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Touro Scholar The Chironian NYMC Archives Publications 1982 The Chironian Vol. 98 New York Medical College Follow this and additional works at: https://touroscholar.touro.edu/nymc_arch_journals Part of the Higher Education Commons, and the Medicine and Health Sciences Commons Recommended Citation New York Medical College. (1982). The Chironian Vol. 98. Retrieved from https://touroscholar.touro.edu/ nymc_arch_journals/167 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the NYMC Archives Publications at Touro Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Chironian by an authorized administrator of Touro Scholar. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The Journal of the Alumni Association New York Medical College VoUmTe 98 1982 The Five Primary Teaching Hospitals Alumni Association Volume 98 • 1982 Board of Governors Editorial Board Officers Editor Joseph F. Dursi, M.D. '59 Michael A. Antonelle, M.D. '62 President Consulting Editor Rita F. Girolamo, M.D. '51 Saul A. Schwartz, M.D. '30 President-Elect Editorial Board Paul Tartell, M.D.. '52 Harry Barowsky, M.D. '31 Vice President Joseph B. Cleary, M.D. '73 Louis E. Fierro, M.D. '60 Joseph F. Dursi, M.D. '59 Treasurer Ix)uis E. Fierro, M.D. '60 Rita F. Girolamo, M.D. '51 Benjamin J. Sadock, M.D. '59 Cyrille R. Halkin, M.D. '45 Secretary Leonard I. Newman, M.D. '70 Michael A. Antonelle, M.D. '62 Executive Editor Archivist Ruth Norton Oliver Design Elected Governors Nick Curto Harry Barowsky, M.D. '31 Joseph B. Cleary, M.D. '73 Photography Kirk K. Kazarian, M.D. '61 Miller/Swift Harold Meiselas, M.D. '53 Jerry Reinlieb Leonard I. Newman, M.D. '70 Morris Warman John D. O'Brien, M.D. '60 Henry I. Saphier, M.D. '61 Saul A. Schwartz, M.D. '30 Louis A. Susca, M.D. '55 Past Presidents Contents Saverio S. Bentivegna, M.D. '50 Frank J. Borrelli, M.D. '33 Cyrille R. Halkin, M.D. '45 Messages from the President and the Editor Henry P. Leis, Jr., M.D. '41 1 Walter L. Mersheimer, M.D. '37 David T. Mininberg, M.D. '61 E. Edward Napp, M.D. '33 Update on the Primary Teaching Hospitals 2 Seymour Schlussel, M.D. '51 Lawrence B. Slobody, M.D. '36 Martin L. Stone, M.D. '44 Florida Chapter 4 Bernard J. Wattiker, M.D. '44 Faculty Governors Dante V. Bizzarri, M.D. '42 Match Day 4 Edward H. Mandel, M.D. '45 Edward Wasserman, M.D. '46 Alumni Day 1981 Chapter Chairmen 5 Marcelle T. Bernard, M.D. '44 Connecticut Commencement 1981 6 William B. Bissell, M.D. '48 Long Island, NY Bruce M. Burtan '54 The Upham Bequest 7 New Jersey Burton Feinerman, M.D. '54 Florida News at Press Time: Archive Dedicated; AOA Inducts 8 Ronald H. Hartman, M.D. '60 Southern California Post Graduate Appointments, Class of 1981 Paul Tucci, M.D. '51 9 Westchester County, NY Honorary Governor Class Notes 12 Julius Blankfein, M.D. '28 Director of Alumni Relations James H. Keller In Memoriam 16 Class Correspondents 17 From the President From the Editor I welcome the opportunity to address you through the It is with feelings of humility and pride that I start as pages of Chironian, and I am especially pleased to use the new editor of Chironian. 1 am troubled by the this means to introduce College President John J. Con thought of filling the shoes of our former editor, Saul nolly. Dr. Connolly was appointed the ninth president of Schwartz '30, who has served so well these many years. NYMC by the Board of Trustees at their meeting of Dr. Schwartz is stepping down as editor, but he has September 29, 1981, and took office in December. He graciously consented to remain as consulting editor so succeeded Dr. Joseph A. Cimino, who continues as that we may benefit from his experience. chairman of the Department of Community and Preven Chironian, now in its 99th year, was originally publish tive Medicine, where he directs a vigorous program in ed as a semi-monthly journal by the students of the Col an area of great public interest and significance. lege. A message addressed "To our alumni” in the first Dr. Connolly, who is 42, comes to his new post with a issue concluded with "Gentlemen of the alumni, to you strong background in the administration of higher we look for aid and support, and we believe that we education and a reputation for effective leadership. He shall not look in vain.” This last statement — which to was president of Dutchess Community College in day should be amended to read "gentlemen and ladies” Poughkeepsie, New York, from 1973 until coming to the — has certainly proved to be true throughout the past medical college last fall, and had previously been the years, and hopefully it will be valid for years to come. dean of Harford Community College in Maryland. Ac At this time I would like to welcome the latest NYMC tive in professional and community affairs, he has serv publication. Images, to our College family. Images will be ed on the executive committee of the Association of Col issued three times a year by the College, and the Ad leges and Universities of the State of New York and as ministration has graciously allotted the Alumni Associa president of the Associated Colleges of the Mid-Hudson tion at least four pages in each issue. This opportunity is Area, among other offices. He holds a doctorate of most welcome because it means that we can keep you education in college and university administration from informed of your association's affairs on a more current Teachers College, Columbia University. basis. Also, since many College events will be reported John K. Castle, chairman of the College's Board of in Images, we can devote more space in Chironian to Trustees, has described Dr. Connolly as "a man of great news of you. vision and broad administrative experience.” On behalf You will note a large section of Class Notes in this of the Board of Governors and the membership of the issue, and future issues will carry expanded chapter Alumni Association, we offer Dr. Connolly our best news as well. We plan to add a "Letters to the Editor” wishes for success in leading the College toward the section, so that any questions you may have concerning fulfillment of its maximum potential. the Alumni Association, its plans and programs, and its Since I took office a year ago I have communicated relationship to the College and students can be fully with all of you by mail or phone and have seen many of aired. I look forward to hearing from chapters as well as you. I take pleasure in telling you now that the year has individuals so that we can publish a lively "Letters” col been a most gratifying one for the Alumni Association. umn and have a section devoted to chapter news. We have experienced a heartening increase in the Because of the increased costs of printing and mailing, number of active dues-paying members, a trend we ex Chironian is now being sent only to those members of the pect to see continue. I have reported highlights of the association whose annual dues are up to date, and to year to you in the College's new publication. Images, students. The number of dues-paying members is rising, which is described in the adjacent message from Chiro- however, and we are confident that this growth will con nian's incoming editor, Michael Antonelle '62. Dr. An- tinue as graduates increasingly recognize the importance tonelle takes over from Saul A. Schwartz '30, who has of the programs and services the Alumni Association is the thanks of all our members for his superb contribu providing. I trust, therefore, that as Chironian moves tion as editor of Chironian for more than a decade. To Dr. towards its 100th year, this publication will go to most — Antonelle we extend our full and enthusiastic support . preferably all — of the College's graduates. To all our members, the Board of Governors expresses gratitude for the confidence you have shown in us. We will work to deserve it in the year ahead. Michael Antonelle, M.D. '62 Joseph F. Dursi, M.D. '59 1 Update on the Primary Teaching Hospitals During the recent past, the College's teaching facilities have been expanded substantially. To bring alumni/ae up to date on the ma jor teaching affiliates of NYMC, five Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center hospitals are described below, in wmns-ws alphabetical order. Together they provide a broad range of educational opportunities to some 400 third- and fourth-year medical students and ap proximately 1,050 medical graduates in residency training and fellowship programs. Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Lenox Hill Hospital Center provides a full spectrum of health care services to the entire South Bronx community and parts of upper Manhattan. Founded in 1842 by a group of philanthropists, the hospital has been under the aegis of New York City since 1925. It now oc cupies a modern building complex dedicated in 1976 and covering five city blocks on East 149th Street in the A voluntary hospital in Manhattan, Bronx. This spacious new facility, Lenox Hill is a complex of ten struc which carried a construction cost of tures located between 76th and 77th $220 million, incorporates some of streets and Park and Lexington the most progressive concepts in avenues. Its 690 beds have a high rate hospital design and many types of of occupancy, averaging 92 percent, technologically sophisticated equip although on many days the figure is ment.