Word: funkenstein
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Named to the committee with Potter are Dr. Harold Amos, associate professor of Bacteriology and Immunology, Dr. Perry J. Culver '37, associate dean for Admissions, Dr. Leon Eisenberg, professor of Psychiatry, Dr. Don W. Fawcett '38, Hersey Professor of Anatomy, Dr. Daniel Funkenstein, assistant professor of Psychiatry, Dr. Edwin J. Furshpan, associate professor of Neurobiology...
...Funkenstein has since interviewed these students and has formulated several reasons why some students are not admitted to medical schools...
...Daniel H. Funkenstein, assistant professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, who has conducted much research on medical school admissions, has found that if such students return and do well academically, demonstrating their ability to do science, and if their recom- menders emphasize the "new man," they usually gain admission. For those who have taken all of their premedical requirements before they left, he recommends that at least one more science course be taken after returning to demonstrate ability in this area...
Prout, King, Funkenstein, and Dean von Stade are jointly seeking steps to reduce the number of unsuccessful applicants. In addition to the counselling services of Prout and Funkenstein, who advise rejected candidates about further plans, several studies are being planned to supply needed information...
...addition, Dr. Funkenstein has offered to visit each House sometime in the spring and give a talk about the unsuccessful applicants