U of S College of Medicine launches book on college history

Posted June 24, 1999


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - June 22 , 1999
99-06-07-ME

U of S College of Medicine Launches Book on
College History

(Note to News Directors and Editors: Dr. Louis Horlick will be
available for interviews before the book launch. Contact him the
week of June 21 at 652-8863.)

A reception will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 24, 1999 at
the Top of the Inn, Sheraton Cavalier Hotel to launch Volume 2 of the
History of the U of S College of Medicine. Medical College to
Community Resource: Saskatchewan?s Medical School 1978-1998 is
written and edited by Dr. Louis Horlick, O.C., MD, FRCP(C), Emeritus
Professor of Medicine. The reception will open Highlights in
Medicine, the 14th annual College of Medicine Alumni Association
Conference and Reunion, June 24 - 26.

The history of the first 30 years of the College of Medicine was
recounted in Dr. D.J. Buchan?s Greenhouse to Medical Centre,
published in the 1970s. The present volume, Medical College to
Community Resource, brings the history of the College up to date.

The book is structured around three Deans of Medicine, Drs. Bob
Murray, Ian McDonald and David Popkin whose terms coincide with
this 20-year span.

The first three chapters of Medical College to Community Resource,
written by Dr. Louis Horlick, cover the significant events during this
period. Other chapters include: an account of the evolution of the
undergraduate curriculum by Dr. Jim Spooner, Director of Educational
Support and Development; financing of the Medical College by C.T.S.
(Syl) White, Director of Administration and Finance; and research at
the College by Professor Jim Wood. Dr. Earl DeCoteau contributes
an account of the College of Medicine Alumni Association and the
stories of many graduates. The final section of the book includes
individual departmental histories.

For more information, contact:

Dr. Jim Spooner
College of Medicine
(306) 966-6138
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For program details on Hightlights in Medicine, the Alumni
Association
Conference and Reunion, contact:
Daphne Tkachuk
Executive Director
(306) 966-8864