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PUBLICATION OF THE BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER

MAY 1967

Jerry Edwards, a gifted jazz musician, is "also noted for his pet mouse, Oscar ." Secretary Janet Eagles, who has been making notes on Jerry's professional career in music for Front and Center, pauses to admire the pampered little fellow. Jerry and Janet work in the Ani­mal Research Department on the Blue Building's 6th floor where this picture was taken.

THE MUSIC MAKERS There are music makers among us in

the B U M C . And a versatile lot they are, ranging from choir singer to crony of Co un t Basic, from accordian player to

_cornposer for the flute,_from^hurch or­ganist to exponent of "way out" jazz. They play almost every instrument from the bass to the English horn.

Of our musically gifted M.D. ' s per­haps the instrumental is t most familiar to us for his par t ic ipat ion in the Hospi tal ' s yearly G r o u n d H o g Festival spectaculars is Dr . Charles P . Emerson , Di rec tor of Clinical Labora tor ies . Dr . Emerson plays the violin and he has contr ibuted his talent to the Festival garbed in all m a n n e r of cos tume, most recently ap­pear ing in Snow Whi te and the Seven Dwarfs . W h e n he is not good-hu-moredly c lowning for his co-workers in holiday mood . Dr . E m e r s o n is a seri­ous amateur musician. H e per forms with the Wellesley Symphony and meets informally from t ime to t ime as a m e m ­ber of a ne ighborhood string quar te t who play for their own enjoyment . T h e young pianist w h o somet imes sits in with this group is ano ther B U M C music maker . Dr . Bernard Kreger , Assistant Resident in Medicine. H e and Dr . E m -

The Last Baby On April 30th, the materni ty unit on

Robinson 5 shut its doors . It was a sad occasion, as m a n y endings are sad, but it was also joyous in the long tradi t ion of the joyous beginning of new life, for it was an occasion to photograph a happy Mother and her new baby — the last to be born on our famous obstetrical floor.

When the pioneering Robinson Me-fflOfHRl H-ospitfrt-BtHlding was opened in 1915, it was practically A L L babies — five floors devoted to obstetrics and only the first floor, an out-pat ient clinic, was without its quota of new infants, year in and year out. T h e largest materni ty hospital in the East, the erection of Robinson signaled a new era, for in those days Mothers tradit ionally gave birth at home . . . often in c i rcumstances that were prejudicial to safe delivery and maternal health.

The slow march of sociological change dictated the closing of the unit. As an­nounced in the public press and in the March issue of Front and Center, the closing of our Robinson 5 floor will be followed by expansion of the Materni ty Service at Boston City Hospital , to be directed by the Boston University Med­ical Center .

But on April 30th, nostalgia was defi­nitely and justifiably the order of the day. Mrs. June Costello, about to be discharged with her handsome and healthy baby, beamed behind a hand­some bouquet of flowers and chat ted with her doctor . Dr . Andrew E. Elia, and with John E. Mullett , Associate Ad-

Associate Administrator John F. Mullett congratulates a maternity patient, whose new baby was the last to be born on Robinson 5, historic obstetrical unit which closed on April 30.

m i n i s t r a t o r of U n i v e r s i t y H o s p i t a l , while cameras clicked.

N o w new units move in as the ob­stetrical unit moves out . But the p r o u d record of pioneering service and the warm memories remain . Dr . Elia has written a uniquely-observed history of Robinson 5 over the years and of the devoted doctors and nurses who gave of themselves to make it a delightful and memorable place, which will appear in the next issue of the B U M C Scope.

As a famous chapter ends, Dr. Andrew D. El ia glances through the patient chart that records the last of many safe and happy deliveries, and three who helped to run Robinson 5 are photo­graphed at their station. Left to right: Mrs. Hannah Dietler, Mrs. Minnie Acorn, and Laura Nicholson. All Robby 5 nursing personnel, reassigned, remain with us.

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Music to be Refracted By! Three of the four musical members of the BUMC Ophthalmology Department meet for a chat and a recorder session in the "Ladies ' Lounge," first floor of the Blue Building. Left to right: Mrs. Marguerite Shaw, secretary to Dr. Ephraim Friedman, Mrs. Linda Hallenbeck, Secretary, and Nancy Politzer, research technician in the Eye Pathology Laboratory.

The Music Makers ( con t inued) erson also get together occasionally to play arrangements for p iano and violin.

Dr . Kreger 's superior musicianship will take him far — literally and soon! He is off a round the world on a ten-week Asian T o u r with the H a r v a r d Glee Club and Radcliffe's Chora l Society that leaves the West Coast in mid-June and proceeds to Japan, Ta iwan , H o n g Kong , the Philippines, Thai land, India , Tel Aviv, Istanbul and Edinburgh . Dr . Kreger 's billing is "singing physician." He is well qualified for his role, having played and sung with the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus as a s tudent at West­ern Reserve; in 1962 this fine group was chosen to per form for the Casals Festi­val in San Juan , Puer to Rico. Whi le at Harvard Dr. Kreger became an ac­companist for the Harvard-Radcliffe combined chorus which he joins this summer in their exciting trek. T h e stu­dent singers will be the first college mixed chorus to tour Asia, and their trip is expected to increase and extend inter­national unders tanding th rough student-to-student contact , for they will be per­forming with local chorus groups and staying in private homes th roughou t the Far East.

On the sixth floor of the Blue Build­ing there is a concentra t ion of musical talent: two real "p ro s " in the world of modern jazz. But let their unofficial

FRONT and CENTER May, 1967, Volume I, No. 2

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Editor — JOSEPHINE BRAYTON Consulting Editor

M R S . ELEANOR M A M B E R Contributors to this issue: Sabra Carl, Janet Eagles, Linda McPeek, Mrs. Marguerite Shaw, Jane Van Zandt, Belle H. Cruikshank, Richard Bertocchi, Mrs. Ruth E. Brody, Mrs. Patricia Powell.

biographer Janet Eagles, Secretary, Ani­mal Research, tell their story as she sent it in to Front and Center.

"Here on the 6th floor we have two musicians; neither of them current ly playing, but both with long records in the field. Reece ( Je r ry) Edwards , who works as an Animal Technician for Dr . William Hol lander appeared on Channel 2 with Don Moore ' s Quintet three times last year, and played with that Quintet at Connolly 's , Jazz Workshop and vari­ous other spots in Boston and Nantaske t . Jerry has been playing the Bass and sing­ing most of his life. He at tended the famous Berklee Music School here, has toured the country and played various festivals with all types of bands from Jazz to Rock and Roll. H e says his favorite music is "way ou t , " more com­monly known as progressive jazz. This past year Jerry has played at the Boston Playboy Club with a trio, and also at the Chicago Playboy Club .

"Jerry is noted among us for his pet mouse Oscar. Oscar, a small field-mouse type, was salvaged as he scurried sadly around the 6th floor after an application of DeCon . He now lives happily in his own cage in Jerry 's lab.

"Pr ior to becoming 'Administrat ive Righthand ' to Al Dore , Toussaint W. Anderson enjoyed a long career in sing­ing and the theat re ; he made his first public singing appearance at the age of 6. This was his last for a while. F r o m retailing he entered the Army and saw action in the South Pacific with the 10th A r m y and 20th Air Force . After the war Toussaint became a columnist for the Capitol City News in Springfield, Illinois, but finding he missed the bright lights and applause, he re turned to com­plete his musical t raining at the N e w England Conservatory of Music. H e cont inued with concert work, has ap­peared with the Boston Symphony and the Boston Pops.

"Branching out, Toussaint took a job as an M.C . with a tour ing company. H e

ran a complete show of 6 or more acts, but discovered that he was becoming less of an enter ta iner and more of a producer-di rector . So back to school he went to study d rums and form a 3-piece c o m b o with Mar ion Ruth on piano and Ricky Gale on Bass. They played such clubs as the Hi -Hat , Story-ville. Big M , Lobster Claw, Tic-Toe, Glass Bal, Crossroads and Starlite R o o m . H e also found t ime to tour the Straw H a t Circuit , playing locally at the Carousel and N o r t h Shore Theat res in such s tandards as Show Boat, Lost in the Stars and Porgy and Bess.

"Al though he has drifted into semi-re t i rement since his marr iage and the birth of his two chi ldren, Toussaint still plays occasionally in local clubs and for friends. N u m b e r e d a m o n g his friends in the en te r ta inment world are such old-t imers as D u k e Ellington, Pearl Bailey, Count Basie, Illinois Jacket , Andy De-vine, Gogi G r a n t and the late Bobby Watson . "

With a quick change of t empo we move to ano ther musical depar tment of the B U M C . Mrs . Marguer i te Shaw, sec­retary to Dr . E p h r a i m Fr iedman is proud of her gifted co-workers in Oph­thalmology. She composed these musi­cal notes for Sabra Carl , Front & Center correspondent , to t ranscribe and pass a long: " M U S I C T O BE R E F R A C T E D BY . . . Mrs . Shaw herself is the organist and choir director of two churches in Stow, Massachuset ts — the First Parish Church , Uni ta r ian , and the Union Evangelical C h u r c h . She majored in Music Educa t ion at the Boston Univer­sity School of F ine and Applied Arts . . . . Mrs . Susan Oak, research assistant to Dr. F r i edman , was a p iano major at the N e w England Conserva tory of Music. H e r husband is a tenor soloist and choir director. . . . N a n c y Politzer, research technician in the Eye Pathology Labora­tory, is a mezzo-soprano; she majored in voice at the N e w England Conservatory. . . . Mrs . Linda Hel lenbeck, secretary, sings in the choir of the Uni tar ian Church of Belmont .

Her husband is a tenor soloist at the same church , and b> a p iano tuner . "

F r o m another impor tan t group among us, " the night people ," comes word of an impressive n u m b e r of music makers . Jane Van Zandt and Eloise Her ron re­por t :

"Who ' s W h o in the instrumental group on nights? Well, Dr . Will iam Ingall plays a mean guitar, clarinet , p iano and accordion — with Dr. Phil ip Elia to back him up on d rums . Bonnie Baines and Janie Van Zandt cou/d p/ay a p iano duet. And among the night nurses, we have at least seven singers: Carr ie Dailey, The lma Burns, Jane V a n Zandt , Eloise Her ron , Phyllis Davis , Bonnie Baines and Jackie Scot t ."

Dr. Gera ld Whipple , Direc tor of the Cardiac Care Unit , whose principal in­s t rument is the "cor Anglais ," known simply as " the ho rn , " is the son of a musically gifted mother . H e is also the father of a gifted 17-year-old daughter , a cellist who has performed with the

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William S. Brodrick, recently pro­moted to the post of Assistant to the Publisher of the Boston Herald-Traveler Corporation was also re­cently discharged — as a patient of our Hospital! On March 28th, in response to a letter of felicitation from BUMC Director Lewis H. Rohrbaugh, Mr. Brodrick wrote the following letter:

Dear Mr. Rohrbaugh: Thank you for your letter of con­gratulations. And if University Hos­pital cannot take credit for my pro­motion, it can certainly take credit for enabling me to take advantage of my promotion. I entered your hospital with little or no ability to work. But I can now work a full day — and more — and I have great confidence in the future. I feel this is in large part due to the first-rate treatment I received at University Hospital. I trust you will convey my appre­ciation to Dr. Cohen, his staff, and to the nurses andj^heir aides, who some­how^ uTahageTto be efficient and con­siderate even when they were short-handed. If ever there is anything T can do to help University Hospital in turn, please do not hesitate to call me.

Sincerely, William S. Brodrick Assistant to the Publisher

The Music Makers ( con t inued) Boston Youth Symphony and Wellesley C o m m u n i t y Chorus . Dr . Whipple has appeared in concer t with his daughter , accompanying her on the piano, and he and she somet imes join Dr. Emer­son to form a trio.

Yet ano the r accomplished musician a m o n g us — and also a member of the musically-oriented communi ty of Wel­lesley — is Dr . David Viscott, third year psychiatr ic resident in the out-patient depar tment . Dr . Viscott holds the first flutist chair in the Wellesley symphony and writes his own composi t ions for the flute.

" H e a r d melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter still." There mu.st be many other B U M C musicians too mo d es t t o - b e r e c o r d e d in this inform'— ally-assembled Center "orches t ra ." Per­haps you will let your fellow musicians hear from you. Or, as one Front and Center cor respondent has suggested: "Is it possible to get a group together for an evening at the Pops , Esplanade or Tangfcw-ooc/?"

Eighty at Forty-Eight! Dr. Isaac Asimov is a member of our

own B U S M faculty and family. But Au­thor Asimov is better known th roughout the world wherever science fiction afi­c ionados gather , or publishers convene to discuss his un ique formula for liter­ary success — quant i ty and quality and an amazing range of subject matter .

Prov ing that a p rophe t IS with honor in his own count ry . Dr . As imov was feted on the evening of Apri l 27 by a Recep­tion to mark the occasion of the publica­tion of his 80th book (he is 48 years o l d ) , held in the Division of Special Col­

lections, 5th floor, M u g a r Memor ia l Li­brary of Boston Universi ty. T h e Exhi­bition of his works will cont inue through June -30.

His most recent book, "The R o m a n Empi re , " puhlished hy Houghton-Mif­flin is for junior and senior high school history students . T h e aggregate of his writing ranges from hooks on science — math , physics, chemistry and biology (about 54 books) to his t remendously popular science-fiction novels (26) which have been translated into 17 languages, landed him third in the Soviet Union ' s poll for favorite science fiction writers, and brought him into the Oscar limelight — honors this year for the filmed ver­sion of "Fantas t ic Voyage ."

"Surprise, surprise!" F o r many weeks previous to the 40th

anniversary of Salvatore Lunet ta ' s advent on the Massachuset ts Homeopa th i c Hos­pital scene in the spring of 1927, whis­pered ptans Were clfculating ambiig members of the Ana tomy D e p a r t m e n t for a par ty in his honor . " T o r y , " senior technician, pillar of the depar tment and affectionately-remembered mentor of School of Medicine graduates from coast to coast was too busy in his third floor Blue Building laboratory to notice or suspect the underground swell of cele­brat ion.

So the invitation from his new hoss. Dr. Alan Peters, Cha i rman of the De­par tment of Ana tomy and Mrs . Peters to dine with them in their Wal tham home on a certain evening was a pleas­ant occasion to look forward to, no more, for Tory . But Mrs . Lunet ta knew better!

Accord ing to Tory ' s version, he had a slight cold that night and was not in top form, but of course he had no idea of calling off the evening with the Peters ' . H e was therefore slightly sur­prised when, in his words , " M r s . Peters feigned indisposed" as he and Mrs . Lunet ta arrived, suggesting that the two couples go out for a steak d inner in­stead. N o w everyone knows tha t Mr . Lunet ta is partial to the Valle restau­rants, so it was unders tandah le when Dr . Peters suggested that they j u m p in the car and head for the Valle 's on Route 9.

Arriving at the res taurant To ry headed for the main dining room. " N o , n o , " said Dr . Peters , ' T h e ladies wan t to freshen up , " and he led the way to the floor below. Still unsuspect ing, Tory fol­lowed along, a l though he wonders now how he could have passed the var ious function rooms wi thout "ca tch ing on . " "But they were qui te cu t e , " says Tory , referring to Dr. and Mrs . Peters . "They

- kept squarclydn front of me all t he way, and then suddenly when we reached the door of T H E room, they whisked apart . There it was, the par ty tables laid, and the whole depar tment , all 26 of them, on their feet and shouting, "Surpr ise , Sur­prise!"

A wonderful evening followed. F low­ers, flashbulbs, good things to eat and drink, toasts and tr ibutes and the sing­ing of Tory ' s praise. A n d when he finally rose to accept the ou tpour ing — all unprepared for the specific occasion as he was but an experienced off-the-cuff speaker from long years of leadership as a boy's worker — Tory ' s speech was the most graceful of them all.

BUMC BRIEFS

Our University Hospital dietary team receive a visitor in the Ki tchen! Left to right: Marjorie Shea; Judy Williams; Mrs. Elizabeth Miles, Director of the Hospital Division of Stouffer's Food, Inc. of Philadelphia, which, since last August has been responsible for the operation and management of our UH food service; and Patricia Giles. Miss Will iams directs the Dietary Department. Our "own" Miss Shea is associate director in charge of food production and Miss Giles is the associate director for patient services.

The Board of Trustees of Universi ty Hospital has authorized the purchase of appropriate malpract ice insurance cov­erage for all interns, residents, hospital employees and volunteer workers .

In making the announcemen t . Nelson F . Evans, U H Adminis t ra tor , stated that the effective date of coverage was April 26, 1967. H e pointed out that this in­surance does not include coverage for any physician above the rank of Senior Resident, and only applies to interns and residents appointed by Universi ty Hos ­pital.

Sandra Sage, Blood Bank technician and accomplished ama teu r actress, played the lead role of "Smi t ty" in the Newton Count ry Players product ion of " H o w to Succeed in Business Wi thout Really Try ing" which was presented on the evenings of May 19th and 20th in Meadowbrook High School , Newton . Her role called for three solos and par­ticipation in four chorus numbers . She also designed the lighting for the p ro ­duction!

N o w a member of the Board of Direc­tors of the Players, Miss Sage, w h o has been with the group for more than two years, appeared in the previous p roduc ­tions of " C o m e Blow Y o u r H o r n " and " D a m n Yankees . "

The Nat ional Insti tute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has announced the creation of a new Labora to ry of Micro­biology, to be headed by a Boston Un i ­versity School of Medicine graduate . Dr . Roger M. Cole. Reorganiza t ion of intra­mural research activities of the N A I A D was approved in Apri l by the Surgeon General , Public Heal th Service.

Dr . Cole joined the Public Heal th Ser­vice in 1949 after internship and a year as N I H Fellow at our Haynes Memor ia l Hospital in Brighton.

Every spring since 1950, Belle H . Cruikshank, Adminis t ra t ive Secretary for Nelson F . Evans , has tu rned in a smooth and effective pe r fo rmance of a tough job: managing the Registrat ion Desk for the annual N e w England Hos ­pital Assembly. She has seen the at­tendance grow from about 3500 in 1950 to this year 's 11,500, and the scene shift from the Hotel Staffer Hi l ton to the Prudential Center 's Shera ton Boston Hotel and the W a r Memor ia l Aud i ­torium.

Our Hospital chaplain , Leicester R. Potter, Jr. gave the Invocat ion for the Tuesday evening Banquet in the G r a n d Ballroom, highlight and chief social event of this, the 46th Annua l Meet ing of the N e w England Hospi tal Assembly.

Dr. Bernard Bandler, Professor and Cha i rman of our Depa r tmen t of Psy­chiatry, was the recipient of a signal honor during the Bicentennial Celebra­tion of the College of Physicians & Sur­geons of Columbia University. O n the occasion of the annual faculty meet ing

and party of their Depar tmen t of Psy­chiatry, held in N e w York City on Fr iday, April 14, Columbia University presented to Dr. Bandler, as an a lumnus of the College, a Silver Medal for his "outs tanding contr ibut ions to the field of psychiatry." Mrs . Bandler was present with her husband for the bestowal cere­mony.

News of the Th i rd : The Thi rd (Bos­ton Universi ty) Surgical Service hosted a large and distinguished group for their Thir teenth Annual Seminar, held in the Dowling Ampi thea t re of Boston City Hospital on Wednesday, May 3. Sub­ject of the seminar : Diseases of the Small Intestine. Speakers dur ing the morn ing and afternoon sessions, in addi­tion to our own Boston Universi ty School of Medicine faculty members , Drs . Mor ton A. Bosniak, Lester F . Wil­liams, Jr., F r a n z J. Ingelfinger and Angelo J. Erakl ins, included staff mem­bers from the faculties of Ha rva rd Medi­cal School, Cornell Universi ty Medical School, and the Schools of Medicine of McGill University, University of Roches­ter, Johns Hopkins University and Van-derbilt University. . . . Susan Farwell , Secretary in Dr. John J. Byrne's office at the BCH, flew to London to act as brides­maid for a friend's wedding in April , then embarked on a holiday with her family in Spain and Morocco . . . . A farewell par ty in their honor will be given for four Chief Residents of the Th i rd (Boston Universi ty) Medical Service at B C H at the Cambr idge Boat Club on the eve­ning of June 14th. T h e depar t ing quar­tet: Drs . Louis F . Anastasia , Christos A. Hasiotis , Rober t M. K im and Bernard L. Wisniewski. . . . A cordial welcome and congratula t ions to Doc to r H y t h o Pantazelos w h o takes over as Chief Resi­dent of the Th i rd on July 1. Mrs . Pantazelos, the former Hy tho Haseotes , B U S M , Class of 1963, will be the first female Chief Resident of the Service. In addit ion to her excellence in surgery she possesses expertness as a medical artist.

Also welcome on the first of July will be Drs . Will iam H. Beekley and Joseph J. Migliore, B U S M Class of 1966 re turn­ing to the Th i rd as Junior Assistant Resi­dents following their internships at o ther hospitals. N e w interns will include five B U S M , Class of 1967 graduates : Rich­ard D . Chaset , Edward J. Gar ick , A r t h u r J. H a y m e s , L inda L. Welch and Paul D . Allen. T h e last-named three are students of the Six-Year P rogram.

Highlights of the 92nd Annual Meet­ing of B U S M ' s Alumni Association on May 6 included an address by the Rev­erend Rober t W. Bain, Class of 1952, who was ordained an Episcopal minister in 1962 and has been pract icing medi­cine in Liberia at a church-suppor ted modern medical complex in that coun­try. H e is presently in Boston for ad­vanced t ra ining at the Mallory Institute of Pathology of the B C H .

T h e evening was also the occasion for two hear t -warming ceremonies of appre­ciat ion: T h e 13th Annua l Distinguished A l u m n u s Award was presented to Dr . Kenne th Chr is tophe , Clinical Professor of Or thopedic and F rac tu re Surgery of the School of Medic ine and Cha i rman of the Depa r tmen t , Chief of service at the Hospi tal . Dr . Chris tophe, whose memor ies of his early years here are s trong and vivid, received his M . D . in 1928 and has .served on the faculty and hospital staff since 1930.

T h e second presentat ion, a Paul Revere bowl, was made to Salvatore Lunet ta , for "40 years of loyal service." Mr . Lunet ta maintains audio-visual and laboratory equipment for the school and is an invaluable member of the Depar t ­ment of A n a t o m y staff. (See the T o r y story and pictures elsewhere in this issue.)

On July 1, E leanor Gill, R.N. , be­comes D e a n of the School of Nurs ing, Universi ty of Connect icut . A loss to University Hospi ta l , but a splendid gain for nursing educat ion.