The establishment by the Jewish community of a Medical school “Is a great public service” Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson declared today at exercises for the dedication of four new buildings at Yeshiva University in this city. Emphasizing the urgent need of the country and the armed services in particular for doctors, Johnson expressed the hope that when the Yeshiva Medical School begins to send out graduates the military services “will attract a number of them.”
“It would be most fitting to predicate the dedication of a medical school at Yeshiva University,” Johnson continued, “on the name and fame of Maimonides, the great Jewish medieval philosopher who matched his worldly wisdom with his medical skill and his interest in man with his faith in God. For,” he added, “like Maimonides the great Jewish doctors were learned men, who knew the history and the culture of their people.”
Besides dedicating the four new buildings, today’s ceremony also marked the opening of a week-long celebration of the educational and physical progress of America’s first University under Jewish auspices. The celebration will mark: the opening of the School of Education and Community Administration; the opening of the Institute for Advanced Rabbinic Research; the accreditation of the College of Arts and Sciences by the Middle States Association of Colleges and the broadening of the scope of the College to admit students who are not necessarily enrolled in the theological or other Jewish study divisions of the University; and the introduction of; pre-medical studies in the College and the laying of the groundwork for the eventual establishment of a medical school.
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