Word: specialist
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Into Bradley's former post as executive vice president and finance chairman goes Frederic G. Donner, 54, a G.M. financial specialist since 1926. Michigander Donner (Michigan, '23) is a trim, conservative man with a passion for figures and a reputation for precision. Staff members call him an "animated slide rule," set their watches by his arrival at work (8:34 a.m.), respect his ability to shuffle three sets of figures at once without losing track. After all the changes, the top operating spot at G.M. was still firmly held by the same man: President Harlow H. Curtice...
...specialist in international affairs and foreign policy, he has written and lectured widely on his field. He has also held several posts in the government, including membership in the Secretariat of the U.N. Conference on International Organization at San Francisco...
...others: Second Lieut. Laszlo Tabori, 24, who shares the 1,500-meter record with Iharos; Captain Istvan Rozavolgyi, 26, 2,000-meter record holder; Textile Factory Worker Jozsef Kovacs, 29, who has tied the world record at 10,000 meters; Budapest Fireman Lajos Szentgali, 23, 800-meter specialist...
...tendency in medical schools, mostly specialist-staffed, is still to discourage M.D.s from entering general practice. Of some 20,000 hospital-training residencies for young M.D.s, only 500 are for generalists; 198 of these are going begging. Last year only 35% of the nation's M.D.s were in general practice, v. 40% in 1940. Some 30 million Americans have no regular family doctor, although the overall U.S. doctor-patient ratio (one to 760) has changed little in the last 50 years...
Different as their problems are, most G.P.s would agree with Booster DeTar's, analysis of their task: "The family doctor is the captain of the medical team. He should make the diagnosis and care for the patient to the limit of his ability. He should bring in a specialist when needed. Then, with the help of the specialist, he should manage the overall care...