Word: namur
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Susan Margaret Claydon. a cheerful young woman who grew up in suburban New Rochelle, N.Y., is a scholar specializing in 17th century English. She is also a Roman Catholic teaching sister, member of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. A vigorous teacher with a sharp eye for the world's ways, Sister Margaret this summer was named head of Washington, D.C.'s Trinity College (enrollment: 646), her own alma mater ('45). Last week, in her new role as one of the nation's youngest college presidents, Sister Margaret, 36, called a press conference...
...nation's youngest university-the University of Dallas-opened the doors of its six brand-new air-conditioned buildings to its first class of 170 students. Originally the idea of Mother Theresa, provincial superior of the Sisters of St. Mary of Namur, the university was first planned as a small Roman Catholic college. But when Bishop Thomas Gorman began raising the necessary money, he found support enough for a more ambitious institution. Headed by Francis Brasted, 44, onetime director of the education department of the National Association of Manufacturers, the coeducational university not only provides the Dallas-Fort Worth...
...large extent, the machine relies on the talents of the doctor using it. If an inexperienced physician had made the examination, he would have punched fewer keys and been flooded with confusing cards. But, when Paycha's robot doctor was displayed at the World Cybernetics Congress in Namur, Belgium, expert ophthalmologists welcomed it because its memory is infallible. To brief his machine on the cornea, Dr. Paycha fed it a whole textbook plus references to articles in medical journals. Next project: glaucoma and diseases of the iris. Inventor Paycha believes his robot will work for any organ. His ultimate...