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Improving the
human condition
y first brush with a Manchester graduate couldn’t have come a
second sooner.
Dr. Earl P. Cripe ’35 brought me into the world in the wee hours of an
April morning 57 years ago. He remained our family physician throughout
my childhood and helped our family through some difficult days. Dr. Cripe
was competent and compassionate. When medical bills mounted for my struggling young parents,
he told them not to worry. A “vacation” from his practice in Bremen, Ind., took him to serve far
needier people in Honduras. He made house calls.
In this issue of Manchester magazine, we feature several stories that salute our rich history in the
natural sciences, academics that helped prepare graduates like Dr. Cripe. He knew skill alone wasn’t
enough. Life was about helping people.
We celebrate our first Doctor of Pharmacy graduates, a gleaming Fort Wayne campus that is living
up to our highest expectations, and new frontiers in the exciting field of pharmacogenomics.
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We honor 35 years of the Medical Practicum, the chemistry professor who launched it,
Ed Miller ’56, and the chemistry professor who carries the mantle, Jeff Osborne. Practicum
alumni include physicians, dentists, veterinarians, researchers, teachers and more.
With deep gratitude we thank Dr. Jane Henney ’69 and her spouse, Bob Graham, whose gift
of more than $1 million has named the Emerson and Evelyn Niswander Department of Biology
and provided an endowment that will support research, faculty development and new equipment.
Henney made Manchester especially proud when she became the first female commissioner of the
U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Manchester and the sciences formed an amazing partnership from the start. Lives of ability and
conviction, rooted here, have made a difference in the lives of so many others. For me, that
difference was life itself and a small-town doctor who delivered.
Melinda Lantz, editor
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