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JAMA. 1970;212(3):471.

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The January 1970 issue of the Journal of Medical Education was filled with pearls and paradoxes. In his role as editor, the president of the Association of American Medical Colleges, John A.D. Cooper, MD, PhD,¹ announced that academic medical centers have the burden for providing, among other things, better health services. He singled out the medical college dean as the central flgure for insuring that all good things are accomplished for college and community. He mentioned an address by Robert J. Glaser in which the latter pointed out that today's dean "... is faced with escalating demands from all segments of society..." (Dr. Glaser recently gave up deaning.)

A warning to be conservative was voiced in the annual Alan Gregg Memorial Lecture by Kingman Brewster, Jr.,² president of Yale University. He began his lecture by saying that the university in the community is (1) "a student," (2) "a student . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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