In celebration of the College of Medicine’s 125th anniversary, UNMC Today is publishing a daily historical question and inviting UNMC employees to send their answers to today@unmc.edu.
The first person to respond correctly will win a free, gray T-shirt commemorating the College of Medicine’s 125th anniversary. There will be no repeat winners. Answers will be published the following day, along with the next question. Winners will be contacted by UNMC Public Affairs, as well as announced in UNMC Today.
The series ends June 14, when the campus community is invited to a free carnival to celebrate the College of Medicine’s anniversary. The carnival — complete with cotton candy, games and prizes — will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Swanson Courtyard (west of the Durham Outpatient Center). Carnival goers will be treated to a jazz band, jugglers and clowns. T-shirts also will be available for purchase.
Congrats to Kelly Duffy, lab specialist, The Nebraska Medical Center, for correctly answering:
Question 4 — The highest award of the national fraternity Phi Rho Sigma is named for a former dean of the College of Medicine. Who is he?
Answer — Dr. Irving Cutter became dean in 1915 shortly after the medical school moved to 42nd street from its former home at 12th and Pacific. He was dean from 1915 to 1925. He was responsible for securing funding for the building of the University of Nebraska Hospital and the South Laboratory (now Bennett Hall). In 1925, Dr. Cutter became dean of Northwestern University in Chicago, a job he held until his retirement in 1941. The Irving S. Cutter Medal is awarded each year by the national Phi Rho Sigma medical fraternity in honor of Dr. Cutter and his work on behalf of Phi Rho (one of the two medical fraternities on our campus).
Here is the next question — good luck!
Question 5 — What former faculty member was one of the discoverers of curare?