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History
of Puerto Rico Alpha
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March 7, 1956, the Alpha chapter of the University of Puerto Rico
School of Medicine was installed at the Swiss Chalet in San Juan.
This was the first chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha to be established
outside of the United States and Canada. Dr. E. Harold Hinman, Dean
of the School of Medicine, presided the event. In his opening remarks,
he recognized the distinction and honor extended to the University
of Puerto Rico and the School of Medicine in granting a charter for
a chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and expressed
his appreciation to the Faculty of Medicine for this achievement.
Dr. Hinman noted that the development of the University of Puerto
Rico School of Medicine from the School of Tropical Medicine in 1949
showed that, remote to others larger medical centers in the mainland;
history was being made in medical education in our island. |
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Jaime Benítez accepted the Charter on behalf of the University of
Puerto Rico School of Medicine. He expressed confidence that the ideals
and precepts of the Society would be maintained, and pride in the
remarkable development of the medical center within the cultural environment
of the University, which would contribute to the advancement of medical
service in Puerto Rico by training competent physicians and actively
supporting medical research with emphasis on preventive medicine.
Chancellor Benítez stated that the influence of Alpha Omega Alpha
honor society, promoting scholarship, leadership and service, would
further stimulate the spirit of medical service and the promotion
of human welfare. |
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| Dr
Josiah J. Moore, Secretary of Alpha Omega Alpha, presented the certificates
of membership and keys to our first initiates, who were the following: |
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Faculty
Initiates -Guillermo Arbona, Professor, Preventive Medicine and Public
Health; Manuel Fernández Fuster, Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology;
E. Harold Hinman, Dean, Professor of Micro-biology; José Noya Benítez,
Professor of Surgery; and Antonio Ortiz, Professor of Pediatrics Class
of 1955 - Carlos Manuel de Castro, Nydia Rosa de Jesús González, Efraín
García González, Pedro H. García Pont, Amalia Martínez Pico, Carmen
Inés Rivera Estrada, and Alfonso Zerbi Ortiz Class of 1956 - Frankie
Alvarado Norat, Raúl Bacó Dapena, Ada T. Capó de Choudens, Tobias
Lawrence Fleisher, Carlos G. Hurtado, Roberto Rivera Vigoreaux and
Pura Norma Suárez de Roldán; Class of 1957 - Pablo G. Curbelo, Olga
Iguina Hernández, and José R. Landrón. |
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John B. Grant, from the Faculty of Medicine, closed the activity with
a presentation entitled "Trends in Medical Education and Opportunity
of the University of Puerto Rico". |
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installation of the 73rd chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha at the University
of Puerto Rico was a memorable occasion. |
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