Evening star., 1944-09-18
Georgetown Confers
DEGREES on 121 Men,;
los Get Commissions
Surveyors Laying Site
Of New 400 Bed Hospital
Alumni PIun Offered

Alumni PIun Offered
Georgetown University contributed
106 Medical and Dental Corps of.
flcers to the armed forces yesterday
afternoon out of class of 121 grad.
yates and announced at the john
commencement that surveyors hac
started laying out the site of its
newly authorized 400 bed hospital
The Very Rev. Lawrence c. Cor.
man, S. j., president, disclosed 9
plan whereby alumni can share ir
the cost of the new medical center
by individually contributing one OF
more beds. He also conferred the
usual academic degrees on the en-
tire class. which included five ci-
villain graduates in medicine and ten
in dentistry.
1t. Col. James E. Phillips, M. c.,
awarded commissions as first lieu
tenants to 80 graduates in the Army
Medical Corps and to Is in the
Medical Reserves. Eleven of the
graduates were commissioned as
lieutenants d. g. in the Naval
Medical Reserve by Capt. E. M.
Williams, U. S. NJ
Similar commissions were award
ed by them to 10 in the Army Den
tai Corps and to 81 in the Naval
Dental Reserve. The Army's quota
represented the last of the ASTP
dental trainees to be awarded COM
missions.
Capt. Hogan Gives Address.
Capt. Bartholomew w. Hogan,
commanding officer of the Naval
Hospital at Annapolis, Md, deliv-
cred the commencement address,
dealing with advances in the Navy's
medical services since Pearl Harbor.
He is also associate professor of
psychiatry at Georgetown Medical
School.
The Federal Works Agency's
grant of s1,4Oo,000 toward the new
Georgetown Hospital was won
derful gift" DR.. German said. the
university having for many years
dreamed of great medical center
next to its teaching school on
Reservoir road"
He invited alumni to contribute
toward the university's share of
100000 Of the total construction
cost, estimating that this share
meant about $1,000 per bed. One
pledge was received yesterday from
the father of a medical student be-
fore he made"the suggestion public
Surveyors visited the site of the
hospital Saturday. he said, and as
soon as contracts are awarded con-
struction would be rushed to coma
pletlon, probably in a year.
Georgetown Medical School has
completed its gath year and the
commencement was the 45th for
the dental school.
Dental School Honors.
Dental school honors were awarded to
ESoperiI SI l. kaplan OF Miami Fla. In the
sfhae Of ths 6sef neTnsTd of cabs
vas vas sradusted magna cum laude. Other
nf n9nSr N.v srSdustes Yo4s were Louis Acierno
Bailey, Of She District OF Columbia James
Patrick Iinii conley, Of Groom Md: Marvin
Stanley Martin Rubin Of Yonkers, N. Y;
Hector Manuel Wales of Puerto Rico
and Ernest R. S. Witten of Gastonia,
All the graduates received the univer-
slty degree of doctor of medicine or doc
Abe AlseTt Emil Pasanini, charles Anthony
sscnWafz; scnla :, RobeTt t,. Browning Sullivan and
Civilians among the dental graduates
saneS eIe y0isph Ea4 Aapfn psr1 Ross G.
den, Henry EDWARD Jones Robert Leon
K1l2isn Kalp2lsn Walter Walter Edwin Lawson. Adrien
Donald Fernand Yelle.
Commissions Awarded.
Commissions in. the Army and Navy
were awarded as follows:
Army Medical Corps,
Acevedo. Norberto La Verne Albert A.
Beaconshsld, Peter, Lillian. Marvin "
susier, gan earroI ''eS Meehas' MMdhasan s., F. p p
Capozzella, Henry r. Peloauin, Laval U.
Carroll, Gerald J. pileggi. John J.
Chanatry: A. George Roy. Robert Leo
clarkin. A. j, jr., Runge, William r
Fitzgerald, R. P. Scafuri. A Richard
Fltzmaurice. J. w Shea James Josenh
rreoa. FRANKLIN D. Tartaglino, E. J
Hermann. Henry L. Thames Arnold F.
Hudec John Alfred Yaeeer, John j.
Kraus, Fred oscar Yarrow. Morris
Kuder, Howard v
Army Medical Corps Reserves.
nclerno Louis j Oliver, William F.
Burns, COrnelluS j. Frisco, Armand I
Eckenrode Joseph L. Schultz. George N,
EltzseralG, B a Shapiro. Albert B
LeahY' EdWard 3. SZot. Alexander C.
Maher. w. F. jr. Thom John q
Merkie, Robert w. Treiber. H. Thomas
Neli' Emmett L Troisi. Joseph G.
Naval Medical Corps Reserves.
Bailey. Joseph A. German Gerald P
Barrett, John L. Larkin. William A
Brewer, Edward T. Mccain, John
De Nigris, Louis T. Pulaski John e
Dennehy, T. j. Thibault Hector n
Fantazier, Elmer F.
Army Dental Corps,
Aburrow, H. A, jr. Leveille, Norman o.
Berrlos, Nestor M MacDonneA, E. T, Jr.
Surchesky' Hobert q. Manautou, Anselmo
Sarrocclo, c. s: Mc1ver, Alton r.
Cattel, Joseph A. O'Brien Robert Law
Chovitz, Frank j. Riccardi s u
Cyr. Normand E. Rotondo, g. l.
Peschio John Del Yesbek. William r.
Du Bois. Georse J. Zullo, Salvatore "
Freitag, Irwin
Naval Dental Corps Reserves.
Brown, John A. KorWan William A.
Cahill, William F. Laspia Michael r
Carmona Jesus E. Mead, Sterling G.
ozark, Pnlllp j. Pugh, Spencer B.
Cohen, Morton Sabbia Frank j.
looping. + u jr. Scannen. James B.
Danys, Albert A Schwartz. Irving
Dickson. Richard A. Sheals, Ralph A.. jr
Garcia, Ernest Silverman. David A.
Gillroy. Kenneth NJ. Sommers Charles r
Hammond, F. s. jr Sweeney Myles F.
Hunger. A. D.. Jr. Thompson, r. K, jr
Kearney. Joseph, Jr. Willets, Seth B.
Kelso. Charles L.