Word: edman
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...proud of the contribution to the work of the illustrious surgeon DeBakey that was made by members of the staff of the Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science. Dr. Thomas Edman, chairman of the knitting department here at the college, played a significant role in the research and development of the knitted Dacron and Teflon arterial replacements. Dr. Edman is currently working on additional prosthetics that include heart valves and abdominal patches utilizing man-made fibers and knitting technology...
More Than Nails. Wheaton's fourth president, 59-year-old Dr. Victor Raymond Edman (a minister in the Swedish Mission Covenant Group), sees the Bible and science as two separate systems of knowledge. "Jesus doesn't choose to speak to us on matters scientific," he says. "He could, but he doesn't. Science helps us understand a great deal about the universe, but not about the creator of the universe and his personality." How about the theory of evolution? Says Dr. Russell Mixter of the Plymouth Brethren, zoology professor and chairman of the biological sciences department...