The Michigan Daily-Thursday, September 26, 1991 - Page 3 Work in Hispani *health awarded by Karl Hell The University Student Minor- ity Service recognized Dr. Avedis Donabedian and Dr. Myron Wegman last night for their effort and inter- est in Hispanic health issues and culture as part of the Hispanic Her- itage Celebration. Wegman, who is in Spain, re- ceived the certificate for his com- mitments to Hispanic issues prior to his departure. He has served as Secretary General of the Pan Ameri- can Health Organization and as Dean of Public Health. As director of the organization, he pursued his goal of medical prevention by helping supply physicians in South America with vaccines for polio and small pox. 'Through (Hispanic) transcendent literature ... I've become one of its adopted children' - Avedis Donabedian Wegman has the longest tenure of any dean of Public Health at the University. He is credited with in- creasing the number of programs of- .fered by the School of Public Health. The Armenian-born Donabedian, 'the Nathan Sinai Distinguished Pro- fessor Emeritus of the School of *Public Health, was present to re- ceive his certificate. He said he has a platonic affinity with the Hispanic culture. "Through its transcendent litera- ture ... I've" become one of its .adopted children," Donabedian said. He is known as the "quality man" because of his work in main- taining the quality of public health service. He also is a pioneer in health administration. By laying the foun- "dation for health administration, he made the University one the first schools to provide classes on public health quality and administration. Donabedian never took a class in Spanish, but learned to read it by tediously translating Spanish works using a dictionary. Now he owns a library of Spanish books. Both Wegman and Donabedian worked to bring students from South America to study at the Uni- versity. Donabedian also endeavored to ensure quality medical practice and health insurance in South Amer- ica and has had his books and articles published in several languages. The Avedis Donabedian Founda- tion was established last year in Barcelona, Spain, for the improve- ment of health care. The foundation follows a path cut out by Donabe- dian, which specifies that it should monitor public and private health care providers. Despite his interests in other countries, Donabedian looks for- ward to "an inevitable" national health insurance system that will ease some of the health problems in the United States. Bush stalls plan to help U.N. he] WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House yesterday warily ac- cepted an Iraqi promise to allow unimpeded flights by United Nations helicopters but said "all options are open" to deal with Iraq's detention of U.N. inspectors. President Bush was putting on hold his earlier threat to escort the U.N. flights with Pentagon war- planes because Iraq had promised in writing that the U.N. effort could proceed unconditionally, press sec- retary Marlin Fitzwater said. "We'll believe it when we see it, and we are watching to see what happens," Fitzwater said. He said, the issue "has been re- solved by virtue of the written as- surance from Iraq that the heli- copters can fly wherever they want. Period. That's the end of that. ... Now if that doesn't happen, then we'll see." In other developments yester- day: Gen. Colin Powell, the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told Congress that the inspectors had found "gold mines" of data on Iraq's nuclear capability. An administration source said the Pentagon was preparing to send back to the region Air Force Lt. Gen. Charles Horner, who com- manded the U.S. bombardment of Iraq in the Persian Gulf War. The United States began de- licopters ploying 100 Patriot defense mis- siles to Saudi Arabia, along with ai more than 1,300 soldiers to operate p them. w As a standoff between U.N. a weapons inspectors and Iraqi au- G thorities continued in Baghdad, Bush met yesterday morning with his top a, national security aides, including (t Powell. p He later told a House subcom- mittee that Bush "has preserved all si w inIraq In his testimony to the House rmed services subcommittee, owell said the Patriot missiles vould be in place in Saudi Arabia in few days. They were sent from ermany yesterday. "We don't know that there is ny significant threat at the moment o Saudi Arabia), but it's wise to be rudent," Powell said. He made no mention of the pos- bility of sending additional U.S. 'We don't know that there is any significant threat at the moment (to Saudi Arabia), but it's wise to be prudent' c- Colin Powe chair of Joint Chiefs of Staff his options" to respond to the Iraqis' refusal to let the inspectors leave a nuclear records site with valuable evidence of nuclear weapons activity. Fitzwater said the White House considers the matter of Iraq imped- ing U.N. helicopters to be "resolved for the moment." That means Bush won't dispatch helicopter warships and planes as he had threatened to support the inspectors' mandate to investigate Iraq's nuclear, chemical and biological warfare facilities, he said. warplanes to the region, but noted "a rather significant" U.S. air capa- bility remains in Saudi Arabia from the war. He said that in the event that Bush decided to order air strikes- against Iraqi nuclear facilities, the{ U.S. military could not guarantee that every bit of Saddam's nuclear, development effort could be de- stroyed. Powell said he was "reasonably, confident" such strikes could render any remaining nuclear material mil- itarily useless. Mom, I want the pickle Ann Arbor residents Sarah and Lawrence Cadiz share a submarine yesterday. Half-century later, people listen to Jan Karski by Melinda Montgomery and Rachel Freedman When Jan Karski tried to warn Western leaders in 1942 of the atrocities being committed in Poland, no one listened. But last night, when Karski spoke to an audi- ence of about 500 at Rackam Auditorium, everyone listened. Karski, a Polish underground leader, received the University of Michigan Wallenberg medal. The medal is intended to honor Rauol Wallenberg, a graduate of the University who received a degree in architecture in 1935. After return- ing to his native Sweden, Wallen- berg served as a diplomat and saved thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Nazis during World War II by distributing Swedish certificates of protection. Elie Wiesel was the first recipi- ent of the award last year. Karski's lecture focused mainly on the difficulty he experienced when he tried to convince American and British officials of the genocide that was taking place in Europe. "What I saw, I will not say. Now there are hundreds of people who speak about the Holocaust, but I do want to talk about what I learned from the war," Karski said. In 1942 and 1943 Karski met with Allied leaders, including President Franklin Roosevelt and Supreme Court Justice Felix Frank- furter, to warn them of the atroci- ties that were being committed against the Jews. Yet, Karski said, neither of these men heeded his warnings. "I learned that people in power have tremendous ability to reject the truth." Karski said. After the Allies refused to act on what he told them, Karski was disgusted and told no one of his war experiences for 35.years. When Karski was asked why he remained silent for so long, he said, "I was disgusted. Officials would go to Germany and see the concen- tration camps and say they never imagined this was going on. But they knew because I told them. " Karski said that while the his- tory of the Holocaust should be taught today, it should only be done in a way that will not make young Jewish people distrust humanity. Many students said they turned out for the speech hoping to hear an inspiring speech, much like Wiesel's last year. "I feel that he had a lot of inter- esting things to say that are impor tant for our generation to hear," said Kerry Rader, a first-year LSA student. Today from 10:30 am to noon Karski will meet with students and faculty members at the Center for Russian and East European Studies in Lane Hall. i Pharmacology dept. to celebrate centennial by Jennifer Silverberg The Department of Pharmacol- ogy will celebrate its centennial this weekend as 175 alumni return for a three day symposium. The conference will begin today with registration and a reception at the Museum of Art from 7 to 9 p.m. Tomorrow morning, the department will host a breakfast, followed by a welcome address with University President James Duderstadt; George Zuidema, vice provost for Medical Affairs; Giles Bole, dean of the Medical School; and Raymond Counsell, interim chair of the Pharmacology Department. "Most speakers are ... alumni. Few were invited who did not get advanced degrees here," said Dennis Ondreyka, department administra- tor of Pharmacology. "On Friday, topics deal with sci- entific research in nature and are given by alumni, academia and indi- viduals who are well-known in in- dustry and the federal government. On Saturday, industry and national association speakers are-presenting the lectures," he said. Event coordinators said that while the centennial celebration will commemorate past department accomplishments, it will also focus on future undertakings for the department. One such undertaking will be the search for a new department chair beginning in January, Ondreyka said. However, he said that until a suitable replacement can be found, the department will keep abreast of current topics of research. The Pharmacology centennial celebration will commemorate past accomplishments and focus on future undertakings "The Department will concern itself with cardiovascular pharma- cology, neuropharmacology, drug abuse and pharmacogenetics until such time as recruitment for a new chair is completed," he said. One hundred years ago, John Abel, a University alumni, became the first chair of the Department of Pharmacology when pharmacology replaced the classical teaching method of Materia Medica, a de- scriptive, anecdotal and uncritical listing of medicine. Maurice Seevers served as chair from 1944 to 1971. During his tenure, he brought notoriety to the department by establishing a colony of Rhesus monkeys to study drug addiction and narcotics. He also moved the department toward an emphasis on clinical pharmacology, which led to the establishment of the Upjohn Center in 1966. Today, the department is located in the Medical Science Building I; and has about 40 undergraduate stu- dents, 42 graduate students and 40 faculty members. The graduate school is ranked as one of the top five of its kind in the country. I__ University of Michigan Fraternity Rush Rush Schedule: Corrections TheMiciga DalyDecylesu? 71 11 11 1 II Brian Kight was incorrectly identified as an Engineering sophomore in yesterday's Daily. He is a junior. Delta Beta Phi did not co-sponsor today's Career Fair. The event is co- sponsored by Tau Beta Pi - the Engineering Honor Society - and the Society of Women Engineers. September 29 4:00-10:00 p.m. September 30 - October 3 7:00-10:00 p.m. Daily Go Greek! 4--.. "f ivy "".. } Questions? Contact the Interfraternity Council Office at 663-4505 THE What's happening Meetings Michigan VideoYearbook, weekly mtg. Union, 4th floor, 7:30. U-M Biological Society, mass mtg. Nat Sci Bldg, 4th floor seminar rooms, 7 p.m.. Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, mtg. Dana, Rm 1040,7 p.m. AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT-UP), Union, Anderson Rm B, 7:30. Campus Crusade for Christ, weekly mtg. Dental School Kellogg Aud, G005, 7-8. Amnesty International. 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