He expired in the Health Service. An autopsy confirmed the diagnosis of diabetes with complications of acidosis for which hospitalization would have been necessary for adequate care to have been obtained. The Health Service received a letter of appreciation from Mayor Robert Hickman for their assistance during the blizzard of 1978. The University Health Service has made considerable progress through the years from a single-nurse office in Old Main to the present Clinical Services building. With the arrival of Lynette Drake, the Health Education Resource Center became a part of the Health Service.
Graduate assistants work with their fellow students in peer education and health education.
In 1998, Eric Davidson became the first full-time Assistant Director of the Health Education Resource Center. Over the years there has been some difficulty in recruiting physicians, especially with the great student demand for a female gynecologist. To meet this student need, two nurses were sent to Colorado in 1995 for additional training as extended practice family planning nurses. Student satisfaction of the new Women's Health program increased related services, and a third nurse was sent for extended practice family planning training in 1996. In August of 1996, the Health Service hired its first male nurse, which has better addressed the needs of Eastern's student population.