NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1956 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 797-799

The second National Vitamin Foundation-Russell M. Wilder Fellowship to be granted by The National Vitamin Foundation has been awarded to Dr. Leslie T. Webster, Jr., of Western Reserve University. Dr. Webster, who received his M.D. degree from Harvard Medical School in 1948, is a Demonstrator in Medicine at Western University School of Medicine and an Assistant Visiting Physician at City Hospital, Cleveland. While on the National Vitamin Foundation-Russell M. Wilder Fellowship, Dr. Webster will continue his studies of the metabolism of protein, amino acids and ammonium in patients with and without liver disease.

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1950 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 764-764
Author(s):  
E. B. SHAW

JOHN TOOMEY died January 1, 1950. Born May 25, 1889, his preliminary education was in law, in which he received the degree of LL.B. and he practiced law for one year. Forsaking law for medicine, he entered medical school and received his medical degree from Western Reserve University in 1919. His entire professional career was devoted to the service of his Alma Mater where, beginning in a minor capacity, he had steadily increasing responsibilities to be finally Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Contagious Diseases, Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and Associate Director of Pediatrics and Contagious Diseases and Associate Director in the Department of Pediatrics, Out Patient Department, City Hospital of Cleveland.


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