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- Loma Linda University women honored by La Sierra University during 75th anniversary
- Men's and women's residence halls now connected to campus-wide telephone system
- Center for Health Promotion seeks individuals to participate in smoking cessation study
- Homeless Care Faire comes to SAC Norton
- Faculty Notes
May 21, 1998 [TODAY,
May 21, 1998]
Loma Linda University women honored by La Sierra University during 75th anniversary
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Joan Coggin |
Sylvia Davis |
T. Grace Emori |
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Linda Ferry |
Helen King |
Jean Lowry |
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Penny Miller |
Gail Rice |
Christy Robinson |
During its 75th Anniversary in March, La Sierra University paid tribute to 75 La Sierra women for outstanding service to the university, community, or Seventh-day Adventist Church. The women were awarded certificates signed by LSU president Lawrence Geraty, PhD, and Kit Watts, director of the Women's Resource Center and director of communications, Southeastern California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. The honorees included physicians, attorneys, business administrators, musicians, pastors, educators, journalists, and scholars, some of them world renown.
"With today's event," said Ms. Watts, "we pay tribute to 75 of La Sierra's outstanding women. It is a small but important first step toward affirming one of the Center's goals - writing women back into Adventist history. The 75 chosen represent the hundreds of women who have studied, worked, and taught on this campus, and have made La Sierra proud."
Many of the women honored are also Loma Linda University graduates. Those who are currently associated with Loma Linda are:
Joan Coggin, MD, professor of medicine, special assistant to the president for international affairs-"International leader in pediatric cardiology." She co-founded the LLU Overseas Heart Surgery Team in 1963 and continues to direct its activities. After graduation from the College of Medical Evangelists (now Loma Linda University) in 1952 and a residency in internal medicine. She was also trained in pediatrics and cardiology. Under her leadership, the heart surgery team has served in Greece, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong, China, and North Korea. Through the years she has received numerous awards, honors and international acclaim for her professional, public, and church service. In 1978 she became the first woman president of the LLU School of Medicine Alumni Association. She is an engaging raconteur and popular speaker. Awards: Columbia Union College, Alumna of the Year, 1984; LLU School of Medicine, Alumna of the Year, 1997; Honorary Doctor of Science degree, Andrews University, 1994.
Sylvia Clark Davis, MA, director of admissions, LLU School of Dentistry-"Administrator and advocate of diversity." A dedicated student advocate, she has worked toward increasing diversity in university admissions and has long been a strong supporter of women in education, politics, and the Seventh-day Adventist Church. From 1980 to 1988, she served as director of admissions for the LLU School of Nursing, then became assistant professor and director of admissions for the LLU School of Dentistry. She has been an active member of the Association of Adventist Women, the American Association of University Women, and many professional organizations including the American Association of Dental Schools. Award: Omicron Kappa Upsilon (dental honor society) honorary member.
T. Grace Emori, RN, MS, LLU trustee-"Nursing epidemiologist, commissioned officer, and survivor of injustice." During World War II, officials took the members of the Emori family to internment camps for Japanese Americans. Despite this inauspicious beginning, she feels gratitude for the assistance offered her family by Loma Linda University and the Pomona Adventist Church when they were released. After teaching and working for Adventist institutions, Ms. Emori has served as a nurse epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia. She is a commissioned officer in the U.S. Public Health Service, which has honored her for outstanding service. She has served as a Loma Linda University trustee since 1985. She has been president of the LLU School of Nursing Alumni Association and of the Nurse Epidemiologists of California. She publishes regularly in journals dealing with disease control, and reads papers on her specialty (nosocomial infections surveillance) at scientific meetings. She has been an adjunct faculty member at Emory University School of Nursing since 1990. She has served the Seventh-day Adventist church on committees including the General Conference Board of Higher Education and the church's AIDS Committee. Awards: Loma Linda University School of Nursing Alumna of the Year, 1983; Loma Linda University Honored University Alumna, 1992.
Linda Hyder Ferry, MD, chief, preventive medicine section at Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans Administration Medical Center, and associate professor and director of the LLU School of Medicine preventive medicine residency program - "Physician and medical researcher." Her groundbreaking research in the field of smoking cessation, resulting in the first nicotine-free pharmacological treatment for smoking addiction, received national television coverage early in 1998.
A graduate of LLU School of Medicine, she is board certified in both family practice and preventive medicine. She is president of a not-for-profit corporation, the Foundation for Innovations in Nicotine Dependence (FIND). In the 1980s, she made a concentrated effort to understand the biology of addiction, and in 1991 began studying the use of bupropion (Zyban), which was recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration for treating nicotine withdrawal symptoms. She conducted a nation-wide satellite teleconference for 110 hospitals together with C. Everett Koop, MD, former surgeon general of the United States; the two now share responsibility for the American Medical Association's consumer web site on smoking cessation.
Helen Emori King, PhD, professor and dean, LLU School of Nursing - "Professor, nursing administrator, and survivor of injustice." Like her sister, Grace Emori, Dr. King survived World War II internment with a determination to succeed. Because of her expertise as a nursing professor and administrator, she has served on General Conference and professional committees. She participated in the General Conference Manpower Study, chaired the Diversity Taskforce of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, and served as secretary of the California Association of Colleges of Nursing. She was instrumental in setting up a collaboration with Teacher's College, Columbia University, New York, and Loma Linda University to provide nursing education in Vietnam.
Jean Boyd Lowry, PhD, professor and chair, speech-language pathology, LLU School of Allied Health Professions- "Speech pathologist and teacher." She is the first Seventh-day Adventist woman to receive a PhD in speech pathology. In 1987, she supervised the move of her department from La Sierra to Loma Linda University's campus, changing the curriculum to prepare for the future. As chapter president of the Association of Adventist Women, she was an advocate for women in ministry. She has served at every level of local church work. Awards: Zapara Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, 1992; California Speech and Hearing Service Award, 1985.
Penny Gustafson Miller, PhD, associate professor, LLU School of Nursing-"Nursing professor, model leader, and advocate for Adventist women." In addition to her vigorous leadership, research, and professional stature in the LLU School of Nursing since 1972, she has been a strong voice for women's equality in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. She has presented papers on such ethical concerns as "A Christian Woman's Perspective on Abortion." At the Loma Linda University Church, she chaired the board of directors which built a small day-care program into an accredited million-dollar child-development center. Since 1989, she has chaired the Adventist Church's Gender Inclusiveness Commission. Her advocacy has been pivotal in bringing about the ordination of women by Adventist congregations. Award: Association of Adventist Women, Woman of the Year - Professional Life Award, 1994.
Gail Taylor Rice, EdD, EdS, BSN, professor, LLU Schools of Public Health and Allied Health Professions-"Teacher and advocate for women's maternal health." A leader in research and teacher of stature in the Loma Linda University School of Nursing childbirth education classes, she was influential in changing hospital policies regarding the presence of fathers in delivery rooms. She began her nursing career teaching at Loma Linda University and the University of Illinois.
For 17 years she also taught community-based classes preparing 7,000 couples for the experience of giving birth. In the Inland Empire, she has participated in many projects to improve the health of women and girls. At La Sierra, she has taught in the College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Education and worked with the Valuegenesis research team. Joining the faculty of LLU Schools of Public Health and Allied Health Professions in 1992, she teaches in the maternal child health program that she helped establish. Awards: LLU Alumni Award, 1968; LLU President's Award, 1983; YWCA Certificate of Recognition of Exceptional Ability and Performance, 1991.
Christy K. Robinson, editorial coordinator, LLU School of Dentistry-"Journalist, musician, and activist for Adventist singles." Few if any other women have given such consistent and creative leadership for singles in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. For a decade she served as the Arizona Conference coordinator for singles' ministry, developing innovative ministry activities and programs that have been utilized across the United States, Australia, and New Zealand.
She has ministered in Arizona churches of several denominations; and has taught music in preschool through high school classes, private lessons, and choirs. She edited an international singles' ministry publication for six years; she has written for the Adventist Review, Women of Spirit, Signs of the Times, and many other publications. In 1997, she became editor of LLUSD's Dentalgram, managing editor of Dentistry journal, and is editor of several other publications.
Men's and women's residence halls
now connected to campus-wide telephone system
Lindsay Hall and Daniells Residence are now equipped with phone connections to the entire University system.
Lindsay Hall has their system up and running and Daniells will soon have theirs. Currently, the system is being monitored for bugs and glitches, but so far seems to be working quite well.
Eunice Sackett, dean, Lindsay Hall, says "each girl is assigned an extension and has her own phone jack for that extension. Callers to the dorm will be forwarded to that extension and may leave voice mail directly. The front desk will no longer take phone messages."
For long distance calls, each dorm resident will be assigned an access code and will be billed to that code. Therefore dorm students can make long distance calls from any on-campus phone using that access code. Voice mail can also be accessed from phones throughout the campus.
In addition, cable television will now be available to students in their rooms. They will not have access to the channel line-up featured through services like Comcast Cable, but will receive all channels that are currently offered in the Medical Center.
Daniells Hall will have the benefit of having ESPN. Dorm rooms will also have connections to the Internet and the University e-mail system making it much more convenient and profitable for students to get on-line at any time.
At present, GTE phone lines are still running and will continue to do so until June 15. After that point, the entire phone system for Lindsay and Daniells Halls will be exclusively connected to the rest of the University.
Center for Health Promotion
seeks individuals to participate in smoking cessation study
Participants are needed to test the effects of oxygen in reducing withdrawal symptoms. If you are a smoker who has tried in vain to stop or know someone who has, this very exciting study may be for you!
Robert Granger, MPH, preventive care specialist and smoking cessation counselor, has been facilitating the smoking cessation group sessions for the Center for Health Promotion. Some of the smokers in the program have commented that their desire to smoke diminished greatly when they went onto oxygen therapy for certain conditions.
The project requires about 50 individuals to participate in what could be a life-changing study. Potential participants are being asked to refrain from smoking for one week during which time withdrawal effects will be assessed throughout that week. Behavioral and motivational recommendations will be given to all participants. New approaches to smoking cessation using oxygen will be actively tested.
For further information and to see if you qualify, please contact Leo Langga at (909)558-0800, extension 46214.
Dynnette (Dee) Hart, DrPH, RN, assistant professor, School of Nursing, and her husband, Kenneth Hart, MD, medical director, SAC Norton clinic, were invited by the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists to speak at a week-long women's conference in the Philippines. The conference, held at Mountain View College in Mindanao, was titled the "Women's and Children's Ministry Conference." The Harts' lectures focused on women's and children's health, and parenting.
During the week attendance was approximately 3,000, increasing to 5,000 on the weekend. Later, Dr. Dee Hart presented a two-day seminar at the Mindanao Sanitarium and Hospital, in Iligan City. The first day's topic was: "Management of pediatric pain," and the second day's topic was: "Care of the child with head trauma."
Patricia L. Jones, PhD, RN, professor, School of Nursing, has been appointed by the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists to be the assistant director of the department of health ministries. In this capacity, Dr. Jones will be responsible for nursing affairs world-wide. She also serves as chair of the LLU International Nursing Council and is involved in international nursing activities.
A team from the LLU International Nursing Council presented a four-day conference at the China Nurses Association in early May. Prime presenters were Lois H. Van Cleve, PhD, RN, associate dean, School of Nursing, and Ampai Aimsiri, PhD, RN, RD, staff nurse and relief team leader, post anesthesia care unit, (PACU), LLUMC. Patricia L. Jones, PhD, RN, professor, School of Nursing, and Patty Pothier, RN, assistant professor, School of Nursing, also participated.
In all, the team presented four different conferences and interacted with several institutions of nursing education.
Dolores J. Wright, MS, assistant professor, School of Nursing, participated in a Students for International Mission Service (SIMS) "fly-n-build" project at Gimbie Adventist Hospital, located in western Ethiopia.
On this project, Ms. Wright was self-supported. Although not an official LLU International Nursing Council activity, the Council supported Ms. Wright's involvement in this international effort.
Leif K. Bakland, DDS, professor and chair, endodontics, School of Dentistry, was the speaker for the first meeting of the newly formed North Idaho Dental Society, Lewis & Clark Chapter. His topic was Trauma to Teeth, and in attendance were many Loma Linda University alumni practicing in the northern Idaho and eastern Washington areas.
The first president of this newly formed dental society component is Curtis Wiggins, SD'74, a pediatric dentist who served on the LLUfaculty several years ago and is now practicing in Lewiston, Idaho.
The fourth world congress of the International Federation of Endodontic Associations was held in Jerusalem, Israel, March 29 to April 3, 1998. Leif K. Bakland, DDS, SD '63, professor and chair of endodontics, was an invited lecturer on Endodontic Considerations in Dental Trauma. Dr. Bakland also chaired a panel discussion on new endodontic materials and techniques.
Homeless Care Faire comes to SAC Norton
Hundreds of the homeless from various communities in San Bernardino County attended the Homeless Care Faire, held April 22 at SAC Norton clinic in San Bernardino.
Richard Hart, MD, DrPH, dean of the School of Public Health and president of SAC Health System, welcomed the hundreds of volunteers and those attending to the fair. Dr. John Sabbath, pastor of Live-in Christ Christian Center in Ontario, gave the invocation during the opening ceremony for the fair.
A number of health screening services were provided. Many of the fair's visitors receive medical care only when they are very sick. The fair provides a way for health professionals to treat these individuals under better conditions.
Realtor David Schulze, executive committee chair for the Homeless Coalition,
spoke to the volunteer participants about the purpose for the Faire. He
commented, "many homeless people in the community have no place to
call home. Often, people can't work because of chronic illness. Through
programs like this, we hope to stabilize their health so they can possibly
be able to work again."
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