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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Dear Editor: The Harvard University Health Services and Harvard Medical School are joining forces to establish a teaching fund in honor of A. Stone Freedberg. Many in the Harvard medical community are aware that Al Freedberg was a distinguished physician and an outstanding professor of medicine at the Beth Israel Hospital. After "retirement," he worked at the University Health Services as a senior internist and physician to many members of the Medical School faculty and staff. At a time when he "should" have retired from his position as the oldest active staff person at Harvard, his patients petitioned that he be allowed to continue as their doctor, and the University relented. We are eager to have Harvard medical students enjoy the kind of teaching by example and discussion that Al has represented for more than half a century. While we cannot clone him, we can establish a fund whose principles and philosophy derive from his person and his practice. For those who would like to join in this effort, we welcome checks made out to the Freedberg Teaching Fund at UHS. Our goal is to raise at least $100,000 in order to endow the fund. For those who would like to make a different gift, such as appreciated stock or other property, Mary Moran Perry in our Office of Resource Development (617-432-4818) would be happy to provide information on other ways of giving. I do hope that Focus readers will want to be part of this effort. Its benefit will accrue to Harvard Medical School for generations to come. Sincerely, Daniel D. Federman, Dean for Medical Education Mail gifts to: HMS, 25 Shattuck St., Rm. 306, Boston, MA 02115 |
