Spring Medical Alumni Weekend To Recognize Former Deans, Faculty, Alumni And Students
INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indiana University Spring Medical Alumni Weekend May 18-20 will feature the opening of the new medical student center and a ceremony honoring former deans.
The Walter J. Daly Student Center dedication will be 4 p.m. Friday, May 18. The center will provide 24-hour access to study rooms, exercise equipment and break rooms to medical and graduate students and stand in tribute to Dr. Daly's commitment to student support. The newly remodeled and expanded student center is located immediately west of the Ruth Lilly Medical Research and Library Building. Dr. Daly served as dean of the IU School of Medicine from 1983 to 1995.
Two physicians will be recognized for their contributions to the field of medicine during the annual Strawberry Shortcake Luncheon at noon Saturday.
The Glenn W. Irwin Jr., M.D., Distinguished Faculty Award will be presented to C. Conrad Johnston Jr., MD, distinguished professor. A professor of medicine, Dr. Johnston was director of the Division of Endocrinology from 1968 to 1994.
Ray Nicholson, MD, class of 1955, will be the recipient of the 2001 Distinguished Medical Alumnus Award. Dr. Nicholson, who served as director of the Family Practice Residency Program at St. Mary's Medical Center in Evansville from 1970 to 1997, served as president of the IU Medical Alumni Council in 1978-79 and 1988-89.
The IU School of Medicine will host a special ceremony 3 p.m., Saturday, May 19, recognizing the nine physicians who have served as dean of the school since 1903.
The highlight of the event will be the unveiling of a statue of Willis D. Gatch, MD, the third dean of the school who served from 1932-46. The bust will complete the group of statues of all former deans on exhibit in the Ruth Lilly Medical Research and Library Building.
The four living dean-emeriti and family members of the deceased deans will be present, as will Ben J. Wilson, MD class of 1944, a retired surgeon and sculptor of the busts of Dr. Gatch and three other deans.
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