January 1959

Alumni Bulletin

Spring 1984

Yale Medicine

January 1959
Alumni Bulletin

Hunter Radiation Therapy Center Dedicated

“The new Hunter Radiation Therapy Center was dedicated on Friday afternoon, October 10. Officials of the University and of the Grace-New Haven Community Hospital, faculty, staff, and guests attended the dedication ceremony, which was held in Fitkin Amphitheater with Dean Lippard presiding.

“The program was opened with a welcome by George S. Stevenson, president of the hospital. President A. Whitney Griswold spoke briefly on “The Medical Center and Yale.” This was followed by the introduction of Mr. Robert E. Hunter of Santa Barbara, California, who had made a generous gift to Yale for this building. Mr. Hunter is a Yale alumnus, Class of 1911 (Sheffield Scientific School). The new center is named in memory of his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Hunter. …

“The four-story, brick-faced structure has its entrance on Davenport Avenue, and corridors connect with the adjoining hospital units. High-voltage equipment is below ground level. The two-million electron volt Van de Graaff deep therapy machine was given by the Donner Foundation. Three other radiation machines of lesser voltage are also available, and there are facilities for eventual inclusion of additional high-voltage equipment which may be developed in the future.”

Spring 1984
Yale Medicine

Program for Humanities in Medicine

“The School of Medicine recently received a grant from the Connecticut Council for the Humanities in support of a new program for humanities in medicine. Directed by Dr. Howard M. Spiro, professor of medicine, the program is presenting a series of twelve semi-monthly lectures throughout the spring and fall to bring together scholars in the humanities and members of the medical profession in discussions about the influence of the arts and letters on medicine and health.

“Speakers include Dr. Robert Coles, professor of psychiatry and medical humanities at Harvard University; Arnold Rampersad, professor of English at Rutgers University; Arthur Caplan, associate for the humanities at the Hastings Center; and Dr. Martin Carey, associate professor of medicine, physiology and biophysics at Harvard University. They will discuss topics as diverse as the physician as a writer; the effects of health and well-being on art and visa versa; ethical issues in organ transplantation, and creativity and illness.

“The purpose of the series, according to Dr. Spiro, is to encourage medical students and professionals to expand their definitions of health and disease through a better understanding of the cultural and intellectual influences on health and well-being, as well as to stimulate scholars in the humanities to take a greater interest in health related issues. The lectures are open to the public without charge.”