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6.   ACQUIRE PRINT OF 13-PART TV SERIES, "CIVILISATION"

      "Civilisation," the film that recently won overwhelming ac-
claim as a 13-part television series, is being shown to Central
Kentucky audiences in motion picture form, beginning March 28. An
overview of civilization as seen through Western man's greatest
painting, sculpture, architecture and music, the film was produced
by the British Broadcasting Corporation and is narrated by British
art historian Kenneth Clark. The print of the film acquired by
the University is shown without charge at a series of weekly offer-
ings in the Student Center Theater and White Hall classroom build-
ing. After a one-hour introductory program last week, the series
will continue in weekly segments of two hours each. Public show-
ings are scheduled for 3 o'clock on Sunday and Wednesday afternoons
in the Student Center Theater and for 7:30 each Thursday night in
Room 118 White Hall. Dr. John B. Stephenson, dean of undergraduate
studies, said the 16-mm. color film was purchased primarily as a
teaching aid in fine arts, history, architecture, education,and
other fields. In recognition, however, of the film's appeal to
general audiences, as demonstrated by its television success, the
administration decided to exhibit "Civilisation" not only for all
University students and faculty, but as a public service for in-
terested off-campus viewers as well.



7.   MED STUDENT WINS MILTON SHY AWARD

      James R. Heckmann, second year medical student, has won the
G. Milton Shy Award in Clinical Neurology, given to only one out-
standing medical student in the U.S. each year. The American Acad-
emy of Neurology selected Heckmann as the Tenth Essay Contest winner
on the basis of his paper, "Excitability Curve: A New Technique for
Assessing Human Peripheral Nerve Excitability in Vivo." The studies
which were the subject of Heckmann's essay were performed during the
summer of 1970 in the laboratory of Dr. Michael P. McQuillen, asso-
ciate professor of neurology. "The technique which Mr. Heckmann
developed is a new and sensitive measure of nerve function," Dr.
McQuillen stated. "It has great attractiveness as a simple method
for the investigation of patients with peripheral neuropathies."



8.    FIRST DISTINGUISHED PHARMACIST AWARDS PRESENTED

      Seven Kentucky pharmacists have been named the first Distin-
guished Kentucky Pharmacists and honored at a banquet at the Stu-
dent Center by the faculty of the College of Pharmacy. Awards were
presented to William B. Zubrod, Nathan Kaplan, W. Oscar Votteler,
and Arthur P. Markendorf, all of Louisville; Ferdinand D. Stoll,
Lexington; George W. Grider, Danville, and Willard F. Bettinger,
Ft. Mitchell. The presentations were made in conjunction with the
college's Centennial Day program. Joe Creason, Louisville news-
paper columnist, was the banquet speaker. The Dean's Centennial
Seminar and open house at the college were features of the program
earlier, on March 23. Dr. Peter Bosomworth, vice president for the
A. B. Chandler Medical Center, presented the awards. Greetings were
extended by Dean Joseph V. Swintosky, College of Pharmacy.