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Annual Report 1991

Introduction

nyone who doubts that the to ensure good health and bright futures.

Medical College of Georgia is Read about Valerie Terry, for instance, on the move need only glimpse pediatric coordinator of respiratory care at at the faces and events that MCG. She has a vested interest in the out- have shaped the past year. This comes of tiny newborns: 26 years ago, she annual report edition of Medical College was born two months premature at MCG. of Georgia Today offers that glimpse. The health care she received saved her Take a look, for instance, at two vital life and cemented her destiny as one who new members of the MCG team. Dr. John would battle for others' lives as MCG bat- A. Hardin, an MCG alumnus and former tled for hers. Also featured is the School chief of rheumatology at Yale University, of Nursing Rural Health Outreach has exciting plans and abundant talent to Program, which ensures health care for bring to his new post as chairman of the the impoverished residents of rural Department of Medicine. Dr. Thomas R. Jefferson County. Ga. Gadacz. former professor of surgery at And as usual, the annual report

Johns Hopkins Hospital, brings years of includes information we have all too few experience and high-tech expertise to his occasions to highlight: those who have new post as chairman of the Department donated their resources to MCG, for of Surgery. Both are profiled in this edi- instance, and a hospital report detailing tion of the magazine. just how the facility touches the lives of And take a look at some of the daz- those throughout Georgia and beyond. zling research efforts unfolding on We are proud to present this informa- campus. A gene linked to Alzheimer's dis- tion and hope you enjoy reading about it. ease, the cellular basis of aging, a cancer Sincerely, killer, a drug to treat gum disease—all are among the amazing examples of the fruits of MCG researchers' labor, and all are described in the magazine.

And we never forget the efforts of Francis J. Tedesco, M.D. those who apply the miracles of medicine President, Medical College of Georgia MEDICAL COLLEGE GEORGIA

The Health Sciences University of the State of Georgia Today

USPS 867340 Volume 20, Number 1 . Fall 1991

Contents

21 Forging New Ground 141 Age-Old Question

Dr. Thomas R. Gadacz, MCG's new chairman of the A molecular biologist at MCG is studying cells to gain insight Department of Surgery, brings exciting new approaches to into the aging process. tried-and-true aspects of medicine. 14 /Ready, Aim, Fire 41 Prime Suspects MCG researchers have created a deadly package, and its

MCG has assembled a team of investigators to study several target is cancer. factors suspected of contributing to atherosclerosis. 16/ Full Circle 81 Recipe for Success A baby born two months premature fought for her life 26 Dr. John A. Hardin, the new chairman of Department MCG's years ago at the MCG Hospital. Today, she's perfectly of has loved Medicine, always mixing things together to healthy and, as pediatric coordinator of respiratory care at create exciting. anxious begin something new and He's to MCG, she's helping other babies win the same fight. mixing resources at MCG to make his department more dynamic than ever. 171 AlumNews

News from the five alumni associations. 101 Plan Your Giving Gifts of life insurance. 33 Reaching Out The MCG School of Nursing's Rural Health Outreach 11 1 Putting Brakes on Gum Disease Program is changing the face of health care for the Dental researchers at MCG are testing a drug to fight gum impoverished citizens of rural Jefferson County, Ga. disease.

371 Medical College of Georgia Hospital and Clinics 121 Dissecting a Dreaded Disease Annual Report An MCG researcher is probing a gene's link to Alzheimer's

disease. 41 1 Benchmark

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is without is Art Director: Brent D. Burch 30903. Published quarterly. MCG Today furnished to alumni and friends of MCG charge. Second-class postage paid at Augusta. GA. The appearance of advertisements in this publication does not constitute an endorsement by the Medical College of Georgia Photographers: Phil Jones of the products or services advertised. Postmaster: Send address changes to Data Update Office, FI-100 Alumni Center, Medical William Willner College of Georgia. Augusta. Georgia 30912 R. Gadacz rhomashad frogs and sala- manders for pets and has caught some pretty big snakes in his time. This Catholic son of a long line of bankers liked

to walk in the woods, look

at flowers, trees and birds and for animal tracks. In high school in South Bend. Ind.. he helped curate the city's museum, was president of the local Audubon Society and even helped compile a bird reg-

istry for the city. While he was majoring

in zoology at the University of Notre Dame, he curated the biology museum there and taught summer biology courses to his fellow students. He liked to take them to the bogs around South Bend. He'd be at one end of the bog, giving his talk, and would have the students stand at the other end.

"Because of all the weight on their side, the bog would start going down. I'd be up sort of high and dry." And he was up there wondering what he should be. Dr. Corley McFarland, a good friend and ophthal- mologist, told the amiable Dr. Gadacz to merge his

interest in science and people and consider medicine. So he spent time with the family doctor. Dr. Brian Donnelly.

"I thought it was really fascinating what he was

doing. When I saw him really helping people, that sort of turned me on." He had a genetics fel-

lowship all lined up at Stanford University. He asked the head of the pro-

gram if he could put the fellowship on hold for six months. "He said, 'You've got to be kidding.'"

It took three months at

St. Louis University School of Medicine before Dr. Gadacz was sure he'd made

GEORGIA TODAY 2 MEDICAL COLLEGE OF high-tech approach to surgery with him.

He's already working with engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology to improve the perspective through a laparo-

scope by making it three-dimensional and honing optics so more can be seen with Forging smaller scopes. New "I'm very optimistic. What we are planning is a center of minimally invasive

surgery. For example, if somebody comes into the emergency room with abdominal

pain and you get all the standard studies and they don't show anything, we are Ground going to put a little needle in the abdomen, inflate a little carbon dioxide (to distend the abdomen so the doctor can see) and just drop the scope right through the needle so you really won't even have the right decision. hard decisions about the future, he tells an incision."

"I thought it was a lot of craziness, them this: "The bottom line is if you do He's also looking forward to working how intense things were. We were in what you enjoy doing, then whether there with Dr. John A. Hardin, the new chair- class all day, then we'd come home and are high points or low points, you are man of the Department of Medicine, at study for another six hours." going to be content. If you don't like expanding transplantation programs to So much for walks in the woods what you are doing, you are going to have include liver, lungs and heart as well as and bogs. a hard time going to work every day." following up with already announced

Anatomy probably is what brought Going to work has never bothered plans for pancreas and bone marrow reason to the insanity. While fellow stu- Dr. Gadacz. transplant programs. dents were moaning and groaning. Dr. The Vietnam War interrupted his time But he wants these to be solid pro-

Gadacz found himself fascinated by the at Chicago. He was drafted. The U.S. grams. "I think the timing of these is very workings of the human body. Navy offered what sounded like was a critical. I've been around enough to see

Today the new chairman of the good deal, but forgot to mention that the liver transplant programs fail miserably.

Medical College of Georgia Department Navy supplied doctors for the U.S. The reason is that somebody got very of Surgery is an expert at unique perspec- Marines. "I knew I was going to war when enthusiastic about wanting to do them, but tives on those workings, gaining two- they sent me to survivor's school." he said. did not have the backup really to do it." dimensional views through half-inch He got a hard education there in Conversations already have begun round endoscopes that peer into a gas- medicine and in life. with faculty members interested in trointestinal tract illuminated by a Two years later, he came back, this immunology to study the genetic struc- fiberoptic light source. time to the University of California to ture of tumors and to manipulate the

Then, inserting instruments through study with Dr. Lawrence Way the hor- immune system to kill tumors. tiny incisions, he dissects the gallbladder mones that influence the stomach to secrete He's looking at the residency pro- from the bile duct and liver, empties it, acid and the complex interaction between grams, with plans to add a year of grabbing the emptied gallbladder with for- acid secretion and gallbladder contraction. research training to the general surgery ceps and removes it from the abdomen. San Francisco also provided the oppor- residency. "It will be an option initially His perspective means less pain, scar- tunity for Dr. Gadacz to finish his surgical for general surgery," Dr. Gadacz said. ring, recovery time and cost to the patient training. Then in 1974, in a move that is a Eventually the research aspect will be with gallstones. little unusual for a surgeon, he did a GI mandatory and will be added to all surgi-

The gallbladder's job is to store and medicine fellowship at the Mayo Clinic. cal training programs at MCG. concentrate bile it gets from the liver. All this learning taught Dr. Gadacz that he And he's also looking at a department

Bile is essential to the breakdown of fat in liked the academic environment. that he arrived to find left in good shape food. When you eat. the gallbladder con- "I like to take care of very complicated by Dr. Arlie R. Mansberger Jr., who tracts to release that bile into the bile duct patients. I like the research aspects and the retired in March after 18 years. He thanks and the first part of the small intestines. teaching. I enjoy getting together with stu- Dr. Mansberger for that solid legacy and It's a system that typically works well dents and residents and sharing things that says the strong clinical base of the depart- until gallstones make the gallbladder inef- I know and stimulating them to start ment was a big drawing card. fective and painful. thinking about some of these problems Yes, barring restrictions that result

It was during the 1960s at the and how are we going to solve them." from state budget problems, he probably University of Chicago that he became He began his own professional career needs to hire about 12 new faculty over interested in gastrointestinal surgery. at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and the the next five years to strengthen existing

Heart surgery was all the rage those days Department of Veterans Affairs Medical department skills and bring new ones. and he remembers a faculty member Center in Baltimore in 1975. When he left But no. he doesn't want the good fac- telling him that the heyday of gastroin- to take the chairmanship at MCG. he was ulty who already are here to feel appre- testinal surgery had come and gone. professor of surgery at The Johns hensive. His goal is to support and

"I'm glad I didn't take that advice." Hopkins Hospital and chief of the surgi- enhance their skills and programs while

So when he hands out advice to medical service at the VA. developing new programs and people. cal students or residents trying to make As MCG chairman, he brines his —TONI BAKER

ANNUAL REPORT / VOLUME 20, NUMBER 1 / FALL 1 3 are major sus- Dr. A. Bleakley Chandler rheypects. Obtrusive clots National Heart, Lung and that form on blood Blood Institute.

vessel walls. The PDAY study is Smooth muscle cells that designed to document plaque

normally help make blood ves- formation, why it occurs

sels elastic. where it occurs and at what Monocytes that work like point risk factors such as

garbage collectors in the body. smoking and high blood They appear guilty of con- cholesterol become important. Prime tributing to the development of Dr. Chandler is focusing on atherosclerosis. clots that form on blood vessel And the Medical College of walls. The wall may actually Georgia Department of grow around or engulf the clot,

Pathology has assembled a for all practical purposes trans- Suspects team of investigators to deter- forming the clot into an mine the role of each in this atherosclerotic plaque beneath

country's number-one killer. the endothelium, or lining, of Dr. A. Bleakley Chandler, the blood vessel.

chairman, is part of a national, "The question is, what pre- multicenter study—the cedes the thrombus developing Radiobiological Determinants on the arterial wall?" Dr. of Atherosclerosis in Youth Chandler said. "Why there? (PDAY) project of the Why that particular point?

4 MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA TODAY Scanning electron micrograph of monocytes, likely forerunners of plaque formation.

yet," Dr. Rao said. He also wants to know

if these altered smooth

muscle cells have a role in changing potentially harm-

less accumulations of fat

in the intima into plaque. To answer these questions, Drs. Chandler and Rao and their collaborators in the PDAY study. Dr. Greer Falls, assistant professor of pathology, and Benjamin O. Spurlock. associate professor, are

looking at the blood vessels of young Americans—ages 15 through 34—who were victims of trauma. "We are collecting

cases through all these

ages and looking at exactly the same spot on the arteries in every case so that

when you put all this together, hundreds of cases, you can see what

has occurred at this one spot in the vessel," Dr. Chandler said.

When all the data is collected, researchers will combine information about the state of the arteries "It's been known for over that leads to occlusion of the when they get to the intima, with known risk factors of the 100 years that thrombosis con- artery after a plaque has may acquire the ability to mul- young people in this study. tributes to the formation and started." Dr. Chandler said. tiply and secrete proteins," Dr. Researchers are in the sixth buildup of a plaque by forming Pathology professor Rao said. "So they change year of this seven-and-one- on the vessel wall, then Raghuanatha N. Rao also is their character. They act dif- half-year PDAY study, which becoming organized, which asking questions. ferently. They are not just con- is the first prospective study means it's converted to con- His are about the smooth tractile. They have now looking at the various compo-

nective tissue. It is known that muscle cells of the blood become proliferative and syn- nents of the blood vessel and

in an older population, let's vessel walls that normally thetic." This is where the cells analyzing those in relation to say from 40 to 65 years of age, have the function of regulating start making connective tissue known risk factors such as in which virtually everyone in blood flow and blood pressure. and so take on the undesirable smoking and high blood Western society has Their location in the early role of thickening blood ves- cholesterol levels.

atherosclerosis to some degree, years of life is in the middle sels. Because as much as is one can find evidence of layer of the wall of blood ves- Every smooth muscle cell known about what risk factors

thrombosis in roughly 45 per- sels. With age, they tend to has this intrinsic ability to are, it's still not known at what

cent of the lesions, which is an move into the intima, the begin producing connective point they become significant

extremely large number when innermost layer of the wall of tissue, but not all cells do it. in this disease.

you think about it as a factor in the blood vessel where Cells that do seem to be found "You have people who pre-

the evolution of disease. atherosclerosis occurs. While in higher numbers at points in sent with high blood pressure;

"The question that has doing this, some of them also the blood vessels where there are very effective antihy-

never been answered has to do take on the role of thickening atherosclerosis is common. pertensive drugs these days." with whether or not the the intima, a process which "Do these numbers vary said Dr. Ross G. Gerrity. a thrombi are involved with the occurs in everyone—to some according to age, smoking, sex, Ph.D. in experimental pathol- initiation of the disease or is extent—with age. cholesterol levels and so on? ogy. "You can control high thrombosis simply the process "Smooth muscle cells. We don't know the answers blood pressure so you reduce a

ANNUAL REPORT / VOLUME 20, NUMBER 1 / FALL 1991 5 —

risk factor there. So we can Dr. Ross G. Gerrity

reduce the risk factors, or if THE somebody reaches the point uniformly in an artery. MEDICAL where he's got disease so Rather susceptible areas are severe that he's got angina, associated with the places MANAGEMENT then we do bypass surgery or where arteries branch. INSTITUTE we can do angioplasty. And there are plenty of "What we can't do at this them.

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6 MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA TODAY Once fat-laden, monocytes from the blood into the intima. in Moscow to examine this some type of protein to attract are called foam cells. "Once the cells start response and with molecular more monocytes.

Apparently some of these doing that, they start laying biologists at the University of He'll look to see if in areas foam cells overindulge and get down a lot of fibrous tissue. California at Los Angeles to of fat accumulation, somehow stuck in the inner lining of You get a swelling of the inner examine the protein. the lining of the blood vessel is blood vessel walls, where they part of the vessel in toward the A recent half-million-dollar altered, making it easier for die and likely become the middle of the vessel, the grant from the National even more monocytes to come early basis for plaque forma- lumen, where the blood flows. Institutes of Health will allow in. And if some sort of attach- tion. Once that process starts, Eventually, of course, it can him to continue his studies, ment molecule also is pro- it becomes even harder for occlude the vessel and shut off looking at many of the same duced in these areas which foam cells to get out of the blood flow." issues in man. makes the monocytes more artery wall and so it becomes Dr. Gerrity believes the As Dr. Chandler and Mr. prone to get stuck in the lining easier for significant plaque to monocytes to be part of the Spuiiock, director of the MCG once they get in. build at that site. body's early defense mecha- Electron Microscopy "It may be that if we find, '"The arterial wall accumu- nism against atherosclerosis. Laboratory, have looked at for example, the monocytes lates fat or lipids which Animals on high-fat, tiny clots in human arteries, that come into the wall trigger

(move) from the blood into high-cholesterol diets start they also have found collec- all the rest of the events that the vessel wall." Dr. Gerrity accumulating lipids in their tions of cells Dr. Gerrity lead to clinically significant said. These produce the arteries in just a few days. believes are monocytes. plaque, then perhaps that will same fatty streaks Dr. Rao is Those animals also have more To date Dr. Gerrity has pri- lead to drug treatments, for interested in. monocytes circulating in their marily studied atherosclerosis example, that will alter the "That (accumulation) bloodstream, strongly suggest- in swine, which, like man, function of monocytes," Dr. seems to set off a whole chain ing that the body is responding develop the disease sponta- Gerrity said. of events which are really very to too much fat, by making neously. Now he will ask those "Or, if the monocyte is a poorly understood still," Dr. more of a product designed to same questions and more when good guy that goes in and

Gerrity said. "It's a very com- eliminate it. examining human arteries. clears lipid from the wall like plex chain of events, but basi- "The vessel wall itself pro- He'll work with MCG we think it is, then maybe we cally it causes the smooth duces protein that stimulates pathologist Francis W. can find mechanisms that muscle cells of the wall to start production of monocytes," Chandler Jr. using molecular accelerate that process to dividing and become more said Dr. Gerrity, who is collab- biology techniques to deter- remove the lipid from the wall numerous and triggers the orating with scientists at the mine if these cells are mono- so plaque doesn't develop." movement of the monocytes U.S.S.R. Cardiology Institute cytes and if they are producing TONI BAKER

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ANNUAL REPORT / VOLUME 20, NUMBER 1 / FALL 1991 fascination with mixing things together held up to and

was nurtured in his years at MCG, working alongside fac-

ulty such as Drs. Joseph P.

Bailey Jr.. Russell R. Moores, James Hudson and A. Jay Bollet. Recipe for "The clinical sciences and clinical teaching here, I

felt, were really superb. We spent a lot of time with the faculty." He also remembers Success having good fun and com- raderie with his classmates;

he and Drs. Joel F. Parker. J.

Daniel Hanks Jr. and Edward

W. Brewster Jr. became a regular foursome. Those positive memories

day he nearly blew himself What isn't unrealistic is this assort- followed this Washington, rheup, John A. Hardin decided ment he describes. Ga„ native to Rochester. maybe he wouldn't be a rocket "I think the shape of the Department N.Y.. for a residency and fel-

scientist. of Medicine that we are looking at in the lowship in internal medicine He was an llth-grader year 2000 here and in other major medi- at Strong Memorial Hospital. intrigued with mixing things together to cal centers is one that is going to be made He worked for two years as a see what would happen. So he turned to up of a variety of people," he said. "One clinical associate at the biology, thinking maybe he*d mix non- of my goals at MCG will be to foster the National Institutes of Health explosives. development of the physician-scientist, before completing his inter- But he couldn't quite walk away from people who can function on a competitive nal medicine and rheumatol- people. Medicine provided fertile ground basis with their colleagues in the basic ogy training at The for Dr. Hardin to do both. As the new sciences and at the same time have a clin- Massachusetts General chairman of the Medical College of ical presence." Hospital in Boston. Georgia Department of Medicine. Dr. The presence might be in rheumatoid "That was a superb place

Hardin plans to keep that ground fertile arthritis. The physician-scientist would be to go if you wanted to be for others. a world leader in that particular disease trained as an investigator." he Here's what he figures he needs: within the broader spectrum of rheuma- said of his experience at the

People who are true global physicians, tology. As a physician, he would treat NIH. And it was during that able to take care of a majority of medical that disease and as a scientist he would time he refined his interests problems. People who are fairly focused look for the basic immune system defect and skills in immunology on high-tech medicine, such as angioplas- responsible for it. under the mentorship of Drs. ties and cardiac catheterizations. People "These individuals will interact with Alfred Steinberg and John who get up in the morning with research the even more specialized investigators Decker, two leading investi- as their major mission. And—pulling and the broader clinicians in our depart- gators in rheumatic diseases. these efforts together—people he calls ment so that we can truly achieve excel- The strong research and clini- physician-scientists. lence in research, education and patient cal environment at Massachusetts General "I'm talking about individuals whose care." Dr. Hardin said. "We have to rec- provided a logical follow-up. clinical interest would be very confined and ognize that the time has come for some He capped off his training with a post- whose basic science interest would be very new dimensions. We have to build a new doctoral fellowship in rheumatology and deep. This is getting away from the tradi- dimension in research in the department, a special NIH postdoctoral fellowship in tional three-legged stool (of teaching, research that can compete with institutions clinical immunology with Drs. Kurt research and patient care)," said the 1969 like Yale, like Harvard. We can do that. Bloch and Stephen Krane. The immune graduate of the MCG School of Medicine "We have the ability to put together, system fascinated him. Its components and the school's 1978 outstanding alumnus. over the next several years, a core group were just being identified at the time,

"It's nice for us to tell ourselves that of people in selected, focused areas who animal models for immune system dis- we can have people here who are excel- can compete with their colleagues on a eases were being developed and technol- lent physicians, excellent scientists and national basis. We cannot encompass ogy was becoming available to dissect the excellent teachers. But the truth is. that's every conceivable medical problem. We different cells of this vital system and unrealistic." can't cover molecular medicine across the study their function.

It's unrealistic for someone to, say. be board. But we can select a few focused He joined the Yale University faculty technically excellent at cardiac catheteri- areas that we can designate for excellence in 1976 and became its rheumatology sec- zation, to relate that technology to the and we can compete in those areas." tion chief in 1988. He further honed his patient who needs it and still run a molec- The new chairman considers himself skills as a visiting scientist for a year in ular biology lab. Dr. Hardin said. one of these physician-scientists. His early the Department of Biochemistry at

MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA TODAY Cambridge University in Dr. Jean O. facing budget issues. But the budgetary era, as well," Dr. Hardin said. "We need Thomas' laboratory. issues here are ones the state will deal to develop the image of MCG as being

As a physician-scientist, he has focused with in an effective way. It's not going to the best place in the state to go if you over those years on treating and research- be easy, but it's doable." need a doctor. We need to be responsive ing systemic lupus, an inflammatory dis- Now strong state support must be bol- to everybody in the state who has a ease affecting mainly young women. Its stered with strong outside dollars. health-care concern." cause unknown, he's been working for 22 "Science is very sophisticated. It's So he brought with him Dr. Daniel W.

years to understand why the patient's very big business. It's extremely competi- Rahn. also a rheumatologist who was

immune system turns on the body. He tive. It's become more competitive in the director of faculty practice for the brings that work with him to MCG. last 10 years." He won't say there are Department of Internal Medicine at Yale, He also brings a deep feeling for the enough dollars available for research. He to help do just that. As department vice school that gave him a good education, does say dollars are there and first-class chairman. Dr. Rahn will focus on clinical steered him toward an outstanding career scientists can compete for them. activities while Dr. Hardin concentrates and now has asked him back to be a leader. And there are other issues. on academics.

"The potential to do things at this Residency programs already are being "It's clear that this institution wants to

institution is really unprecedented. We revitalized within his department to support what the Department of Medicine

have more potential here than any place I ensure their effectiveness and competi- seeks to do," Dr. Hardin said. "There are

know. We are in a state that is doing well, tiveness. "We need to bring the clinical great things to be done."

relatively. Everybody in the country is activities of the department into a new —TONI BAKER

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3. A Way to Continue Giving death, you may have more coverage than planning professional. I would be pleased If you contribute annually to MCG and you need. After considering the benefits to provide you, your life insurance agent would like these contributions to continue of a gift of life insurance, you may decide and your attorney or other adviser with beyond your lifetime, you may wish to it is one of the best possible ways to make more information and help in any way consider a gift of life insurance. Through a substantial charitable contribution. possible. My toll-free number is 1-800- naming us as the owner and beneficiary of Although everyone's circumstances 869-1 113. a policy (or even by naming us as just the are different, a gift of an existing life —BRUCE HOWERTON beneficiary), the proceeds from the policy insurance policy may be appropriate if DIRECTOR OF PLANNED GIVING

10 MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA TODAY until the very lale stages, when the dentist may no longer be able to save the patient's teeth. Putting Brakes HIGHLIGHTS "Unfortunately, unlike toothaches associated with dental cavities and

Approximately 40 patients with gum abscesses, periodontal disease is usually a disease are involved in the three-month painless process." Dr. Hardin said. on Gum Disease study at MCG. Patients receive free peri- "Therefore, the patient may be unaware

odontal care during the study, which is there is a problem and may not seek pro-

sponsored by Atrix Laboratories, Inc., a fessional diagnosis and treatment until it research and development pharmaceutical too late to save the teeth."

he Medical College of Georgia company based in Colorado. Since the condition is caused by bacte-

is one of five centers in the All adults with teeth are at risk for ria found in plaque in everyone's mouth,

United States and Great Britain gum disease, although some people may controlling plaque and bacteria is critical studying a new drug that may have a genetic or immune-system predis- to preventing and treating periodontal dis- fight gum disease. position toward developing the disease. ease. While bacteria are normally found in

Gum disease, also known as periodon- "We often think of periodontitis as a the mouth. Dr. Hardin stressed that if teeth titis or pyorrhea, is a leading cause of disease that affects people in their mid- aren't cleaned regularly the more damag- tooth loss in adults, according to Dr. Phil 30s and above, but we begin to see the ing types of bacteria multiply quickly and Hanes. associate professor of periodontics early stages of gingivitis and periodontitis can cause damage. Often, people are and director of the graduate periodontics in the teen-age and early-adult years, unaware of the bacteria until they already program at the MCG School of Dentistry. unless good habits of oral cleanliness and need extensive periodontal treatment.

"The new drug is made up of an anti- oral hygiene have been established," said Fortunately, early gingivitis is easily bacterial agent to kill the bacteria that Dr. Jefferson Hardin, associate professor treated with proper brushing, flossing and cause gum disease." he said. "The drug is of periodontics at the MCG School of regular dental cleanings. If gum disease released slowly, so the patient has a more Dentistry. "This is something that every- has already progressed to more advanced continual protection to fight the bacteria." one is at risk for." stages, dentists can still usually save the

The new drug is actually placed on the Symptoms of early gum disease, patient's teeth. Treatments include non- teeth just below the gumline in the pock- called gingivitis, include puffy and tender surgical, surgical and chemical anti- ets that are caused by gum disease. It is a gums which may bleed more easily than microbial therapies to correct any struc- simple procedure performed by the den- healthy gums. Symptoms of more tural damage that has occurred and tist in the affected areas. Researchers advanced gum disease, periodontitis, prevent any further damage. hope to determine the efficacy of the new include receding gums and bone loss, "At this stage, there is actually a loss drug and the best methods and timing for which eventually results in loss of teeth. its use. Dr. Hanes said. Unfortunately, the condition is painless Br. Phil Hanes of supporting tissues surrounding the proper brushing and flossing and tooth, the attachment mechanism that periodic professional check-ups. Any keeps the tooth firmly attached to the bleeding, even though it is painless, bone." Dr. Hardin said. HIGHLIGHTS is a warning sign and should be "After diagnosis, a dentist can usually checked immediately by a dentist, treat the disease and prevent further minimizing the damage caused by the dis- before it progresses to something more damage with non-surgical deep scaling ease and allowing the patient to keep his serious. It is not normal." and root planing, to remove deep tartar teeth. With the advent of water fluorida- —INGRID HEGGOY deposits from underneath the gum as well tion in the 1940s, many people keep their as plaque bacteria and toxins that have teeth longer, and gum disease has become become imbedded in the outer layers of a more prevalent problem. the root surface itself," Dr. Hardin said. "Many people reach young adulthood "With modern anesthetics, these proce- today with no cavities because of commu- dures are not uncomfortable for the nity fluoridation and fluoride toothpastes, patient and we often are able to save the and they may not understand the need to Dissecting a tooth without any surgical intervention." seek professional care for the other major In more advanced cases, however, oral disease—periodontal disease." Dr. dental surgery may be needed to save the Hardin said. Dreaded teeth. Some of the modern surgical proce- "We see young adults with severe dures include grafting healthy gum tissue gum disease who are absolutely unaware to replace diseased tissue, replacing lost that they have any problem. They tell us, bone support with natural bone or syn- 'But doctor, I've never had a cavity in my Disease thetic bone substitutes and some peri- life; my teeth are healthy!' Their teeth are odontal plastic and reconstructive surgical healthy, but their gums are in terrible procedures, in which the diseased parts of shape, and without immediate treatment molecular biologist at the the apparatus supporting the tooth are they are in danger of losing their teeth." Medical College of Georgia is replaced and restored. "Most healthy people, if they are just studying one of the body's

'"And frequently, we will use antibi- aware of it, can keep their gums healthy "housekeeping" genes to see otics or certain prescription or over-the- with just a manual toothbrush and dental if something may go haywire counter anti-microbial solutions either floss," Dr. Hardin said. "You don't need in the control mechanism of that gene alone if the case isn't too involved, or in expensive and extraordinary methods to resulting in Alzheimer's disease. combination with other treatments to con- keep dental health from deteriorating into "Everyone has this gene. In patients trol the disease," Dr. Hardin said. gingivitis and more serious gum disease. All the treatments are aimed toward Gum disease can be prevented by simple Dr. Antonio Milici Dr. Peter J. Hornsby

the plaque is the protein produced by the B-Amyloid gene.

Alzheimer's is a disease in which brain tissue dies; patients

die from its complications as they lose control of their bodily functions, lose their intellectual function and move into a vegeta-

tive state.

"We don't know if this gene

is the only culprit in this disease.

But more and more evidence is pointing toward primary involvement of this gene." That gene may initiate pathological changes—changes in the brain

that make it flat, atrophied and filled with plaque—that appear in Alzheimer's.

Dr. Milici is focusing on the promoter region of the B-

Amyloid gene, where all its reg- ulatory functions are clustered.

B-Amyloid is called a house-

keeping gene because it's responsible for producing products, like the B-Amyloid protein, and seeing that they get where they belong.

The promoter region is a

logical focus because it is the control mechanism of the gene, and the excessive plaque found in Alzheimer's seems to result from an overproduction of B- Amyloid protein. This protein has a place

inside brain cells and seems to have a role in the normal struc-

ture of these cells, but Alzheimer's patients have too much of the protein.

The scientist is in the early stages of the study in which he

is comparing normal brain tissue taken on autopsy and the diseased brains of patients who have Alzheimer's. In fact, there

is presently no way to absolutely diagnose Alzheimer's until autopsy, when the brain can be examined.

Dr. Milici is looking for dif-

ferences in the B-Amyloid gene of people with the disease and with Alzheimer's disease, this gene has for less than five years. those who are disease-free to see if there been somehow altered so the final prod- But they do know that when they is a consistent difference. uct of the gene, the B-Amyloid protein, is study on autopsy the diseased brains of "If we can find some sort of alteration somehow different." said Dr. Antonio Alzheimer's patients, they find plaque in of this gene, we can feel confident that

Milici. whose work is funded by the the flat, atrophied brains. the gene is the Alzheimer's gene." Dr.

Alzheimer's Association. "The formation of plaque is the hall- Milici said.

Scientists know relatively little about mark of Alzheimer's disease." Dr. Milici The next logical step will be to see the gene: they have been able to clone it said. And one of the major components of w hat causes those changes—things like

ANNUAL REPORT / VOLUME 20. NUMBER 1 / FALL 1991 13 viruses, toxins or other environmental and results of his research, they will not genetic factors. hold the key to reversing the aging "One of the major goals is to find out process. "The study of aging doesn't

when the disease starts," he said. HIGHLIGHTS mean the goal is to prevent reverse or

Alzheimer's is a disease associated with aging," Dr. Hornsby said. "The goal age, but it may have its beginnings early it occurs in animals." is to better understand the process. The

in life. Dr. Milici said. "The ultimate In an effort to provide that evidence. aging process is one of the last unsolved goal, of course, is to cure the disease." Dr. Hornsby has been studying cells problems of biology. Someone has to take

—TON! BAKER throughout their life span since his on the challenge, even though it is very

research was first funded in 1978. He difficult and you don't know where it's uses human adrenal cortex cells, derived taking you." from tissue obtained during kidney trans- —CHRISTINE HURLEY DERISO plants. He studies the cells using a process called the polymerase chain reaction, a technique that enables the detection of Age-old minute amounts of specific DNA or RNA molecules. He currently has the cells of

20 patients, and is trying to expand his Question research by using cells from more age- Ready, varied patients. By studying cells of vary- ing ages, he hopes to document the breakdown of the differentiation process. Aim, Fire Medical College of Georgia He also suspects that the process occurs

researcher is testing a theory randomly. "I want to compare the cells to

that the aging process is linked verify that each cell is doing a different

to the amazing ability of cells to wrong thing (when cell-differentiation ancer researchers have put

realize and pursue their destiny. breakdown occurs.) If they were all doing together a deadly package

Dr. Peter J. Hornsby, associate profes- the same wrong thing, this would indicate that's delivered straight to the sor of biochemistry and molecular biol- that the process was being controlled. I malignant cells of chronic ogy, suspects that one cause of aging is think it's random." lymphocytic leukemia. that cells, at some point during the life He hopes his studies will lead to a Drs. Guy B. Faguet and Julia Agee span, retreat from that pursuit or lose their better understanding of both aging and have identified a marker, a protein way and veer off course. The foundation disease. "I think a better understanding of expressed almost exclusively by the of the theory is a concept called the sta- the basic physiology will lead to a better malignant cells of the most common bility of the differentiated state. When an understanding of disease, especially leukemia in the Western world. embryo is first created, all its cells are strongly age-related diseases such as Using that marker, they have manu- identical. But soon after, these cells begin Alzheimer's. But I can't predict what will factured a monoclonal antibody which to assume a function. One becomes a happen. You can't be goal-directed; too works like a natural part of the body's liver cell, another a heart cell, etc. little is known about the aging process." immune system, recognizing something

"Why do cells know what kind of cell He also stressed that, reeardless of the that does not belong and fighting it. they're supposed to be? This is a very old To make that monoclonal antibody an problem of embryology," Dr. Hornsby said. effective fighter, they added ricin, a toxin

And what if those cells "forget" their extracted from the ricinus communis function or begin malfunctioning? Dr. plant—the castor oil plant.

Hornsby, whose research is funded by a The idea is that the marker makes it

National Institute on Aging grant recently possible to diagnose CLL in its infancy renewed through 1997. suspects that this and makes probable a safe, effective treat- does indeed happen and that an aging ment to eliminate the disease early on. process results. The marker already has been used to

"The theory is that one cause of aging diagnose CLL in 1 30 patients, 25 of whom is the breakdown of the normal pro- could not have been diagnosed by routine cesses that maintain this (cell differ- means. A patient's blood is drawn and entiation) stability. No scientist the monoclonal antibody added. If today really thinks there is any there are even a few malignant one cause of aging. It's due to cells, the monoclonal antibody many different processes going on finds the marker on them. at the same time. But this might be 'The ultimate goal is to eradicate one. This doesn't mean that as you age, a the disease," said Dr. Faguet, professor of liver cell might become a brain cell. What medicine and associate professor of bio- it does mean is a liver cell might stop chemistry and molecular biology at the functioning at the normal precision it Medical College of Georgia. The once had. researcher also is chief of the Section of

"The problem is that in humans, we Hematology/Oncology at the Department have no direct evidence yet that this of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in occurs at all. There is some evidence that Augusta. Dr. Agee is assistant professor

14 MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA TODAY Dr. Guy B, Faguet in the lab with post- ment is not effective. In the early stages, looking for markers for all kinds of can- doctoral student Xi-Liang Wang. the treatment's side effects are too severe, cers. "Ours is the closest anyone has so doctors follow these patients for years, come to a tumor-specific marker," he of medicine at MCG and a microbiologist looking for that point at which the risks of said. That means the marker is nearly at the VA. chemotherapy become worth it. But by exclusive for identifying the malignant

CLL is a disease that today puts the time the patient starts having symp- cells of CLL. patients and doctors in a catch-22. toms of the disease—recurrent infections, This marker is a sort of steering mech-

"We don't really know where it starts. anemia, low platelet counts, large lymph anism for the manufactured monoclonal

By the time it is diagnosed, it already has nodes and spleen—the treatment is not antibody, so the antibody heads straight invaded the bone marrow and blood," Dr. powerful enough to do much good. for these malignant cells, wherever they Faguet said. A new drug, called fludarabine. which are in the body. By adding the toxin ricin,

And it's typically a serendipitous find- is still not commercially available, works the monoclonal antibody binds to the ing; someone goes in for a regular better than currently available chemother- malignant cell then kills it. checkup, blood is drawn for routine study apeutic agents, Dr. Faguet said. The researchers have a CLL mouse and increased numbers of lymphocytes But the real answer just might be in model and are looking at four different are found. diagnosing the disease very early and in versions of the immunotoxin developed

Men are twice as likely to get it and treating it with biotherapy. sometimes in their laboratory to see which is the they typically get CLL in their 50s or 60s. called immunotherapy, which uses most effective in fighting CLL. Usually there are no symptoms of this the body's own natural defense system Researchers currently are pursuing fund- disease until very late, possibly after the and strengthens its ability to fight a par- ing to begin clinical trials on the immuno- patient has had the disease as long as 10 ticular cancer. toxin; trials probably are a year away. years. In theory a patient could have the It's a system that sounds good and is "If this system works well in the clini- disease 10 years and never know it, while good, Dr. Faguet says. cal trials, we could open up a new era in inside his body the multiplication of The catch is in finding the marker that the treatment of chronic lymphocytic abnormal lymphocytes means, eventually, makes it possible to access the system. leukemia," Dr. Faguet said. "In addition the body cannot effectively fight disease. Drs. Faguet and Agee say they were other investigators could learn from this

CLL kills indirectly by making patients fortunate to be able to identify the CLL system and apply it to other malignancies. more susceptible to bacterial infections marker; they first published articles about But the first thing to do is find the marker such as pneumonia. finding the marker in 1986. for each malignancy." And, Dr. Faguet says frankly, treat- Researchers all over the country are —TONI BAKER

ANNUAL REPORT / VOLUME 20. NUMBER 1 / FALL 1 991 15 Full Circle

family in Augusta learned survive, she would be "slow." Valerie transferred to the MCG School of Onehow to appreciate happy end- "It was unusual for a baby that small Allied Health Sciences for two years of ings 26 years ago and still to survive 25 years ago," said Dr. respiratory therapy training. She gradu- lives by the philosophy that William Kanto, chief of the Section of ated in 1987.

got them through one of the Neonatology at MCG. "I would say that "I loved working with children and greatest tragedies a family can face. (the chance of survival) was probably less wanted to be a part of the ECMO (extra- In June of 1965, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert than 10 percent." corporal membrane oxygenation) team at Terry Sr. were anticipating the birth of For the next five months, Valerie MCG. but there wasn't an opening at the their first child. They had been married underwent the most intensive medical time," Valerie said. for a year and were anxious to start a treatment available at that time at In June of 1987, exactly 22 years after family that could share the love that was Talmadge. As is the case with many pre- her miracle birth. Valerie accepted her first so plentiful in their marriage. mature babies, respiratory problems were position as a respiratory therapist at Univer-

"I had been in and out of the hospital the biggest concern for doctors. sity Hospital. Four months later a position threatening to miscarry," Mrs. Terry said. Methods of treating these respiratory opened up on the ECMO transport team

"'I spent most of my time in bed." problems were not nearly as advanced 26 at MCG and her dream became a reality. The anticipated arrival of the newest years ago. "There have been some scary moments member of the Terry family was still a "I know there is a reason that God in this job," Valerie said. "I remember one couple of months away, but plans were wanted Valerie to pull through this," Mrs time a little boy coded in the plane. There being made so the baby would have Terry said. "It is nothing short of a mira- was just me and a nurse supervising him, everything needed to grow and thrive. It cle that she made it." and we had to run a code." seemed like everything was on track until Finally, just before Christmas, Valerie Today, Valerie is pediatric coordinator the unthinkable happened. was allowed to make her first trip home. of respiratory care at MCG and she loves it.

Mrs. Terry began labor two months "We knew that she still had some "I feel like I have come full circle. I start- early. In a matter of a few days, the joyful problems and that she would require ed out as one of the smallest patients requir- occasion that had been anticipated turned some extra care, but we were glad to have ing care from these people I didn't know and into a family's worst nightmare. her home." Mrs. Terry said. now I am one of the ones giving care to these

"The doctors tried everything to stop the After more than a year of almost con- little people I don't know." she said. labor, but the baby was detemiined that this stant medical treatment, Valerie had Because of her history. Valerie has a was going to be the time," Mrs. Terry said. recovered from her early birth and respi- special understanding of what patients

On June 25, Mrs. Terry gave birth to a ratory problems. Today, she suffers no ill and their families are going though. She

2-pound baby girl at the Eugene Talmadge effects from the ordeal. sometimes shares her story with the par-

Memorial Hospital (now the Medical "For as long as I remember, I wanted ents of a very sick infant.

College of Georgia Hospital). The baby to be a doctor," Valerie says today. "But "It gives them hope. After all. offering was named Valerie Denise Terry. things didn't quite work out that way." hope and medical treatment is what we

"They let my husband come into the When Valerie was in high school, she are all about at MCG," Valerie said. labor room even though that wasn't nor- signed up to take a tour of the Medical Valerie isn't sure what the future mally done at the time." Mrs. Terry said. College of Georgia. That was the first holds for her except that she has no plans

"They knew that it was going to be a very time she was exposed to the field of respi- to leave the field or the job that she loves. tough delivery and they wanted him with ratory therapy. "I feel like I am doing what God me for as long as possible." "I immediately thought it was fascinat- wants me to do and I will continue to do

The Terry s were told that the baby's ing and wanted to learn more about it. That it with love as long he wants me here," chances of survival would increase as is how I wound up in the field." she said. Valerie said. time went on. but that even if Valerie did After two years at Augusta College, —DAVID WALLER

16 MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA TODAY v^ 1

health professionals will deliver Dr. Sullivan care in a much different world in Urges the near future. Biomedical research is quickly—almost Graduates to overnight—changing the medical landscape."

Forge New But although the future holds World of the promise of triumphant medical breakthroughs, today's graduates Health Care must address the issue that too few Americans have adequate

access to the health-care system, Christine Hurley Deriso he said.

"lam very disturbed that we Newcomers to health- have a wide, shocking disparity in care professions have health status among our citizens.

a unique opportunity While the rest of the population

to forge a whole new showed yearly improvements, the The School of Medicine class of 1941 celebrated its 50th

approach to health and health status of black Americans reunion during homecoming 1991. Bottom row, from left:

to help remedy some has not improved since 1984. And Drs. Herman Moore, Leonard Garten, Wilbur Sumner (now of society's ills at the same time, in almost every category of deceased), Joseph Berg. Top: Drs. John Paul Jones, Fred according to Dr. Louis W. Sullivan. mortality listed, minority deaths Coleman, Henry Meaders, Walter Martin, Weems

Dr. Sullivan, secretary of the are greater than that of the white Pennington, Joe Arrendale, W. F. McKennie.

U.S. Department of Health and population."

Human Services, urged the Several societal ills, including

Medical College of Georgia's 717 high costs, disease and violence, Dr. Andy Allgood(Ti) will continue to chair the GDA Council on Dental graduates of 1991 to become contribute to the problems of Class Notes Health/Children's Dental Health for the "renaissance health profession- today's health-care system, he Allied Health Sciences 1991-92 term. als," responding the needs of said. "But is it etched in to a nowhere Dr. Douglas P. Clepper ( 73) recently Lynda A. (Garrett) Russell (medical very different society than the stone that these problems are received the Academy of General record administration, 70). Redondo Dentistry's Mastership Award. Dr. Clepper ones their predecessors have inevitable or perpetual. There is Beach, Calif., received a J.D. degree from has a private practice in Augusta. the University of Florida May 11 and passed known. Dr. Sullivan made his much that we can do as health Dr. Larry W.A. Townsend(75), the California bar exam in February. She is remarks as guest speaker at professionals to address these Copperas Cove, Texas, is a fixed prostho- practicing law with Dickson, Carlson and dontist and is board certified at the U.S. MCG's 1991 commencement challenges." Campillo, a products liability defense firm Army Dental Activity at Fort Hood (Killeen), ceremony June 8. Health providers, for instance, in Santa Monica, Calif. She married Texas. He was selected for promotion to Lawrence J. Russell Sept. 14, 1991. "Our care givers must not only can be on the front line in helping colonel in January 1992 and will become a Nancy E. (Beth) Williams {medical fixed-prosthodontic mentor for the two-year be technically competent, and people lead more fulfilling lives. record administration, 78), Wirtz, Va., was general-dentistry residency at Fort Hood. knowledgeable in the basic and "The health professional can be a recently named coding supervisor at Dr. Tommy W. Fan (77) practices Community Hospital of Roanoke Valley in clinical sciences, but also lifelong teacher, role model and opinion general dentistry in Thomaston, Ga. He Roanoke, Va. She is engaged to be married learners, excellent communica- leader to craft a true community of and wife Sheryl have two children. in 1992 and will "inherit" two children. Also, Dr. Leigh Hutchinson (77), Charlotte, tors, sensitive practitioners, good families and neighbors who are Ms. Williams is trying to locate a former N.C., is president of the Charlotte Dental businessmen, role caring look after each other," classmate. Melmda Davis Nicholson. Please models and and Society and has a first-degree black belt in contact this office if you can help. health-care visionaries," Dr. Dr. Sullivan said. Tae Kwondo. She and husband J. Earle Sullivan have three children. Sullivan said. Today's graduates also must Dentistry Or Warren B. Karp (77), Augusta, is a "A continual learning process shift the emphasis of health care Alumnus Or. Dante L. Tomaselli Jr.. professor of pediatrics, oral biology and

Birmingham, Ala., married Claudia E. is absolutely essential as biomedi- to prevention, he said. "Health oral diagnosis at MCG. His specialty is

Rodriguez May 4 in Alpharetta, Ga. Dr. neonatal nutrition. He and wife Mancy cal research continues to revolu- promotion and disease prevention Tomaselli is a postgraduate pediatric have children Heather. 14, and tionize national cru- medicine during the next must become a dentistry resident the University of at Michael, 9. century. I am convinced that sade—a top priority." Alabama at Birmingham. continued on page 18

Fall 1991 AlumNews 17 . . ;

Class Notes., .cont. from page 17 and will work as an assistant professor of 19th-century French sculpture. He still plays and his wife, Maryanna, have children

nursing at Marymount University in Dr. Vic Koehler(ll) Stone Mountain, golf and tennis and is an avid traveler. Catherine, 33; Tom Jr., 32; Michael, 30; Arlington, Va. Dr. James Edwin Rountree Aiken. Salley, 29; Patricia, 27; Rosemary, Ga., is married to Beth. They have a ( 42), 26; daughter, Meredith, 10. S C., retired from general surgery in 1976. Angela, 25; and Teresa, 23. Their grandchil- Medicine He and his wife have daughter, dren Dr. Stephen B. Turner (77) practices a Ann, and are Shane, 14; Adam, 7; Tiffany, 6; Dr. Jackson L. AllgoodJr., Ponte Vedra three grandchildren. Nicholas, Seath, Rana, general dentistry in Macon, Ga. He and 5; 4; Roseanna, 2;

Beach, Fla. . is a retired obstetrician/gyne- Dr. Elizabeth Korst-DeWitt 47) retired 2; Angela 1 ; and Nicole, 5 months. wife Natalie have three children. ( cologist. He and wife Bobbie have three two years ago from a general practice in Dr. Harold Paul McDonald Jr. 57) Dr. David T. Wofford (77) practices (

children and five grandchildren. Cleveland Heights, Ohio, did physical practices urology in Marietta, His first general dentistry and is a lieutenant colonel She Ga.

Dr. Barton has just exams and histories for several years at the wife, Sue, died in 1 974 he is remarried in the U.S. Air Force Dental Corps in Biloxi, James Howard and retired from his general practice in Social Plasma Alliance and for female U.S. to Patricia. His children are Callie, Harold, Miss. He is a fellow of the Academy of Circle. will General Dentistry, a diplomate of the Ga. He do emergency-room government recruits. She also worked at David and Steven, and his grandson is wife Federal Services Board of General work for a few years. He and Judith Red Cross blood collection stations around William McDonald Breden.

have children Gregory, 34; Steven, 29; and Cleveland. She is a member of the Dr. Pruett{ practices Dentistry and is board certified by the James Edward 57)

Leslie, 23; and granddaughter Heather, 1 Cleveland of Medicine, the otolaryngology in Atlanta. and wife Carol Certifying Board of General Dentistry. He is Academy He Dr. John P. Gearhart, who served a Women's Medical Society of Cleveland and have children Pamela, 29, and Kimberly, 27. married to Diane J. Flint. surgical internship and residency and a the American Medical Women's Dr. James D. McRae(&2) practices Dr. Mark E. Peacock ('82) is a senior

residency at from 1 975 to Association, 15. three anesthesiology in Ala. resident and M.S. graduate student at MCG. urology MCG branch She has Montgomery, He and has been director of the children and grandchildren. wife Ann have children Jay, He and wife Lynn have three children. 1980, named two Leanne, 27; 25;

division of pediatric urology at the Johns Dr. Woodrow Goss ('47). Ashburn, Ga., is Julie, 23; Tiffany, 14; Tina, 12; and Jayme, 10. Dr. Richard K. Marlow(Kl) is a Hopkins School of Medicine. retired from his family practice and surgery Dr. Phillip Roberts 62), Poulan, Ga., resident/fellow at the Mayo Clinic in (

Rochester, Minn. He married Kristen Dr. Errol Graham graduated from the practice since coronary bypass surgery in specializes in oncology. He and his wife, Internal Medicine Residency Program at 1987. and wife Victoria have four Priscilla, have children Larry, Paul, Severson of Chatfield, Minn., May 4, 1991 He 33; 31 the Medical Center of Central Georgia in children and two grandchildren. and David, 29. Their grandchildren are He is a member of the American Dental 20. The program, orga- ('52), Kevin, David, 4. Association, the American Society of Macon on June Dr. Daniel W. Ferguson a psychia- Walter, 4; 2; 3; and Lee,

in in-depth training to trist in Paul, Minn., "I taking Dr. Louis, Dentistry for Children, the American nized 1928, provides St. says am a Fredric M. Simowitz(§2), St

graduated physicians. Dr. of health private neurology practice in Association of Oral and Maxillofacial newly Graham year or so out the care system Mo., has a St,

will in Warner Robins, of Surgeons, the American Dental Society of practice Ga. within which the practice medicine has Louis and St Charles, Mo. His hobbies are Silver Anesthesiology and the International Dr. H. Stacy Nicholson, Spring, been shrinking, in my part of the country, amateur radio and antique radio collecting.

Anesthesia Research Society. Md., is assistant professor of pediatrics at toward a mere technology Should I be able He and wife Beverly have children Lynn,

Dr. Nancy Jean O'Brien practices the George Washington University School to devise a way to return to a practice free of 25, and Mark, 23. ( 87) of Medicine. His second child, Caroline the spurious 'standards' of third-party Dr. Walter Edwin Johnson IV 67) periodontics in Macon, Ga. She and ( husband Patrick have twin daughters Katie Blair, was born Jan. 30, 1991. payoffs, I shall do so. My interest is in what practices anesthesia in Augusta.

Dr. Peter D. Rumm. an alumnus of the I calling 'contemplative psychiatry,' Dr. TobyS. Morgan 67) specializes in and Maggie, 1. am (

Medical College of Georgia School of of living than in Rome, He and wife Neal have Dr. Ronald E. Owens practices based more on the process ENT Ga. ( 87) Medicine, recently was elected to fellowship upon the psycho-physical status of children Elizabeth, Catherine and Scott. general dentistry in Harlem, Ga. He and my

in of Pediatrics. To the Or. ('67), Tifton, wife Jo An have two children. the American Academy patients. This approach centers on Don T Smith Ga., has qualify as a fellow, a pediatrician must be dynamics of consciousness, Chemico- two children: Kim, 28, and Don, 27. Dr. William Andrew Sandbach ( 87) certified as a fully qualified specialist in the physical manipulations are more peripheral. Dr. Charles L. ff/ce('68), Bellevue, moved to Albany, Ga., in 1989 and

I is vice of purchased an existing dental practice. He field of child health. The American Academy miss seeing my old buddies from the Wash., professor and chairman

is of '51 '52. of Washington School of and wife Leah have two daughters. of Pediatrics an organization 40,000 classes of and Should any of the the University

pediatricians dedicated to the health, safety this far north, I would love Medicine Department of Surgery. He is Dr. Erin Harkins ('89) and Dr. Scott venture Lola and well-being of infants, children, adoles- visit with our surgeon-in-chief at Harborview Medical Silliman ('90) were married Aug. 3. and to them at home." cents and young adults. Dr. Rumm practices Dr. William Eugene Harden Center in Seattle. Dr. Rice has been elected Dr. Ken Hudson ('90) and Kate ( 52),

McGaughey (dental hygiene, '91) were pediatrics in Jacksonville, Ala. Brunswick, Ga., is a retired radiologist. His a member of the American Surgical

first in Robert married July 27. Dr. William Silver, a facial plastic wife. Doris, died December 1979. Association and awarded a Wood surgeon in Atlanta and southern region He remarried to Mary in November 1984. Johnson Health Policy Fellowship. He will Dr. Felix Maher ('91 ) has been named American of Marie spend sabbatical year in Washington, D.C. chairman of the GDA Young vice president of the Academy His children are Anne Murphy, a Dentist/Beginning Practice Committee. Facial Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery, Westmoreland and Marian Ruedlinger. His on the staff of a member of the U.S. Senate. has been accepted as a certificant of the grandchildren are Alison Murphy, 19; Leigh Dr. Judy Inez Orosz('71). Martinez, Ga. Graduate Studies American Board of Facial Plastic and Murphy, 1 3; Michael Murphy, 1 1 ; Mary and has bee appointed as a career missionary

Brooks A. Keel, Ph.D., associate dean Reconstructive Surgery. Logan Westmoreland, 6; and Carl to Gabe, Nigeria by the Society for for research at the University of Kansas Dr. WilliamS. Boyd {'42), Augusta, is an Westmoreland III, 5. International Ministries. Since leaving the

School of Medicine-Wichita, has been associate clinical professor of at Dr. W. Macon, pediatric faculty of MCG in 1986, Judy OB/GYN Gordon Jackson ( 52), appointed to a three-year term on the MCG. He received an honorary D.Sc. has been retired from obstetrics/gynecol- served four months in Liberia and a one-

American Board of Bioanalysis. He will help degree from Newberry College and ogy for three years except for working in year special assignment before attending create certification guidelines for clinical published "Rewards of Creativity " The Native American hospitals. He will work Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in laboratory directors concerned with in vitro original and print of one of his paintings four months next year at the Native Hospital Louisville, Ky. She plans to be on the field fertilization and specialized techniques has been selected as a part of the perma- in Sitka, Alaska. He and his wife, Ginny, Jan. 1992. involving embryology and andrology. The collection the recently celebrated their anniversary. Dr. Charles Dasher Birmingham, nent by Smithsonian- 40th ( 72)

ABB is a national certifying agency National Museum of American History. The Their children are Merrill Jackson Carter. Ala., specializes in gastroenterology. He recognized by Medicare regulations and the Augusta Symphony-William S. Boyd Piano 37; Ben, 32; and Virginia (Ginger) Jackson and his wife, Susan, have children Laura,

Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act. It Competition has become international in Leftwick, 30. Their grandchildren are Avnl 16; Suzanne, 14; and Charles Jr, 12 identifies and evaluates the competency of scope. He is writing an essay on "The Joys Carter, 10; and Austin Carter, 7. Dr Joseph Laird Griffin (72), Lenoir, those who wish to enter, continue or of Medicine" and is married to Elizabeth. Dr. Cecil F Jacobs practices family N.C., specializes in obstetrics/gynecology. ( 52) advance in the field of clinical laboratory Drs. Philip J. and Martiele Turner practice and emergency medicine in Portal, He and his wife, Carol, have children Kate, supervision. Dr. Keel also is scientific Chastain (both '42) are pediatricians in Ga. He and wife Edith have children Nancy 17, and Jay, 14.

director of the Women's Research Institute Miami and enjoy boating, fishing, golfing, Ellen, Charles Sherod and Joanna Dean, Dr. Byron Thomason Kennerly ( 72) and director of reproductive medicine attending all functions of University Baptist and grandchildren Juliet, 6, and Stewart, 2. practices anesthesiology in Greenville, S.C. laboratories. He is an adjunct professor of Church and the Fellowship of Christian Dr. James A. Kemp ( 52) Gallipolis, He and wife Anne have children Kasel. 14: clinical sciences at Wichita State University Athletes. Their son, Gary, is 24. Ohio, is retired from the field of hematol- Kans. 13; and Christian, 11. and is certified by the American Board of Dr. Coleman Mopper(Al), is professor ogy. He and his wife, Emily, have four Dr. Steve C. Morelandi 72) practices

Bioanalysis. He is a member of the Society of dermatology at Wayne State University children; Alan, Judy, Brian and Mae. obstetrics with new associates in Atlanta. for the Study of Reproduction, the School of Medicine in Detroit. For the past Dr. Charles Dean Ray ('56), associate He spends increasing time at Lake Burton

American Fertility Society and the 25 years, he has been an active student of director of the Institute for Low Back Care in Clayton, Ga., relaxing with wife Louise

Endocrine Society. art history. He has been on the European in Minneapolis, has been named president and children Sarah, 10, and Laura, 15.

Mary Everett Brasler (MSN Dr. Jr. practices 76) Arts Commission and the Acquisitions of the North American Spine Society. John Lewis Taylor ( 72)

recently earned an Ed.D. in adult and Committee of the Detroit Institute of Arts for Dr. Thomas F. Lowry ('57), Bainbridge, gynecology in Tallahassee, Fla. His son, continuing education from Virginia Tech the past 20 years and is an avid collector of Ga., is an emergency-room director. He Matthew, is 21.

1 8 Medical College ol Georgia ; .

is for partner. Dr. Allan Goodrich (77), Martinez, an looking He and wife Janie have Dr. Claude T. So ('86), Birmingham, Ala., Dr. Jim Heaton ('87) is a family children. orthopedic surgeon and completed an AO three is a chief fellow in cardiology at the practitioner in Blairsville, Ga. He and wife

in Basel, Switzerland April Dr. Butler-Sumner is fellowship Su ( 82) a general University of Alabama at Birmingham Jan have children Jason, 6, and Jackson, 2. through June 1 990 with Dr. Walter Dick at practitioner/family practitioner in Cave Medical Center. He performed an internal- Dr. William Jeffrey McDaniel ( 87) is the Felix-Platter Hospital. He just com- Spring, Va, She and husband Randolph residency program from 1 986 to 1 989 and a family practitioner in Dalton, Ga. He and

pleted a yearlong subspecialty fellowship in have children Susan Allison, 16: Aaron, 7: is board certified in internal medicine. He wife Norma have a daughter, Diana, 3. spine surgery at Emory University with Dr. Mimi, 6; and Matthew, 5. his wife, and Susan Ayer Su (a graduate of Dr. Stuart W. Murray ( 87) has joined

Thomas E. Whiteside Jr. He returned as Dr. David Edward lamas ('82) practices the MCG School of Nursing), have two the Anesthesia Associates in Savannah,

in in Little assistant professor orthopedic surgery radiology Rock, Ark. He and wife daughters: Catherine, 6 months old, and Ga, He is married to Cheri. at MCG in August 1991. Katherine have children Laura-Katherine, 8, Laura, 2 years old. Dr. Cindy Elizabeth Smith ( 87) is a Dr. Alan J. Olansky practices John, 6 and James, 2. (77) Dr. Mark A. Williams ( 86), Memphis, general practitioner in Decatur, Ga.

in and wife Diane Dr. Jr. dermatology Atlanta. He MurrahL. Watson ( 82), Tenn., completed a urology residency at have children Anna, 8, and Adam, 5. Cohutta, Ga., practices emergency the University of Tennessee in Memphis in Nursing

Dr. Joe A. W///C81). Boston, is associate medicine in Dalton, Ga. He and wife Tammy June 1991 . He began a two-year fellowship Carol Westbrooks(&2) Marietta, Ga„ professor in the Brigham and Women's have children DeAnna, 6, and Jackson, 3. in pediatric urology in July 1991 at the has been working in labor and delivery for

Hospital Department of Obstetrics/ Dr. Evan H. Dillon ('83), New Haven, LeBonhear Children's Medical Center at the three years and has been doing home

Biology. Conn., is diagnostic radiologist will Gynecology and Reproductive a and University of Tennessee in Memphis. health practice with high-risk infants (i.e.,

Dr. Robert R. Brinson(82) practices take a leave of absence from Yale University Dr. Dana McBrayer Conner 87) is a ( growing preemies) with special emphasis gastroenterology in Montgomery, Ala. He is to spend 1991-92 as a visiting professor at family practitioner in Rome, Ga. She and on feeding problems of babies under age a consultant for Roussel Yelaf Nutrition in the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands. Robert have a 5-month-old husband 1 . She also is consulting to help a local

Pans and authored a chapter on "Diarrhea" Dr. Cheryl L. Hecht(&3) Atlanta, has daughter, Abby Danielle. home health agency establish a labor and for an emergency-medicine textbook. He moved back to Atlanta after being on faculty Dr. YukiA. Hammers practices ( 87), delivery early-discharge program. also has published several original at the University of Alabama at Birmingham pathology at the Emory University manuscripts dealing with the effects of for four years. She has opened a gynecology Department of Pathology and Laboratory nutrition on the Gl tract. He and wife practice at Kennestone Hospital at Windy Medicine in Atlanta.

Pamela have children Christopher, 7, and Hill with facilities to care for adult, adoles- twins Daniel and Philip, 4. cent and pediatric gynecology, infertility and

Dr. J. Dale Browne Winston-Salem, contraception including Norplant. She and ( 82),

N.C., is assistant professor in the her husband, Leonard Thurschwell, an Deadline for submitting information for publication in the spring Department of Otolaryngology at Bowman optometrist, have two children: Michelle, 2 issue ofAlumnews is November 22, 1991 Gray School of Medicine at Wake Forest and a half, and Allison, 7 weeks.

University. He completed a fellowship in Dr. GaryS. Stewart 83), Lynchburg, Va„ ( Alumni! Let us know what's new with you by taking a moment to till out this neurotology/skull base surgery at the recently moved into a new full-service, form. Also, please send us your curriculum vitae so we can keep your files

University of Zurich in Switzerland. 1 7,000-square-foot pediatric facility with five up-to-date. He and his wife. Linda Hester Browne, pediatric partners offering pediatric X-ray, have two daughters: Virginia, 4, and oncology, neonatology, allergy, public health

Meredith, 8 months. services and general pediatric services He Today's date Dr. Mark J. Eanes ('82) practices earned a master's degree in health services ophthalmology in Valdosta, Ga. He is administration from Johns Hopkins president of the South Georgia Medical University and was named chairman of the Name

Society and a member of the Medical Virginia Baptist Hospital Department of

Association of Georgia board of directors. Pediatrics in 1990. He and his wife, Kathy, Phone He also is chairman of the Georgia Society have two children: Kate. 8, and Sterling, 4. of Ophthalmology legislative committee. He Dr. Elizabeth Thomas Delesante < and wife Anne have children Elizabeth, 1 1 Greenville, N.C., is a fourth-year psychiatry School graduated from Sharon, 7; Amanda, 4; and Mark Joseph, 2, resident at East Carolina University. She will

Dr. Ken GoolsbyJr. practices the in 1 ( 82) complete program February 992 and psychiatry in Gainesville. Ga. He and wife plans to work for the Human Services Degree Class year

Sherri have children Kenny, 7, and Andrew, 4. Center (a state hospital) in Brainerd, Minn.

Dr. James F. Green Jr. ( 82) practices She and her husband, Frank, had a son, Street address plastic/reconstructive surgery in Santa Fe, Daniel Andrew, on Jan. 18, 1990.

N.M. He and wife Michele have children Dr. E. Howard Dixon ('85) completed a

Franklin, 8, and Lauren, 6. pediatric emergency-medicine fellowship at City State Zip Dr. Tony 0. Haley ('82) is director of the University of Florida in Jacksonville in surgical education at the Johnson City August. He is an assistant professor in the Check it new address

Medical Center in Johnson City, Tenn., and Department of Pediatrics' critical-care was recently named a fellow of the division at Louisiana State University

American College of Surgeons. He also is Medical Center in Shreveport. Present specialty and place of practice or training chairman of the medical center's Dr. Frank A. Honkanen Huntsville, ( 86),

Department of Surgery and is a clinical Ala., has finished a residency at Duke associate professor at the James H. Quillen Medical Center and began a private practice

College of Medicine. He and wife Elise have in pathology in Huntsville in July, His son, children Christopher, 4, and Ben, 3, Matthew Frank, was born March 24, 1 991 Professional news Dr. E. Wynn Kallay //( 82). Macon, is chief of pediatrics at the HCA Coliseum

Hospital. He and his wife, Patti, have two children: Anne Kate, 4, and Willis, 1 8 months. AlumNews Dr. Sherry DeLoach Maloney practices pediatrics in Gainesville, Ga, She Personal news (b&w photos welcome) and her husband, Mike, have children Editor Christine Hurley Deriso

Jacob, 3, and Luke, 1. Writers Toni Baker

Dr. Rafael P. Pascual 82), specializes Christine Hurley Deriso in anesthesia in Mobile, Ala. He and his wife, Ingrid Heggoy Angela, have children Danielle Alexandra, 3, David Waller and Jillian Chase, 20 months, and are Design Tina Frix Please send to: Christine Deriso; Alumni Center FI-1C expecting their third child in December. Medical College of Georgia; Augusta, GA 30912 Dr. Samuel Mark Puckett ('82) has a Photography Phil Jones solo pediatrics practice in the beautiful

Smoky Mountains (Newport, Tenn.) and is

Fall 1991 AlumNews 19 From the Dean Twenty-three graduates were Allied Health Sciciences selected for listing in Who's Who Among Students in American

Dr. Biagio J. Vericella Universities and Colleges.

Thirteen were elected to the MCG Allied Health Marynell Crawford, director of year's commence- chapter of Alpha Eta, the national Medical Records at University Thisment was one of the allied health honorary society. Faculty Hospital and clinical instructor in largest in the past As an MCG graduate, active in Honored the Department of Health decade and drew a your allied health profession, you Information Management, was near-capacity crowd in are a model for young people. Not

named Outstanding Clinical the Civic Center. Do long ago, you too were consider-

faculty members Faculty. you remember yours? It is one ing the future and chose your

Fivefrom the School of Allied The 1991 Research Award of the most important days in profession. Would it have helped

Health Sciences at the was shared by two members of the lives of alumni and rates you if you could have talked with

Medical College of the Department of Respiratory high with all other days of a real-live allied health profes-

Georgia were honored in Therapy: Shelley Mishoe, chair- importance. sional? Perhaps you did and that

May for their outstand- woman of the department, and You will be pleased to know made all the difference in forming

ing work. Art Taft, assistant professor. that your school had 269 gradu- your decision. Your place of work

Dr. William Stenstrom, now The awards were presented at ates in the class of 1991. They is a very special place in your

retired chairman of the the school's monthly faculty represent 39 percent of the MCG community and, as a worker

Department of Medical senate meeting May 30 by Dr. graduates this year, the largest there, you are a special person.

Illustration, and Sharon Kutt, Biagio Vericella, dean of the cohort among the five schools.

assistant professor in the School of Allied Health Sciences Fourteen earned master's

Department of Medical and Anne Marie Vann, assistant degrees, 186 the baccalaureate in

Technology, were presented the professor in the Department of nine professions, six professional Dean Biagio Vericella Distinguished Service Award for Radiation Therapy and chair- certificates and 63 associate honors graduate Tracy

outstanding service during the woman of the Faculty Awards degrees. Those honored in the Miller during allied 1990-91 school year. Committee. cum laude categories totaled 75. health honors day.

20 Medical College of Georgia Outstanding Student in Nuclear helped start a satellite program School of Allied February 1992 Medicine Technology and sopho- in Rome, Ga., in cooperation more Tara Summers won the with Floyd College, and an Health Sciences 4 Alumni Board of award for Outstanding Student externship program for dental Alumni Association Directors meeting in Radiography. The Outstanding hygiene students. TBA Workshop at A.R. Calendar of Events Student in Diagnostic Medical has provided the Johnson school "She 1991-92 Sonography Award went to leadership for maintaining a March 1992 Angela Kuykendall, a senior, and national prominence in the senior Ruth Bankhead was associated dental sciences 23-26 Alumni direct-mail presented the Four Hundred program," said Dr. Biagio October 1991 solicitation Club Award. Vericella, dean of the School of 1 Alumni Board of TBA Workshop at A.R. The Department of Allied Health Sciences. "I really Directors meeting Johnson school Respiratory Therapy presented think that she has kept us on 7-9 Phonathon April 1992 two awards. The Chairman's the cutting edge." TBA Workshop at A.R. Award for Student Achievement Johnson school 7 Alumni Board of was presented to senior Joseph Directors meeting Calvin Woods and the John A. December 1991 30 Homecoming week Powell Scholarship Award went 3 Alumni Board of TBA Workshop at A.R. to junior Da'Henri Thurmond. Directors meeting Johnson school

TBA Workshop at A.R. Johnson school May 1992

1-3 Homecoming week January 1992 1 Alumni luncheon/distin- TBA Workshop at A.R. guished-alumni awards Ms. Winkley Johnson school presented Allied Health TBA Workshop at A.R. Named Johnson school Sciences Alumni Chairwoman Association

David Waller Officers

What you have to say... what you Honors Day June 8. 1991-92 do daily... are very impressive to The Raymond C. Bard P. Winkley has been young women and men, and hence Scholarship Award and the MCG Gailappointed chairwoman you can be our best recruiter. Faculty Wives Scholarship of the Medical College of President

Think about it! We can help Award, which are based on Georgia School of Allied Grace Yrizarry by sending you and your pro- scholastic achievement and Health Sciences' 1804 Bowdoin Drive teges appropriate literature plus financial need, went to junior Department of Augusta, Georgia 30909 follow-ups. Simply call Liz student Susan Marie Hibbard and Associated Dental Sciences. (404) 860-4879

Griffin (404) 721-2725, your sophomore Susan Marie Ms. Winkley was acting graduating department or me Roberson. chairwoman from 1989 until she Secretary/Treasurer (404) 721-2621, We look for- Senior Terri Whitfield Joyner began serving as permanent Sheila Shell ward to hearing from you. received the Preventive Dentistry chairwoman July 1. She suc- 824 Hickman Road, Apt. C-33 Award from the Department of ceeds Dr. Billy M. Pollard, who Augusta, Georgia 30904 Associated Dental Sciences. retired in 1989. (404) 721-2260 The Department of Medical Ms. Winkley joined MCG in

Technology presented three 1976 as an assistant professor of

Allied Health awards. The Dr. Walter L. associated dental sciences. In Board of Directors Students Shepeard Achievement Award 1979, she was promoted to Deanna Boney and the CSRA Society of associate professor of associated Leonard DeRamus Honored Laboratory Personnel dental sciences. Jeff Dowling Scholarship were presented to In addition to her appoint- Judy Griffith David Hamilton David Waller senior Regina Litteken. Cynthia ment in the School of Allied Cain, a senior, won the Dr. C. Health Sciences, Ms. Winkley Johanna Harris Robert Baisden Student was appointed associate profes- Linda Jobe

health students Laboratory Management Award. sor in the School of Graduate Charlotte Johnston

Alliedwere recognized for The Outstanding Physician studies in 1980, and in 1989, Beth Lopez

their academic excel- Assistant Student Award went to assistant professor in the Cynthia Phillips

lence during the senior Stephen Konkolics. Department of Periodontics in

annual Medical In the Department of the School of Dentistry.

College of Georgia Radiologic Technologies, senior While serving as acting

School of Allied Health Sciences Bina Patel was named chairwoman, Ms. Winkley has

Fall 1991 AlumNews 21 the root canal and subsequent Academy of Dental Practice

infection. Administration, American

Dr. Anderson attended dental Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial

school at the University of Texas Radiology, American Association

Dental Branch in Houston where of Orthodontists, American 3 Join Dental pleting the postdoctoral program he earned his doctor of dental Equilibration Society and in pediatric dentistry and earning science degree in 1971 and his Anatomic Sciences awards, Jesse Faculty a master of science degree from master of science degree and Robinson.

the University of Alabama at certificate in endodontics in 1975. American Academy of Oral

Ingrid Heggoy Birmingham. She received a He also attended San Antonio Medicine and Dentsply

doctor of dental surgery degree College in San Antonio, Texas, Removable Prosthodontics

new faculty mem- from Howard University in and Texas Lutheran College in awards, Suzanne Culver; Threebers have joined the Washington, D.C. and a bache- Seguin, Texas. American Academy of Oral

Medical College of lor's degree in biology from Pathology Award, Eugene Beall;

Georgia School of Spelman College in Atlanta. American Association of

Dentistry. They are Drs. Endodontists, Goldstein Award

Jill Lewis and Geoffrey for Clinical Excellence in Tompkins, assistant professors of Dental Seniors Aesthetic Dentistry and oral biology and microbiology, Outstanding Achievement in and Dr. Deirdre Sams, assistant Dr. Anderson Honored Clinical Fixed Prosthodontics professor of pediatric dentistry. Named awards, Paul Gilreath. Dr. Lewis joined the School of American Association of Oral Dentistry faculty after working Endodontics Ingrid Heggoy and Maxillofacial Surgeons and as a research scientist in the Georgia Society of Dentistry for school since 1989. She received Chairman Medical College of Children awards, Dean Younce; a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the TheGeorgia School of American Association of Women MCG School of Graduate Studies. Stacy Best Dentistry recognized Dentists Award, Shirley Fisher;

She earned a bachelor of arts in its outstanding seniors American College of biology from Illinois Wesleyan Ronald W. during its annual Prosthodontists Award, Patricia

University in Bloomington, Anderson, director of senior awards cere- Noland; American Dental Society completed one year of graduate Dr.postgraduate training mony June 5. Awards and of Anesthesiology Award, chemistry studies at Illinois State in endodontics at the recipients include: Timothy Garrett.

University, also in Bloomington, Medical College of Class President Award, Pierre American Society of Dentistry and earned an associate of arts Georgia since 1987, Fauchard; Academy and Teledyne for Children Award, David Eichel degree in biology from has been appointed chairman of Hanau Prosthodontics awards, and Ms. Culver; American

Springfield College in Springfield, the MCG School of Dentistry Dallas Margeson; Academic Oral Student Dental Association

III. Dr. Lewis is working with Dr. Department of Endodontics. Implantology Award, Judson Award, Felix Maher; International

Gretchen Caughman, professor of Dr. Anderson came to MCG in Connell; Academy of General College of Dentists Award, Alan oral biology and microbiology, 1986 from Oral Roberts Dentistry and American Academy Linder; Oral Implantology studying herpes virus gene University, where he was the of Periodontology awards, Mark Research and Oral Pathology regulation, which determines chairman of the Department of Cacares. Achievement awards, Cile French. which genes are expressed. Reconstructive Dentistry. Alpha Omega, American Quintessence Award for

Dr. Tompkins joined the He served as an officer in the

School of Dentistry from the U.S. Air Force Dental Corps from

Department of Oral Science at the 1971 to 1978 and for three years

University of Minnesota School of was the chief of the Department

Dentistry. He earned a Ph.D. in of Endodontics at the U.S. Air microbiology from the University Force Hospital, Chanute Air Force of Otago in New Zealand. He also Base, III. received a postgraduate diploma His current research involves of science in microbiology, and testing different endodontic bachelor's degrees in physiology retrof illings, or sealants, to see and microbiology from the which most greatly reduces the

University of Otago. Dr. Tomkins chance of bacterial leakage into is researching microbial ecology, the interrelationships between bacteria in the oral cavity, especially in relationship to disease Dr. Wallace Edwards development. shakes graduate Marcos

Dr. Sams joined the School of Caceres' hand during

Dentistry in August after com- dental school hooding.

22 Medical College of Georgia it will be like, and to encourage Augusta. But I'm still down there

School of February 1992 those with the right aptitude to at least once a quarter, lecturing. pursue it." "I feel I'm so lucky to have Dentistry 5 Student/Alumni Dr. McDonald is an off- picked dentistry as a career. It Alumni Specialty Seminar campus member of the Medical suits me and I can't imagine 7 CE Program and Association College of Georgia School of doing anything else. I've tried to Alumni Regional Dentistry admissions committee give something back to the Calendar of dinner, Savannah

and an assistant clinical profes- school; I feel I learned so much Events, 1991-92 21 Alumni Board of sor in the Department of from them." Directors meeting Restorative Dentistry. In these In addition to his work with March 1992 positions, he is able to both the School of Dentistry, Dr. October 1991 6 Alumni Board of encourage students thinking McDonald is involved in organizec 18 Alumni Board of Directors meeting about dentistry to enter the dentistry. He is president of the Directors meeting 14 Alumni luncheon/ profession and to offer advice Eastern District Dental Society, a

25 Alumni regional Hinman meeting about dental practice to those position which keeps him dinner, Atlanta 16-20 Direct-mail already in school. involved in dentistry statewide.

November 1991 solicitation "I try to explain to them what "The Georgia Dental

it will be like," he said. "I have Association has had to spend a 6 Student Specialty April 1992 Seminar students from the University (of lot of time and energy defending 6 Alumni Board of Georgia) in my office at least some legislation in Atlanta and 15 CE Program and Directors meeting a observing what speaking out against other Alumni Regional once month, 30 Homecoming week dinner, Atlanta my day is like. legislation," he said. "I think this (Reunions for "Questions from students is a great portion of the impor- 22 Alumni Board of classes of 77, '82 already in dental school are a little tance of organized dentistry—the Directors meeting and '87 and dinner different. Sometimes, when I'm at legislative portion of it, defending cruise for alumni) December 1991 the school, students want to know dentistry." May 1992 9-11 Annual phonathon about setting up a practice—that's 1-3 20 Alumni Board of Homecoming week their big question. I tell them that I

Directors meeting 13 Student/Alumni think they can practice anywhere,

Specialty Seminar but that they need gear their January 1992 to (404) 738-4231 practice toward the type of 22 Alumni Board of patients they'll see. Directors meeting "I think there will be a need

for dentists in the future, but right School of

now there's not an overwhelming Dentistry Alumni Clinical Achievement in Alum Shares abundance of patients. It's a Association Periodontics, Quintessence I fascinating career, but think Officers Award for Clinical Achievement in someone who doesn't really love Love of 1991-92 Restorative Dentistry and dentistry would have a difficult

Academy of Operative Dentistry Dentistry with time, because patients can tell if awards, J. Don Spillers; you want to be helping them." Others President Quintessence Award for Dr. McDonald has been Joseph F. Griffin, D.M.D. Research, Mark Smith. working with dental students since 812 N. Harvey Street Ingrid Heggoy Omicron Kappa Upsilon he graduated from MCG in 1983. Millen, Georgia 30442 honor society, Mr. Caceres, Ms. He began as a clinical faculty (912) 982-2578

Culver, Mr. Margeson, Patricia r. Tom McDonald, a member the following year, while

Noland, Mr. Robinson and Mr. general dentist in he entered practice in Augusta Vice President

Spillers. Pharmacology Book Athens, Ga., believes with Dr. Douglas Clepper, a gen- T. Barrett Trotter, D.M.D.

Awards, Mr. Beall, Mr. Gilreath, in dentistry so much eral dentist and assistant clinical 13 Bristlecone Way

Nanci Lubell, Glenn Sosebee, that he devotes time professor of oral diagnosis and Augusta, Georgia 30909

Andrea Wood and Mr. Younce. to encouraging others patient services. (404) 733-5297

Dr. Elmer J. Neaverth, profes- to pursue it as a career. "When I first got out of

sor of endodontics, was selected "I try to encourage students dental school, I was practicing Treasurer by the senior class to receive the to come and take a look at my four days a week and teaching Eddie Johnson, D.M.D. Barton Chapel Judson C. Hickey Outstanding office, to see what a practicing two days," Dr. McDonald said. "I 2755 Road Augusta, Georgia 30906 Teacher Award. dentist's life is like," he said. "I started covering clinics, and (404) 790-9179 feel that I got lucky and picked then I began teaching in the

the right profession for me, but I restorative dentistry pre-clinical

didn't really know that much courses. I enjoy it a lot, although

about it at the time. I want to try after I moved to Athens I had to

to help these students see what cut back on the time I spend in

Summer 1991 AlumNews 23 . —

explained. Vital organs can't lead to its decrease."

adjust to temperature change. So And if Dr. Godt's theory

to ensure that the heart and brain that the decreased pH level leads

stay warm, the body rushes blood to damage—proves correct,

to them from the hands and feet. perhaps ways of artificially

Less blood means less increasing man's pH level might

oxygen, which can lead to frost- be devised, he said.

bite of the extremities. "But you

can also get irreversible damage

even if you don't freeze, espe-

cially if you're out for a prolonged Researchers period," Dr. Godt said.

The Navy's interest in such a Tracing phenomenon isn't simply aca- Development demic. "Sailors can get in situations where they're standing or of Heart lying in water for a long time," Dr.

Godt said. "That can lead to Defects tissue damage, and the Navy

wants to know how to prevent it." Toni Baker

Dr. Godt and his colleague, Dr.

Thomas M. Nosek, are studying can be a lose-lose

rabbit skeletal muscle to deter- situation. mine exactly what changes occur It As a fetus develops, tiny when the body is exposed to cold. cells—called neural crest

Rabbits also are warm-blooded cells—migrate from the

and respond to cold the same way area next to the developing

humans do. Previous research has central nervous system toward

led to the theory that cold leads the developing heart.

not only to loss of oxygen to There, they help form the

muscle, but also a decrease in the outflow septum of the heart so Dr. Virendra Mahesh Dr. Mahesh pH level of muscle. The pH level is that oxygen-poor blood can get a measure of acidity "and affects to the lungs and oxygen-rich Named Study almost every enzyme in the body," blood gets to the body. Dr. Godt said. On their way, they leave

Section Researcher It's a chain effect: cold behind a path of cells. Chairman weather deprives the extremities Somehow, once the neural Studying Cold's and their muscles of blood, which crest cells reach the heart, the Effect on Body deprives them of oxygen, which cells they left behind are activated Virendra Mahesh, leads the pH level to drop. And and begin to produce elastin and

chairman of the that combination, he believes, can smooth muscle cells. These help Christine Hurley Deriso Dr.Medical College of lead to damage—even if the make both the pulmonary artery Georgia Department of researcher at the temperature is above freezing. that carries blood to the lungs and

Physiology and Medical College of The temperature at which damage the aorta that carries blood to the

Endocrinology, has Georgia wants to know begins depends on such variables body durable and elastic so they

been named chairman of the A what it means to be out as humidity and wind-chill factor. can do their job.

Human Embryology and in the cold— literally. A study of cold-blooded When something interferes

Development Study Section of Dr. Robert E. Godt, animals demonstrates how impor- with the path of the neural crest the National Institutes of Health professor of physiology and tant the pH level is, he said. Cold- cells, the result may be a child

Division of Research Grants. endocrinology, has received a blooded animals' pH levels actually born with a heart defect or an adult

He will serve as chairman $40,000, three-year grant from increase in response to cold. Their more susceptible to heart disease. through 1993. the U.S. Navy to determine internal organs are not kept at a Researchers at the Medical

National Institutes of Health physiological changes that constant temperature, so their College of Georgia Heart

study sections review research accompany drops in temperature. bodies can tend to the business of Development Group are studying

grant applications and assign Much about the process is warding off cold-weather damage these neural crest cells

priorities to the applications. already known. "When you're out by adjusting the pH level. They want to understand

Funding is based on the priority. in the cold, the body tries to "Under normal conditions, better what sometimes happens

Dr. Mahesh's study section will maintain the interior temperature warm-blooded animals' pH level to those cells so resulting heart

review all applications dealing —the core—at the expense of the is constant," he said. "But such problems can be better treated or

with human embryology and extremities," Dr. Godt said. It's the things as cold weather, muscle maybe even prevented.

development. price of being warm-blooded, he fatigue and vigorous exercise can The cells' trip to the heart

24 Medical College of Georgia must be made rapidly, because those children are having children said Dr. Leo Plouffe Jr., reproduc- breast tenderness and soon. the heart is fully formed by the who have a significantly tive endocrinologist and director The new clinic, which meets time the fetus is 2 months old, increased risk—some up to of the new program. each Tuesday from 1-4 p.m. in the said Dr. Margaret F. Kirby, about a 25 percent chance—of "If, on the other hand, the MCG Faculty Clinic building on

Regents' professor of cellular being born with a heart defect. symptoms themselves cause Harper Street, offers women biology and anatomy and director "We know a lot about this at stress, impair your normal func- evaluation and access to the latest of the Heart Development Group. the structural level and the tion, don't allow you to function treatments for this disorder.

"(Then) you start getting embryonic level. We know about as you would normally, that Women can call the clinic production of elastin and an the manipulation of these cells," qualifies as PMS," Dr. Plouffe directly at (404) 721-2273 or alteration of cells and the devel- Dr. Kirby said. "But we know very said of the disorder which in the 1-800-736-2273 or ask their opment of smooth muscle cells little about what the cells are last five years has been a study physicians to refer them. in the blood vessels," said Dr. actually doing at the molecular focus of reproductive specialists

David Connuck, pediatric cardiol- level. What molecules they are who now know that it is a true ogist and researcher in the Heart producing. What molecules they physiological problem in some 5

Development Group. are responding to. We don't know percent of women. School of "That makes vessels elastic very much about that and that is "It is clearly a medical disor- and more muscular and better where heart defects occur. der. We have treatments for it and Graduate Studies able to do their job." "Nobody goes in and surgi- they work," he said. Alumni But when these neural crest cally (removes) neural crest cells It's been estimated that as Association cells don't do their job, the baby in the human embryo," she said, many as 50 percent of women Officers, 1992-94 may end up with a variety of referencing the approach used to suffer with PMS. While Dr. heart defects including only one create the defects for study in the Plouffe calls those high estimates vessel coming from the heart Heart Development Group labora- counterproductive, so is not President instead of two. Two are needed tories. "So it's happening at the recognizing and treating the Jan Scholer 1020 Highland Ave. so blood that needs oxygen goes molecular level. It's happening disorder in the 5 percent of Augusta, Georgia 30904 to the lungs and oxygen-rich through the genes somehow. women who have it, he said. (404) 733-5331 blood gets out to the body. "If we can get one of these And experience shows that

Or the baby might grow into genes, then what we are going to as many as half the women who Past President an adult more likely to get do is make transgenic chickens; suspect they have PMS actually John Black atherosclerosis or high blood it's a chicken that we have manip- have some other medical prob- 1015 Milledge Road pressure because the big vessels ulated, that we have engineered so lem that needs attention, such Augusta, Georgia 30904 (404) 733-7982 just off the heart are too rigid. that it can't produce that protein. as a thyroid disorder which

"We are looking for a way to Then we will have a living example causes them to feel fatigued, Dr. Secretary define why heart defects happen of what happens when you take Plouffe said. Kathy Rufo and why they would happen in that out," Dr. Kirby said of current PMS first surfaced as disor- 434 Waverly Drive certain people," Dr. Kirby said. research funded by the National der in the 1920s and 1930s, Augusta, Georgia 30909 736-5255 "We know about the manipu- Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. resurfaced in the 1970s when an (404) lation of these (neural crest) obstetrician from England coined Treasurer cells," said the researcher who in the phrase and gained attention Carol Lapp

1983 first manipulated the neural again in the early 1980s when top 308 Gardners Mill Court crest cells and was able to pro- MCG Forms reproductive endocrinologists Augusta, Georgia 30907 duce in chicken embryos many of began to study the disorder. (404)860-1103 the same heart defects doctors PMS Clinic Although a specific cause has Board of Directors see in children. Now she and Dr. not been identified, PMS has President Elect Connuck are focusing on the path Toni Baker been identified as a disorder that Tony Creazzo these cells take on their way to the affects the chemistry of the brain. heart to get a total picture of the premenstrual syn- And that although women who Nominating Committee role these cells play. drome clinic for have PMS have relatively normal Norris O'Dell

Information about causes women who suffer monthly fluctuations of hormone John Peduto and—hopefully—prevention of each month with levels—such as estrogen and Geraldine Rinker Patricia Nayyar these defects becomes increas- symptoms ranging progesterone—the way their Carolyn C. Gaffney ingly important because the from abnormal mood bodies deal with those changes is A Gene Bruker potential population of children swings to nausea and vomiting very different. Kathy Bradley born with heart defects is grow- has been established at the Results are that each month Ken Roper ing, Dr. Kirby said. Medical College of Georgia just before menses, a woman Elizabeth Cook "The incidence of heart defects Hospital and Clinics. experiences an uncomfortable Susanne Pursley-Crotteau now is less than 1 percent in the "If you know that your period combination of several of the Anne Ruth Winningham general population," she said. is coming on but that knowledge some 150 identified symptoms Jerry Wilson

But surgery and other efforts is not distressing and does not from irritability to mood swings, to save these children have been interfere with your normal activ- depression, headaches, alternat- going on for about 30 years. Now ity, then you don't have PMS," ing constipation and diarrhea,

Fall 1991 AlumNews 25 that was the biggest hospital. I He sees it now as a field he Medicine was really uptown." enjoys, but one that offers up He goes back to his school today more than anyone could

now and finds subsequent know in a climate that is often

growth has covered up the old litigious. "It's like learning to live Dr. Goodrich were no farther than a stone's Talmadge. with the atomic bomb," he says throw at Georgia Military College. He remembers freshman of soaring malpractice rates. "If

Looks Finishing his college degree rotations he thought were torture. you think about it all the time, Backward, took him to Athens and the "When I was a freshman, bio- you go crazy. You just learn to University of Georgia. The desire chemistry and physiology gave live with it.

Forward With to be a doctor brought him to their exams the same day. I may "I don't cry about medicine. I

Augusta. He applied only to the have even said some bad words think it's great. I don't sit around

Pride Medical College of Georgia about them. There was plenty of saying malpractice is terrible; it's School of Medicine. The class reason to think we were being impossible to practice; the

Tom Baker size was about 100 then. He tortured and abused." government is giving us a

headache. I'm happy with what I

same day the Allies do. I like what I do. We are very, Theinvaded Normandy very busy here," he said of his medicine took hold of hometown practice. "You see the

Samuel Melvin Goodrich. gamut of problems here."

He was having his Dr. Goodrich also likes the

tonsils out; it was 1944 place that taught him to do what and open-drop anesthesia was he does. still being used. Dr. Otis Woods "I love the school. I don't

('29), the same doctor who came know any other way to put it. You to the home of Freida and Ellis love your family. You love your

Goodrich to deliver their son. wife. I love my school, too. I've was now taking out the son's always felt like it was home."

inflamed tissue. And as alumni association

"I just thought it was great president, Dr. Goodrich would

being a doctor. You come in being like to kindle or rekindle those sick. They made you feel well." feelings in fellow alums and

After all. the family business foster those feelings in tomor-

—his parents owned a depart- row's graduates.

ment store in downtown "The reason I feel loyalty is I

Milledgeville, Ga.—didn't interest feel education is so important. I

him. But science and mathemat- feel education gives you an

ics and biology did. opportunity to have a good,

"My idea was, here is a way successful life and a happy life. It

you could help people feel better did it for me.

and fulfill the things you were "I'd like for people who leave

interested in." there to have gotten that feeling

Almost a half century later, for it, to make them realize that

Dr. Samuel Melvin Goodrich, an we have an alumni society, that

obstetrician-gynecologist in we are here to help them. I'd like

Milledgeville. figures he made the to see us develop scholarships to

right decision. Never mind that he help support students so that

started a family tradition. Next-to- they don't have to work or help

youngest brother Isaac Goodrich them not have a large debt when

('64) is a neurosurgeon. remembers that acceptance made Dr. Samuel Goodrich they get out (that keeps them

Youngest brother Jacob Allen him feel 10 feet tall and a bit from doing) what they want to

Goodrich (77) is an orthopedic apprehensive. do. One of my biggest worries is

surgeon. Dr. Charles Brown ('83). Today, the 1961 graduate of He looks back now and sees a that students, when they get out,

who just joined Dr. Goodrich's the School of Medicine brings the process that built character and don't have enough money to set

practice group, is a first cousin, 10-feet-tall feeling to his job as knowledge and love. up practice. So then they have to

and Dr. Brown's wife. Vickie ('82), the 1991-92 president of the He remembers those naive go into situations that are less

is a dermatologist. school's alumni association. He is feelings when he entered his than ideal; they might have to

He didn't have to wander far looking backward and forward. residency in obstetrics and compromise things they might

for most of his education. He He remembers the 1956 gynecology, that it was a happy want to do."

could walk to elementary school. opening of Eugene Talmadge field where he could learn what- He wants those in residency

High school and junior college Memorial Hospital. "I thought ever there was to know. programs to feel that same kin-

26 Medical College of Georgia "

ship with his school, to know that Alum Pioneers Fewer injections have been tried, interferon for basal cell they are a part of the alumni but have not been as effective, carcinoma. society while they are in training. Skin-Cancer although research is ongoing to Dr. David Kent, a 1982 gradu-

He wants to help those residents find a way to inject a slow- ate of MCG now in practice in find practice opportunities, possi- Treatment releasing form of interferon just Macon, Ga., also completed a bly by hooking them up with a once. He's also looking at other Mohs fellowship with Dr. Toni Baker fellow alum in the same town ways to boost the 80 percent Greenway and was involved in his where the resident wants to cure rate, possibly by mixing the interferon research protocols. practice. "I think it also helps injected directly types of interferons used. Interferon communities recruit the physi- into solid, superficial basal Inteferon is a protein product cians they need. cell carcinomas produces of the body that fights viruses

Dr. Goodrich already is an 80 percent cure rate and tumors. Dr. Greenway uses working with School of Medicine with minimal scarring, alpha interferon, which is pro- Medical administration to devise ways according to clinical trials duced by a type of white blood Faculty that the alumni association can of this new treatment approach cell called a leukocyte. There also support residents and get them to the most common type of is a beta interferon, produced by Honored involved. All the ideas take dollars skin cancer. connective tissue cells called and Dr. Goodrich knows it. As of late August, Food and fibroblasts and gamma inter- Toni Baker "Because we are fortunate Drug Administration approval feron, produced by another type enough to practice medicine, we was pending on this new treat- of white blood cell called a come in contact with people and ment pioneered by dermatologist lymphocyte. Medical College of businesses and corporations that Hubert T. Greenway, a 1974 Side effects of treatment Georgia School of have the ability to support educa- graduate of the Medical College include flulike symptoms such as Medicine faculty tion," he said of the association's of Georgia School of Medicine fever, muscle aches and joint were honored for potential for help in this effort. and head of the Mohs Surgery pain, which typically can be outstanding efforts

More directly, he hopes fellow and Cutaneous Surgery Unit at controlled with acetominophen. in research, educa- alumni will give what dollars they Scripps Clinic and Research A significant number of the tion and patient care at the think they canto support their Foundation in La Jolla, Calif. patients Dr. Greenway sees in his school's annual faculty assembly alma mater. This new approach adds to California practice have some June 4.

"It makes me feel very proud the arsenal physicians have to type of skin cancer, as a genera- Classes in the MCG School of to have been part of the school treat basal cell carcinoma, partic- tion that grew up without sun- Medicine honored educators of and to see what's happening with ular when surgery may cause screens and thinking tan was the year. The Class of 1991

it. I think it's going upward. I problems, such as in patients healthy finds itself facing the honored Dr. Ruth-Marie Fincher, think its future is secure. It's a who have pacemakers, those on results of such a lifestyle. associate professor in the great institution now. It will be blood thinners or those whose About 600,000 new cases of Department of Medicine; the even better. It's got the leadership tumor is close to a nerve, such as basal cell carcinomas alone are Class of 1993 honored Dr. John in place to do it." a motor nerve in the face. In the diagnosed each year in the W. Fisher, associate professor in

And Dr. Goodrich hopes that latter case, surgery might United States. the Department of Medicine; and those who might harbor bad damage that nerve, Dr. Greenway Those most at risk for the the Class of 1994 honored Dr. feelings for any reason will take said. Interferon also could be cancer are fair-skinned, fair- Gene L. Colborn, professor in the this time to wipe the slate clean. useful in critically cosmetic areas haired people with blue or green Department of Anatomy.

"I think if people have bad such as the nose or some other eyes. Those individuals should The Class of 1991 honored feelings or misguided feelings, area central to the face, he said. use sun protection measures the Department of Medicine as make yourself known. The Various types of surgical including hats, protective cloth- the Outstanding Clinical Science administration of this school approaches, including ing, sunscreens and limited sun Teaching Department and the listens. If a person has a problem cryosurgery and excisional exposure, Dr. Greenway said. Class of 1993 honored the or there is a complaint about surgery, achieve a 95 percent The slow-growing cancer Department of Anatomy as something, nothing will ever get cure rate. Mohs micrographic starts out as a small papule, Outstanding Basic Science done about it unless it's voiced to surgery, a method of removing typically develops a bleeding Teaching Department. the right people. skin cancer layer by layer to ulcer that won't heal, and tends Distinguished faculty awards

"I feel the leadership, the achieve the maximum cure rate to be found on areas of the body were presented to eight faculty president of (MCG) and the dean while preserving as much overexposed to sun, such as the member. Awards and recipients of the School of Medicine, have normal tissue as possible, face and arms, said Dr. Avis include: basic science teaching, only one goal, and that's the achieves a 99 percent cure rate. Yount, a 1976 graduate of MCG Dr. Gurkirpal (Paul) Sohal, pro- advancement of the Medical Radiation therapy also is used to now in dermatology practice in fessor in the Department of

College of Georgia. I've never treat this cancer. Augusta. Dr. Yount completed a Anatomy; clinical science teach- seen any leaders that wanted the Dr. Greenway's approach fellowship in Mohs micrographic ing, Dr. Bjorn Thorarinsson, alumni more involved." requires a small biopsy to con- surgery with Dr. Greenway in assistant professor in the

firm the diagnosis, followed by 1990 and also has lectured and Department of Medicine: and

injections of interferon three published articles with Dr. basic science research, also to

times a week for three weeks. Greenway about the use of Dr. Sohal. Clinical science

Fall 1991 AlumNews 27 "

School of Medicine

alumni Maj. Tim Boley ('84, from left), Maj. Craig Smith ('84) and Maj. Vince Lyons ('83) renewed their friendship while stationed together at army hospitals in Iraq in support of Operation Desert Storm. All three are back home. Drs. Boley and Lyons are stationed in Ft. Benning, Ga.; Dr. Smith at Ft. Sam Houston.

research awards went to Dr.

Asma Q. Fischer, assistant pro-

fessor in the Department of

Neurology, and to Dr. William B.

Strong, Charbonnier professor

and chief of the Section of

Pediatric Cardiology in the

Department of Pediatrics.

Dr. Bernard M. Schuman, associate professor in the science and art of being a physi- Consider

professor in the Department of Department of Family Medicine, cian? Probably not much that An 86-year-old Minneapolis

Medicine, was given the is president; Dr. John C.H. Steele they do not know already or that woman in a persistent vegetative

Distinguished Faculty Award for Jr., associate professor in the their sharp, intuitive minds will state dies after a controversial

Patient Care. Department of Pathology, is not pick up for themselves. But court battle that pitted her hus-

Drs. Margaret B. DeVore, president-elect; Dr. Ann Marie that does not mean that I, in my band and children, who wanted

professor in the Department of Flannery, assistant professor in naivete, will not try to impart her life maintained on a respira-

Anesthesiology and associate dean the Department of Surgery, is some wisdom and perhaps tor, against hospital doctors, who

for students, and Herman F. vice president; and Dr. Jeffrey M. warning. I certainly will tell them wanted her removed from the

Flanigin, professor in the Brandsma, professor in the that times have changed and we respirator because they regarded

Department of Surgery, were Department of Psychiatry and now, more than ever, are called the treatment as inappropriate.

honored with Distinguished Faculty Health Behavior, is secretary- upon to distinguish right from (See New England Journal of

Awards for Institutional Service. treasurer. wrong or, if we cannot distin- Medicine WV, 325:511-512.) Or

Dr. Laura C. Daniell, assistant guish with great clarity, at least the more common reverse

professor in the Department of try our darndest. situation, illustrated by the widely

Pharmacology and Toxicology, Although most of us have a publicized cases of Karen Quinlan

was named Outstanding Young pretty good idea of what is right and Nancy Cruzan, in which the

Basic Science Faculty Member. Dean's under most circumstances, family wants to withhold life- Dr. Daron Gale Ferris, assis- Interlude increasingly in medicine we are sustaining treatment and the tant professor in the Department faced with situations in which the institution or the state opposes.

of Family Medicine and director familiar rules and approaches

of Student Health Services, was not to apply or are Consider "Always do right. This will seem we named Outstanding Young faced with what appear to be A 79-year-old woman is referred gratify some people, and Clinical Science Faculty Member. extenuating circumstances. by her physician to a specialty astonish the rest. Dr. Elaine B. Feldman, profes- consultant, who sees her for less sor in the Department of —Mark Twain Consider than 10 minutes, informs her that Medicine and chief of the Section A pathologist in Royal Oak, Mich., the examination is covered under

of Nutrition, was honored as the has invented a machine that will Medicare and bills Medicare

school's Distinguished Faculty several days*, I will have enable a terminal cancer patient $950. Later, when asked by the

Member. the privilege of welcoming in great pain to take her own life, patient why the charge was so Also, 1991-1992 officers for Inthe new first-year medical thereby setting two sacred trusts high, the consultant responds the School of Medicine Faculty students. What can I tell of the medical profession in that he can bill Medicare what-

Senate were installed at the June them that will be useful to extraordinary opposition to one ever he wants, but Medicare

assembly. them as they begin a life- another: the relief of suffering

* Dr. Mason P. Thompson, time of commitment to the and the reverence for life. This article was written in August

28 Medical College of Georgia will only reimburse $250. He student to make up the values, what is right? As medical educa- does not mention that the $950 because the attending physician tors, we are familiar with the School of always inquires about the CBC. traditional methods of imparting will markedly enhance his profile Medicine Alumni for that examination. The medical student knows that new knowledge. For example, the

her grade of that rotation is largely field of immunology has devel- Association Consider dependent on the evaluation by oped remarkably over the past 25 Officers,)' 991-92 A young assistant professor, the senior resident. years. We now have courses in working in the research laboratory Several weeks ago, I received immunology and teach the knowl- President of a widely respected medical a phone call from a member of the edge base necessary to deal with Samuel M. Goodrich. M.D. investigator, alters some data to MCG Faculty Wives organization. the science and clinical applica- 203 O'Connor Drive, NW conform with his hypothesis, (It was a wife, not a husband. You tions of immunology. Milledgeville, Georgia 31061 presumably because he perceives know that now, as another sign of Medical ethics is different. (912) 452-7734 that the recognition he will receive Wives have Each of brings our social, the times, the Faculty us own President Elect from his publications will enhance included all spouses as eligible for cultural and religious past to bear Charles H. Wray, M.D. his career. membership in the organization.) on our current experience, which 3115 Ramsgate Road

Consider She proposed that the Faculty is modulated by the practicalities Augusta. Georgia 30909 736-6056 A third-year medical student Wives and the School of Medicine of the science and art of (404) co-sponsor a symposium on medicine. We cannot teach ethics arrives on the ward of a new First Vice President

medical ethics. I thought that the same way we teach immunol- clinical rotation at 6 a.m. She is was Chappell A. Collins Jr., M.D. told by the senior resident to a terrific idea and we will do just ogy, but we can teach ethics. We 2047 West Doublegate Drive review the chart of a patient who that during spring 1992. That can discuss issues, such as those Albany, Georgia 31707 883-2203 has been admitted the night interest is symptomatic of the identified above, in symposia, on (912)

lay and over lunch with before so that she can present the broad recognition, by people, the wards, Second Vice President profes- can behave in a patient to the attending physician lawyers, clergy, medical colleagues; we Leslie L. Wilkes Jr., M.D. at 8 a.m. The patient has not yet sionals and others, of the impor- manner that is ethical, so that by 318 E. 44th Street had a complete blood count, but tance of ethical considerations in example we teach; and we can Savannah, Georgia 31405 236-8853 the senior resident tells the medical issues today. The disci- remind young physicians, even on (912)

is first medical school, pline of medical ethics being the day of Secretary/Treasurer

defined and growing. that the honor code we espouse A. Bleakley Chandler, M.D. But how do we teach medical at MCG is the first step toward 803 Milledge Road

Dean Gregory Eastwood ethics? Or perhaps more to the doing what is right as a physician, Augusta, Georgia 30904

hoods Razia Yin-Myo-Thu point, how do we impart to our which should be very gratifying, (404) 738-4231 Amin-Forte during medical students, residents and but not astonishing.

medical school hooding. ourselves the motivation to do

I/Hi

Fall 1991 AlumNews 29 ble impression on Ms. Parker. "I who will resume her previous

have a commitment to the Navy, position as associate professor in

but I'd love to work with them the Department of Psychiatric/

again," she said. "It's very worth- Mental Health Nursing.

while. It gives you a taste of "I'm very pleased Dr. Kemp Student's Her work, which lasted 10 another lifestyle and makes you will be assuming this position," weeks, included providing appreciate what you have." said Dr. Vickie Lambert, dean of Experience physicals and other nursing MCG's School of Nursing. "Her With Migrants services at farm sites, public track record as a researcher and health sites and a day-care scholar will, I think, add a new Leaves Lasting center for migrant children. Alum Named dimension to the position."

"When I first started, I didn't Dr. Kemp earned a bachelor's

Impression know what to expect," she said. "I Associate degree in nursing from MCG, a

was picturing cows and chickens." master's degree in nursing from

Christine Hurley Deriso What she found were Dean Emory University and a Ph.D. from

people—mostly Hispanic—who the University of Texas in Austin.

time last year, the despite their poverty were very Christine Hurley Deriso After working in several Thisclosest Kim Parker had much like any others she'd met. clinical positions and as an ever been to a farm was "What you find out is that people Virginia H. Kemp, instructor at DeKalb College in

driving past a corn field are people," she said. director of the Medical Atlanta, she joined the MCG en route to some other Of course, some differences Dr.College of Georgia faculty in 1979 as an assistant destination. were glaring, including the School of Nursing professor in the School of

She got closer last spring. group's disproportionate amount Center for Nursing Nursing. She was named coordi-

Ms. Parker, a nursing student of health problems. "There are Research, has been nator of the curriculum process in at the Medical College of Georgia, problems that are specific to named the school's associate 1986 and was named associate

had to choose a site for her migrant workers— lots of infec- dean for graduate programs. professor in the Schools of

spring-quarter clinical experi- tious diseases, ear infections, She succeeds Dr. Linda Ellis, Nursing and Graduate Studies in

ence, during which rising seniors diabetes, pesticide poisoning. It's

perform supervised nursing like the Third World right here in

services in a professional setting. the United States.

Ms. Parker first narrowed down "It's really challenging. You

her selection by deciding she tell them to take their medicine,

wanted to participate in the but you wonder if they have the

school's rural preceptorship means to do it. You have to be

program, which places students really creative about finding ways

in rural, medically underserved to get things done."

areas. Next, she followed her She not only helped treat their

heart. The reason she chose the problems but also educated them

nursing field in the first place was about preventive measures. She

for the opportunity to be truly of worked extensively with expectant

service. And she wanted to mothers, many of whom give

perform that service where it was birth to low-birth-weight babies,

most badly needed. to provide prenatal care.

That's how she ended up She also got to know them on

spending her spring in Metter, a personal level, even picking up

Ga., working with migrant farm a good deal of Spanish. She

workers. loved the children, who managed

"I specifically wanted to work to laugh and play despite impov-

with that group—people who erished living conditions. Many

can't pay for health care but really worked in the fields alongside

need it," Ms. Parker said. their parents. Others went to local

The Candler County Health schools but said they were

Department sponsors the ostracized there.

Pineland Migrant Health The experience left an indeli-

Program to offer health services

to the migrants and their fami-

lies who stream into the Metter

area annually to harvest crops. Dr. Joyce Billue hugs

Ms. Parker's nursing services graduate Patricia

were supervised by Frank Stilp, a Hartigan during nursing nurse who runs the program. school pinning ceremony.

30 Medical College of Georgia —

America is a voluntary organiza- March 19, succeeding Betty School of Nursing tion that pairs U.S. states with Golden, who retired from the Alumni Association countries in Latin America and the position after 20 years. Ms. Caribbean to promote economic Broman will manage the Calendar of Events and social development in the Department of Nursing and

1991-92 western hemisphere. The fellow- supervise the areas of inpatient

ship, supported by the W.K. nursing, operating rooms, post-

Kellogg Foundation of Battle anesthesiology, recovery room October 1991 February 1992 Creek, Mich., selects fellows and ambulatory surgery center, 17 Alumni luncheon at 19 Student/Alumni representing a variety of profes- recruitment and retention and Georgia Nurses Specialty Seminar sional develop infection Association meeting backgrounds to control. projects to further Partners of Before coming to MCG Ms. 17-19 Georgia Nurses March 1992 conference, America's goals. Broman was associate director of Association 9-13 Alumni direct-mail Gainesville solicitation "The 40 fellows are from all nursing, financial and human 21-23 Phonathon walks of life—government, resources at the University of Iowa

25 Alumni regional May 1992 business, education, the arts Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. dinner, Athens 1-3 Homecoming week they're selected from a wide She also was an adjunct faculty 30 Student/Alumni variety of areas," Ms. member of the University of Iowa

Specialty Semina McDonough said. College of Nursing.

Ms. McDonough, who directs She received a bachelor's of

a School of Nursing program that science in nursing and a master's

1986. She was acting coordinator in nursing administration from the enables students to train in rural, degree in business administration

of MCG's doctoral program in University of Minnesota. Before medically underserved areas, was at the University of Iowa, where

nursing from 1985 to 1987. In joining MCG, Dr. Conway was nominated by the Georgia chapter she also completed graduate

1988, she joined the Georgia dean of the School of Nursing at of Partners of America based on work in nursing administration.

State University faculty as associ- the University of Wisconsin- her efforts to improve rural health She also completed a fellowship

ate professor of parent-child Milwaukee and had been an care. Along with her work with in the Commonwealth Nurse

nursing, then rejoined MCG in associate professor at the Boston nursing students, she also served Executive Leadership Program at

1989 as an associate professor University School of Nursing. a six-month sabbatical in 1989 in Boston University. and director of the Center for Early in her career, she worked as Recife, Brazil studying infant

Nursing Research. a staff nurse, head nurse, nursing mortality and nursing services in

supervisor and nursing director at the area. Her colleagues in Recife

various hospitals in New York and then came to Augusta to deter-

Massachusetts. mine ways of enhancing medical Dr. Conway services in the area. School of Nursing As a fellow, she will receive a Alumni Named $3,000 grant to further her study. Association "One of the things that intrigues Distinguished Nursing Officers, 1991-92 me is I think international health Alumna Instructor and rural health have similarities in terms of their problems and Selected for President challenges," she said. "What I Jeanette Brown Mary E. Conway, Fellowship learn from each should have dean emeritus of the cross-applicability." Vice President

Elizabeth Till Medical College of Dr. Christine Hurley Deriso Georgia School of Secretary

Nursing, has been Patricia Nayyar.

named a 1991 distin- Medical College of Ms. Droman Treasurer guished alumna of the Boston Georgia School of Peggy Belger University College of Liberal Arts Nursing instructor has Named To and Graduate School. been selected a fellow Board of Directors Rose Jordan Dr. Conway, dean of MCG's in a program designed Hospital Staff Caroline di Donato-Gonzalez nursing school from 1980 until her to enhance the relation- Patty Lillis retirement in 1990, earned a ship of North and South America. Broman has been Betty Beaman doctorate in sociology from Boston Jo-Ellen McDonough, instruc- appointed associate University. She was presented with tor in the Department of Kayhospital director for Nominating Committee the award during a May 11 alumni Community Health Nursing, has patient care at the Cecelia Cykes Patricia Decker luncheon at the school. been named one of 40 fellows to Medical College of Frances Knapp She also earned a bachelor's serve in the Partners of America Georgia Hospital and

degree in nursing from Columbia Fellowship in International Clinics.

University and a master's degree Development. Partners of Ms. Broman began her duties

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^ffH^ tephens Street in selves with hand-held fans They've talked about many Darlene Williams leads Jefferson County's waiting in the seats. The chil- things during the course of support group. ^HB| tiny Wrens, Ga., dren seem to instinctively these meetings: childhood trau- f^B dead-ends into a assume the subdued, mannerly mas that they never before dis- dealing with stress. ^B^ dusty, jutted stretch disposition generally reserved cussed and subsequently never What are their sources of of dirt that serves as a driveway for Sunday mornings but obvi- really got over; adult tragedies, stress, she inquires? Having to for Praise Deliverance Church. ously applicable to any visit to such as the loss of a child; and remind children over and over

The church itself is a modest church. The church is still, hot the grind of impoverished to pick up after themselves, box of a building that, on this and quiet as the group waits lifestyles, including jobless- one says, and the others nod particular 95-degree day. has a for the meeting to begin. ness, frustration and hopeless- their heads in concurrence. broken air conditioner. "Hi," Darlene Williams ness. Sometimes Ms. Williams, Ms. Traina asks how they feel No matter. One senses that says cheerily as she walks into a social worker for the Medical physically when stressed. The the women who file into the the building and begins greet- College of Georgia School of women describe sore necks, church this Wednesday after- ing each woman by name. Nursing, conducts the meet- shoulders and backs. She then noon are used to unaccommo- They know each other well. ings. Other times, she invites asks how they relieve the dating conditions. About a They've met here twice a guest speakers, as is the case stress. One woman says she dozen show up, and most have month for more than a year, on this day. when physical turns on the television to tune children in tow. Once inside, exchanging confidences, shar- therapist and MCG graduate it out; the others have no ready the women find a pew and ing experiences and generally student Deniee Traina joins the answers. They aren't accus- absently begin waving them- just being there for each other. group to discuss strategies for tomed to tending to their

ANNUAL REPORT / VOLUME 20. NUMBER I / FALL 199! 33 needs; they're too busy tending to the needs of others. So Ms. Traina offers some solutions, including psychological and physical exercises designed to relieve stress. This group of women calls itself the Minority Women's Support

Group, and it is but one of many projects encompassed in the MCG School of Nursing Rural Health Outreach Program. The program was begun in 1988, funded by a recently renewed grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation of Battle Creek. Mich., to help improve health care in

Jefferson County, the fifth most economically disadvan- taged county in Georgia. The original intention of the grant was to help improve the county's dismal infant mortality rate. The grant funded a medically equipped van to take health care to the county's mothers and their children whose medical needs otherwise went unattended. But the program has blos- somed beyond all expecta- tions. Today, the program offers health care, or help in obtaining it, to all county residents in need. Services include health screenings at work places, schools and community sites; educational programs aimed at healthy lifestyles and preventive medicine: referrals and help in using already- existing resources; and self- help and support groups, such as the one Ms. Williams conducts for minority women.

"] held the first meeting on

May 15, 1990. and 1 anticipated maybe 15 would come." recalls Ms. Williams, who also leads a support group in a Louisville church and plans to expand. "To my surprise, 50 showed up. These women don't have a whole lot of activities. When we come together as a group, they have a social outlet. I find out what interests them and what they want to know about. We want to empower women, to help them gain control over factors involved in the Rural Health themselves." says Judy Shafer. social worker Janice Moore and that affect their lives." Outreach Program. "We teach a family nurse practitioner at driver Mary Beasley set out in The concept of empower- the residents what they can do MCG who provides clinical the medically equipped van ment is echoed by all those to make the situation better for services for the program. She. Tuesdays through Thursdays

34 MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA TODAY and offer their services. of their health need, if they health indicators. Dr. William the right area." Ms. Moore They advertise their loca- can't support themselves to G. Phillips from MCG's family says. "It also encourages boys tion for the day via the local keep themselves healthy, practice center joins her to think about this issue and to

media or spend the day we've only put our finger in monthly. Those with health get involved."

making home visits. Ms. the dike," Ms. Shafer says. problems are referred either to a Indeed, involving males in Moore evaluates the patients "We're looking at the big pic- local health provider or to MCG what typically are thought of

first, determining their access ture. Sometimes you have all if necessary. Emergency medi- as female issues is a signifi-

to basic necessities and help- these wonderful programs and cal technicians are on call in cant part of the Rural Health

ing them fill out forms for nothing to connect them. We cases of medical emergencies. Outreach Program. Alton W.

assistance if necessary. "I can see ourselves as a connecter." "If they already have a Spells, community projects refer them to any social ser- Next comes the health doctor, we refer them to him." coordinator for the program, vices they need." she says. She assessment, including a com- Ms. Shafer says. "We are not last year was awarded a also offers information about plete physical. Ms. Shafer tests here to take anybody's patients $48,000 grant from the job training and educational her patients' vision, hearing, away. We're here to help those Kellogg Foundation to pro- opportunities. blood pressure, cholesterol who have fallen out of the mote the self-esteem of young

"Even if we can take care level, blood sugar and other system, through the cracks, and black males in Jefferson get them the help they need." County. The foundation has The group screened 1,100 established a Kellogg children through the Jefferson International Leadership HEALTHMASTERc County school system last Program to help develop lead- II year. "We found vision prob- ers to improve human services lems, rashes, ear infections at the community level PROVIDING QUALITY HOME CARE strep throat — that sort of throughout the world. Mr. thing." Ms. Shafer says. They Spells is one of 60 people from THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHEAST also provide health-promotion 17 counties chosen as the pro-

programs and work with edu- gram's first group of fellows. Skilled Nursing Physical Therapy cators to try to stave off the Mr. Spells has developed Occupational Therapy Speech Therapy common problems they find in programs for young black the adult population, notably males in hopes that providing Medical Social Service High Tech Service high blood pressure. role models and bolstering the Nutritional Guidance Home Health Aide Also, last May. Ms. Moore self-image of this group will Personal Care Aide Respite Service coordinated the program's lead to a decreased teen-preg-

Homcmaker Service Custodial Service second annual Healthy Baby nancy rate. Week. Jefferson County "Many of these young men schoolchildren were invited to come from single-parent FOR INFORMATION, participate in a contest with households and tend to have REFERRAL three categories: rap. essay and low self-esteem and high OR poster. The theme of their pro- dropout rates." Mr. Spells says. ject was "Better Babies Begin This combination of factors CAREER OPPORTUNrriES Before Birth." touting the contributes to the high preg- PLEASE CALL: importance of good prenatal nancy rate of Jefferson County care. Local businesses donated teens, he said. As community 1-800-282-3534 prizes, which included savings projects director, he obtains (Georgia) bonds, cash prizes. T-shirts data about maternal-infant and boom boxes. About 100 health care in the community. 1-800-445-3705 children participated and all "(Working with the males) had a ball, she said. is a means of tackling the (Outside Georgia) "These kids have a lot of problem from a different

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ANNUAL REPORT / VOLUME 20, NUMBER 1 / FALL L991 35 Denice Traina shares stress- relieving techniques with support group members. young males who are taking no responsibility for their actions. We*re hoping to teach them better decision-making skills and encourage them to make decisions in the best interest of themselves and the community." He has coordinated a group of volunteers to establish programs for the young men. The first step is opening the doors of communication, he said. from five to seven. More than Outreach Program will see that immigrant families, residents

"These kids have some ideas 1,200 community health she gets it. of Indian reservations and and concepts. I'm not saying screenings have been provided Ms. Sherrod publishes the migrant farm workers. they're the right ideas, but we at community events, schools statistics she collects in a Nancy B. Williamson, have to take the time to listen. and business. And the average monthly Rural Health evaluator for MCG's Rural Then, adults can teach them birth weight and gestational Outreach Program newsletter. Health Outreach Program, dis- some skills and open them up age of babies born in Jefferson But it isn't the numbers that cussed ways of pooling to new ideas. It's combination County has increased. are important, she stresses. resources and spreading the of tender loving care and a These changes are docu- It's the people the numbers word of the projects. volunteer approach to tackling mented by Vicki Sherrod. data represent, who often fall "Those of us doing Kellogg a longstanding problem in the manager for the Rural Health through the cracks of the grants need to be doers and we community." Outreach Program. Ms. health-care system. need to talk and write about The volunteers also work Williams, the social worker Several health-care what we learn." she says. "I with the males' families, who conducts women's sup- resources have been available to like to call us radical innova- encouraging them to nurture port groups, visits MCG and the residents over the years, but tors." She discussed creating a their self-esteem. "This is by St. Joseph hospitals in the the staff found that many were network of information "so we no means the answer to the mornings and collects medical unaware of their existence. can be more productive and problem," Mr. Spells says. data, such as birth weight, of The staff also keeps tabs start creating change."

"But it's a start." Jefferson County mothers' with Kellogg grant recipients And the change has already Are the combination of newborns. Ms. Sherrod enters nationwide to exchange notes begun. "We are really trying efforts — health screenings, the information into a com- and gauge progress. The Battle hard to get out the word that education, children's contests, puter. Ms. Williams also inter- Creek, Mich. -based Kellogg we're here to help," says Ms. self-help groups — making a views the newborns' mothers Foundation funds many pro- Shafer. the family nurse practi- dent? The answer, says the to assess any needs they may grams aimed at aiding the tioner who provides clinical staff, is a resounding yes. have. The staff then follows up impoverished. In February, services for the program. "And Consider these statistics: In on the families, charting the MCG hosted the Kellogg the people in the county are the past three years, the pro- infants' development. Maternal/Infant Cluster responding. They'll drop by gram has arranged transporta- For instance, most of the Conference, a meeting of grant (at health-screening sites) just tion to health-care sites for children receive medical treat- recipients. The seminar fea- to visit after they've gotten to some 20,000 Jefferson County ment at the Jefferson County tured presentations of other know us. We have a rapport. residents. The number of ini- Health Department, and if they Kellogg projects and discus- We're not outsiders; we're a tial prenatal visits to the begin missing visits or vacci- sions about how to enhance part of the community. We county health department for nations, Ms. Williams looks their effectiveness. can't take credit for all the mothers who delivered their into the situation. Perhaps a The presentations illus- positive things that have hap- babies at MCG increased 270 mother needs transportation to trated the diversity of needs pened, but we think we've percent. The average number the health department, for throughout the country, includ- contributed." of prenatal visits has increased instance. The Rural Health ing the needs of low-income —CHRISTINE HURLEY DERISO

36 MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA TODAY MKI>1( \l. COLLEGE OF GEORGIA HOSPITAL AM) CLINICS

short sia\ or overnight observation Year in Review admission to help physicians provide the appropriate level of care. Hospital services were castles "Ifyou have built in expanded this year with Georgia's the air, your work need not first inpatient adolescent program be lost; that is where they to meet the special needs of adolescents with a variety of medical should be. Now put the and surgical problems. The new foundations under them." inpatient program on the eighth

—HENR'i I) \\ ID THOREAU floor of MCG Hospital has three private patient rooms and three as referenced in the 199 J State of double-occupancy rooms. the School Address by Dr. Gregory The newly renovated 4-South L. Eastwood, dean ofthe School of patient unit was opened to serve Medicine. renal transplant and general The 1990-91 fiscal year has surgery patients. All 30 patient been one of castles and rooms are private, with four foundations for the Medical designed as isolation rooms with X College of Georgia Hospital capabilities for negative and posi- and Clinics. Excitement and tive air flow. In addition to renal enthusiasm accompanied the year transplant patients, the unit will as the hospital continued to build serve patients in the planned bone on its valued reputation by provid- marrow transplant and pancreatic ing quality care and services and transplant program which were developing new programs to meet announced in June. expansion also allowed for the The renovated ambulatory pro- the health-care needs of the people Physicians in obstetrics and addition of a day room for patients cedure center, which includes the of Georgia and [he region. gynecology now use lasers in cases and increased the capacity of the ambulatory surgery unit and As an academic medical center. of ectopic pregnancies, lessening patient monitoring service. endoscopy unit, also was opened Hospital and Clinics contin- the incidence of Fallopian tube MCG The dialysis unit also was during fiscal 1990-91. The center removal and therefore preserving ues to to high-qual- be committed expanded during the year. Patients contains four operating rooms, a patients' fertility. Among other ity patient care, education and awaiting kidney transplant spend local procedure room, eight private new laser procedures used at research. This year's efforts and MCG many hours in this unit having pre-operative/postoperative rooms, Hospital and Clinics is laparo- accomplishments were guided by impurities mechanically cleaned two endoscopy prep rooms and scopic cholecystectomy. This pro- this three-fold mission. The foun- from their blood. Acutely ill five endoscopy treatment rooms. cedure for gallbladder removal dations it is building are many. patients require blood exchanges As part of this center, a new requires no major surgery and only often four times a day. This year, 23:59 admission procedure was Foundations of two to three days' hospitalization. the number of hemodialysis sta- established to accommodate an Patient Care Service Services of the hospital's urol- tions increased from 14 to 18 and extended observation period for ogy section were enhanced by The size and capabilities of the the number of beds for acute selected ambulatory surgery acquiring a lasertripter. allowing epilepsy monitoring program were patients from three to six. This patients. The procedure provides a endoscopic pulverization of many increased with the renovation of expansion allows us to increase urinary calculi. The lasertripter the monitoring unit and its expan- this service to the citizens of Newly renovated epilepsy and lithotripter. which also sion from four to six beds. The Georcia. monitoring unit. became available at MCG Hospital this year, enable treating

most urinary tract stones without major surgery.

The hospital's cardiac-care unit,

which opened in 1990. was expand-

ed from four to six beds during the year. Also, additional beds were

opened in the 5-South intermediate- care unit and surgical intensive-care

unit, bringing the hospital to its maximum adult ICU-bed capacity of 39 without renovating. The Child Life Program, provided within the Children's

Medical Center at MCG. officially

became a department on its second birthday in November 1990. The department strives to provide psy- chosocial care for children by nor- malizing the environment, prepar- ing children for procedures and surgery, offering play opportuni-

ties and advocating for changes

within the hospital selling that are sensitive to the needs of children and their families. continued on page 39

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Catoosa Dade Fannin Towns Rabun 15 tiring fiscal 5 31 14 51 year 1991, the 11,295, Union 37,816 Murray 329,151 34,482 Whitfield 58 21,930 Medical College of 51 Walker 82 66,466 Georgia Hospital and Gilmer 24 242,708 193,179 27 White Clinics provided more than 29,079 Habersham 99,837 43 >55 million* of care to Lumpkin 119 Stephens D Gordon 253,274 26 348,325 118 those who could not pay. Chatooga Pickens 34 Dawson 152,232 23 103,124 196,166 26 32 Hart Key 41,937 8,428 Hall Banks Franklin 58,079 Top 191 50 133 201 figure: Number of MCG 385,361 205.139 217,547 inpatients Floyd Bartow Cherokee Forsyth 3.889 and outpatients from 48 88 44 54 that county during fiscal 1991. 73,437 58,382 93,434 Jackson 57,122 Madison Elbert Bottom figure: Dollar amount of 202 240 505 services 241,262 provided by MCG Polk 111,447 648,021 Barrow Hospital and Clinics to residents 30 Cobb Gwinnett Clarke Paulding 147 129,827 129 122 585 of that county unable to pay for all 27 318,159 Oglethorpe 527.888 379,298 630,056 of the care rendered. Haralson 43,381 135 Oconee Wilkes DeKalb Walton Lincoln 32 140 13.680 109 201 861 944 *This 65,716 43,335 amount is in addition to pay- Douglas 476,433 507.384 91,406 Rockdale 273.836 ments received through 83 Fulton the Indigent 103 Carroll 252,702 142 Morgan Care Trust Fund. 407.243 Newton Greene Clayton 156 Taliaferro Columbia 125 460.982 307 164 243 194 7,342 682,463 144,715 McDuffie Henry 672.142 513.872 Fayette 160.426 93,705 1.344,370 48 Warren 2m 20 Richmond Coweta Putnam 980 1.058,065 Heard 49044 Jasper 42 8,071 37,258 Butts 271 Hancock 282.317 17 Spalding 103 8.919.810 119.660 735,726 728 153,341 173 59 154,436 Glascock 43.179 323.950 753,960 271 152,120 Pike Lamar Burke Troup Meriwether Baldwin Jefferson 40 62 Monroe Jones 2.773 76 58 1,036 2.592 36.794 22.703 107 116 Washington 1,730,901 372,119 206.138 1.244,311 1.732.864 91.969 1.885 Upson 182.035 1.382,384 85 Wilkinson Jenkins 589,515 Bibb 122 895 Screven Harris 518 Talbot Crawford 188,030 537.956 1,058 33 519.249 Twiggs Johnson 9 33 196.063 88,807 52 327 11.715 49.387 400,729 Emanuel Taylor Peach 16,758 1,292 Muscogee 50 147 Laurens 741,563 83 68.099 470.359 Houston Bleckley 836 624,064 415 Treutlen Candler Bulloch Marion Macon 140 898.047 Effingham 526.719 158 326 1,243 Chattahoochee 9,869 26 112 400,212 211,160 883,425 133 8 49.139 Schley 145.947 26,709 Pulaski Montgomery 545 13 111 157 Evans 4.228 Dooly Dodge 468,634 206.824 Toombs Stewart Wheeler 222 Bryan 98 308 735 22 Sumter 123 185.569 Chatham 650,329 883,373 98 Webster 48.981 753.441 Tattnall 23.241 146 116,015 547 13 Wilcox 375 487,622 300.061 Telfair 12,005 Crisp 83 307.289 Quitman 299 186 80.476 Liberty 1 250.514 Terrell 186.515 159 Randolph Lee 0 Ben Hill Jeff Davis Appling 28 38 Long 115,435 23 Turner 174,566 200 255 280 55.003 9,897 40 64 314,752 282.412 1.447.047 Clay 147,426 121.764 19 Irwin Bacon Wayne 33,067 Calhoun Dougherty Coffee Worth 81 126 246 24 270 Tift 492 Mcintosh 64 220.198 227,215 174,515 56,519 605,116 225 461.048 83 214,139 75,288 Early 516.453 Pierce Baker 48 Berrien 152 11 Atkinson 110.682 93 387.474 Brantley Glynn 20 Mitchell 88 Colquitt 244.514 94 374 Miller 64 Cook 260,029 Ware 163 56,841 952,186 18 47.486 59 387 412,331 43,247 32,536 Lanier 667.988 58 Clinch Seminole 216,943 Camden 55 42 Decatur Charlton Grady Lowndes 60 Thomas Brooks 160,110 49 38.670 133 52,386 50 87 69 270 215.368 87.276 25,286 195.484 143,518 800,520 Echols 12 3,163

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clinical . the direc- . . continued from page 37 Foundations in Programs Foundations of and challenging More than 50 volunteers work Expanded Facilities tors with the demands of the aca- The Physician Consultation and with pediatric patients through demic setting. Referral Service was implemented Of major importance is the Volunteer Services and the Child In the Department of Pharmacy, this year to enhance communica- Ambulatory Care Center/ Life Department. Among the vol- a nuclear pharmacy program was tions between Medical College of Specialized Care Center, for which unteer efforts w as the development established to not only improve Georgia faculty physicians and ground was broken in December of a parent handbook by the Junior patient care, but to support the alumni, referring physicians and 1989. Activation planning and League of Augusta. Also devel- research and educational missions other health professionals. As part operations planning have been part of the program, a oped was the Cuddler Program in of MCG. As of this service, the 24-hour MCG ongoing this year. The emergency which volunteers provide love, nuclear pharmacist was appointed Consult Line was established. services department and trauma warmth and attention for the tiny to the pharmacy staff to develop a Through a toll-free number, practic- service are scheduled to move into practice. babies in the Neonatal Intensive nuclear pharmacy The ing physicians may reach MCG fac- the Specialized Care Center in Care Unit. program is jointly funded by the ulty physicians to consult on diag- early 1992. The Ambulatory Care The Children's Medical Center pharmacy, the Department of research is scheduled for occupancy nosis and therapy, explore Center Radiology and the School of at MCG. now primarily housed on findings and refer patients. Also, the in fall 1992. the eighth floor of the hospital, Allied Health Sciences. 1990-91 Physician Consultation and Referral Fiscal saw the closing department also continues to gain an identity of its The pharmacy room, Directory was developed to enhance of the temporary dining the role in working own, not only in the region and took a leadership access to MCG physicians. Hard Hat Cafe, and the opening of with Augusta Technical state, but internally as well. A new the GeorgiaCare. in its third year as the new Terrace Dining Room on logo was developed and placed on Institute to develop a pharmacy the board-of-regents-approved pre- St. Valentine's Day. the walls, putting the finishing technician training program which ferred provider organization, con- began in fall 1991. touch on last year's colorful refur- Foundations of tinues to expand. The employee Research into the cause of bishing. A task force to develop Education and Research benefits program was introduced bylaws for the CMC has completed Alzheimer's disease continues, as to four additional University Throughout all its departments, does that into drugs to prevent its report. An advisory board to System of Georgia institutions hospital clinics review fund-raising activities also the and provide rejection of transplanted organs. during the year, bringing the total opportunities stu- was appointed. A pediatric nursing educational for Neurologists are testing therapies 15 colleges and universities. recruitment and retention commit- to dents of MCG's five schools and to protect undamaged parts of the valet parking service to ease institutions. tee was activated to develop an A other educational The brain from the effects of strokes. patient and visitor access to the hos- aggressive plan to recruit nurses in hospital and the School of Allied Emergency services continues to pital clinics was introduced in a cell general pediatrics and in pediatric and Health Sciences established a pro- participate in red blood pilot future critical-care nursing. six-month program. The gram in September to enhance the deformability studies and in a MCG's ECMO (extracorporeal of the program will be decided after training of physical therapy clini- throat culture methodology study membrane oxygenation) program evaluating the pilot project. cians and faculty. Two physical in conjunction with the had a major breakthrough with the Arts in the Hospital, a project of therapists are now in a four-year Department of Family Medicine. development of a catheter that the hospital's Department of program which provides two New research activities are on the allows the lifesaving procedure to Volunteer Services and years' teaching and two years' drawing board in the Department be performed without tying off the Community Relations designed to clinical experience for participants of Nursing. carotid artery, a practice that con- enhance the quality of the hospital pursing a master of health educa- The pharmacy department cerned neonatologists because of environment for patients and tion degree. continues to be a leader in hospital potential dangers to the develop- employees, completed its first year To enhance educational oppor- research. In 1990-91. 17 new ing brain. with six art exhibits. Included tunities in nursing, the Department studies were initiated and 13 were The idea of getting young were a staff-faculty exhibit and of Nursing and School of Nursing continued from the previous year. patients to MCG Hospital quickly performances by the Augusta have launched a series of collabo- Also, the pharmacy was involved for needed treatment and care Symphony Woodwind Trio. rative projects in which the depart- with multiple protocols for 12 resulted in establishing a Pediatric Storyland Theatre and the ment's clinical directors are paired chemotherapy drugs distributed Critical Care Transport Program Davidson Fine Arts School with lour faculty members, bring- through the National Cancer Institute. is also this fiscal year. It was Chamber Orchestra. ing faculty into the clinical site The department estimated that 50 trans- involved in various ports would be made investigational drug in the program's first studies. year of operation, but Management staff that estimate was sur- in administrative and passed after only eight clinical support posi- months. tions have been active Speech pathology, in scholarly presenta- physical therapy and tions to professional occupational therapy affiliations and in began a new patient continuing-education program to stimulate activities. Admini- strative staff members chronically ill, trached and ventilator- also participate in dependent children. teaching, primarily in The program provides the School of Allied a daily one-hour Health Sciences. stimulation group for A new program was the targeted popula- introduced in the tions, with an average Department of of three children Nursing in April to treated daily. maximize participation

of qualified stal t m the

Cardiac care unit decision-making

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process and to help create collegia] relationships among the staff. The department also initiated a mechanism to distribute accountability in the departments to improve decision-making and staff satisfaction while standardizing patient-care policies and procedures.

In addition to offering educational and developmental programs for its staff, the hospital also provided 1,250 vaccinations to its staff to prevent an epidemic outbreak of measles. The flu vac- cination program was continued and procedures were revised and implemented to screen and protect employees from exposure to the hepatitus virus. To facilitate a safer and more timely return to duties, a referral and follow-up program for work- related back injuries, both chronic and acute, was established.

Foundations in Community Service

MCG, along with the Augusta taining videos for adolescents. A Adolescent services dayroom, Red Cross and the Physicians computer system for work and play equipped with television, Practice Group, again sponsored Adolescent is available in the program office. VCR and other items of the regional health fair at Augusta Program services will include interest to teens. Mall. More than 1.000 people reg- scheduled informal times for the istered for the screenings Services made patients to get together and talk dency would be to continue to available volunteers by from about w hatev er is on their minds, treat them as younger children. If throughout MCG and the Red Expanded and programs on topics of interest we give them their own program, Cross organization. to adolescents, such as makeup it's visible recognition that they MCG's emergency services and he Medical College of and clothing, Mrs. Cutliffe said. are growing up and they are going emergency medicine staff coordi- ( ieorgia Hospital and Clinics Patients age 12 to 18 may be to have to begin to take that nated emergency care support for has expanded its services admitted, but that policy is flexible responsibility for themselves."

River Race Augusta for the fourth with Georgia's first inpatient on either end. particularly the Accidents and injuries are consecutive year. MCG's service program that meets the upper end. Dr. Pendergrast said. major causes for hospitalization of is as now recognized the model needs of adolescents with a variety "Children with chronic and adolescents, as well as acute ill- program in the nation by insurance of medical and surgical problems. acute illnesses tend to not be as nesses such as asthma and chronic underwriters. "As long as there are teen-agers developmentally mature. You may problems such as sickle cell dis- Faculty and staff from through- and hospitals, we need this kind of have a 20-year-old with cancer, ease, cystic fibrosis, cancer and out the hospital and clinics are service." said Dr. Robert A. cystic fibrosis or chronic heart dis- gynecological problems. active in community endeavors Pendergrasl Jr.. adolescent ease that maj lit in better with that Linda Rathbun. head nurse on such as the March of Dimes. medicine specialist and medical (adolescent) group," he said. the general medical-surgical unit

Kidney Foundation, Heart director of the new program. "I And. recognizing that many Eight South, is head nurse of the

Association. Lung Association. think it's a recognition that adoles- adolescents are not cared for by adolescent medicine inpatient pro-

YMCA, YWCA. Red Cross. cents are different from young pediatricians, this program is open gram. Also. Dr. Pendergrast is Alzheimer's Association. Cerebral children and different from adults. lor admissions from many hospital organizing a program advisory Palsy Association, Teddy Bear They need a chance to express that services, such as internal medicine, committee that will include child Clinic and church and civic orga- even when they are sick." orthopedics and general surgery. and adolescent psychiatry, family nizations. The names of MCG The new inpatient program on As an adolescent medicine spe- medicine and child-life specialists. staff can be seen as volunteers in the eighth floor of MCG Hospital cialist. Dr. Pendergrast does much Dr. Pendergrast feels confident leadership positions as well as in has three private patient rooms and ol his work on an outpatient basis. the new adolescent program will general working membership posi- three double-occupancy rooms. "Hospitalization of adolescents enhance patient outcomes both tions. In addition, hospital and Each room has touches like a bul- tends to be for chronic disorders physically and psychologically. clinics staff members lecture to letin board, so patients can person- and disabilities that have been "Frankly, the hospitalization tends various civic and school groups alize the rooms, and artwork featur- with them since childhood, but to go better if adolescents are put ami outreach education to smaller ing sports, dance and other areas of because they are growing toward with kids of their age and their hospitals and community groups. interest to young people, said adulthood, their way of dealing development, educational and

Support of the Children's Deirdre Cutliffe, child-life coordi- with their illness is different." he social needs are addressed. Then

Medical Center and the Miracle nator at the Children's Medical said. "Diabetes, for example. We they tend to be more compliant

Network Telethon can be seen Center at MCG, who will help meet have to begin shifting care of the with their medical regimens, tend almost weekly in the form of fund- the patients' non-medical needs. disease from the parent to the to complain less about things like raising efforts. MCG exceeded by A dayroom has a refrigerator, growing adolescent who will soon pain, tend to understand their ill- $10,000 its goal of $135,000 in the microwave oven, stereo, television be a young adult. nesses better and be more satisfied State Charitable Contributions and video cassette recorder, com- "H we continue to mix them in with the process."

Campaign. plete w ith educational and enter- with the younger children, our ten- —TONI BAKER

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Medical College of Georgia

Summary Statement of Current Funds Revenues, Expenditures and Other Changes Year Ended June 30, 1991 (With Comparative Figures for 1990)

1991

Educational and General Auxiliary 1990 L'n res trie ted Restricted Enterprises TOTAL TOTAL Revenue General Operations Resident Instruction Student Tuition and Fees I 5,399,305.90 s $ $ 5,399.305.90 i 5,140.900.80 State Appropriations 67,936,043.00 67.936,043.00 66.381.740.00 Indirect Cost Recoveries 2.287,592.12 2.287,592.12 2,118,188.58 Other Sources 67,073.01 67,073.01 71.343.18 Departmental Sales and Services Revenues for Program Support 5.050,399.24 5.050,399.24 4.917,969.79 Less: Quasi-Revenue (2,267,404.57) (2,267,404.57) (2,232,636.42) Sponsored Operations Federal Grants and Contracts 7.989.612.90 7.989.612.90 7.989.026.69 State Grants and Contracts 2.560,083.08 2.560,083.08 3.362,013.89 Local Grants and Contracts 375,539.08 375.539.08 392.130.38 Private Grants and Contracts 19,559,318.52 19.559,318.52 16.486,541.52 Endowment Income 66,280.35 66,280.35 85,345.12 Hospital General Operations State Appropriations 30.688,076.00 30,688.076.00 28.310,695.00 Sales and Services of Educational Activities 121.189.260.05 121.189,260.05 109,395,479.70 Other Sources 42,362.64 42,362.64 42.362.64 Departmental Sales and Services Revenues for Program Support 4,826,908.02 4,826,908.02 3,654,591.85 Less: Quasi-Revenue (773,601.09) (773,601.09) (606,092.18) Sponsored Operations State Grants and Contracts 5.814.355.99 5.814,355.99 5,721,230.00 Family Practice Residency Program General Operations

t atf1 nnrnnri of ir*n t (¥1 ^ A 5,832,719.00 5 831 7 ] Q 5 830 380 00 Desegregation Program General Operations State Appropriations 362,495.00 362.495.00 377.917.00 Georgia Radiation Therapy Center General Operations Sales and Services of Educational Department 2,590,704.84 2,590,704.84 2,349,620.19 Auxiliary Enterprises

Student Housing 724,747.08 724,747.08 676,03 1 .44 Food Services 1,049,701.48 1,049,701.48 818,380.80 Stores and Shops 1,917,148.78 1.917.148.78 1.965.219.17 Other Service Units 1.757.288.50 1.757.288.50 1.689,478.91

TOTAL REVENUE 243,231,933.16 $ 36,365,189.92 $ 5,448,885.84 $ 285,046,008.92 $ 264,937,858.05

Expenditures Educational and General Resident Instruction Instruction 50.938,529.60 19,668,197.13 70.606,726.73 67,028,967.30 Research 492,756.99 9,342.599.77 9,835,356.76 9,993.969.08 Academic Support 7.768.378.53 237,755.89 8.006.134.42 7.697.583.40 Student Services 1,280.174.33 14.043.00 1,294,217.33 1.289,787.02 Institutional Support 8,585,196.27 8,585,196.27 8.704.719.44 Operation and Maintenance of Plant 8,704,719.44 8,704.719.44 9.068.602.29 Scholarships and Fellowships 794.143.00 794,143.00 756.350.00 Hospital Patient Care 137,925,896.99 5,814,355.99 143.740,252.98 128.739.249.90 Hospital Support 8,668,247.42 8.668.247.42 8.487.363.54 Operation and Maintenance of Plant 9,056.849.57 9,056,849.57 8,844,485.73 Family Practice Residency Program Instruction 5,824.530.88 5.824.530.88 5.829.632.07 Desegregation Program

776 J.QS 1 Instruction 775 1 54 68 775 1 54 68 / O.-fV.'.-fA 1 Scholarships and Fellowships oU.40U.uu 86^480.00 96.012.10 Georgia Radiation Therapy Center Instruction (Patient Care) 2,390,721.93 2,390,721.93 2,192,509.27 Operation and Maintenance of Plant 157,313.05 157.313.05 153,991.85 Auxiliary Enterprises Student Housing 787,060.84 787,060.84 768,682.81 Food Services 1,132,435.57 1,132,435.57 813.198.30 Stores and Shops 1.745,166.69 1.745. 166.69 1.847.961.66 Other Service Units 1.425,653.71 1,425,653.71 1,420,449.03

TOTAL EXPENDITURES $ 242,911,450.23 $ 36,365,189.92 $ 5,090,316.81 $ 284,366,956.96 $ 263,962,350.22

Excess of Revenue Over Expenditures 320,482.93 358,569.03 679,051.96 975,507.83

Beginning Fund Balance. Adjusted 293,855.42 206,898.63 500,754.05 212,726.72 Adjustments Other Than State Audit 256,506.02 461.12 256.967.14 305.787.60 Lapsed Surplus Returned—Prior Year (293.855.42) (293,855.42) (110.119.26) Provision for Reserves (522,055.68) (286,433.70) (808,489.38) (883.148.84)

ENDING FUND BALANCES S 54,933.27 $ 279,495.08 $ 334,428.35 $ 500,754.05

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President's Club Mrs. Lois H. Bonier Partner Level Mr. Daniel S. Fitzgerald Mrs. Mary W. Burnett Dr. Arlie E. Fiveash Jr. embers of the Medical Mrs. Surah T. Butler he following members of Drs. Murray and Sandra Freedman Dr. and Mrs. A. Bleakley Chandler Sr. (Jane) Mr. and Mrs. Gerald M. Freeman (Sheila) College ofGeorgia the President' s Club have Mr. and Mrs. Cassius M. Clay (Joan I Dr. William E. Freeman President's Club have Mr. W. Roscoe Coleman attained Partner Level Dr. Scott A. Gasiorek made lifetime contribu- Dr. and Mrs. William C. Collins (Jan) membership through their Dr. Gregory L. Gay Dr. Harry E. Dawson Sr. Dr. and Mrs. James W. Gay tions of $50,000 or gifts of $1 .000 or more Dr. and Mrs. Howard C. Derrick Jr. (Adelia) Dr. and Mrs. Isaac Goodrich (Dianne) mure and have achieved during fiscal 1990-91 . It is our Dr. und Mrs. Byron H. Dunn (Betty) Dr. and Mrs. Hubert T. Greenway Jr. (Colleen) permanent membership in this Dr. Lindu A. Ellis pleasure to acknowledge their Dr. and Mrs. Mack V. Greer Sr. (Betty) giving club. We acknowledge Dr. Robert G. Ellison Sr. and Dr. Lois T. Ellison generosity. Dr. und Mrs. A. Ronnie Hugen (Charlotte) Dr. Harold S. Engler (Kathy) Dr. and Mrs. William S. Hagler (Gail) with deep appreciation their Dr. Fort F. Felker Jr. Dr. William C. Acton Dr. Dorothy A. Hahn generous support. Dr. and Mrs. Herman F. Flanigin (Thelma) Dr. and Mrs. William N. Agostas (Josephine) Dr. and Mrs. Preston P. Hawkins Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Fleischer (Lucille) Ms. Edna W.Allen Dr. and Mrs. C. W. Hearn Mr. and Mrs. Gerry H. Achenbach Dr. and Mrs. Martin J. Frank (Elizabeth) Mr. Bill Appleton Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Hill (Jana) Dr. and Mrs. Russell A. Acree Sr. (Lucilla) Dr. and Mrs. A. McGowan Freeman Jr. (Helen) Dr. and Mrs. Samuel L. Banks (Dana Beth) Mr. and Mrs. James F. Hilliard (Linda) Mr. and Mrs. W. Clay Adamson Jr. (Darcel) Mrs. Belts Friedman Dr. Walter J. Bayard Dr. and Mrs. Charles F. Hobby Sr. (Nancy) Dr. and Mrs. Marshall B. Allen Jr. (Dorothy) Dr. and Mrs. R. Don Gumbrell Jr. (Caroline) Dr. and Mrs. Estol R. Belflower (Beth) Dr. and Mrs. Emory W. Holloway Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William L. Amos Sr. (Oliv ia) Dr. and Mrs. Glen E. Garrison (Mary) Dr. and Mrs. James W. Bennett (Florence) (Virginia) Dr. William L. Burton Dr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Blackwell Jr. (Patti) Dr. and Mrs. Jerry W. Howington (Jane) Dr. and Mrs. Peter G. Gilbert (Su/y i Mr. and Mrs. Paul Berney (Joyce) Dr. Donald D. Gold Dr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Blissit (Jan) Dr. and Mrs. W. Howard Hudson (Jan) Mrs. W. Herman (Esiellei Brooks Dr. Samuel M. and Dr. and Mrs. G. Wayne Bohanan (Charlotte) Dr. and Mrs. William D. Hughes (Martha) Dr. and Mrs. I. Clark Case (Ola) Mrs. Ellen Schneider Goodrich Dr. and Mrs. Arthur S. Booth Jr. (Linda) Mr. and Mrs. John H. Isaacs Jr. (Rita) Mr. and Mrs. James A. Crockett (Willie Ewing) Mrs. Dorothy Royal Gower Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Boykin (Dianne) Dr. H. Calvin Jackson Sr. Dr. and Mrs. H. Gordon Davis Jr. I Marion I Dr. Mrs. III Dr. Dr. Louie H. Griffin Jr. and T. William Brooks (Helen) Kennichi Kakudo Dr. and Mrs. H. Gordon Da\ is III Dr. and Mrs. William S. Brooks Dr. and Mrs. James J. Kirkland Sr. Dr. und Mrs. J. Daniel Hanks Jr. (Adeline) (Deborah) (Anne) Drs. Taher Abdel M. El Gammal and Mrs. Dr. Mary [. Cady Dr. and Mrs. Jack H. Levy (Marilyn) Betty Sue Brooks Dr. and Billy S. Hardman (Estelle) Dr. and Mrs. Dr. Charles W. Linder Dr. Melvin L. Haysman and W. Thomas Callahan (Constance) Mrs. Sammie S. Flaherty Mrs. Roberta Kamine-Haysman Dr. and Mrs. Cliff L. Cannon Jr. (Jane) Dr. and Mrs. Werner A. Linz (Calherine) Dr. and Mrs. W. Stewart Flanagin (Lillian) Darkish Heidary Dr. and Mrs. Larry V. Carson (Nancy) Mr. and Mrs. Keely O. Lively Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Marvin C. Goldstein (Rita) Dr Dr. and Mrs. Nelson S. Carswell Jr. Mr. Brant Long Ms. E. Louise Grant. Dean Emeritus. Dr. Loy D. Hicks Jr. (Betty Ann) Mr. and Mrs. James R. Lyle (Avis) School of Nursing Dr. and Mrs. Floyd C. Jarrell Jr. (Jody Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. Carter (Valerie) Dr. and Mrs. James E. Marlow (Josephine) Mr. Edward L. Greenblatl Dr. and Mrs. Lauson C. Johnson Sr. (Sara) Dr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Chastain (Thea) Dr. and Mrs. Wallace D. (Catherine) Dr. Mrs. Jones Mays Mr. John C. Hagler III and and John Paul (Edna) Dr. and Mrs. Lewis F. Chisholm (Audrey) Dr. and Mrs. Howard C. McDermid (Mary Jo) Dr. Mary Anne Tyler Hagler Dr. and Mrs. T. Eugene Kennedy (Mary) Dr. and Mrs. Spurgeon W. Clark III (Jill) Dr. John C. McHugh Dr. and Mrs. Chenault W. Hailey Dr. and Mrs. Van Cise Knowles (Wesley ) Dr. and Mrs. Edward C. Clayton (Carol) Dr: and Mrs. Frank W. McKinnon (Susie) (Mary Louise) Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Korn Mrs. Lees G. Cole Dr. Frederick L. McLean Dr. and Mrs. Curtis G. Hames (Betty) Mr. George H. Lane III Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Comer (Susan) Dr. and Mrs. James F. McNab Jr. (Claudia K.) Mr. and Mrs. Marion P. Harris (Margaret) Dr. and Mrs. James F. Langford (Dorothy) Dr. and Mrs. Gregory S. Connor (Barbara) Dr. and Mrs. Sy lvester N. McRae (Rose) Dr. J. Harold Harrison Dr. and Mrs. H. Gilbert Maddox Jr. (Margaret) Dr. Steven L. Cowart Dr. Carol F. Meyer Dr. and Mrs. Milford B. Hatcher (Marion) Dr. and Mrs. Arhe R. Mansberger Jr. (Ellen) Dr. and Mrs. John W. Darden (Sally) Dr. and Mrs. Tracy W. Middlebrooks Jr. (Susan) Mrs. Grace S. Hawes Drs. E. James and Martha S. McCranie Dr. J. Richard Davis Dr. and Mrs. John C. Mitchell Mrs. Charles Goodrich (Carolyn) Henry Dr. and Mrs. Paul G. McDonough I Nicole) Dr. Guy J. Denis Dr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Montgomery (Beverly) Dr. and Mrs. Gordon W. Jackson (Virginia) Dr. und Mrs. Virgle W. McEver Jr. (Amy) Dr. Leila A. Denmark (John) Dr. William H. Moretz Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Virenda B. Mahesh (Sushilal Mr. und Mrs. William S. Morris 111 (Sissy)

Dr. and Mrs. David L. Dill (Dianne) Dr. and Mrs. Robert T. Morgan (Betsy I Mrs. Corrie Ann Maxwell Mrs. Alice G. Muldoon Dr. and Mrs. John R. Dultenhaver Dr. and Mrs. William B. Mulherin (Anne) Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. McCrory (Barbara) Mr. Robert A. Muldoon (Barbara Sue) Dr. and Mrs. James S. Myers (Carolyn) Mrs. Lillie Mae Mealing Dr. and Mrs. Daniel E. Nathan (Muriel) Dr. and Mrs. J. Patrick Evans (Clara) Dr. Fenwick T. Nichols Jr. and Mr. and Mrs. Douglas L. Moody (Francis) Dr. and Mrs. Jule C. Neal Jr. (Mildred) Dr. Alva H. Faulkner Dr. Caroline Williams Dr. and Mrs. William B. Mullins (Ann) Dr. and Mrs. Harvey M. Newman III ( Achsah Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Finer (Teresa) Dr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Noller (Beverly) Dr. Harry B. O'Rear. President Emeritus. Drs. James L. and Mary Hamby O'Quinn and Mrs. Charlotte O'Rear Mrs. Nora Pascarella Dr. and Mrs. Jerry G. Purvis (June) Mrs. Louise Morris Peacock President's Club Dinner the members of the Presi- Dr. und Mrs. A. Clark Robinson (Louise) Mrs. Jane Pidcock Returns dent's Club for taking a lead- Dr. Jesse L. Steinfeld. President Emeritus. Dr. and Mrs. B. Lamar Pilcher (Miriam) ership role in placing the Mrs. and Gen Steinfeld Dr. and Mrs. Winford H. Pool Jr. (Martha) President's Medical College in Mrs. Mildred T. Stevens Mrs. Florence Pratt he Club of Georgia Dr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Still Jr. (Susan) Mrs. Minnie Rinker was re-emphasized this the forefront of medical edu- Dr. Francis J. Tedesco. President, and Mr. and Mrs. James Salva (Georgia) fall with the return cation and health care in the Mrs. Luann Tedesco of Dr. and Mrs. Beverly B. Sanders Jr. (Charlene) Mrs. Vera Cordell Wurdlow the annual black-tie Southeast. "All Georgians Dr. and Mrs. F. Hum Sanders (Kim)

Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd B. Schnuck Jr. (Barbara) dinner honoring benefit from the medical train- Founder's Level Dr. and Mrs. George P. Sessions (Martha) President' s Club members ing and research taking place Dr. and Mrs. William C. Shirley Sr. (Bess) Nov. 1 at the Old Medical at MCG. State budget difficul- he following members Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Siegel (Joan) of College. Membership falls ties underscore our college's Dr. and Mrs. James S. Simpson III (CindaJo) the President's Club at the Dr. Sam A. Singal into three levels: life member- needfor increased private Founder' s Level have Mrs. Linda G. Spooner ship is given to contributors support and the President's made lifetime contribu- Mrs. Frances S. Starling whose lifetime gifts exceed Club members are in the fore- Dr. and Mrs. W. Dean Sleward (Martha) tions of $10,000 to Dr. Sandra Phung Thi Tho $50,000; the founder's cate- front ofproviding the private $50,000. We greatly appreciate Dr. and Mrs. J. Render Turner (Dorothy) gory recognizes lifetime monies the college needs to the generous support these Mrs. Jeanette M. Vallotton of giving of $10,000 to $50,000; continue to offer the high level Mr. and Mrs. individuals. Harold Weiner (Lynn) partner' s-level medical service that Dr. ami Mrs. C. Mark Whitehead Sr. (Dorothy) and members of MCG Mr. R. Thomas Ambrose Dr. and Mrs. Roy Witherington (Louise) contribute $1 ,000 or more is known for. The college is

Dr. and Mrs. W. Jr. Dr. and Mrs. A. (Elizabeth) Jackson Atha (Vivian) Calhoun Witham during the fiscal year. indebted to the President' Dr. Mims C. Aultman Mrs. Elaine Wong Dr. James Osborne, vice Club members and we look to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bandy (Aggie) Drs. Charles H. and Betty B. Wray Dr. and Mrs. Raymond C. Bard (Helen) Mr. Weldon Wyatt president for university include more alumni and Dr. and Mrs. Fred Donald Bass (Jane) Dr. Theodore M. Yates advancement, congratulates friends as members.

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Dr. and Mrs. James B. Osborne (Nancy) Blue Ridge Elementary School Georgia Federal Bank Dr. David L. Parks Bockus International Society of Glaxo. Incorporated Dr. and Mrs. James W. Pate (Anne) Gastroenterology Gloverville Mr. Roy Patrick Boehringer Mannheim Corporation Elementary School Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin L. Pike (Martha) Boehringher Ingelheim Pharmaceutical, Gold Mech.

Dr. and Mrs. Stuart H. Prather Jr. (Betty) Incorporated Incorporated Dr. and Mrs. Joel H. Rainer (Elizabeth) Bristol-Myers Pharmaceutical Gottlieb. Smith &

Dr. and Mrs. William H. Rhodes Jr. (Cynthia) Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Boyle PA

Dr. and Mrs. Don R. Roberts Jr. (PatSJ Bulbs and Borders Garden Club Greater Augusta

Dr. and Mrs. John H. Robinson 111 (Betty) Buncher Chiropractic Clinic Advertising Club

Dr. and Mrs. Sanford I. Rosenthal (Nancy) Burn Foundation, Incorporated Greendale Elementary Dr. James M. Rowland III Burnside. Wall & Daniel School

Dr. and Mrs. J. Roy Rowland Jr. (Luella) Burnt Mill Plantation Gregg-Graniteville Dr. and Mrs. Walter T. Sale (Judith) Bunon Medical, Incorporated Foundation

Dr. and Mrs. Roger W. Scarbrough Jr. (Eleanor) Burroughs Wellcome Company Gwinnett Hospital Dr. and Mrs. Edouard J. Servy (Cheryl) C. Squared Corporation System Mr. O. L. Shaffner C.T. Walker Magnet School Georgia Academy of Dr. and Mrs. Jerome H. Siegel (Beverly) Callaway Foundation. Inc. Family Physicians Dr. and Mrs. Hollis D. Sigman (Pauline) Campco Engineering. Incorporated Education Dr. and Mrs. James H. Smith (Glenda) Caravel. Incorporated —Port Royal Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Marc P. Sokolay (Janet) Career Temps Georgia War Veterans Dr. and Mrs. Frank H. Stelling (Donna) Caremark Home Healthcare Nursing Home

Dr. J. Ronald Stephens Carl J. Hcrzog Foundation. Incorporated Georgia Dental Dr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Stubbs Jr. (Ann Joyce) Carolina Autotransfusion. Incorporated Education Dr. and Mrs. Frederick C. Stunner Jr. Centocor. Incorporated Foundation. (Karel Ann) Chi-Chi's Restaurant Incorporated

Dr. C. Rex Teeslink Children Center for Cancer H & H Subs Dr. Allan G. Thurmond Chuck Campbell's Wallpapers Harlem Middle School Dr. and Mrs. G. David Volpitto [Lisa) Ciba-Geigy Corporation Harriett M. Marshall Trust Dr. Bruce D. Walley Civic Service Incorporated Health Center Credit Dr. and Mrs. Cecil F. Whilaker Jr. (Terry) Clair Brothers Audio Enterprises, Union Dr. Brace W. White Jr. Incorporated Heinz U.S.A.

Dr. and Mrs. Michael H. Whittle (Janet) Clark Hill Bassmasters Henry Ford Hospital Dr. and Mrs. Leslie L. Wilkes Jr. (Ge-Juan) Con Agra Feed Company Hercules, Incorporated Dr. and Mrs. W. Talbert Williams (Bett) Counseling & Readjustment Services Delaware Dr. and Mrs. Charles K. Williamson (Tammy) Cowart Cabinets Hewlett Packard Company Hoechst Dr. and Mrs. Ohlen R. Wilson (Martha) Critical Technology Corporation Celanese Venetia Corporation Ms. Zachariou Cryolife. Incorporated Cullum Foundation Hybritech Businesses and Foundations Curtice-Burns/Pro-Fac Foundation Isolab Incorporated Italian American A.D. Hains School COBE Laboratories, Incorporated Club/CSRA Photographs A.H.D. Contracting. Incorporated CSRA American Association of Cost Eng. IDS Financial Services, Incorporated Abbott Laboratories Datascope Corporation on pages 43 through 47 illustrate J.B. White Company Adas Yeshurun Sisterhood Datex Medical Instrumentation MCG's participation in the 1991 J & H Stores, Incorporated (Pump-N-Shop) Advanced Therapeutics Conim Davis & Geek Children's Miracle Network Jake's Christmas Tree Farm Albert Einstein Medical Center Delta Airlines Incorporated Telethon. Janssen Pharmaceutical Allergy & Immunology Society of Georgia Derma Care Janssen Research Foundation Derrick Equipment. Incorporated American College of Rheumatology Medical Data Electronics, incorporated Jefferson Elementary Diagnostic Radio. Consultants American Academy of Dermatology Medtronic, Incorporated John M. Olin Foundation, Incorporated Dixie Riverside, Incorporated American Dairy Queen Corporation Merck Company, Incorporated Johnson Johnson & Dorothy Mustin Buttolph & American Family Life Assurance Foundation Merriwether Elementary School Doug Johnson Motor Company. Incorporated American Heart Association Barnard Committee Metropolitan Augusta Foundation Jones Intercable, Incorporated Dow B. Hickam, American Kidney Fund Incorporated Metropolitan Woman's Club Junior League of Augusta. Incorporated American Medical Association E.R.F. DuraMed Medical Equipment K-Mart Good News Committee Micromedex, Incorporated Amgen, Incorporated Eckerd Drag Middle Eastern Dancers Kennedy Middle School E.I. DuPont DeNemours Antioch Christian Church and Company Miles Laboratories. Incorporated Key Pharmaceuticals. Incorporated Augusta Associates in OB & GYN E.I. DuPont Medical Products Miles Pharmaceuticals. Incorporated Kiwanis Club of Augusta, Incorporated Augusta Bag Company E.R. Squibb & Sons. Incorporated Milledgeville Lions Club Kiwanis Club of Martinez-Evans Augusta Chronicle E-Z-Go Divison of Textron. Incorporated Monsanto Kiwanis Club of Thomson Company Augusta Coca-Cola Bottling Company Eastern Assoc. Surgery/Trauma Muro Pharmaceutical. Incorporated Kiwanis Club of Uptown Augusta Augusta Engine Pans Company Eat-Cetera Restaurant Murray Bakery Products, Knights Templar Educational Foundation Incorporated Augusta GYN., PC. Eden Medical Electronics, Incorporated Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Knoll Pharmaceutical Company Augusta Junior Woman's Club Eli Lilly & Company Medical College of Georgia Class of 1993 Koger-Walters Oil Company/Amoco Augusta Lions Club Episcopal Day School Medicine Kol Bio Med. Instruments, Incorporated Augusta Radiology Associates Evans High School Medical College of Georgia Department of (Crystal Company Augusta Ready Mix. Inc. Evans Middle School Medical Technology Lakeside Middle School Augusta Swim League Exchange Club Of Augusta Langford Middle School Medical College of Georgia Faculty Wives Augusta Twenty Niners Georgia Open Family Medicine Education Foundation Club LaPetite Academy Augusta West Dance Guild. Incorporated First Foto Medical College of Georgia Internist Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation & Austin Industrial, Incorporated First Union Foundation Resident Wives Club Life of the South Insurance Companv Avery Tree Farms First United Methodist Church Life-Tech. Incorporated Medical College of Georgia Labor and Bachelors Club of Augusta. Incorporated Fleming Lions Club Delivery Livingston Foundation. Incorporated Bank of Columbia County Food Lion Magic Mart Medical College of Georgia Pathology Bankers First Forest Products Division Magnolia Hospital Department Bankers First Real Estate Corp. Fox Appliance Parts of Augusta College of Periodontics Mallinckrodt Anesthesia Prod. Medical Georgia Barham-Calhoun Memorial Fund Frank Wilson's Rentals & Sales Association Marion Laboratories. Incorporated Alumni Bart D. Wittenberg Religion School Fraternal Order of Eagles Medical College of Georgia Respiratory Marion Merrell Dow, Incorporated Bausch & Lomb Oral Care Division. French Market Grille of 1991-92 Master Mailing Service. Incorporated Class Incorporated Fort Gordon Officers Wives Club Medical College of Georgia Sertoma Club Masters City SAGA Bedenbaugh Logging FTD Florists INC. (Stuckey's/DQ ) McDuffie Bank & Trust MSD. Beecham Laboratories Fujisawa USA. Incorporated National on Certification McKnight Construction Company Common Beta Sigma Phi Omega Chapter G.D. Searle Company National Corporation Mead Johnson Pharmaceuticals Data Betty Stockman School of Dance Gamma Associates Mead Trucking Company National Livestock and Meat Board Bimeco. Inc. General Electric Company Neurology Associates Medical Aw ards Council of CSRA Blue Cross/Blue Shield George P. Butler High School New York Medical College

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Newberry Federal Savings Bank T-Bones Dr. and Mrs. Edwin C. Bartlett (Sandra) Dr. and Mrs. John M. Heng (Mona) Nicholson & Nimmons Attorneys Technicon instruments Corporation Dr. and Mrs. Glenn H. Bartlett (Jean) Dr. and Mrs. E. Randolph Hensley (Laura)

North Aiken Elementary School The C & S Care and Share Club Dr. and Mrs. William B. Bates III (Rhonda) Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Heos Sr. (Jeri) North Augusta Lions Club The Creel Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Louis L. Battey (Mary) Dr. and Mrs. James W. Hill (Ruth) North Augusta Sertoma Club The Ctr. for Postmarketing Sur. Dr. and Mrs. Sidney A. Bell (Jo Ann) Dr. and Mrs. Paul F. Holcomb (Addie Louise) North Augusta Senior High School The Easter Seal Society of South Carolina Dr. and Mrs. Vidor Bemstien (Nissan) Dr. and Mrs. Donald E. Hubbard (Mary) North Columbia Elementary School The Fitzpatrick Company Dr. and Mrs. William R. Birdsong (Geneva) Dr. and Mrs. John B. Hunt (Mildred) North Harlem Elementary School The Georgia Power Company Mr. and Mrs. James Blissit (Erie) Dr. Susan C. Hurt Northwestern Mutual Life The Georgia OB/GYN Society, Dr. Gary F. Bloemer Mr. and Mrs. John C. Hyatt (Edith)

Norwich Eaton Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. Bodziner (Meredith) Dr. Robert Paul S. Introna Ohmeda The Jeweler's Bench, Incorporated Dr. and Mrs. C. Emory Bohler (Billie Jean) Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Irons (Mary)

Olan Mills The Kroger Company Dr. and Mrs. Marion G. Bolin (Patricia) Dr. and Mrs. James G. Jackson III (Terri) Olin Chemical Corporation The National Hemophilia Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Mac Andrew Bowman (Janice) Dr. and Mrs. James W. Jackson (Sandra) Olympus Corporation The Nutrasweet Company Dr. and Mrs. R. Andrew Bradley (Shirley) Mr. Gary E. Jansson

Order of the AHEPA Chapter 4(17 The Pilot Club of Greene County Dr. and Mrs. Alfred L. Brannen II (Cindy) Dr. and Mrs. William D. Jennings Jr. (Charlotte)

Organon. Incorporated The Tuttle-Newton Home Dr. and Mrs. Mercer T. Bridges Sr. (Ellen) Dr. Ben W. Jernigan Jr.

Osmond Foundation Tifton Bank & Trust Company Dr. and Mrs. C. William Brown (Mary Ann) Dr. and Mrs. C. Denton Johnson Jr. (Alice)

Ostecotech. Incorporated Toshiba America Medical System Dr. and Mrs. E. Harry Brown (Nancy) Dr. and Mrs. Saunders Jones Jr. ( Vicki)

Outreach. Incorporated Towering Ten Quality Circle Dr. and Mrs. J. Ace Brown (Jeanette) Dr. and Mrs. Gene M. Kelly (Janet)

Owens Coming Fiberglas Corporation Travelers Companies Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Samuel F. Burke Jr. (Laura) Dr. John P. Kendrick OK's of Augusta Trust Company Bank Dr. and Mrs. Gerald E. Caplan (Ginger) Dr. and Mrs. S. P. Kim (Mary)

Parke-Davis Turner Keyboards Dr. and Mrs. Augustin S. Carswell Sr. (Celeste) Dr. and Mrs. William C. Kitchens Jr. (Janice)

Parts Plus Auto Stores U.S. Surgical Corporation Dr. and Mrs. Robert H. Carter (Sandra) Dr. and Mrs. J. Malcolm Kling (Anne)

Paul Knox Middle School Universal Plumbing Company Dr. and Mrs. William F. Catrelt (Judy I Mr. and Mrs. T. Knight Jr. Pennington & Son Logging. Incorporated University of North Carolina Dr. George E. Chisholm (Karen) Dr. and Mrs. Charles C. Lamb (Willa)

Peter H. Craig School University Urological Association Dr. Joe D. Christian Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence E. Lankford Pfizer. Incorporated Upjohn Company Dr. Marc L. Circle Dr. and Mrs. Paul A. Lavietes (Marilyn) Phi Mu Chapter of Kappa Beta Vardon Bisquit Club Dr. and Mrs. Mack H. Clements (Martha) Dr. and Mrs. Jack Lawler (Sheri) Phi Mu-Lumbda Delta Chapter Veterians Medical Center Dr. and Mrs. H. Felton Cofer (Mary) Dr. and Mrs. Quentin T. Lawson (Joan) Phi Rho Sigma Association Village West Laundromat Dr. and Mrs. Jack H. Cohen (Yvonne) Dr. and Mrs. John L. Lee (Elizabeth)

Photo Specialist. Incorporated VGR^Architects. PA Dr. Stephen B. Conner Dr. Christopher J. Leet

Physicians Practice Group W.K. Kellogg Foundation Mr. Wayne Cooper Dr. and Mrs. Harold J. Lefkoff (Evelyn) Physio Control W.L. Gore & Associates. Incorporated Dr. and Mrs. John W. Cope (Doris) Dr. and Mrs. Federico E. Lenz (Ana)

Piggly Wiggly Carolina Company, W.R. Toole Engineers, Incorporated Dr. Larry L. Corbitt Dr. and Mrs. Albert G. Leroy Jr. (Patricia)

Incorporated W.S. Hornsby Elementary Dr. Robert Creager Dr.^nd Mrs. Jack L. Lesher Jr. (Katie) Pizza Hut Waccamaw Land and Timber Company Dr. David A. Cullison Dr. Jay A. Levin Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Company Wachovia Bank Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Daitch (Eileen) Dr. and Mrs. Stanley H. Levine (Evelyn)

Prudential-Bache Wadley Lions Club Dr. John F. Darby Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Joseph B. LeRoy (Diane)

PCM Construction Wal-Mart Stores Dr. and Mrs. M. Nesbit Dasher Jr. (Ann) Mf. and Mrs. Robert W. Ligon (Ruth) Pi Beta Phi Sorority Walton Way Temple Sisterhood Dr. Charlie W. Dean Dr. Martha G. Lovell (John) R.W. Allen & Associates. Incorporated Washington County NBPW. Incorporated Ms. Perry Dempsey Dr. Paul D. Mahoney R.K. Baker Office Interiors Wayneco Enterprises. Incorporated Dr. and Mrs. Amiand A. DeLaPerriere (Bess) Dr. Thompson C. Maner

Radiation Oncology Associates West Lake Garden Club Dr. William J. Dickey Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Clinton E. Massey (Carolyn)

Redcliffe Elementary School West Lake Women's Club Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Donner (Janice) Dr. Wayne S. Mathews Jr. Reid-Rowell Westinghouse Savannah River Company Dr. Margaret C. Downs (Eugene) Dr. and Mrs. Alva L. Mayes Jr. (Dora) Research to Prevent Blindness. Inc. Westmont Elementary School Dr. and Mrs. Conrad H. Easley (Claudette) Dr. and Mrs. Harrison R. McDonald (Faye) Richmond County Medical Society Westside High School Dr. and Mrs. Wallace S. Edwards (Barbara) Dr. and Mrs. James E. McKinney (Susan) Roche Biomedical Laboratories Whitfield/Murray County Med. Auxil. Dr. Charles Eldridge Dr. and Mrs. Joseph T. McLamb (Kay)

Roche Laboratories Wilmington Health Association. P. A. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Ellen (Margaret) Dr. and Mrs. Rembert L. McLendon (Miriam) Rorer Pharmaceutical Corporation Woodstock OB/GYN Associates Dr. and Mrs. Mark F. Ellison (Betsy) Dr. and Mrs. Wallace N. McLeod Jr. (Natalie) Ross Laboratories Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories Ms. Jane M. Eubanks Dr. Michael D. Merren (Helen) Ruth T. Jinks Foundation. Incorporated WAGT Channel 2b Dr. and Mrs. Jack A. Evans Jr. (Daisy) Dr. Jeannie H. Moran (Mark) S & A Crane & Rigging. Incorporated WBBQ Radio Mrs. Pelronella L. Farkas Dr. and Mrs. Franklin G. Morgan Jr. (Margaret) S.C. Federal Accounting Department WOPW Radio Dr. Douglas P. Farman Dr. and Mrs. James K. Moss (Margaret) S.C. Organ Procurement Agency WRDW TV Channel 12 Dr. and Mrs. Sumner L. Fishbein (Joan) Dr. and Mrs. Daniel D. Moye (Rebecca) Sacred Heart Cultural Center WRXR Radio Dr. and Mrs. James F. Flanders Jr. (June) Dr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Mulherin Jr. (Patti) Salem Baptist Church WZNY Sunny 105 Radio Dr. and Mrs. Waldo E. Floyd Jr. (Joanne) Dr. Anthony Murro

Sam's Wholesale Club 3M Riker-3M Health Care Group Dr. and Mrs. Henry J. Ford (Jenny) Dr. and Mrs. E. Anthony Musarra II (Janice)

Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Corporation Dr. and Mrs. Paul D. Forney (Mary Ann) Dr. Fenwick T. Nichols III

Schaarai Zedek Temple-Sisterhood Dr. and Mrs. John E. Fowler (Betsy) Dr. and Mrs. David P. Nicholson (Aline)

Sobering Corporation Aesculapius Club Dr. and Mrs. Martin J. Frank (Margie) Dr. and Mrs. Richard J. Nijem (Claudia)

Schofield Middle School Dr. and Mrs. John W. Garland III (Sylvia) Dr. and Mrs. William B. Nipper Jr. (Kathlyn) Sego Middle School he following members of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Garrison (Jeanette) Dr. and Mrs. George A. Nixon (Francena) Self Memorial Hospital the Aesculapius Club have Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Gelbart (Audrey) Dr. and Mrs. James E. Nutt (Nancy) Serotta. Maddocks & Devanny Dr. and Mrs. Peter G. Gilbeit (Suzy) Dr. and Mrs. Harvey G. Ouzts (Theresa) contributed $250 to Shrincr' s Hospital Dr. and Mrs. Donald M. Gilner (Celia) Dr. and Mrs. James A. Panter (Theresa) during 1990- Siemens Medical Systems. Incorporated $1,000 fiscal Ms. Pamela C. Givens Dr. and Mrs. Rafael P. Pascual (Angela)

Silver Bluff High School 91 . It is with gratitude that Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Goodman Jr. (Delia) Drs. David H. and Edna L. Pashley SmithKline Beecham Corporation David Pavek we recognize these donors. Colonel C. A. Gorman Mr. and Mrs. (Donna) Somerset Pharmaceuticals, Incorporated Dr. and Mrs. Frank B. Graham III (Dorothy) Dr. Guerrant H. Perrow

South Carolina Federal Dr. and Mrs. Donald C. Abele (Phyllis) Dr. and Mrs. Zachariah W. Gramling Sr. (Doris) Dr. and Mrs. Hans J. Peters (Editha) Southern Travel Agency Dr. and Mrs. R. Jeffrey Adkins (Barbara) Dr. and Mrs. Robert C. Grant (Nancy) Dr. and Mrs. Frederick M. Peterson (Nan)

Southland Timber Company Dr. John F. Adkins Jr. Dr. Charles R. Green Dr. and Mrs. Powers Peterson

Spring Bash Bunch Dr. John D. Allen Dr. and Mrs. James R. Gregory (Hollis) Dr. and Mrs. Paul R. Phelps Sr. (Connie)

Stadtlander Drug Company. Incorporated Dr. and Mrs. Risden T. Allen (Marilyn) Dr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Griffin Jr. (Diane) Mr. and Mrs. Ernest R. Phillips (Frances)

Standard Motor Products. Incorporated Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence M. Alligood Jr. (Gail) Dr. and Mrs. Louie H. Griffin Jr. (Ginny) Dr. and Mrs. James C. Pope (Susan)

Star Promenaders Dance Club Dr. and Mrs. Henry M. Althisar Sr. (Anne) Dr. Brenda J. Grossman (Steve Brody) Dr. Bette C. Potter

Stewart Agency. Incorporated Dr. and Mrs Murray C. Arkin (June) Colonel Marshall A. Guill and Mr. J. Kevin Powell

Stout & Company (Burger King) Dr. and Mrs. Randan L. Ashmore (Brenda) Dr. Margaret F. Guill Dr. and Mrs. Lane M. Price (Julian)

Suburban Bassmasters of Augusta Dr. and Mrs. Eddie A. Atwell (Sandra) Dr. David P. Hall Dr. and Mrs. Albert H. Pruitl (Ellanor)

Sweetgum Bottom Farm. Incorporated Dr. and Mrs. W. Kenneth Austin Jr. (Margaret) Dr. and Mrs. William C. Hall (Gay) Dr. and Mrs. Forte C. Rabb (Joyce)

SRP Credit Union Dr. and Mrs. Henry W. Bailey (Gene) Dr. and Mrs. H. Wilbur Harper Jr. (Joyce) Dr. and Mrs. Raghunatha N. Rao (Geetha)

SSI. Incorporated Dr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Bailey Jr. (Katherine) Dr. and Mrs. William M. Harper IV (Anne) Dr. and Mrs. James C. Rewis (Sherry)

Taco Bell Dr. and Mrs. William E. Barfield Jr. (Michelel Dr. and Mrs. Bradley E. Henderson (Betsy) Mr. and Mrs. 0. D. Rhodes Jr. Taylors Drug Store Dr. and Mrs. Philip R. Bartholomew (Margaret) Dr. and Mrs. John E. Hendley (Robbie Nell) Dr. and Mrs. Don L. Richerson (Julie)

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Dr. and Mrs. R. Mixon Robinson (Carol) Dr. D. Randall Williams Mr. Avery P. Beall Jr. Dr. and Mrs. James J. Carswell III (Julie) Dr. and Mrs. Jim L. Rogers Dr. Thomas M. Williams Dr. Fred E. Beall Sr. Dr. James W. Carter

Dr. John B. Rose III Dr. Timothy R. Williams Dr. and Mrs. William P. Bebbington (Betty) Dr. and Mrs. Robert M. Cates (Martha) Dr. and Mrs. Charles A. Ross (Teresa) Dr. and Mrs. Timothy C. Williams (Carole Ms. Sara T. Beck Dr. and Mrs. Paul T. Cato (Junie)

Mr. William Q. Roundtree 111 Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin H. Wofford Jr. Dr. and Mrs. James L. Becton (Mary Belli Dr. and Mrs. Sammy A. Caves (Jan)

Dr. and Mrs. Harvey J. Sanders Jr. (Martha) (Sandra) Dr. James A. Bedingfield Sr. Dr. P. Jan Chandler

Dr. and Mrs. John R. Satterthwaite (Sharon) Dr. Michael W. Wofford Dr. and Mrs. Bruce J. Beeber (Linda) Mrs. Katherine Q. Chester (James)

Dr. and Mrs. Elvvyn A. Saunders (Marcehne) Dr. and Mrs. John R. Wyant Jr. (Michelle) Dr. C. Walker Beeson II Dr. and Mrs. Bobby R. Childree (Mary Ellen)

Dr. and Mrs. John B. Savage Jr. (Celeste) Dr. and Mrs. William W. Wynn ( liana I Mr. and Mrs. Junius C. Bell (Alice) Dr. and Mrs. Alfred E. Ciarlone (JoAnne)

Mr. and Mrs. J. Steven Scearce (Elizabeth) Col. and Mrs. Timothy Young (Lynnel Dr. and Mrs. Lee A. Bell Sr. (Robin Ann) Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey I. Clark (Edith) Dr. Timothy T. Schmidt Dr. Avis B Yount (Peter) Dr. Michael D. Bell Mrs. Bertha L. Clarke (James)

Mr. and Mrs. O'Neal S. Sexton (Mary Rebecca) Dr. Waldo Zeun Dr. Dehra A. Benator Ms. Judith A. Clarke

Dr. and Mrs. William C. Shelor Jr. (Jane) Mr. Ted J. Bender III Mrs. Carol G. Clarkson

Dr. and Mrs. Donald M. Sherhne I Sandra I Dr. and Mrs. Richard L. Benson (Amy) Dr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Cochran Jr. (Susan) Century Club Dr. Gregory J. Sherry Dr. and Mrs. Donovon D. Berge (Carol) Mr. and Mrs. Joel F. Cohen (Paulette)

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Shine (Audrey) Dr. and Mrs. Leonard H. Berger (Sara) Mr. and Mrs. Peler A. Cohen ( Bonnie

iftsof$100to$250 s. Dr. William C. Shirley, Jr. Dr. Elizabeth A. Bernhard (Dale) Dr and Mi Charles H. Coleman Jr. ( Mildred I Dr. and Mrs. Charles B. Shiver (Antonia) during fiscal period Dr. and Mrs. Charles F. Besancheney Dr. and Mrs. Chappell A. Collins Jr. (Joyce) Dr. and Mrs. Donald C. Siegel (Mary) (S. Kathleen) Dr. and Mrs. Cleve B. Collins (Nancy) 1990-91 entitle donors to Dr. and Mrs. William E. Silver (Susan) Dr. David B. Binibaum Dr. and Mrs. J. Richard Collins (Barbara) membership in the Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Smalley (Cara) Dr. and Mrs. Grady E. Black (Jean) Dr. and Mrs. Allied 0. Colquitt Jr. (Luella)

Dr. and Mrs. Hilton E. Smith (Cathryn) Century Cluh. We Dr. John R. Blair Dr. and Mrs. Alfred 0. Colquitt III (Elizabeth) Dr. and Mrs. Walter A. Smith Jr. (Carol) gratefully acknowledge their Mr. Wesley U. Blanchard Dr. and Mrs. Hugh S. Colquitt (Bee) Mis. Patricia k. Findling-Sodomka (Dennis) Mr. and Mrs. C. Clayton Boardman (Ann) Dr. Blanche M. Conger (Preston) generosity. Ms. Bonnie Sorrel Is Dr. and Mrs. Charles D. Boatrighl (Pat I LTC and Mrs. John R. Cook (Sally)

Mrs. Mrs. Bill Bompart Mr. and W. 0. Spivey (Pamela) Dr. and Mrs. Don C. Abbott (Beverly) Dr. and Dr. Ronald N. Cook

Dr. and Mrs. Curt M. Steinhart ( Karen i Dr. and Mrs. David L. Booker ( Patty I Dr. and Mrs. A. Taylor Coppage III (Ronda) Dr. and Mrs. Martin J. Adelman (Priscilla) Mrs. Story III Dr. and Mrs. Neal Boswell (Ginger) Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Cornelius (Beverly) Dr. and Stacy H. (Nancy) Dr. and Mrs. Joel C. Akin (Dianne) R. Mrs. (J'neese) Jr. Coulter (James) Dr. and Thomas B. Strozier Dr. T. Andrew Albritton Dr. Pete N. Bougas Dr. Lynn V. Dr. Mrs. Sussman (Betty) Dr. and Mrs. A. (Janice) Mr. Mrs. John Courson and Hy C. Mr. and Mrs. George Alexander (Lillian) Mac Bowman and Mr. Dewayne K. Sutton Dr. and Mrs. Robert C. Bowman (Bonitta) Dr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Cowart (Linda) Dr. and Mrs. Edwin W. Allen III (Linda) Mrs. Dr. and R. Eugene Tanner (Martha) Dr. and Mrs. James D. Allen (Jo Ena) Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Boyle (Ethel) Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence E. Crimmins Dr. William C. Tate II Dr. T. McCall Allen Mr. Danny Brabham (Cary Walker) Dr. James E. Taylor Ms. Mary Ambrose Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Brand III (Brenna) Ms. Judy C. Crocker Dr. Thomas S. Templeton Dr. and Mrs. Edw in D. Bransome Jr. (Janet) Mr. and Mrs. Arthur R. Croft (Gen) Dr. Jack M. Amie Jr. Dr. Michael A. Thomason Dr. and Mrs. Jean B. Braun Dr. (Jo Dr. Kenya H. Anders (David L.) C. Lyn Crooms Ann) Dr. and Mrs. Barry L. Thompson (Karen) Dr. James R. Brennan Dr. and Mrs. Robert N. Cross Jr. Ms. Ann S. Anderson Mrs. Dr. and Mason P. Thompson (Nancy) Mr. Michael Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Jack W. Brenner (Mary Ann) Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Crumrine (Patricia) Dr. Mrs. Joseph W. Tollison (Betty) Brewster Jr. and Dr. Robert L. Anderton (Martha) Dr. and Mrs. Edward W. (Barbara) Mr. Charles B. Culbertson Mrs. J. Bothwell Dr. and Traylor (Joanna) Ms. Marion R. Annis Ms. Jayne F. Brinson Dr. and Mrs. Burford W. Culpepper (Mane)

Dr. Mrs. T. Barrett Trotter ( I and (Anne) Dr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Arnold (Phyllis Dr. Carol E. Brock (Thomas) Dr. and Mrs. Paul E. Cundey Jr. Katharine Joseph S. Mr. Turcotte Dr. John W. Ashford Dr. and Mrs. Jimmy L. Brock (Catherine) Dr. and Mrs. Verne E. Cutler (Kitty) Dr. and Mrs. Irving Victor (Cissie) Dr. Betty Dr. Mrs. L. Mr. Joseph E. Assad A. Brooks and Fred Daniel (Karen) Dr. Thomas W. Von Dohlen Dr. and Mrs. Paul C. Broun Jr. (Nikki) Dr. Elizabeth H. David Dr. and Mrs. Bowen Asserson Jr. (Amelia) Ms. Kathleen R. Wade Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas Ault (Leilee) Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin S. Brown (Faye) Mrs. Ethel M. Davis (Claudie E.) Dr. and Mrs. Willis J. Walker Jr. (Adrienne) Ms. Carolyn M. Brown Dr. and Mrs. Marvin L. Davis (Ellen) Dr. and Mrs. George J. Austin Jr. (Evelyn) Dr. and Mrs. B. Waters (Brenda) (Virginia) Mrs. Davis Donald Dr. Joel G. Bailey Dr. and Mrs. Grover J. Brown Dr. and Reginald M. Sr. (Lorraine) Dr. and Mrs. R. Patten Watson Jr. (Margaret) Dr. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Balliet (Brenda) and Mrs. James D. Brown (Robbie) Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Davis Jr. (Faye) Dr. and Mrs. Gary A. Waugh (Joyce Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. Brown (Paula) Ms. Shirley F. Day Dr. and Mrs. Burton B. Barmore III (Mary) Dr. and Mrs. Alexander H. Weaver Jr. (Adele) Ms. Vicky Brow n Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey A. Dean Sr. (Jane) Dr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Bametl Jr. (Ruth) Dr. Michael D. Webster Sr. Jr. Mrs. Dr. and Mrs. Morgan Barrett (Patricia) Dr. and Mrs. Walter J. Brown (Faith) Dr. and Thomas C. Deas (Mary) Dr. and Mrs. Paul D. Webster III (Betty Jean) R. Brown Dr. Mrs. T. (Betty) Mr. and Mrs. James Barron (Dai a) Mr. Wayne and Johnny Deen

Dr. Michael S. Weinstein ( Dr. and Mrs. George E. Batayias (Jacque) Dr. and Mrs. Rodney M. Browne (Linda) Dr. and Mrs. Roy W. Deen Kathie Dr. Thomas E. Welsh 111 Dr. and Mrs. John D. Bateman (Mary Ellen) Dr. and Mrs. James M. Bryant (Harriett) Mr. Dennis M. Defoe Mr. and Mrs. Ray Westcott B. (Katharina) Ms. Pradhakar Battu Dr. Keith G. Bryson Dr. and Mrs. John L. Dekle Jr. (Katherine) Dr. and Mrs. Marion A. Wier (Linda) Mrs. Dr. and Mrs. Wilber E. Baugh (Lucy) Dr. and Mahendra P. Budanur (Prabha) Dr. Marcia L. Delk Dr. and Mrs. David C Williams Jr. (Genekla) Mr. and Mrs. Coy Bulluck Dr. and Mrs. J. Edward Dempsey Sr. (Nancy) (Elaine) Dr. Christopher M. Denning Ms. Sandra E. Burch Dr. and Mrs. Donald P. Dennis (Cheryl) Dr. and Mrs. Hans A. Burg Mr. Robert G. Dennis (Betty) Dr. and Mrs. David R. Dennison (Lynn) Dr. and Mrs. Harry E. Dr. Margaret B. DeVore (Robert) Burkett (Patricia) Dr. and Mrs. William B. Dial (Constance) Dr. John A. Burns Ms. Floride C. Dicker!

Dr. James N. Burt Dr, and Mrs. David J. Dickey (Barbara) Dr. and Mrs. Perry G. Dr. and Mrs. L. Edsel Dickey (Luella)

Busbee III (Deborah) Dr. and Mrs. John W. Dickey ( Jean

Mr. and Mrs. Den R. Bush Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Dicks III (Lynn) (Virginia) Dr. and Mrs. Paul L. Dickson (Sherry) Mrs. Allie R. Butler Dr. Debbie L. Dismuke Dr. and Mrs. Walter H. Miss Alda L. Ditchfield Butler (Mary Ann) Mr. and Mrs. A. Wendell Dixon (Elaine)

Dr. Richard M. Buurman Mr. and Mrs. Charles J, DiPanni (Lena) Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth N. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph DiPiro (Cecily)

Byrd (Terri) Dr. and Mrs. Olin C. Dobbs Jr. (Romona) Dr. Tillie H. Caddell Mrs. Patricia A. Dolan

(Moms) Dr. and Mrs. Law rence J. Duane Jr. (Railene) Dr. Edwin S. Campbell Dr. and Mrs. Calvin Dudley (Donna Dr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Dr. and Mrs. Donald Dunagan (Alice) Carlisle (Jane) Dr. and Mrs, Charles A. Duncan (Susan)

Dr. Leta S. Carlson Dr. and Mrs. James L. Duncan Sr. (Lena) Dr. and Mrs. Albert A. Dr. and Mrs. James W. Duncan (Jan) Carr (Nancy) Dr. Roy G. Duncan

Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey C. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Dunn

Carstens (Julie) Ms. Marsarel J. Earhart

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Dr. and Mrs. W. Deveraux Jarratt (Kathleen)

Dr. and Mrs. Harold G. Jarrell Sr. (Corinne)

Dr. and Mrs. Todd S. Jarrell (Kristiane) Dr. and Mrs. David H. Johnson (Beverly)

Mr. O. W. Johnson III Dr. and Mrs. Ray E. Johnson (Barbara)

Mr. Virgil J. Johnson

Dr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Johnston (Robin)

Lt. Cdr. F. Stanley Jones

Dr. and Mrs. Frederic G. Jones Sr. (Lynn)

Dr. and Mrs. John S. Josey (Lola)

Dr. and Mrs. Edwin D. Joy Jr. (Beverly) Dr. Wayne H. Kaesemeyer

Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Kaminski (Joann B.) Dr. and Mrs. Chester B. Kanavage (Helen) Dr. and Mrs. Alan R. Kaplan (Barbara) Dr. Nancy N. Kator

Dr. and Mrs. Alex R. Kelly Jr. (Marion)

Dr. and Mrs. Gordon M. Kelly Sr. (Mary)

Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Kennedy Jr. (Jacqueline)

Dr. and Mrs. William R. Kent Jr. (Martha)

Dr. and Mrs. Lowell J. Kepp Jr. (Betty)

Dr. and Mrs. Fred J. Kight Dr. and Mrs. Horace A. Killam (Josephine) Dr. and Mrs. Charles R. King (Arretta)

Dr. Coleman T. King Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Don W. King (Judith) Mr. Kenneth T. King Dr. and Mrs. Samuel A. King (Patricia) Mr. and Mrs. Ted D. King (Christine B) Dr. and Mrs. William D. King (Sandra)

Dr. and Mrs. Olen E. Kitchings III (Leilani) Dr. and Mrs. Fred R. Knickerbocker (Susan)

Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Koehler (Jan) Dr. Richard A. Krakow

Mr. and Mrs. Curtis H. Easter Jr. I Anita B, I Mrs. and Mrs. Theodore Kramer (Mary) Dr. and Mrs. Thompson A. Gailey Jr. (Kathryn) Mr. R.T Harrell Dr. and Mrs. Gregory L. Eastwood (Lynn) Dr. Pickens A. Gantt Dr. and Mrs. Russell H. Kramer (Cheryl) Dr. and Mrs. Robert H. Harris Jr. (Rebecca) Dr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Echols Sr. (Beth) Dr. Paul J. Sala Dr. and Mrs. Jerry J. Gamick (Bernice) La (Nancy) Dr. Sterling A. Harris Jr. Dr. F. Kathryn Edwards Dr. and Mrs. John D. Lane (Mary) Mr. Henry Garrett III Dr. D. Quillian Harris Dr. Kathryn B. Eilers (Scott Page) Dr. Marian F. Lane (David) Dr. and Mrs. Melvin E. Geer (Merry) Dr. A. Neil Harrison Dr. and Mrs. Herman A. Elder (Nancy) Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence E. Lankford (Doris) Dr. and Mrs. Isbin S. Giddens (Sybil) Mrs. Parvey E. Harrison

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce P. Ellen Sr. ( Frances Dr. and Mrs. Gamett J. Giesler Jr. (Linda) Dr. and Mrs. Michael N. Laslie (Martha Ann) Mr. and Mrs. John W. Harte Jr. (Rachael) Dr. and Mrs. Eric P. Ellington (Karen) Mrs. Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Lee (Donna) Dr. and Raymond L. Gilbert (Jennie) Dr. Randal G. Hartline Dr. and Mrs. John 0. Ellis (Gene) Dr. Caralyn K. Leonard Mr. Harry Gilmore Dr. and Mrs. Mark H. Hassel (Jennifer) Dr. and Mrs. Morris M. Elstein (Sharon) Dr. and Mrs. Kenna S. Given (Charlene) Dr. and Mrs. Leon A. Leonard (Shirley) Dr. and Mrs. Steven P. Haug (Michelle) Dr. and Mrs. David Engel (Mary) Dr. and Mrs. Hugh E. Gleaton Jr. (Madge Dr. and Mrs. Fred A. Levin (Ann) Dr. and Mrs. John C. Hawkins III (Anne I Mr. J. D. Engler Dr. Robert J. Gohean Mr. George A. Levy Mr. Lloyd E. Hayes Jr. Dr. and Mrs. John F. Erbland (Nancy) Dr. and Mrs. Steven R. Goldberg (Marshal Dr. Marvin Lewis Dr. and Mrs. A. Fred Hedrick Jr. (Terri) Mr. John F. Erland Mrs. (Gail) Mr. and Mrs. Virgil R. Lewis (Paula R.) Dr. and Barry D. Goldstein Dr. and Mrs. David G. Helton (Susan) Mr. David M. Esack Dr. and Mrs. Mark J. Liang (Cathy) Drs. Adam 0. and Beth G. Goldstein Dr. William D. Henderson Mr. Charles Esposito Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Goolsby Jr. (Shem) Dr. and Mrs. Richard S. Limbird Jr. (Gloria) Dr. J. Marie Heng Evans Mr. and Mrs. Nick (Beth Dr. and Mrs. R. (Charlene) Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Little (Ruth) Murray Gordon Dr. Paul E. Henson Jr. (Jean) Miss Donna M. Fair Dr. and Mrs. Hector Gotay (Cheryl) Dr. and Mrs. Robert C. Little (Claire) Dr. and Mrs. Chauncey E. Herrington Jr. Dr. Thomas M, Fassuliotis Mr. and Mrs. William Littrell (Mary) Dr. and Mrs. James F. Gowen (Faye) (Cathy Lovett) Dr. M. Marie Faucher (Roland) Mr. and Mrs. Don A. Grantham (Carol) Miss Frances L. Livingston Dr. and Mrs. Paul J. Herzwurm (Sandra) Dr. Douglas J. Fechtel Dr. Joseph G. Looper Dr. Edward J. Green Dr. David C. Hess Dr. Eric I. Feit Mrs. F. Dr. Cathy C. Lovett (Chauncey) Dr. and George Green (Charlotte) Dr. and Mrs. Judson C. Hickey (Jean) Drs. Daniel S. Elaine and Feldman Mr. and Mrs. Michael Green (Janice) Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Lowe (Brenda) Dr. and Mrs. Loy G. Hicks Jr. (Winnie) Dr. and Mrs. A. Feldman (Barbara) Jack Dr. and Mrs. Michael F. Green (Sharon) Dr. and Mrs. Darrell G. Lowrey (Rebekah) Dr. and Mrs. Stanley J. Hite (Barbara) Dr. Steven I. Feldman Dr. and Mrs. A. Joseph Green (Patricia) Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lunn (Marilyn) Mr. and Mrs. Albert M. Hodge Jr. (Cheryl) Calvin Mr. Ferguson Dr. Martin H. Greenberg Dr. and Mrs. Malcolm N. Luxenberg (Sandra) Mr. Edward J. Holmes

Dr. and Mrs. Emmet F. Ferguson Jr. ( Jerry) Mrs. Dr. Mrs. Richard L. Magruder Jr. (Carolyn) Dr. and Vernon W. Greene Jr. (Sheryl) Mr. and Mrs. Mikkie L. Hooker (Sandra) and Dr. F. C. Ferguson Mr. Scott T. Gregory Dr. Sara G. Hoover (John) Mr. and Mrs. Arthur F. Maier (Etholene) Dr. and Mrs. J. Jr. Thomas Ferrell (Joy ) Mrs. Grice Mr. Richard H. Mr. and Duane Dr. Jay S. Hortenstine Manly Dr. and Mrs. Richard S. Field (Glendal Mr. Grudzien Syl Dr. and Mrs. Robert P. Hortman (Susan) Dr. Cleveland Mann Dr. and Mrs. H. Ray Finney (Sammye) Dr. and Mrs. Joe F. Hair Jr. (Diana) Ms. Joyce D. Houser Dr. and Mrs. D. Hubert Manning (Gail) Dr. and Mrs. Paul G. Firth (Diana) Mrs. Dr. and W. Knowlton Hall (Lenna) Dr. and Mrs. Matthew T. Howard (Beverly) Mrs. Pierce E. Marks Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Paul E. Fitzpatrick (Roxanal Hallows J.) Mr. and Mrs. Vernon D. (Billie Dr. and Mrs. William R. Howard (Julianna) Mr. and Mrs. John S. Markwalter Dr. Cynthia H. Flanders (Robert) Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Hamby (Elizabeth) Mr. and Mrs. Dennis C. Marshall (Sharon) Dr. and Mrs. Keith B. Huckaby I Vicki) Dr. Ann M. Flannery (Peter Kobe) Mr. M. P. Hamilton Mr. and Mrs. David Hudson (Janet) Dr. and Mrs. Walter D. Martin (Martha) Mrs. Julia M. Flom Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hamilton (Mary J.) Ms. Jennifer L. Huls Dr. and Mrs. D. Kendrick Mathews (Deborah) Mr. John W. Folsom Mrs. Dr. and Wade B. Hammer (Betty) Dr. and Mrs. Jesse L. Hunt (Betty) Dr. and Mrs. Richard C. Mathis (Jane) Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Forde (Deborah) Jr. (Sandra) Dr. and Mrs. Carl V. Hancock Dr. John H. Hum Dr. Gilbert Maulsby Mr. and Mrs. George H. Foster (Georgia) Ms. Carole Hanes M. Mr. Walter L. Hunter Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Stephen C. May Jr. (Nancy) Mr. and Mrs. James L. Foster (Judith) Mr. Philip J. Hanes Dr. and Mrs. James B. Hurst Dr. Kathryn C. McAllister Dr. and Mrs. Scott C. Foster (Carole) Mr. Jack Hanks Dr. and Mrs. M. William Hutcheson (Lisa) Dr. and Mrs. John D. McArthur (Marjorie) Dr. and Mrs. Louis M. Freedman (Claire) Dr. and Mrs. Magdi B. Hanna (Roblyn) Dr. Kenneth K. Hutchinson Dr. and Mrs. Walter W. McBride (Beverly) Ms. Gwen F. Freeman Dr. Thomas A. Hanson Mr. Hiram Hutchison Dr. and Mrs. John S. McClelland (Carla) Dr. William T. Freeman Dr. and Mrs. W. Eugene Harden (Mary) Ms. Marion Hutson Dr. and Mrs. John M. McCord (Becky) Mr. Charles E. Friedman Dr. and Mrs. James A. Harmon Sr. (Miriam) Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth H. Hyatt (Grace) Dr. and Mrs. Bruce P. McCoy (Julie) Mr. Mrs. Herbert J. and Friedman (Nellye) Dr. (Louise) and Mrs. Joseph W. Harner Mr. and Mrs. David Hylton (Cynthia R.) Dr. and Mrs. J. Stuart McDaniel (Sarah) Dr. Bernard C. Fruge Dr. Carol A. Harpe Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Izenstark (Gail) Dr. and Mrs. Wesley B. McDaniel Jr. (Judy) Di T. Fulbright Dr. and Mrs. Herbert S. Harper (Sara) Dr. and Mrs. George T. Jamarik (Sharron T. Dr. and Mrs. Dennis E. McDonnell (Jean) Mr. and Mrs. Jutson Fulmer Jr. (Lucy) Dr. K. 111 James Harper Dr. and Mrs. Phillip M. Jardina (Angela) Mr. and Mrs. Gregg McDougal (Nancy) Mr. and Mrs. Charles Funk (Carol) Ms. Linda J. Harrell Dr. and Mrs. LaMar S. McGinnis Jr. (Julia)

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Mr. Herhert E. McGinty Jr. Dr. and Mrs. James L. Mohler ( Marilyn) Dr. and Mrs. Robert R. Nesbit Jr. (Mary Gail) Dr. and Mrs. Albert VV. Pruitl (Ellanor)

Mrs. Pauline H. McKeigan (Thomas) Dr. Margaret Mola Mr. and Mrs. Bill Newell (Nadine) Dr. and Mrs. William H. Pullen Jr. (Sandra)

Dr. and Mrs. W. Frank McKemie Sr. (Betty) Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Monge (Naomi) Dr. Cheryl L. New man Dr. and Mrs. F. Neal Pylant Jr. (Norma)

Dr. and Mrs. Ralph V. McKmney Jr. (Man ) Dr. and Mrs. Fredric A. Moore (Glenda) Dr. and Mrs. William H. Nichols Jr. (Martha) Dr. and Mrs. Leonard J. Rahhan iBernice) Mr. M. H. McKnight Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James S. Moore (Carmen) Captain and Mrs, William A. Nish (Susan) Dr. Nathan B. Rabhan

Mr. and Mrs. M. McKnight III (Lou) Dr. and Mrs. John G. Moore (Theresa) Dr. and Mrs. W. Harold Nixon (Josephine) Dr. Sherrill L. Rabon Mr. and Mrs. William D. McKnight (Janet) Dr. and Mrs. William L. Moore Jr. (Ann) Dr. Luceil B. North (Samuel) Dr. and Mrs. John B. Rabun (Alsie) Drs. Wallace and Natalie B. McLeod Dr. and Mrs. Larry R. Moorman (Renee) Dr. and Mrs. Richard L. Nutt Sr. (Rulh) Dr. and Mrs. Arthur O. Rahn (Marge) Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth A. McMillan (Sally) Dr. W. Fred B. Moorman Dr. and Mrs. Randolph P. O'Connor Jr. Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Rainwater (Thelmai

Dr. William P. McNair (Mary) Dr. Coleman Mopper I Sudie Lea) Dr. and Mrs. Robert O. Raulston (Judy) Mr. and Mrs. Lovett Mead Dr. M. Elizabeth Morgan Dr. and Mrs. Norris L. O'Dell (Harriet) Dr. Susan R. Rayboume Dr. and Mrs. Henry D. Meaders (Behe) Dr. Anne B. Morns Dr. and Mrs. Donald E. O'Rourke Sr. (Carol) Mrs. K. B. Reed (James)

Dr. and Mrs. Kimford J. Meador (Maggie) Mr. and Mrs. Bryan A. Morris (Donna) Mr. and Mrs. George J. Odell (Marthe) Dr. Cynthia Reese ( Earl

Dr. and Mrs. Michael G. Medcalf (Donna) Dr. and Mrs. Joseph V. Morrison Jr. (Jo Ann) Dr. and Mrs. Gregory T. Odrezin (Jamie) Mrs Jefferj Reynolds Dr. and Mrs. Ramon V. Meguiar (Nordolyn) Ms. Mary M. Moss Dr. and Mrs. Alan J. Olansky (Dianne) Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Rhoden (Wanda)

Dr. and Mrs. Cheney M. Meiere Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Robert B. Moss Jr. (Marianne) Mr. and Mrs. Grant Olson (Peggy C.) Dr. and Mrs. Leonidas E. Rice Jr. (Angie) Dr. and Mrs. Ralph G. Menard Jr. (Portia) Ms Jane M. Mothner Dr. and Mrs. James L. Orrington (Mary) Dr. Deborah Richardson

Virginia Jr. Mrs. Dr. A. Merchant Dr. and Mrs. Arnold P. Mulkey (Toma) Mr. and John W. Osterweil (Leslie) Dr. and Mrs. Charles L. Ridley Jr. (Gladys) Dr. and Mrs. John H. Meriwether (Joy) Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Murphy Dr. and Mrs. David A. Owings (Wilma) Mr. James W. Rigyms Dr. Bernard C. Meyer Dr. and Mrs. Danell W. Murray (Hannah) Dr. and Mrs. William M. Oxford (Jane) Dr. Mary B. Ringler (Lee) Dr. and Mrs. Derek V. Miles (Vicki) Dr. Marlon E. Murrell Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey G. Pace (Joyce) Ms. Geraldine Rinker Dr. and Mrs. George D. Miller (Megan) Mr. and Mrs. Britt Myers (Cindy) Dr. and Mrs. Fred A. Padgelek (Mary) Dr. and Mrs. Toivo E. Rist (Carol) Dr. and Mrs. George T. Miller Jr. (Anne) Dr. and Mrs. Arun Nayyar (Patricia) Dr. and Mrs. William P. Pannell (Linda) Dr. Sava M. Roberts Dr. and Mrs. James P. Miller (Chris(ie) Dr. Rulh E. Neal Dr. and Mrs. Eugene A. Pantera Jr. (Carole) Dr. James V. Robertson Dr. and Mrs. Larry J. Miller (Barbara) Mr. and Mrs. Forrest A. Neely (Jean) Dr. and Mrs. Peter J. Pappas (Katie) Dr. and Mrs. Michael B. Rogers (Bethi Dr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Milner III (Molly) Dr. and Mrs. E. Harold Nelson (Winifred) Ms. Dorothy B. Parkes Dr. and Mrs. Ward B. Rogers (Anna) Dr. Mrs. Minis (Shirley) J. (Vivian 111 and Harold M. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Nenadal Mr. and Mrs. R. Parks Dr. James P. Rollins Ms. Regina C. Mobley Dr. and Mrs. George S. Parsons Mr. Thomas J. Rooney (Mary Ann) Dr. and Mrs. Barrett F. Rosen (Carolyn) Dr. Pate Eula H. Rogers (Randolph) Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Rosen (Phyllis) Dr. and Mrs. John Patrick (Lynn) W. Dr. and Mrs. Samuel F. Rosen (Estelle) Mr. and Mrs. Jack B. Patrick (Gloria) Dr. and Mrs. Francis P. Rossiter Jr. (Glendal Ms. Teresa Patrick Dr. and Mrs. James E. Rountree Dr. and Mrs. Rufus F. Pa\ ne Dr. and Mrs. Daniel E. Rousso (Nancy) Dr. and Mrs. Steven W. Paynter Mr. and Mrs. Milton Ruben (Margie) (Judy) Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Rueggeberg Dr. and Mrs. Charles A. Peach (Jean) (Shirley I Dr. and Mrs. Ray L. Peacock Jr. Ms. K. Dee Russell (Margaret) Ms. Eileen M. Ryder Mr. and Mrs. Jay Pearlstein Dr. and Mrs. J. Chris Sackellares (Janet) Dr. and Mrs. William J. Peeples Dr. Lawrence A. Sale (Margaret) Dr. Norman R. Saliba (Helen I Dr. William E. Pellerin Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Sams Jr. (Nell) Dr. Phyllis Pendergrast (Donald) Dr. and Mrs. Craig J. Sander (Andrea) Dr. and Mrs. Weems R. Pennington Dr. and Mrs. Conrad W. Sanders Jr. (Alice) Sr. (Cannon) Dr. and Mrs. Richard B. Sasnett (Trisha) Dr. Ernest A. Perry Mr. C. D. Sawyer Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick H. Perry Mr. Robert E. Saylors (Marie) Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Schiffer (Shirley) Dr. and Mrs. Robert G. Person Mr. and Mrs. Tim Schmidt (Kimberlj (Deloris) Ms. Mary E. Schorsch Mr. and Mrs. George P. Petrides Dr. and Mrs. Everett H. Schultz Jr. (Nancy) (Julia) Dr. and Mrs. Richard G. Schultz (Louise) Dr. and Mrs. Daniel G. Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Schuman (Sarah) (Bonnie Ellen) Dr. and Mrs. George S. Schuster (Betty) Mr. and Mrs. Franklin H. Pierce Dr. and Mrs. I. Gene Schwarz (Joan) Dr. Robert J. Pierce Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Ashbum P. Searcy (Nancy) Dr. and Mrs. Harry D. Pinson Mr. and Mrs. Abram Serotta (Cookie) (Virginia) Dr. Carolyn Seymore Dr. and Mrs. Joel C. Pittard Dr. and Mrs. Joel S. Shavin (Brenda) (Carol) Dr. and Mrs. Andrew T. Sheils Jr. (Ann) Dr. Charles H. Puis Dr. and Mrs. Edwin C. Shepherd (Betty) Dr. and Mrs. Steven R. Plunkett Dr. and Mrs. C. Willis Sherrer (Elizabeth) (Susan) Mr. and Mrs. John O. Shipman (Judith) Dr. R. Crystal Polatty Dr. and Mrs. Garry E. Siegel (Beth) Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pond Dr. and Mrs. Marc S. Siegel (Rosemary) (Elizabeth) Dr. and Mrs. Gerald Silverboard (Nancy) Dr. and Mrs. Leland L. Pool Dr. Burton F. Simmons (Betty)

Dr. Richard S. Simmons I Deborah I Mr. and Mrs. James Pope Dr. and Mrs. Colquitt Sims Jr. (Dons) (Susan) Dr. Curtis Anne Sims (William) Mr. and Mrs. David H. Poss II Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Sims (Susan) Dr. and Mrs. William E. Dr. Vincent Skilling Pound (Marguerite) Ms. Reeky Slattery Dr. and Mrs. Billy J. Powell Dr. and Mrs. Jerry J. Smaha (Pam) (Ann) Dr. and Mrs. Amos A. Smith Uune) Dr. and Mrs. Leander K. Dr. and Mrs. C. Douglas Smith (Marilyn) Powers (Pauline)

Dr. and Mrs. C. Conrad Smith I Jean) Dr. and Mrs. Stuart H Dr. and Mrs. G. Norman Smith (Sandra) Prather 111 (Lynn) Dr. Edward H. Smith Jr. Mr. and Mrs. 0. T. Price Jr. (Mary) Dr. and Mrs. Herbert D. Smith (Patricia) Dr. Joseph R. Smith Dr. and Mrs. Gerald M. Mrs. Kale Smith Pritcher Jr. (Carol) Dr. and Mrs. Luther J. Smith II (Velma) Ms. Carroll Proctor Dr. Luther J. Smith III

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Mr. and Mrs. Edwin H. Smith (Audrey) Dr. and Mrs. Gary L. Watts (Jan) President's Advisory Fred W. Lyons Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Randolph R. Smith (Becky) Dr. and Mis. 1. Allen Webb Jr. (Linda) Council President Mr. Roy M. Smith Mr. Donald S. Webster Dr. and Mrs. Samuel R. Smith Dr. and Mrs. M. Louis Weinstein Marion Merrell Dow Inc. lie President's Advisory LTC Dorothy J. Srembo (Cheryl) Jack B. Dr. and Mrs. Maximillian Stachura Mr. John L. Welsh Council is a group of McConnell, M.D. Dr. and Mrs. Charles S. West Jr. (Cheryl) (Sarah) distinguished leaders in Former Corporate Director— Dr. Michael E. Stadnick Jackie and Nan Wetherhom business, industry and Advanced Technology Dr. and Mrs. Odis C. Stamps Jr. (Esther) Ms. Marc Wetherhom Johnson Johnson Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Steele (Dolores) Mr. and Mrs. Duncan D. Wheale government that aids the & Dr. Sharon Steele (Carolyn) president in enhancing the Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Henry Steinberg (Susan) Dr. and Mrs. Gordon E. Wheeler (Penny) position of the Medical Dr. and Mrs. Michael N. Steinbook Mr. Edward White Whitney C. O'Keeffe (Anita) Dr. and Mrs. Warren White (Mickey) College Georgia. ' of President Mr. Ken Stephens Dr. and Mrs. William O. White 111 Trust Company Bank Dr. and Mrs. W. Dean Steward (Martha) (Sylvia) Gerald Achenbach Dr. and Mrs. M. Frederick Stewart Sr. Mr. E. A. Whitehurst Jr. of Augusta (Linda) Dr. and Mrs. Richard R. Whitlock Jr. (Kay) Retired Chairman of the Board Dr. Karyn L. Stockwell Dr. and Mrs. Ronald N. Whitmire (Carol) Piggly Wiggly Southern Charles B. Presley Mr. and Mrs. Dealing Stone (Claire) LTC and Mrs. Gary A. Wikert (Stephani) Chairman, Executive Marie Stone Mr. and Mrs. Walter W. Wilfong (Frances) Dr. S. Marshall Brown Committee Dr. and Mrs. Gary E. Stough (Diane) Dr. and Mrs. William A. Wilkes (Roggie) President Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Straus-- Jr. Dr. and Mrs. R. Mark Wilkiemeyer (Ann) First Union Corporation of Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Strauss (Marion) Dr. Debra M. Williams (Mark) C&S Bank, Augusta Georgia Dr. and Mrs. George S. Stretcher Dr. and Mrs. George W. Williams Jr. (Olynda) (Debbie) Randolph Burnett Carl Reith A. Wade Strickland Dr. and Mrs. James E. Williams Dr. and Mrs. Chief Executive Officer Retired President (Katherine) ( Rosemary) J.B. White Company Dr. and Mrs. William B. Williams (Sheila) Oxford Industries Dr. Linda M. Stringer ( Bill I Dr. Mrs. John C. Stubblefield Dr. and Mrs. Gary B. Williamson (Ann) and Steve Butler (Kathleen) Ms. Iva Williamson Patrick J. Rice Mrs. Roston Williamson Jr. Dr. Hal S. Stubbs Dr. and M. Chief Executive Officer Attorney-at-Law Dr. Jorge Suarez-Menendez (Patricia) The Bradley Company Hull, Towill. Norman & Drs. Hubert M. and Marcia Kay Suber Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Wills Jr.

( Adrienne) JSarrett Mr. Thomas E. Suggs William P. Copenhaver Mrs. Edwin E. Wilson Ms. Carol S. Suhiiand Mr. and (Karen) Director The Honorable J. Roy Rowland Dr. and Mrs. Daniel B. Sullivan (Anne) Mr. James E. Wilson Jr. P. Wilson II Mr. Robert B. Swindle Dr. John Arcadian Corporation U.S. House of Representatives Dr. and Mrs. John S. Wilson (Esther) Dr. and Mrs. Wayne T. Tadsen I Jackie) Ms. Lyniece Talmadge Dr. Harry L. Wingate A. William Dahlberg Carl Sanders

Dr. Robert J. Winham Dr. and Mrs. J. Bernard Tanenbaum President and Attorney-at-Law (Beverly) Dr. J. W. Wolfe Jr. and Chitf Executive Offu er Troutman, Sanders, Dr. Jack E. Tanner Sr. Mr. Gerald W. Woods Ms. Mary G. Tatum Dr. Deborah Bates Woods Georgia Power Company Lockerman & Ashmore and Mrs. John (Shirley) Dr. Delinda H. Terry (Steve) Mr Workman Dr. and Mrs. Stephen T. Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Paul M. Thaxton (Term Worsham William A. Fickling Abram J. Serotta (Christine) Dr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Theus (Peggy) Chief Executive Officer Certified Public Accountant Ms. Louise M. Wright Dr. and Mrs. Luther M. Thomas Jr. (Jane) Charter Medical Corporation Dr. and Mrs. William C. Wright Serotta, Maddocks & Devanny Dr. Bradford R. Thompson (Beverly) Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Thornton Mrs. John Gilbert Bernard M. Silverstein (Cynthia Ann) Dr. and Kim B. Yancey (Kay Dr. and Mrs. George G. Young (Bettye) Attorney-at-Law Dr. Andrew W. Tiee Jr. Chief Executive Officer/Owner Ms Gwen A. Young Dr. and Mrs. Arnold J. Tillinger (Linda) Gilbert, Harrell, Skelton, Silverstein's Cleaners Ms. Jeanne M. Zibrida Dr. and Mrs. P. Tillman B. (Regina) Gilbert, Sumerford & Martin Dr. and Mrs. Ralph A. Tillman Sr. William W. Sprague Jr. (Wilma) The Honorable Hugh M Gillis President Ms. Rosanna L. Tousignant Ms. Terry Trammell Georgia Senator Savannah Foods & Dr. and Mrs. Fred A. Trest (Yvonne) Soperton, Ga. Industries Inc. Mrs. Rebecca C. Trooboff Apologia Dr. Rosalind H. Troupin Marvin C. Goldstein, D.D.S. Sandy Teepen Dr. and Mrs. Steven T. Tuggle (Toni very effort has been Goldstein, Yurfest & Burns Atlanta Dr. and Mrs. J. Murray Turner (Bette) Dr. and Mrs. E. made to verify the accu- Jeffery Turner (Marie) James H. Hamilton Paul A. Volcker Dr. Michael D. Turner racy of this listing of the Director, Communications, James D. Wolfensohn Dr. William B. Turner 111 1990-91 donors. If errors Dr. Peter J. Ulbrich Bank Marketing and Product Company Inc. are found, however, we Dr. Barbara J. Utermark (David) Development Dr. Theodora Vanderzalm (Rufus M.) request prompt notification to: Solomon W. Walker Bank, LaGrange Dr. and Mrs. George Vangiesen Jr. C&S E. MCG Donor Information President and (Gail) David J. Chief Executive Officer Mr. Mattison R. Verdery Office; FI- 100; Augusta, Hogg Dr. and Mrs. Michael 0. Vernon (Debbie) Georgia 30912. City President Solomon W. Walker Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Vocel (Esier) We apologize for any First Union National Bank and Associates Dr. and Mrs. Keith R. Volkmann inconvenience caused. of Georgia, Augusta (Beverly) Sherman Willis Dr. and Mrs. John W. Vollenweider It is the goal of this publica- Charles D. Hudson Attorney-at-Law (Claire) tion to give a special "thank Dr. Carol A. Walker Member, Board of Directors Gardner, Willis, Sweat & you" to those donors who qual- Dr. and Mrs. Harvey C. Walker Callaway Foundation Goldsmith (Henrietta) ified for membership in a spe-

Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth J. Walker (Tammi) cial giving club. Every gift, A. Williams Jones Jr. Charles R. Yates Dr. Marc O. Wall regardless of size, is sincerely President and Chairman Retired President Dr. and Mrs. S. Edgar Watson Sr. (Frances) Robert W. Woodruff Center Dr. and Mrs. Edward C. Watt Jr. (Cathy) appreciated. Sea Island Company *

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Board of Directors

Officers Elected Members Ex Officio Members (and their MCG titles) Russell A. Acree Sr.. M.D.

Adel, Ga. Francis J. Tedesco, M.D. President Walter E. Brown, M.D. Spring Hill. Term. Barry D. Goldstein. Ph.D. Interim Vice Presidentfor Academic Affairs William C. Collins. M.D. Atlanta. Ga. H. Alan Campbell. B.S. President Vice President ofBusiness ami Finance H. Gordon Davis, M.D. H. Gordon Davis. M.D. Sylvester, Ga. Sylvester. Ga. James B. Osborne, Ed.D. Vice President for University Advancement Harold S. Engler, M.D.

Augusta. Ga. Biagio J. Vericella, Ed.D. Dean. School of Allied Health Sciences JohnC. Hagler III Augusta. Ga. David R. Myers. D.D.S. Dean. School of Dentistry James H. Hamilton, Director Community Bank Marketing and Product Lowell M. Greenbaum, Ph.D. First Vice President Development Dean. School of Graduate Studies and William C. Collins, M.D. The Citizens and Southern Coip. Vice President for Research Atlanta, Ga. LaGrange, Ga. Gregory L. Eastwood, M.D.

J. Daniel Hanks Jr.. M.D. Dean. School of Medicine Rome. Ga. Vickie A. Lambert. D.N. Sc.

J. Harold Harrison, M.D. Dean. School of Nursing Atlanta. Ga. E. Grace Yrizarry Samuel B. Kellett, President President. School of Allied Health Convalescent Services, Inc. Sciences Alumni Association Second Vice President Atlanta. Ga. Virgle McEver Jr., M.D. Joseph F. Griffin, D.M.D. Warner Robins. Ga. Wyck Knox President. School of Dentistry Alumni Augusta, Ga. Association

Robert A. Matthew, M.D. Jan Scholer, Ph.D. Albany, Ga. President. School of Graduate Studies Alumni Association Virgle W. McEver Jr.. M.D. Warner Robins. Ga. Samuel M. Goodrich. M.D. President. School of Medicine Alumni LaMar Scott McGinnis, M.D. Association Secretary-Treasurer Atlanta, Ga. Harold S. Engler, M.D. Jeanette Brown William B. Mullins, M.D. Augusta. Ga. President. School of Nursing Alumni Augusta, Ga. Association Whitney C. O'Keeffe, President R. Edward Howell, M.S.H.A. Trust Company Bank of Augusta Executive Director. MCG Hospital and Augusta, Ga. Clinics Jerry G. Purvis. M.D. Valdosta, Ga.

Executive Director Don R. Roberts Jr., M.D. James B. Osborne, Ed.D. St. Simons Island, Ga.

Augusta. Ga. Asbury Clark Robinson, M.D.

Assistant Secretary-Treasurer Douglasville, Ga. Larry Tyler Cecil F. Whitaker Jr.. M.D. Augusta. Ga. Columbus, Ga.

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