October 1953

Alumni Bulletin

Fall/Winter 1983

Yale Medicine

October 1953
Alumni Bulletin

“General plans for the construction of the new Edward S. Harkness Memorial Residence Hall, generous gift of the Commonwealth Fund, have been completed as the result of several meetings of the Building Committee with the architects, Douglas Orr of New Haven and Guglar, Kimball & Husted of New York. … It is hoped that ground can be broken early in 1954 and that the new quarters for Yale medical students can be finished and equipped for occupancy in September 1955. …

“One wing, of eleven stories and ground floor, will provide 219 single rooms for male students, as well as ten suites for students or graduate advisors. The other wing, four stories high, will contain thirty-five small apartments. The latter will be occupied by pairs of single women students and by a few married medical students and their wives. The single rooms will include lavatories and built-in closets. Shower rooms will be provided on each floor. The apartments will consist of a living room, bedroom, bath, and kitchenette unit. The apartment wing will have its own entrance and will also communicate with the main lounge. Each wing will have its own automatic elevators. Other living quarters will include a large apartment for a resident manager and his family and a living room-bedroom-bath combination for the accommodation of visiting lecturers and other guests of the school. …

“Comfort and convenience have been emphasized. … The completion of the new residence hall should increase significantly the efficiency and well being of the able group of young men and women studying at the School of Medicine.”

Fall/Winter 1983
Yale Medicine

“The John B. Pierce Foundation Laboratory celebrated its 50th anniversary on November 4th, and paid tribute to Dr. A. Pharo Gagge, fellow emeritus. Dr. Gagge has been a member of the Laboratory’s scientific staff since it was founded in 1933 to conduct research and educational programs ‘for the increase of knowledge to the end that the general hygiene and comfort of human beings and their habitations may be advanced.’

“Dr. C.E.-A. Winslow was appointed the first director of the Laboratory while he was chairman of the Yale Department of Public Health, and he retained both offices until his retirement in 1945. Under his leadership, and that of subsequent directors, the Laboratory has gained worldwide recognition for its many significant contributions to the field of environmental physiology. In recent years of energy shortages and increasing pollution production, their work has assumed added importance as governments seek a balance between energy conservation and a healthful environment.

“The close relationship between the Pierce Laboratory and the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health has continued. …”