed up Next, the Honorable Shirley Bush reminisced about their time and Shirley Pettis answered from the day, “It’s amazing that this University Pettis-Roberson spoke about her expe - together in Washington, D.C. It was their constituents.” will house the papers of not one but two rience in the House (read her full evident that after Representative Jerry One letter even included a Valen - widely respected individuals across the speech on page 26) and shared a lesson Pettis passed away, Mr. and Mrs. Bush tine from a young boy. Congresswoman political spectrum. They were both com - with the audience. “First, each of us were very protective of Congress - Pettis wrote back, wishing him a Happy mitted to serving with integrity and can make a difference, every day, and woman Pettis. Valentine’s Day and even answering his sound judgment. And in their career they in everything we do. Further, we need “Remember when George slid a questions, such as “do you have a dog?” showed a commitment to equal justice the company and support of others, for note under your front door that said, Ms. Curtis estimates that the and faithful adherence to the constitu - none of us works alone.” ‘The CIA is watching you?’” laughed number of letters written to con - tion and the laws of the land. It seems Former First Lady Barbara Bush Mrs. Bush. stituents by the Pettises is in the tens safe to say that these papers have found expressed how honored she was to speak The ribbon-cutting ended the day’s of thousands. their perfect home.” SCOPE since she and the Honorable Shirley celebration. Guests were led to the spe - “Working with the collections has The Honorable Shirley Pettis-Roberson and Former First Lady Barbara Bush Pettis-Roberson have been friends for so cial Pettis display in the Del E. Webb given me a much better understanding Editor’s Note—Lori Curtis and Miriam reminisce about their time together in the capital during the dedication luncheon. many years. She continued to disclose Memorial Library. of our representative government in Wood contributed to this article.
24 · SCOPE · Fall / Winter 200 7–08 The Pettis papers dedication The Pettis papers dedication SCOPE · Fall / Winter 200 7–08 · 25 hundreds of disparate governmental Comments by the Honorable Shirley Pettis-Roberson authorities and encompassed virtually all public federal lands in the United States. I’m really honored to be here today. representative in the 37th District. Jerry was no left-wing crackpot. He Under the aegis of the Bureau of Land I know that many of you have traveled a To say that period in my life was was one of them, a Republican, with a Management, there would be an great distance to share in this special overwhelming is decidedly an under - distinguished record in the military, aca - accounting of all public lands, and more occasion. I see Jerry’s old roommate, statement. demia, and the world of business. unified oversight to ensure their produc - Kenneth Wood, who is here from Wash - Though I’d been a Congressional Besides, Jerry represented a district in tivity for the present and sustainability ington, D.C.; Congressman McCloskey wife for eight years, I was now entering which 96 percent of the total land mass for the future. —Pete, you are wonderfully incorrigible! into the sanctum of the old boy’s club. At was public, yet overseen by a hodge- To my particular interest, this bill and Barbara—thank you, my dear friend, that time, only 18 House members were podge of governmental authorities. established the California Desert Con - for traveling so far. Considering your of the female persuasion. Indeed, shortly Jerry sensed an opportunity to help servation Area, which broadened the hectic schedule, it is really a gift. after my swearing in, a well-known fashion legislation which would consoli - reach of Joshua Tree National Monu - And, I thank each of you who chose senior member mistook me for a secre - date these responsibilities and bring ment, and established the first environ - to be here today. Indeed, as I gaze out, I tary, to which I responded, “I’m pleased order to fragmented, inefficient, and mental reviews for use and development am heartened by the presence of many to meet you. I’m your new congressional inconsistent land-use policies. He saw of lands beyond the park boundaries. friends, and you students who are neighbor just down the hall.” the necessity to take stock of these vast Notably, these protections would be fur - shaping the future. I came to rely on keeping a sense of land resources in the unique desert ther amplified by the California Desert Loma Linda has been a special humor. Besides being outnumbered Southwest to preserve their value for cur - Protection Act of 1994, which upgraded place to Jerry and me, and I’m so hon - gender-wise literally by better than 25 to rent and future generations. Joshua Tree to National Park status. ored that this great University will house one, I was the newest member—thus Clearly, in the political landscape of There’s a lesson here which speaks the joint record of our Congressional with the lowest seniority—in the that time, despite Jerry’s popularity and The Honorable Shirley Pettis-Roberson speaks to approximately 2,000 audi - to my motivation in sharing these anec - service. These papers capture a dynamic minority party, where House Democrats persuasive demeanor, this cause did not ence members during the Pettis papers dedication program. Photo credit: LaFonzo dotes: First, each of us can make a dif - instant in our country’s history, from the outnumbered Republicans by better that sufficiently resonate among his col - Rachal Carter / The Sun (San Bernardino) ference, every day and in everything turbulence of Vietnam through to the two to one. leagues. However, he opened the door we do. Further, we need the company post-Watergate era. This was the stark reality against for future discussion. strip mining should be required to offer my support. I responded that he and support of others, for none of us This was a period when the baby which I contemplated my future service Upon my election, it became my restore scarred acreage, to clean up the never actually asked for my opinion, and works alone. boomers were coming of age politically in Congress. One option, readily avail - calling to pick up the banner, to advance debris left by their efforts, and pointedly, that my vote reflected my careful review Individuals with the drive and belief and making their voices heard loud and able, and quite frankly, expected of any the conversation, and, in my fantasy could these added costs be economically of the issues, and that he should never in their objectives can serve as effective clear—both metaphorically and quite lit - freshman member, was to lay low, not vision, to get some smidgeon of legisla - justified? Recall, this was an era when take my point of view for granted. catalysts. But great results ultimately erally. Sacred traditions and institutions make waves, and simply go along to get tion on the books. chemical companies dumped effluents My comeuppance impressed the come from exciting others, and moti - were being shaken to their cores. There along. But, I saw an opportunity, instead, Of course, I also had to confront the into rivers without regard. committee chair and provided an vating them to the cause. was much debate within the citizenry, to continue Jerry’s distinguished legacy reality of my situation, being the newest Within the committee, the political opening to advance my particular There’s nothing easy here. Realisti - and it was not always civil. and to try and make a difference. kid on the block, in the minority gender, divide was clear, if not predictable. The interest: preservation of our desert public cally, results do not come as fast or even However, as the late 1970s gave way Jerry hailed from Arizona. He grew and in the minority party. Thus, prag - majority Democrats favored restoration lands. Indeed, this cause was readily sup - as anticipated, but they do come with to the 1980s, our fundamental way of life up in the desert, cherished it, and matically, I sought out others having of the land, while the Republicans were ported by the Democratic majority. They sustained belief in yourself and commit - was reaffirmed. Discordant rhetoric gave wanted to see it protected and preserved. similar interests, and necessarily from focused more on the potential financial picked up on Jerry’s original vision, and ment to others. way to reasoned, respectful, yet still pas - Jerry carried this passion for the land both sides of the aisle. consequences on companies and their amplified it to encompass a revamp of This, I hope, distills the legacy of sionate, discourse. We came to better into adulthood. Indeed, he was a dedi - Further, I sought out a complimen - surrounding communities, and frankly, disparate pieces of land-management our joint Congressional records, which, appreciate the strength in our diversity, cated environmentalist, which frankly tary committee assignment to Interior hoped to maintain the status quo. legislation, some literally dating back to again, I am so honored to dedicate today. while recognizing that we are united by did not align with the priorities of his and Insular Affairs. And my request was Notably, I received a call from Presi - the colonial era. In this great University where Jerry the essence of what makes us each Republican colleagues. readily granted, as this was not one of the dent Ford, just prior to our vote, encour - This was an exciting time. I found spent 17 years as a professor, adminis - American—freedom—and the majesty Indeed, at that time, environmental - more sought-after positions. However, aging me to support my Republican common ground with many—frankly, trator, and chairman of the Board of within each single one of us to contribute ists were typified by boisterous youth of this seat supported my personal objec - colleagues. I thanked him for his more from the other side of the aisle. Councilors, here will sit a slice of our and make a difference. the radical left. And, more pointedly, tive. I shared Jerry’s passion and found interest, but as was my custom, I relied In my mind, it’s a blu r… so many government in action, from the perspec - My opportunity to serve in Congress there was no serious advocacy among the myself thoroughly consumed, devouring on my study of the issue, where I had meetings, hearings, and late nights. But tive of two humble participants. was literally thrust upon me by fate. My Republican constituency. countless pages of research and testi - carefully weighed the merits of both less than a year into my term, a bill Ultimately, I hope these papers rein - husband, Jerry, was just over a month That didn’t deter Jerry, however. mony late into many evenings. sides. And when it came time to vote, I emerged which would become a land - force the privilege and honor of service, into his fifth term, when in February He championed for the preservation and One particular issue under our com - sided with my conscience and not with mark piece of environmental legislation: and the possibilities within each one of 1975, he perished in an airplane accident. protection of the desert lands. His House mittee’s review truly resonated with me: my party. The Federal Land Policy and Manage - us to contribute and make a difference. A special election was held, and less than colleagues listened respectfully and per - strip mining. The debate distilled as fol - The ranking member was utterly ment Act of 1976. Once again, thank you all for partici - three months later I succeeded him as haps bemusedly. lows: whether companies engaged in dismayed and shocked that I did not This new law consolidated literally pating today in this special occasion.
26 · SCOPE · Fall / Winter 200 7–08 The Pettis papers dedication The Pettis papers dedication SCOPE · Fall / Winter 200 7–08 · 27 Then he dumped some gravel in, Comments by former First Lady Barbara Bush shook the jar, causing the pieces of gravel to work themselves down into The following comments were made by making me feel very, very welcome bridge several times a week. One day the spaces between the big rocks. Then former First Lady Barbara Bush during a today. I’m also glad to see Congressman they were playing cards when one he asked them once more, “Is this jar special chapel service that began a day of Jerry Lewis and Pete McCloskey. I’m looked over at the other and said, “Now full?” By this time, the class was on to dedication events for the joint Pettis Congres - not sure, Pete, that you and George don’t get mad at me. I know we have him. “Probably not,” one of the stu - sional papers. always got along, but he loves you as a been friends for a long time, but I just dents said. A very good audience—you obey friend! Finally, a special thanks is in can’t remember your name. I have He reached under the table and perfectly! (After motioning the audience to order for Myrna Hanna for all her hard thought for a long, long time and I just brought out a bucket of sand. stop clapping). I want to thank Shirley work to make today a reality. can’t remember it. Please tell me what He started dumping the sand in the very much for that kind introduction. I You know, I feel quite honored to your name is.” Her friend just glared at jar and it went into all the spaces that should say “Congresswoman Pettis,” be your speaker as Congresswoman her, for at least three minutes, and then were left between the rocks and the but old friends are allowed to use first Pettis and I have been friends for many, she finally said, “How soon do you need gravel. Once more he asked the ques - names. It is wonderful to see Shirley many years. to know?” NOT so funny when you are tion, “Is this jar full?” “No,” the class today and thank you to all her friends In thinking about the amount of 82, let me tell you! shouted, and he said, “Good.” and family. time that has passed since we first met You must be wondering what this Then he grabbed a pitcher of water I want to thank all of you for a very reminds me of a story of two elderly has to do with the call to leadership. and began to pour it in until the jar was warm welcome as well. A special thanks ladies who had been friends for many Absolutely nothing at all! But there is full to the brim. Then the expert in goes to Dr. Lyn Behrens, president of decades. Over the years they shared all proof that I’m happy to be here today idents. So now, maybe some of this will the love that you have.” time management looked at the class Loma Linda University, as well as the kinds of activities and adventures. with my beautiful friend, Shirley. See, I make sense to you. Enjoy life as much as you possibly and asked, “What’s the point of this wonderful students and faculty who are Lately, their activity had been playing do remember her name! Try to find the good in people and can. You really only have two choices— illustration?” One eager beaver raised Now let’s get down to business. I not the bad. Someone once asked the you can like it or you can dislike it. I his hand and said, “The point is, no often joke that my successful life has Red Cross founder, Clara Barton, if she choose to like it, just as Shirley has matter how full your schedule is, if you been the result of marrying well. To be remembered a wrong a friend had done done. No matter what our problems, we try really hard you can always fit more honest, it’s not a joke, but indeed, the to her years before. Clara said very can always find people who are worse off things in to it.” truth. My fulfilling life, full of won - firmly, “I distinctly remember forgetting than we are. Help them and forget self. “No,” said the speaker. “That is derful friends, truly is because I made that.” Or as George put it, “Isn’t it Above all, seek God. There is not the point. The truth this illustration the most important decision of my life better to make a friend than an absolutely NO downside. God will teaches us is this—if you don’t put the and that was to marry George Bush. enemy?” And they were both right. come to you if you only ask. big rocks in first you will never get And having just watched that amazing Do not buy what you cannot afford. Now seeing as we have many stu - them in at all.” video on the Pettises makes me wonder Don’t try to live up to your neighbors dents and professors here today, the true What are the big rocks in your life? why on earth you invited me at all! and be sure to pay people back. definition of keeping your feet on the Your children, your loved ones, your You do understand, don’t you, that I What matters most is how you treat ground in the successes of life can be education, your dreams, a worthy cause, married one president, I gave birth to others and not what you have done. best illustrated by the following story. teaching or mentoring others, doing another, and I was never a president. Value your friends and remember that One day an expert in time manage - things that you love, your health, your One night I absolutely couldn’t sleep loyalty is a two-way street. My George ment was speaking to a group of busi - significant other? and found myself thinking about what I is the best example in the world of that ness students and to drive home a point, Remember to put these big rocks have learned in life, sometimes the hard particular truth. he used an illustration those students in first or you will never get them in at way, and what I would really like my Love your children. George and I will never forget. As he stood in front of all. If you sweat the little stuff, the children to know from these experi - have loved ours more than life itself. high-powered over-achievers he said, gravel, the sand, you will fill your life ences. So while I may not have served in Remember what Robert Fulton wrote, “Okay, time for a quiz.” He filled up a with little worries that don’t really Congress myself or been a CEO of a “Don’t worry that your children never one gallon, wide mouth Mason jar and matter. You will never have the real large company, I would like to share with listen, worry that they are always set it on the table in front of him. Then quality time that you need to spend on you some of the things I have learned watching.” he took one dozen fist-sized rocks and the big stuff. which I feel define a successful life. My father gave me much the same placed them one by one in the jar. So, tonight or in the morning when Remember, that includes 82 years advice about parenting before I was When the jar was filled to the top and you are reflecting on this short story, ask of life, 62 years of marriage to George married. He said there were three very he could fit in no more rocks, he asked, yourself, “What are the big rocks in my Bush, 6 children, 17 grandchildren, 5 important things in life that you should “Is this jar full?” Everyone in the class life?” Then put those in your jar first. wars, 4 dress sizes— (audience laughs) — give your children. “Give them the said, “Yes.” He said, “Really?” Big rocks will bring you greater joy and Former First Lady Barbara Bush addresses the audience during the dedication it’s not funny! 2 governors, 5 parachute best education in the world, set a He reached under the table and happiness than any sand or pebbles. program. Photo credit: LaFonzo Rachal Carter / The Sun (San Bernardino) jumps, 1 aircraft carrier, and now 2 pres - good example and give them all pulled out a bucket of gravel. Thank you very, very much.
28 · SCOPE · Fall / Winter 200 7–08 The Pettis papers dedication The Pettis papers dedication SCOPE · Fall / Winter 200 7–08 · 29 Baby Kirillos’ epic journey Iraqi toddler receives life-saving heart surgery at Loma Linda at great risk to himself and his family
BY JAMES PONDER
routine flight from California to village of Abu Ghraib, explains the situa - acle, the frantic parents pursued every a secret and undisclosed loca - tion this way. lead they received, including a sugges - A tion in “a free nation” marks “Forty years ago, we could have tion to post a notice on a website high - the closure of an epic medical voyage for performed the procedure in Iraq,” he lighting the problems of Iraq’s 15-month-old Kirillos George, known to shares. “But right now, the Iraqi health persecuted Christian minority. the doctors and nurses at Loma Linda care system is a shambles. Hospitals They logged on to
Baby Kirillos’ epic journey SCOPE · Fall / Winter 200 7–08 · 31 Loma Linda University,” Dr. Johna Dr. Johnson said he would go to bat For one thing, because of rampant state of peaceful co-existence.” recalls. “I identified myself and told for the Iraqi couple and their child, anti-American sentiment among certain He continues, “But today, the insur - them the heart-wrenching story of Baby despite the fact that their application fell sectors of the Iraqi population, the gents—or whatever you want to call Kirillos. Then I described the treatment short of meeting the requirements. couple told their friends that the proce - them—are a powerful force in Iraq. he needed to survive.” “I really can’t say enough about dure was going to take place at a promi - They are very suspicious of Christians During a conversation with Walter Walter Johnson and his associates at nent hospital in India. and Jews because they perceive them as Johnson, MD, professor of neuro - global outreach,” Dr. Johna reveals as The date of their flight from Iraq pro-West.” surgery, School of Medicine, and a he turns to look out the window for was also shrouded in mystery. This The reason for this assumption, he member of the selection committee for a moment. meant, of course, that Vivian and Baby adds, is simple: Christians and Jews tend the global outreach program, Dr. Johna Then he looks back and says, Kirillos must be ready to travel at a to be educated and more fluent in for - was told he would have to secure an “They really went way out of their way moment’s notice. For reasons of security eign languages than Muslims in Iraq, so angiogram of Baby Kirillos’ heart in to help us! I’ll never forget the day, a few and international diplomacy, Faris they receive the best jobs from the order for Dr. Johnson to approve the days later, when he called back and told remained behind in Baghdad. Americans. Therefore, because insur - case through the committee. me to get Baby Kirillos and his mother Why the shroud of mystery and gents hate the West, they are very suspi - “I told him that was impossible,” over here as fast as I possibly could. The intrigue? Because, as Dr. Johna points cious of Christians and Jews. Dr. Johna remembers. “Just as no one life-saving rescue mission was on!” out, the religious and political polariza - “Had their Muslim neighbors found could perform the life-saving operation Faris and Vivian George were tion of Iraqis is all-pervasive and very out that Vivian and her son were headed in Iraq, no one could produce an understandably overjoyed when they dangerous—especially for people who for America, they would have killed tion to the United States, as well as sev - “We just got tired of living under angiogram there either.” heard the news. God had answered their are not members of the Muslim faith. Faris—no questions asked,” Dr. Johna eral months of lodging for Vivian once the oppressive regime of Saddam Hus - He continues, “I explained how prayers. Their son was going to live! “It wasn’t always this way,” he conveys. As it turns out, they nearly did. they arrived? sein,” he recalls. “So like millions of desperate the baby’s parents were and Even so, the project was shrouded explains. “For thousands of years, The fact that the miracle they had When the answer came back a few other Iraqi Christians displaced in 33 how hard they’d been working to save in intrigue with many important details Muslims, Christians, and Jews lived been praying for would soon arrive did days later, Dr. Johna could hardly wait to countries of the world, we got out of the life of their very beloved son.” purposely withheld from them. and worked together side by side in a not mean all was smooth sailing from share the news with Faris and Vivian. there in a hurry. They only had to show there. Where were Faris and Vivian Thanks to the generosity of the Assyrian up on my doorstep once.” going to come up with the money for air - Aid Society members, Vivian and Baby Wistfully, he recalls that it wasn’t line tickets, and how would they pay for Kirillos would receive round-trip airline always so. Growing up in rural Abu several months of lodging for Vivian tickets to “India” (i.e. Loma Linda, Cali - Ghraib, Dr. Johna spent summers while she waited to bring her son home? fornia) and Vivian would have a place to enjoying the simple farming life in his More than that, the couple won - stay there until they were ready to return grandfather’s orchards. dered if Dr. Johna would be able to to Iraq. “Those were wonderful days,” he obtain sufficient cooperation from the Next, Dr. Johna intensified his con - remembers. He recalls watching shep - international diplomatic community to tacts within the U.S. embassy inside the herds holding their staffs with crooks in cut through the red tape and secure the famous Green Zone of Iraq. The the end just like King David. needed visas, passports, and emergency embassy would not authorize Baby Kir - “Some days I’d join them,” he security clearances in time. illos to enter the United States until Dr. describes. “My mom would give me a They knew that such bureaucratic Johna produced a letter from Loma piece of bread wrapped in cloth. When impediments can sometimes take years Linda University Children’s Hospital we got hungry, I’d unwrap the bread, to resolve. But Baby Kirillos didn’t have stating that the hospital was willing to milk one of the sheep, and that was years; his very survival depended on get - provide all of the medical care Baby Kir - lunch.” They would stay out all day ting him onto the operating table as soon illos might require—and strictly on a watching the flock. Nothing was essen - as possible. charity basis. tially different from the shepherd’s job in While Vivian packed for the trip, Dr. U.S. immigration policy made it biblical times. Johna petitioned the leadership of the absolutely clear that the baby and his There was still much to do if Dr. Assyrian Aid Society of America. He mother would, under no circumstances, Johna was to succeed in his mission of warned them that no one could discuss be allowed to remain in the United shepherding Vivian and Kirillos to life- the case outside the society’s walls for States once the operation was success - saving surgery in the United States. fear of putting the life of Faris George in fully concluded. Once again, he contacted Walter danger once his wife and son were en The news wasn’t exactly a shock to Johnson at the global outreach program. route to America. Dr. Johna. He and Layla, his wife of 16 Would the good people at Loma Linda Would the society be willing, Dr. years, chose to evacuate their native Iraq University Children’s Hospital be willing Johna needed to know, to accept full in 1991 shortly after the outbreak of the to put in writing their commitment to responsibility for financing transporta - first Gulf War. saving the life of Baby Kirillos to satisfy
32 · SCOPE · Fall / Winter 200 7–08 Baby Kirillos’ epic journey Baby Kirillos’ epic journey SCOPE · Fall / Winter 200 7–08 · 33 the demands of the U.S. embassy? had saved their son’s life. the fighting. But in the Sunni areas, we Just hours later, the vital document Thanks to the expertise and dedica - have been told to either evacuate our arrived at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad. tion of Dr. Bailey and the members of homes, pay an exorbitant tax, convert to It was estimated that the cost of the sur - his team, the biggest worry Vivian had Islam, or face certain death—usually by gery and extended care for Baby Kirillos ever known in her life was lifted from beheading.” would be approximately $218,000. And her shoulders. He notes that many Christian girls yes, the document said, LLU Children’s And because of the larger-than-life have been forced to marry Islamic boys Hospital would shoulder the bill with no efforts of Dr. Johna, the entire miracu - against their wills, and that many forms strings attached. A short while later, the lous operation had come together just in of torture and persecution are levied on a embassy alerted him that all required the nick of time. regular basis to quell dissent. documents were ready to go. Dr. Johna Although Vivian spoke no English, “Americans aren’t being told half notified Vivian of the date for her she made sure that her heartfelt thanks the story,” Dr. Johna insists. upcoming departure to “India.” were expressed over and over from the As soon as Vivian learned that Faris As they said their goodbyes that bottom of her heart. Victory in the was safely in Syria, a new cloud of ques - fateful morning in August 2007, Faris biggest battle of her life had just been tions and anxieties began to form. Could and Vivian knew they were assuming handed her by an interlocking network he find work? Not likely; he was one of a some enormous risks. There were so of caring strangers who felt her pain and million Iraqi drifters looking for work, many questions: Would their baby sur - championed her cause. food, and shelter in Syria—a nation vive? Would they really be allowed to She couldn’t stop thanking God for poorly equipped to handle the enormous leave Iraq? Might there be some unfore - opening so many doors. She couldn’t demands the influx of Iraqis imposed on seen bureaucratic snafu at the last second believe how merciful He had been to her its infrastructure. to prevent her and the baby from and Faris. The other burning question that boarding that plane? Would the family But as the days rolled by, large gnawed at her soul night and day was ever be reunited again? The answers shadows began to gather on the horizon where would she go? were, as they had been all along, in the for Vivian and Faris. First, she received October 22, 2007, the deadline her hands of God. Vivian and Baby Kirillos an e-mail from a Muslim neighbor in visa imposed as the outer limit of her set out for Loma Linda. Iraq asking how she liked living in the permission to remain in this country, was On the morning of August 15, 2007, United States. Despite all of the diplo - less than a month away. She couldn’t stay Leonard L. Bailey, MD, celebrated pio - matic secrecy imposed regarding the in Loma Linda; but neither could she neer in infant heart transplantation at location of her actual destination, word return to Iraq. the crowded refugee camps established countries of the world. She prayed that land where we can live in safety.” Loma Linda University Children’s Hos - had somehow leaked out on the street. If anything, prospects were almost throughout Syria by the United Nations? one of these organizations might Miraculously, that’s just what God pital, opened the chest of Baby Kirillos Vivian chose not to respond. as bleak in Syria as they were in Iraq. Once again, she turned to Dr. Johna. somehow, somewhere, persuade the did. Vivian’s friends and relatives sud - and began the delicate operation to Next, Faris was paid a visit at his How could she and Faris create any kind This time, he had to tell her—rather nation’s government to open its doors to denly reported good news. Less than repair four separate problems in the tiny Baghdad home by insurgents. Their of stability for Baby Kirillos as exiles in painfully—that although he was willing Vivian, Baby Kirillos, and Faris. three weeks before the date of their child’s heart: ventricular septal defect, mandate was clear and direct: “We to do everything he could, it might not Privately, however, Dr. Johna wasn’t scheduled flight to a very uncertain pulmonary stenosis, overriding of the know your wife and baby have gone to be enough to resolve this latest round of holding his breath. The U.S. immigra - future in the Middle East, an organiza - aorta, and right ventricular hypertrophy. America,” they warned. “If we find difficulties. tion policies made it abundantly clear tion secured an invitation for Vivian, As the skilled physician corrected you here the next time we return, we “I finally told her,” he recalls, “that that the family would not be allowed to Baby Kirillos, and Faris to visit Canada the problems, blood began to flow freely will take your life. We hate Americans all I had ever promised her was that immigrate to the United States. He won - and apply for permission to immigrate. throughout Baby Kirillos’ heart. One can and people like you who are slaves of we—Loma Linda University, the dered if similar policies might apply in What about Faris? At this moment, only imagine the enormous sense of the West!” Assyrian Aid Society, and all the others other nations as well. “The rules and he is still trying to carve out a minimal relief that overcame Vivian, Dr. and Mrs. Faris packed a few simple belong - who helped with the project—would do regulations of international immigration existence in the slums of Damascus. Johna, and other well-wishers in the ings and fled during the night. He trav - our best to save her son’s life.” are very strict,” Dr. Johna reflects. But the same Christian charity that waiting room as Dr. Bailey came out to eled across the desert between Iraq He adds, “I reminded her that now “There isn’t much room for overriding financed travel for Vivian and Baby Kir - announce that the operation was a solid and Syria, and soon crossed into that it was up to her to pray and believe that those rules for humanitarian reasons, illos to reach their new homeland is success, and the prognosis for Baby Kir - nation to join a million or more of his the same God who had answered her much as they may want to.” busily working through diplomatic chan - illos was to live a long and healthy life. fellow Iraqi compatriots in Damascus, prayers months before in Baghdad was But there is still a God in heaven nels to help him rejoin his family as soon For Vivian, the news was profoundly most of whom had entered Syria for still listening right now. It was an enor - and still the burning reality of a mother’s as possible. significant. Thanks to the generosity of very similar reasons. mously difficult thing to say!” heart pleading for her son, her husband, Dr. Johna is currently working to the people at Loma Linda University Dr. Johna puts the situation in per - Fortunately, Vivian had friends with and herself to find a peaceful place to bring four more infants to Loma Linda and the Assyrian Aid Society, she and spective. “Iraqi Christians are people of Dr. Johna spends time with Baby connections to a variety of Christian live. “Please, God,” Vivian begged. “You University Children’s Hospital for life- Faris owed nothing for the operation that peace,” he offers. “We don’t take sides in Kirillos during a recent picnic. organizations and relief efforts in other saved my son’s life! Please bring us to a saving surgeries. SCOPE
34 · SCOPE · Fall / Winter 200 7–08 Baby Kirillos’ epic journey Baby Kirillos’ epic journey SCOPE · Fall / Winter 200 7–08 · 35 Loma Linda University Consolidated statements of financial position Loma Linda University Annual Report Years ended June 30 Loma Linda University is experiencing a period of major growth in enrollment, as well as a much-needed expansion of its facilities ______2_0_0_7 ______2_0_06___ BY VERLON W. S TRAUSS , CPA, MBA
s the 2007 calendar year draws campus—primarily in the areas of space Assets to a close, we have much to be and parking. Cash $11,947,128 $13,046,920 A thankful for at Loma Linda This past summer, we completed Marketable securities 46,804,130 40,110,733 University. Our campus is growing. We the first phase of parking at the new Pooled investment 509,868,270 423,744,042 are offering more academic programs Centennial Complex site, adding more Accounts receivable, less allowances of $9,958,604 in 2007 and $6,065,119 in 2006 28,773,410 26,902,400 Student loans, less allowances of $590,567 in 2007 and 2006 37,746,399 35,755,408 than ever before. Our student enroll - than 800 paved parking spaces in an area Trust deed notes receivable 260,697 285,031 ment continues to grow. And new con - that was formerly dirt and gravel. We Pledges receivable 8,923,710 6,695,000 struction on the campus will help us have also added more than 200 spaces Inventories 4,534,570 4,692,723 meet the demands of our growth. near to the main campus for overflow Investment in real estates 7,702,545 7,709,379 We just completed our June 30, purposes. Construction in progress 27,903,667 12,832,039 2007, audit of the financial statements. In addition, we are planning the Plant facilities, net of depreciation and amortization 117,322,211 108,117,440 The change in our net assets is looking construction of two parking structures, as Irrevocable trusts 79,430,163 73,525,938 positive. Some of the factors effecting the well as some additional surface parking Verlon W. Strauss, CPA, MBA Other assets ______1_3_,_1_5_3_,4_4_6______1_1_,_9_59_,_0_3_2 institution’s bottom line include unreal - on campus. Total assets $894,370,346 $765,376,085 ______ized gains on investments, new perma - The new Centennial Complex is department, and the simulation labora - nently restricted gifts for endowment perhaps the most noticeable change. tory. The project is on schedule, on purposes, and specific gifts for the con - This new facility will provide more than budget, and is expected to open in the struction of our new Centennial Com - 147,000 square feet of much-needed spring of 2009. Liabilities and net assets plex, to be completed sometime in 2009. classrooms, laboratories, study areas, and We are also in the process of Accounts payable $18,256,667 $15,793,731 Enrollment continues to grow. We offices. It will house the School of Reli - building some additional housing on Accrued compensation 5,258,654 5,032,035 are nearing 4,000 students on campus. gion faculty and administrative offices, campus for students. Projected to open Deferred income 18,123,898 16,586,351 While our increased enrollment has the School of Medicine’s department of in the fall of 2008 is a new 55-room Annuities payable 5,838,638 5,785,992 helped to fund the operations of the anatomy faculty, as well as an assessment facility, with apartment-style living for Trust liabilities 45,380,539 41,735,550 institution, it has also put a strain on the center, the educational support services students. There will also be a dean’s Amounts held for others 239,194,930 174,570,375 apartment and 33 spaces of underground Notes and loans payable 422,758 633,730 Federal student loan obligations 22,302,321 21,077,925 parking. This facility is located next to ______the Daniells Residence Complex for Total liabilities $354,778,405 $281,215,689 graduate students. This facility will help Net assets: us begin to increase our on-campus Unrestricted: housing from accommodating 10 percent Unrestricted 104,895,730 87,573,498 of our students to nearly 25 percent. Unrestricted — Board designated 65,859,942 52,579,858 Other major projects in the develop - Unrestricted — administration designated ______2_5_,_9_6_3_,2_0_9______2_3_,_1_92_,_5_0_2 ment phase include a major remodeling Total unrestricted $196,718,881 $163,345,858 of the Campus Cafeteria, a redesigned north entrance to the campus, our Cen - Temporarily restricted 207,015,724 200,580,400 tennial Pathway, which will commemo - Permanently restricted _____1_3_5_,_8_5_7_,3_3_6______1_2_0_,_2_34_,_1_3_8 rate the institution’s 100 years of Total net assets ____$_5_3_9_,_5_9_1_,9_4_1______$4_8_4_,_1_60_,_3_9_6 education and service, and a landscape Total liabilities and net assets $894,370,346 $765,376,085 master plan, which will help guide us in ______the future as we develop a cohesive look The artist’s drawing above depicts a finished Centennial Complex and Pathway. for our campus. SCOPE
36 · SCOPE · Fall / Winter 200 7–08 Loma Linda University Annual Report Loma Linda University Annual Report SCOPE · Fall / Winter 200 7–08 · 37 Loma Linda University Loma Linda University Consolidated statement of activities Consolidated statements of cash flows
Years ended June 30 Years ended June 30
Temporarily Permanently ______2_0_0_7 ______2_0_06___ U_n_r_e_s_tr_i_c_te_d ______r_e_s_tr_i_c_te_d ______re_s_t_ri_c_te_d ______2_0_0_7 ______2_0_0_6 ___
Revenues Operating activities Student tuition and fees $94,046,735 ——$94,046,735 $83,680,333 Changes in net assets $55,431,545 $35,942,087 Less student aid __5_,_8_3_2_,4_7_2 ______——______5_,_8_3_2_,4_7_2______5_,_4_71_,_5_2_1 Adjustments to reconcile changes in net assets to net cash provided by operating activities: 88,214,263 ——88,214,263 78,208,812 Depreciation and amortization 8,393,746 8,368,526 Net unrealized gain on investments (15,032,919) (6,444,501) Educational department 29,125,293 181,067 — 29,306,360 28,697,739 Net gain on sale of real estate investments (10,634,552) — Independent operations 36,337,491 ——36,337,491 36,495,148 Other changes in assets and liabilities: Auxiliaries 1,299,818 ——1,299,818 1,174,375 Accounts and pledges receivable, net (4,099,720) (3,754,369) Contributions 11,656,307 585,939 988,304 13,230,550 16,190,255 Other assets (1,194,414) (990,280) Private gifts and grants 3,246,608 13,907,613 2,203,061 19,357,282 15,378,298 Inventories 158,153 (290,517) Contracts and other exchange Accounts payable 2,462,936 548,115 transactions 35,638,079 ——35,638,079 37,172,162 Accrued compensation 226,619 (2,723,712) Interest, dividends, and other 7,023,934 15,325,256 1,649,211 23,998,401 20,954,583 Deferred income 2,237,547 9,208,615 Rental revenue 598,433 972,455 — 1,570,888 1,421,777 Restricted contributions, investment income, and other _____(_1_5_,6_3_2_,_1_9_8_) ______(_1_0_,4_4_1_,4_7_2_ ) Realized gain on investments, net 457,283 130,013 708,910 1,296,206 2,060,570 Net cash provided by operating activities $22,325,743 $29,422,492 Change in value of irrevocable agreements — 4,134,332 (254,973) 3,879,359 1,394,643 Investing activities Other revenues 22,208,610 1,668,454 — 23,877,064 14,586,726 Proceeds from sales of marketable securities 3,026,914 17,908,613 Net assets released from restrictions _3_2_,_2_4_9_,0_7_3 ______(3_2_,_4_0_3_,5_8_5_)______1_5_4_,5_1_2 ______—______—_ Purchases of marketable securities (3,085,364) (2,786,425) Total revenues, gains, and other support $268,055,192 $4,501,544 $5,449,025 $278,005,761 $253,735,088 Proceeds from sales and pooled investments 166,809,869 59,731,714 Purchases of pooled investments (244,536,125) (94,806,391) Expenses Payments received on trust deed notes receivable 24,334 430,105 Instruction $96,748,650 ——$96,748,650 $89,323,653 Purchases of trust deed notes receivable — (130,906) Research 40,136,458 ——40,136,458 42,353,437 Proceeds from sales of investments in real estate 10,720,162 73,981 Public service 2,578,430 ——2,578,430 2,547,420 Purchases of investments in real estate (778,776) (2,297,622) Academic support 27,237,682 ——27,237,682 24,845,200 Purchases of plant facilities and construction in progress (32,670,154) (19,724,534) Student services 7,247,673 ——7,247,673 6,721,435 Repayments of loans from students 6,202,192 7,272,289 Auxiliary enterprises 954,230 ——954,230 773,042 Disbursement of loans to students (8,193,183) (5,442,441) Independent operations 33,031,276 ——33,031,276 32,298,107 Irrevocable trust agreements (5,904,225) (1,597,110) Other expenses 7,867,968 ——7,867,968 7,886,009 Amounts held for others ______6_4_,_6_2_4_,5_5_5______(_3_,0_5_5_,5_8_0_ ) Management and general 20,067,522 ——20,067,522 15,988,243 Net cash used in investing activities $(43,759,792) $(44,424,307) Fundraising __1_,_7_3_7_,2_4_6 ______——______1_,_7_3_7_,2_4_6______1_,_5_00_,_9_5_6 Total expenses $237,607,135 ——$237,607,135 $224,237,502 Financing activities Annuities payable 52,646 (75,796) Changes in net unrealized gains Trust liabilities 3,644,989 2,803,553 Repayments of notes and loans payable (210,972) (246,323) on investments __2_,_9_2_4_,9_6_6 ______1_,_9_3_3_,7_8_0 ______1_0_,_1_7_4_,1_7_3 ______1_5_,_0_3_2_,9_1_9______6_,_4_44_,_5_0_1 Federal student loan obligations 1,224,396 385,013 Changes in assets 33,373,023 6,435,324 15,623,198 55,431,545 35,942,087 Restricted contributions, investment income, and other ______1__5_,6_2_3__,1_9_8______1_0_,_4_4_1_,4_7_2_ Net assets at beginning of year 1_6_3_,_3_4_5_,8_5_8 ______2_0_0_,_5_8_0_,4_0_0 ______1_2_0_,_2_3_4_,1_3_8 ______4_8_4_,_1_6_0_,3_9_6______4_4_8_,_2_18_,_3_0_9 Net cash provided by financing activities ______2_0_,_3_3_4_,2_5_7______1_3_,_3_07_,_9_1_9 Net assets at end of year $196,718,881 $207,015,724 $135,857,336 $539,591,941 $484,160,396 Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents (1,099,792) (1,693,896) ______Cash at beginning of year ______1_3_,_0_4_6_,9_2_0______1_4_,_7_40_,_8_1_6 Cash at end of year $11,947,128 $13,046,920 ______
38 · SCOPE · Fall / Winter 200 7–08 Loma Linda University Annual Report Loma Linda University Annual Report SCOPE · Fall / Winter 200 7–08 · 39 New scope Loma Linda mourns passing of long-time resident and administrator marriage to Carol Rudy, a nursing stu - dening, reading, and musical talents dent from Spokane, on December 26, have been Dr. Zirkle’s church affilia - 1961, came a few months before the two tions: serving as board chair and head LLU appoints new dean for new School of Religion were awarded their respective medical elder at Loma Linda University and nursing degrees. The couple’s chil - Church, as board chair of Loma Linda Jon Paulien, PhD, has recently Since 1982, he has served as an their three children, and also enjoys travel, dren recall rich conversations initiated by Academy during its successful fund joined the new School of Religion as educator at Andrews University. golf, and photography when time permits. their father at the dinner table. They also drive to build a grade school accommo - dean. Dr. Paulien has served as professor Dr. Paulien is the author of 18 remember airplane trips, often with their dating more than 1,000 students, and at the Andrews University Theological books, more than 100 articles, and a 40- father piloting flights to Spokane, Monu - as associate director of the General Seminary since 1992. hour set of taped lectures on the Book ment Valley, San Diego, and the Grand Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Born in New York City, Dr. Paulien of Revelation. Canyon. During his plastic surgery resi - Department of Health Ministries in received his bachelor of arts degree in Dr. Paulien is a specialist in the dency at Johns Hopkins Medical Center the mid 1990s till his death, which took theology from Atlantic Union College, study of Johannine literature (Gospel of in Baltimore, the family was evacuated to him to the Philippines, Australia, Thai - South Lancaster, Massachusetts, in 1972. John and Book of Revelation) and the avoid the 1969 neighborhood riots. land, Africa, and India. In 1975, he received his master of intersection of faith with contemporary Tom Zirkle, MD, FACS Secure in his father’s protection, Dr. Active in spite of a week-old bypass divinity degree from Andrews University, culture. He also takes special delight Zirkle’s son recalls watching with surgical procedure, Dr. Zirkle helped Berrien Springs, Michigan. in seminars and presentations to non- Born in Loma Linda in 1936, Tom absorbed interest from a high-rise apart - granddaughter Maddie with her home - Dr. Paulien also received his doc - specialists who can make practical use of Zirkle, MD, FACS, joined the medical ment the violent outbreaks. work in science and mathematics on his torate in New Testament from Andrews the material in the real world. pursuits of his father in a distinguished Spearheading an emergency medical final day. His attention to family ties will University in 1987. Dr. Paulien has traveled extensively, professional career that focused on cleft service program for Loma Linda fire be cherished by those mourning his Dr. Paulien has served the Adventist reaching all 50 states of the union, in palate, hand, and cosmetic surgery, fighters, Dr. Zirkle developed and taught death: wife Carol; daughter Karen of Church as a pastor in the Greater New addition to a plethora of other countries. burn and trauma care, and emergency the courses, and ultimately became Redlands and her children, Madison and York Conference of Seventh-day Adven - When not at work, Dr. Paulien medicine, as well as myriad administra - deputy chief of the department, active in Forest; sons Jonathan and Thomas (and tists for several years. enjoys being with his wife, Pamella, and Jon Paulien, PhD tive duties. all aspects of fire fighting. According to wife Jennifer) and their children, Thomas He served as senior vice president of his colleagues, “His knowledge of the and Theodore of Tempe, Arizona; Groundbreaking held for Beaumont Healthcare Center Loma Linda University Medical Center, fire service was impeccable, even though brother George of Redding; and brother- assistant dean of the School of Medicine, he was a physician. A great asset to the in-law Larry Rudy (and wife Carol) of Officials of Loma Linda University campus housing a medical office more than 600 physicians from more special assistant to the president at the community, his medical skills gave Spokane, Washington. Medical Center and faculty physicians building, outpatient surgery center, and than 20 different physician groups affili - University, and president of the School of added dimensions to his service.” from the School of Medicine joined urgent care facility. ated with Loma Linda University Med - Medicine’s Alumni Association. An interest in media developed forces with their counterparts from H. Roger Hadley, MD, president of ical Center. “By teaming with LLUMC, In a career that spanned the globe, when young Dr. Zirkle participated in Faculty of Religion Beaver Medical Group and Redlands Loma Linda University Health Care, Redlands Community Hospital, and Dr. Zirkle taught, treated, and consulted radio productions at the Hill Church’s becomes School of Community Hospital to break ground on expressed his pleasure at representing Continued on page 48 in six continents, and covered hospital radio station. In the 1970s with Roland the soon-to-be-constructed Beaumont appointments at the Medical Center, Zimmerman, MD, he determined to Religion Healthcare Center on Tuesday, Sep - Jerry L. Pettis Memorial VA Hospital, transmit Loma Linda University Church tember 25, 2007. Completion is pro - Riverside General Hospital, and City of events to patient rooms in the Medical In addition to a new crop of stu - jected for 2009 at a cost of $42 million. Hope Medical Center, in Duarte. He Center. He raised funds, purchased cam - dents this fall, the Faculty of Religion is A variety of dignitaries spoke at the often traveled to places where he would eras, and learned production skills for the welcoming a new name also. groundbreaking ceremonies. perform medical missionary services. project. The effort has grown to become Effective July 1, 2007, the Faculty of “We are here to commemorate a His 2008 calendar shows proposed a 24/7 operation at Loma Linda Broad - Religion has become known as the watershed moment that will significantly continuing education appointments in casting Network, where he was serving as School of Religion. The transition was enhance the delivery of health care to Greece and at Camp MiVoden in Idaho, chair of the board, moderator on several voted by the LLU Board of Trustees in the families of the Inland Empire,” said the latter being a long-time annual com - programs, and presenter for a devotional December 2006. Mel Sauder, JD, MBA, MDiv, senior vice mitment. Overseeing Sir Run Run Shaw “One-on-One” weekly television show. In addition to serving the broad spiri - president of health care business devel - Hospital in Hangzhou, China, from its His adventurous spirit took Dr. tual needs of the University, the new opment at LLUMC, at the event. inception, he made more than 70 trips to Zirkle and Norman Meyer to Alaska in school will feature a division of humanities. He also noted that the health care ensure the building and operation met 1974 to purchase army surplus helicop - The School of Religion, with 13 full- center will offer comprehensive, high- Western standards. ters for the Medical Center, which has time faculty and more than a dozen quality medical services in an 85,000- Administrators pose for a picture on Tuesday, September 25, prior to the A complex spectrum of interests had helicopter ambulance service ever adjunct faculty, teaches courses in religion square-foot facility on a seven-acre groundbreaking ceremonies for the Beaumont Healthcare Center. brought balance into Dr. Zirkle’s life. His since. Interspersed with flying, gar - Continued on page 48
40 · SCOPE · Fall / Winter 200 7–08 New scope New scope SCOPE · Fall / Winter 200 7–08 · 41 The life of a missionary: Nursing alumna celebrates 75th anniversary School of Dentistry
When Marjorie Whitney was a little Every mission call that she took was everything,” she recalls. begins facility girl in grade school, she read a poem either at a newly constructed facility that Marjorie Whitney soon received about the many challenges that disad - needed a seasoned nurse to get things another mission call, this time to expansion plans vantaged Chinese families face. She started, or a hospital that had no medical Shashamane, Ethiopia, in 1967, teaching decided then and there that she wanted doctor and was desperately in need of pre-nursing for one year. Major plans to expand the Loma to be a missionary and serve in China. leadership. In 1970, at the age of 61, Ms. Linda University campus call for build - “As far back as I can remember, my “It was pioneering work to a great Whitney decided it was time to retire, ings now used by the School of Dentistry ambition was always to go to China,” extent,” says Ms. Whitney of her career. never having fulfilled her dream of mis - to be reallocated for other uses. says Ms. Whitney. After her time in Mexico, she sion work in China. She moved to Whit - And so change is coming soon— Nursing was the area she wanted to received another mission call, this time more, California, to care for her mother. within the next six months, the building work in, so she set her sights on coming for Kingston, Jamaica, where she led the While in retirement, she took more housing the faculty dental offices (FDO) to Loma Linda. nursing department for eight years. than 20 trips every summer for eight weeks on Taylor Street will be leveled to make After graduating 75 years ago from Upon hearing that LLU was devel - with Pacific Union College, Angwin, Cali - room for a parking structure. FDO will Loma Linda University with her oping a master’s degree in nursing, Ms. fornia. This also was only through Europe temporarily relocate to leased space in diploma in nursing in 1932, Ms. Whitney Whitney returned to Loma Linda and and Australia, but never China. San Bernardino. Major plans to expand the Loma Linda campus call for structures now used by stayed in Loma Linda and worked at the began the program. She graduated in the Five years later, at the age of 66, Ms. According to Charles J. Goodacre, the School of Dentistry to be reallocated for other uses. hospital there. first class to receive their master’s in Whitney finally received the call to serve DDS, MSD, dean, fundraising for a new Marjorie Whitney received her first nursing degree from Loma Linda. The as a missionary in China. dental school complex (two structures The move-in date for the second phase, chosen by the School. mission call in 1946. The General Con - year was 1957. “I had been retired for five years and a parking facility) is being included housing the dental and dental hygiene Additional discussion included plan - ference of Seventh-day Adventists was Ms. Whitney didn’t have to wait when I finally got a call to China,” she in the LLUAHSC and School of Den - programs, will take place a few years later. ning for advanced education programs sending her to the newly constructed long to receive her next call. That very remembers. “I was so excited!” tistry annual campaigns for next year. “We are being given latitude,” says needs many years from now. hospital in Montemorelos, Mexico. She same year, she was called to Nicaragua. For the next four years, she lived And so planning for a new dental Dr. Goodacre, “to plan and create the envi - Several meetings will take place went, serving as the first and only nurse It was there that she supervised the out her dream, supervising the nursing school complex (to be located across the ronment in which dental education will over the coming months to establish at the hospital for more than a year. move of Clinica y Hospital Adventista department at Tsuen Wan Adventist street from Loma Linda Academy) has take place for the next 50 years or more.” specific space needs, followed by cre - Thus began a long and storied career from Puerto Cabezas on the east coast to Hospital as a volunteer. begun. The first phase to be constructed On Monday, October 22, a com - ation of architectural plans for the new in mission hospital nursing. For the next La Trinidad on the west coast. Ms. In 1981, she was asked to travel to (2009) will house the graduate programs, mittee of faculty, staff, and students met complex. 30 years, Ms. Whitney would devote her Whitney had to have enough supplies to Haiti for a little more than a year. She faculty practices, and a research facility. with staff from a space-planning firm life to helping others less fortunate. last for six months before new supplies worked there as a nurse at the newly would arrive. built Hopital Adventiste d’Haiti, organ - LLU chosen as study center in unparalleled children’s health study Just after relocating, the doctor izing and supervising in surgery and asked Ms. Whitney to set up for surgery. obstetrics/gynecology, an area that Ms. A landmark nationwide study that center, which will manage local partici - Children’s Study will include children, Unfortunately, the surgery suite hadn’t Whitney had never worked in before. will track 105,000 children across the pant recruitment and data collection in their families, and communities from dif - been built yet. Ms. Whitney and the “When you’re in the mission field, United States—including 1,000 in San the largest study of child and human ferent parts of the country—from dif - doctor looked around for a suitable area you have to specialize in everything,” Bernardino County—will keep track of health ever conducted in the United ferent backgrounds including ethnic, for surgery. The only thing available was she says. what they eat, drink, touch, and breathe States. racial, social, economic, religious—that the doctor’s own office desk. The two From Haiti, it was off to Puerto Rico from birth until age 21. “This is an unparalleled study,” says make up the very diverse American pop - prepared the desk and performed the for six months helping to organize the Other information to be studied Jayakaran S. Job, MD, associate professor ulations,” says Dr. Job. surgery right there in the office with the nursing school at Universidad Adventista includes some of the nation’s most in the Schools of Public Health and Results of the study will be made use of a flashlight. de las Antillas. pressing health problems, such as Medicine, one of the principal investiga - public as the study progresses. Even “I just had to depend on the Lord in At the age of 73, with more than 50 autism, birth defects, diabetes, heart tors for the study. “It takes into account a though the study spans more than two these times, knowing that He would years of nursing and more than 30 years of disease, and obesity. range of factors such as genetic, cultural, decades, researchers will begin to analyze guide and direct,” Ms. Whitney says. mission work under her belt, Ms. Whitney Loma Linda University and Cali - biological, and social—how often they data as soon as it is collected and will She was then sent to the small island finally retired—this time for good. fornia State University, San Bernardino, see a doctor and the safety of their release findings as children in the study of Trinidad to help forge the beginnings In 2000, she moved to Calhoun, have been selected as a study center in neighborhoods.” reach certain developmental milestones. of Community Hospital in the capital of Georgia. She lives alone and drives by the National Children’s Study to assess Dr. Job says that the results will be The federally funded study will cost Port-of-Spain. For three years, she pro - herself. In 2009, she will turn 100. the effects of environmental and genetic worth the wait because it will give health about $2.7 billion over 25 years. Congress Ms. Whitney, finally fulfilling her vided supervision for the nursing staff “I have no regrets whatsoever,” she factors on child and human health in the care practitioners a wealth of data to use appropriated $69 million recently to set dream of working in China, poses for and organized nursing supplies. says. “Well, let me take that back; the United States for the local region. in developing strategies to combat up study centers and begin recruiting. a picture next to Tsuen Wan Adven - “Practically every place I went was only one I have is that I’m not able to The two institutions will partner to chronic disorders at an early age. tist Hospital in Hong Kong. just starting—you had to improvise for still go out into the mission field.” lead the San Bernardino County study “Unlike other studies, the National
42 · SCOPE · Fall / Winter 200 7–08 New scope New scope SCOPE · Fall / Winter 200 7–08 · 43 Annenberg School of Science & Foundation awards Technology $500,000 toward professor saves Centennial Complex endangered sea turtles Loma Linda University recently received a $500,000 grant from the Annenberg Foundation to support the On June 17, a team of marine scien - capital campaign for the construction of tists returned to the Bay Islands of Hon - the new Centennial Complex facility. duras to continue studies of one of the Being built presently on the north ocean’s best-loved representatives. Stephen Dunbar, PhD, observes a recently released, radio-tagged hawksbill. end of the campus, the Centennial Com - In the photo above, taken Thursday, December 14, the steel girder outline of the Stephen G. Dunbar, PhD, professor plex will be a new, 151,000 square foot, Centennial Complex is nearly complete. of biology, School of Science and Tech - Dunbar, has developed the Protective get help from local communities, we student-oriented facility. This facility will nology, heads the team that is based at Turtle Ecology Center for Training, Out - could see this important and beautiful transform the way LLU delivers health notes Richard H. Hart, MD, DrPH, The complex integrates technology into the Reef House Resort in Oak Ridge, reach and Research, Inc. (Pro - species disappear in the very near professions education and telemedicine chancellor of the University. all of its functions. Roatan, where they monitored and TECTOR), a nonprofit organization future,” Dr. Dunbar states. to its students. “Through this grant, the Founda - “Third is global connectivity. In any tracked sea turtles until mid-September. dedicated to the study and conservation “We’re already working with local Some of the main features of the com - tion is assisting the University as it rede - given year, the University coordinates Known locally as “Señor Tortuga,” of marine turtles in Honduras. resource managers, the Bay Islands Con - plex include an anatomy pavilion, a clinical fines itself for the present century. By and implements education, public Dr. Dunbar has been working since Some sources estimate that popula - servation Association, and others to skills assessment center, a technology hub, using the best leading-edge communica - health, and service programs in 60 coun - November 2005 to establish a turtle con - tions of hawksbills throughout the ensure that our research and conserva - two large amphitheaters (350 and 250 stu - tion technology, we can transform the tries around the world. Information tech - servation program on the island. As a Caribbean have declined from more than tion efforts in Honduras will continue in dents), and a series of high technology lab - way this institution educates students in nology in the complex will facilitate the result of their efforts, the group, along 11 million to less than 30,000 individuals. the future. We hope that the turtles and oratories and classrooms. The complex is health professions.” two-way communication between Loma with marine data modeler Joe Breman “There are so many threats to their sur - ProTECTOR will be there for a long designed to be a “smart” building. It will According to Dr. Hart, there are Linda and many institutions around the and LLU nursing professor Sabine vival; if we don’t work quickly and don’t time to come.” allow students to access vast amounts of three key reasons that stimulated the world,” adds Dr. Hart. information electronically and enable them University to plan the complex. Established in 1989 by Walter H. Refurbished unit 7100 opens for cardiac patients in Medical Center to access data from anywhere on and off “First is growth,” he says. “We Annenberg, the Annenberg Foundation campus. The University expects to com - expect that the University’s enrollment provides funding and support to non - The grand re-opening of Loma diothoracic surgery, noted that “the suc - patient-centered perspective. plete the new facility in 2009. will increase by about 25 percent, from profit organizations in the United States Linda University Medical Center’s car - cess of the cardiothoracic surgery pro - “The evidence-based design “We are pleased about this signifi - 4,000 to 5,000 students by 2010. and globally through its headquarters in diothoracic surgery wing took place on gram at Loma Linda is 10 percent skill methodology that was used to select, plan, cant grant, a first-time award to Loma “Second is innovation. Technology Radnor, Pennsylvania, and offices in Los Tuesday, August 28. and 90 percent teamwork. We are known and install the elements you see here Linda by the Annenberg Foundation,” has impacted the way our students learn. Angeles, California. Attending the event was an esti - as a team that not only heals the bodies today is part of our strategic plan,” he mated audience of 220 individuals. of our patients, but also comforts their said. Mr. Mock noted that everything LLUSM students outperform counterparts in other medical schools Members of the Medical Center Board souls and points them in the direction of from the colors of the patient rooms to the of Trustees joined administrative officers, the Divine Healer.” art on the walls was carefully evaluated to Loma Linda University School of sional patients who not only mimic the standard deviation above the mean, Medical Center staff, and representatives After praising unit 7100 as a “clean, eliminate clutter, improve staff efficiency, Medicine students received the highest signs and symptoms of certain diseases, according to Dr. Hadley. of the local news media to commemorate warm, inviting, and lovely environment and reduce noise. He emphasized the score of all medical students in California but also grade medical students on their “In other words, 85 percent of our the re-opening. of healing,” Dr. Razzouk concluded his staff’s desire to “seek God’s blessing as we in a practical examination that tests his - skills,” Dr. Hadley says. students outperformed 85 percent of the After describing the new features, remarks with a message for the patients move forward with this therapeutic envi - tory and physical diagnostic skills, “Although Loma Linda’s medical other medical students in California. Daniel Fontoura, MBA, senior vice presi - of the cardiothoracic surgery wing and ronment for our patients.” according to H. Roger Hadley, MD, students have consistently performed “I want to congratulate Dr. Leonard dent and administrator, Univeristy Hos - their families. “We value your trust,” he To conclude the official ceremonies, dean, School of Medicine. better than their counterparts at other Werner, Becky Bartos-Specht, Nancy pital, noted that “what makes this place asserted. “Your comfort, safety, and well- Mr. Fontoura called upon Chaplain Hen - For the past 10 years, all medical medical schools, this year [2007] was a Heine, Kathy Herzberger, and the phys - really special is the people.” He reported being are our number one priority. We drik Hutagaol to offer the benediction. students in California’s eight medical banner year.” ical diagnosis teaching team for their out - that unit 7100 earned the highest patient will take good care of you.” “We are very pleased with the reno - schools participate in an identical prac - The mean of the eight medical standing work.” satisfaction rating of any patient care Jesse Mock, vice president for vation of unit 7100,” Mr. Mock noted. tical examination that tests history and schools was 68 percent, and the second The series of examinations are wing at the Medical Center. He attrib - facilities and environment, discussed “We like the way it looks and are excited physical diagnostic skills, according to highest score was 69 percent. Loma conducted by the California Con- uted its success to the love and commit - the role of evidence-based design in about the positive message the healing Dr. Hadley. Linda medical students scored an aston - sortium for the Assessment of Clinical ment of the 7100 staff. the renovation of the unit and motif conveys. We see it as an extension “The examination utilizes profes - ishing 74 percent, placing them a whole Competence. Anees J. Razzouk, MD, chief of car - described the planning process from a of our mission to make man whole.”
44 · SCOPE · Fall / Winter 200 7–08 New scope New scope SCOPE · Fall / Winter 200 7–08 · 45 Allied health students travel to Mexico for Spanish course Alumni notes Students enrolled in the physician assistant (PA) program, part of the Loma Linda University School of Allied Health Professions, traveled to Mexico in The editorial staff would like to hear from you as an alumnus of Loma Linda University regarding professional and personal news. Please August for a course in Spanish. e-mail your submissions to < [email protected]>. If you have a digitized photo, please attach it to your e-mail. If you would like to be more traditional, The course, “Practicum in Spanish” mail your submissions to SCOPE , Loma Linda University Adventist Health Sciences Center, Loma Linda, California 92350. Please visit us on the (SPAN 123), held August 12 to 19 in Web at
46 · SCOPE · Fall / Winter 200 7–08 New scope Alumni notes SCOPE · Fall / Winter 200 7–08 · 47 In his three-page tribute to Dr. Hon, friend, and the recording inspired one of 1990s Charles J. Lockwood, MD, editor-in- the “radio show staff’s favorite episodes, chief of Contemporary O B/ Gyn an hour devoted to intimate glimpses of Wong Chi Wing, RD (SAHP’97), (December 2006) concludes, “To his stu - people’s lives caught on tape.” department head of food and dietetics at dents, residents, and fellows, Dr. Hon The producers of the program found Hong Kong Adventist Hospital, has been blended critical thinking with gentle Dr. Davis living in Indio, where he retained as a consultant by the luxury encouragement. To his peers, he was a practices family medicine, and asked hotel group Shangri-La Hotels and role model of creativity and innovation. for his permission to air the recording, Resorts to assist in developing menus But it is America’s parents who owe Dr. which he had not heard since he was 24 that bring healthy dining to a higher Hon the greatest debt of gratitude for years old. level of creativity. improving their chances of delivering a “It isn’t often, at least in my life, that Since nutritional needs are unique to healthy child.” I get to go back and touch my family,” each individual, the new menus will says Dr. Davis. “I am glad people can allow guests—from business travelers to Donald E. Casebolt (SM’53-B) was listen to it and it makes them happy.” active, health-conscious vacationers to presented the Community Advocacy The program’s 30-minute segment conference participants—to select from a Award by the San Juan Regional Med - reveals in sound clips the Davises pri - variety of dishes that are specific to their ical Center, Farmington, New Mexico, vate musings, passions, and tensions at dietary needs while on the road. at a recent physician’s recognition that moment in time. The program also Mr. Wong has 10 years of experience dinner. The award was presented in presented Dr. Davis a chance to relive as a dietitian, has served as vice presi - honor of his role as chair of the Citizens moments listening to his parents and to dent of the Hong Kong Practicing Dieti - Concerned About Secondhand Smoke, hear their voices talking to him again so tians Association, and is often featured which was successful in obtaining a ban many years after their deaths. on the radio and in publications as an on smoking in the workplace at the Dr. Davis says that each time the expert on nutrition and diet. Farmington City Council meeting in radio program runs, he hears from old late 2006. Dr. Casebolt notes that it classmates, his father’s co-workers, and Groundbreaking… took many hours of work and more than others who recognize them on the radio. Continued from page 40 three years to obtain the ban for a city Interested individuals may find the Beaver Medical Group,” he offered, “our of 40,000 in the northwest corner of recording online at
48 · SCOPE · Fall / Winter 200 7–08 Alumni notes Adventist Health International celebrates 10 years
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