By UTMB communications department
The Moody Medical Library’s Truman G. Blocker Jr. History of Medicine Collections recently accepted materials belonging to Dr. Thomas Cronin, a 1932 graduate of UTMB.
Dr. Cronin was an early developer of the silicone breast implant. He was also a member of the surgical team that performed the first surgery using the implant in 1962. Cronin’s nephew, Dr. Ernest Cronin, also a UTMB graduate, and his wife Kathleen donated the materials which include photo albums, glass plate negatives, and an actual Cronin-Gerow implant from 1964.
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For the 10th year, UTMB is participating in RecycleMania – a friendly, eight-week competition for college and university recycling programs. UTMB is one of 273 schools across the country participating in the competition. Through April 2, UTMB students and staff will face off against other schools in 11 categories to see who recycles the most on a per capita basis; who produces the least amount of waste; and who recycles the largest percentage of their overall waste stream. Last year, UTMB placed second overall in paper recycling and third in cardboard recycling out of 394 colleges and institutions. The university also took fifth place in the per capita category, where schools compete to see who can collect the largest combined amount of paper, cardboard, bottles and cans per person.
Of historical note
Some milestones as UTMB marks its 125th anniversary: In 1954, UTMB opened the then-new John Sealy Hospital and the R. Waverley Smith Pavilion opened. Later this month, the new Jennie Sealy Hospital, which is connected to the R. Waverley Smith Pavilion, will be dedicated and begin accepting patients sometime in April. Waverley Smith and Jennie Sealy were husband and wife, and along with John Sealy, established the Sealy & Smith Foundation in 1922.
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