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University Daily Kansan Thursday, May 2, 1963
From Society Medic to Jungle Humanitarian for Tom Dooley
Although Dr. Tom Dooley spent most of his life in caring for the sick in Laotian jungles, his early life was that of the rich son of a successful industrialist.
When he was a freshman at Notre Dame University he planned to become a wealthy society doctor specializing in obstetrics, according to Charles Metzler, Lawrence freshman, who spoke at the Great Men of the Twentieth Century discussion last night.
DR. DOOLEY did not decide to be the humanitarian he later became until he saw the pitiful situation of the people of Southeast Asia.
During his military service, he took part in the "passage to freedom" which evacuated the North
Viet Namese before the communists took control.
During this experience, he had a chance to see the condition of the people and their need for medical help, Metzler said.
AFTER HIS RETURN to the United States, Dr. Dooley resigned his commission in the Navy and wrote his first book, "Deliver Us From Evil."
He began making plans to return to that area to give medical aid. Metzler said at first everyone thought he had some ulterior motive.
"THEY COULDN'T believe he would do this if he weren't attached to some religious or political group," he said.
He said although Dr. Dooley was
not sponsored by any religious group, he had a deep religious conviction.
Dr. Dooley set up his hospital in a concrete structure in a small Laotian village. There was only one other doctor in the entire country and four or five pseudo-doctors that had been trained by him.
DR. DOOLEY SPENT the rest of his life in caring for the sick in Laos and touring the U.S. to raise money for his hospital.
He personally raised $850,000 for his hospital.
He returned to the U.S. for medical care for himself after he developed a cancer in his chest. He died two years later of this cancer at the age of 34, Metzler said.
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A picnic supper and American folk songs will be the main features of the People-to-People Happy Hour Friday.
Co-sponsored by Kappa Sigma and Chi Omega, the Happy Hour will be at 4:30 p.m. at the Kappa Sigma house, 1045 Emery Road.
Fred Green, Prairie Village senior and organizer of the program, said several types of sandwiches, baked beans, and potato chips will be served at the dinner at 5:30 p.m. in the backyard of the house. He added there will be iced-tea and dessert served.
All foreign students are invited.
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Navy Crew Confuses Towns
SAN DIEGO, Calif.—(UPI) —Crew
members aboard the U.S. Navy attack transport returning from the Far East broke out a sign as they entered San Diego harbor reading:
"Hello, San Francisco."
But as the vessel nudged alongside a pier where hundreds of waiting dependents roared their disapproval, they flipped the sign over to the reverse side which read: "Opps, Hello San Diego."
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