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76 A memorial service for English Professor Ann Hayes, who died on Dec. 1, will be held at 3 p.m., Friday, Dec. 8 in the Adamson Wing, Baker Hall. Hayes, a member of the English Department faculty since 1957 and an award-winning poet whose poems captured events in Pittsburgh and at the university, was 76. Hemoglobin is the vital blood component that carries life-supporting oxygen through the body. Neither artificial blood nor its components are currently available, but several blood substitutes are being investigated to combat the increasing demand for blood. According to the American Association of Blood Banks, four million Americans receive whole blood transfusions annually, including about three million surgery patients.