Members of Michigan State University's first medical class were welcomed at a convocation of the College of Human Medicine by (front row, from left to right) Dr. William H. Knisely, director of the Institute of Biology and Medicine; Dr. John A. Hannah, President of MSU; Dr. Lester J. Evans, visiting professor and Dr. Andrew D. Hunt Jr., Dean of the College of Human Medicine.
Students are: front row, from the center-- Elizabeth J. Konicki of Farmington; Anne R. Maledon of Detroit; Theresa A. Baker of Wayne; Marilyn J. Gifford of Lansing.
Second row, from the left: Lyle D. Victor of Detroit; Daniel E. Williams of Lansing; Mark D. Gendleman of Detroit; James A. Ruggles of Moline, Illinois; Paul F. Campana of Crystal Falls; Howard S. Feldman of Scarsdale, New York; Samuel Oberstein of Detroit; Brian R. Molstad of Minneapolis, Minnesota; William S. Adam of East Lansing; Leonard G. Dorey of Pontiac; Gary D. Gillespie of Jackson; Donald C. Parker of Adrian and Darrell Potter of Grand Rapids.
Back row, from the left: James O. Lawrence, Jr., of Kalamazoo; Gary T. Denslow of Weidman; Lawrence A. Rathbun, Jr., of Pontiac, Illinois; Robert L. Hanson of Cassopolis; Lance E. Olson of East Lansing; Laurence A. Eidt of Bay City; Thomas F. Alguire of Flint; Bert B. Schoenkerman, Jr., of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Arno W. Weiss, Jr. of Saginaw.