Mentor program sparks meaningful connections

Thanks to a quick response from alumni and community physicians, all Medical School students who signed up for the Connections mentoring program this year were quickly placed with mentors. This year 96 students signed up to receive advice and guidance from practicing physicians throughout their years in medical school. Of the 96 mentors matched with students, 61 were Medical School alumni — M.D.'s, residents, fellows, or Ph.D.'s.

Surprise! 1911 time capsule unearthed in Jackson Hall

Frank Cerra, M.D., started the new year with a look back — way back. On January 5, the University's senior vice president for health sciences carefully pried open a time capsule dating back to 1911. The dark metal box had been discovered about two months earlier by workers renovating Jackson Hall.

Alumnus publishes book about military medicine, love

Francis John Haddy, M.D., Ph.D., never planned to write a book. But after half a century of looking at a stack of love letters from the post-World War II era, he decided to do something with them. Haddy recently published Flight Surgeonand Intern, a 278-page story about the time he spent away from his new bride practicing medicine with the U.S. Army in Panama.

Save the date!

Plan to join other alumni for Reunion Weekend in May and the Golf Classic in August.

It's nomination time for the 2005 Alumni Awards

If you know a graduate of the Medical School who deserves recognition, the Medical Alumni Society would like to know. Nominations are now being accepted for three awards: the Harold S. Diehl, the Distinguished Alumni, and the Early Distinguished Career awards. The awards will be presented May 20 at the annual alumni recognition banquet.

Remembering Ancel Keys

The University of Minnesota has lost a prominent public health leader who had a great impact on the Medical School and the world. Ancel Keys, Ph.D., the scientist who invented the K ration and pioneered studies linking high-fat diets to heart disease, died of natural causes November 20 at the age of 100.

In Memoriam