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Welcome to a site dedicated to
The School of Tropical and Preventive Medicine
Loma Linda, CA

The STPM Building

[Please Note: This site is a private endeavor and not directly associated with Loma Linda University.]

"The scientific standing of a medical school is based upon the amount of high quality research work that is done and not by the number of graduates that it turns out each year."

- Bruce W. Halstead

This site is being created as an information source on the story of The School of Tropical and Preventive Medicine at Loma Linda, California. This is a cooperative effort with anyone associated with STPM being encouraged to contribute. We Will be building this site as we go along and we want to include as many pictures, stories, research information, and biographical profiles as possible.

Please check out the LIST OF PEOPLE we started that were associated with STPM. If we have any information on a person you will be able to CLICK on that name. If the name does not have a link then we still need what ever information you may be able to contribute.

This site is also part of a comprehensive publication project now in progress and being undertaken by Larry D. Halstead, son of Bruce W. Halstead, M.D. and in conjunction with the valuable irreplaceable cooperation of Raymond Ryckman, Phd. Anyone that worked at, or with, The School of Tropical and Preventive Medicine is encouraged to participate in the preservation of the history of the school. There is very little source documentation available and there is volumes of information that needs to be included in this project so please help if you can.

For more information on how you can help please send email to:

larrydhalstead@gmail.com

Please check back often. Since this site is under construction there will be new material being added all the time.

Thanks for your help!
Larry D. Halstead

"With a school of tropical medicine C.M.E. (Loma Linda University) has an opportunity of making an outstanding contribution to the scientific world."

- Bruce W. Halstead

To Read Doctor Halstead's 1947 Vision for Loma Linda and Research at STPM - CLICK HERE

Ariel View of Loma Linda Campus during STPM Era

"Research will be encouraged .. Definite measures will be taken to make worthwhile contributions to some of the lesser known branches of medicine."

- Bruce W. Halstead

1947 Proposed Building For
The School of Tropical and Preventive Medicine
F. Harvey Slocombe, Architect
and Leland R. Raymond, Associate

The April 15, 1947 copy of "The Medical Evangelist"
announcing the formation of the
School of Tropical and Preventive Medicine

"The STPM will provide a greater stimulus toward directing the attention of both undergraduate and graduate students to a career in foreign mission work."

- Bruce W. Halstead

Picture of Bruce W. Halstead
as it appeared in the April 15, 1947
"The Medical Evangelist"
with his Vision for
School of Tropical and Preventive Medicine

Page Three of the April 15, 1947
"The Medical Evangelist" with the
Bruce W. Halstead Vision for
School of Tropical and Preventive Medicine
[To Read Full Text]

CLICK HERE

"We must push back the veil of medical ignorance through the efforts of Loma Linda graduates and faculty members engaged in what the scientific world has termed - research."
- Bruce W. Halstead

STPM - History

The Complete Story of
the Creation and History of the
School of Tropical and Preventive Medicine
Loma Linda University
1948 to 1961

[Please Note - This post is a work in progress and under construction. It is the story of the STPM from the perspective of the life of it's co-founder, research director, Doctor Bruce W. Halstead and Raymond Ryckman PhD. It relies on his memoirs and the stated history of LLU from their website. This post will be updated with input from Ray Ryckman and any other participants with the School of Tropical and Preventive Medicine. If you have any pictures, stories, or other information that you can contribute, it would be greatly appreciated!]

Doctor Halstead's Vision for Loma Linda and for research at STPM - CLICK HERE

Later History
1961 to 1967

[From - "School of Public Health banquet celebrates School's 40th anniversary" by Heather Reifsnyder To Read Full Story - CLICK HERE]

The School of Public Health was officially started in 1967, with Mervyn G. Hardinge, MD, DrPH, as dean. It was the first private school of public health west of the Mississippi River. The School had been under development for three years, since the Board authorized its creation in 1964.

The School united three entities into one by consolidating the School of Nutrition and Dietetics, the School of Medicine’s department of preventive medicine, and the division of public health. The division of public health had been in existence since 1961; prior to that, it was called the School of Tropical and Preventive Medicine, formed in the late 1940s.

The School of Public Health received full accreditation from the American Public Health Association in June 1967. In the fall of 1967, the Association of Schools of Public Health voted to accept the new LLU School of Public Health as a full member.

STPM - People

Welcome to a site dedicated to
The School of Tropical and Preventive Medicine
Loma Linda, CA

This site is being created as an information source on The School of Tropical and Preventive Medicine at Loma Linda, California. This site is a private endeavor and not directly associated with Loma Linda University. This is a cooperative effort with anyone associated with STPM being encouraged to contribute. We Will be building this site as we go along and we want to include as many pictures, stories, research information, and biographical profiles as possible.

This site is also part of a comprehensive publication project now in progress. This project is being undertaken by Larry D. Halstead, son of Bruce W. Halstead, M.D. and in conjunction with the valuable irreplaceable cooperation of Raymond Ryckman, Phd.

Links

Bruce W. Halstead, M.D.

Raymond Ryckman, PhD.

A Report To Our Friends 1951 - Our Personel
(to see list CLICK HERE)

STPM
Cast of Characters

Please Note - This initial list is being compiled from several sources and is meant as a starting point only. We are actively seeking additional names, biographical information and history with STPM, on as many people as possible. If you have any information to contribute it would be greatly appreciated. Please email all information to: larrydhalstead@gmail.com

Abbott, Donald H., - B.S., M.D., D.N.B., F.A.C.S., L.R.C.P.&S.
(Edin.), F.I.C.S., Instructor, Clinical Tropical Medicine

Arakawa, Kenneth - B.A.,
-(July – 1951) - Entymology
Research Fellow, Department of Microbiology (Parasitology)

Ames, Charles D.O.
-(after July 1951) – Entymology

Arendt, Gladys

Azarowicz, Edward M.S., M.A.,
-(UCLA) Bacteriology/Microbiology Left STPM TT. 04-1952
Research Fellow, Department of Ichthyology and Herpetology

Beckner, Gordon B. - B.S., M.D., D.N.B., D.T.M.&H. (Lond.), L.R.C.P.&S.,
Instructor, Clinical Tropical Medicine

Bergland, Roy V. M.D.
-Biotoxicology

Berglund, Leona Carscalon

Bunker, Norman, M.A. DDS
– (1950) Ichthyology
Research Fellow, Department of Ichthyology and Herpetology

Burnett, Howard
– Parasitology

Cao, Myra Webster
– Entymology Secretary

Chitwood, Myrna

Christianson, Christian Peter

Cummins, Joseph L. - B.A., B.S., M.D.,
Instructor, Clinical Tropical Medicine


Deen, Barbara A.
– Entymology Oct. 1952

Dysinger, William (Bill) P. M.D.

[Freewater, Milton] ?

Fischer, Karl – Dee Fischer

Folkes, Dale
– Entymology – deceased

Goe, Don
– Icthyology/Biotoxicology

Gray, Thela (?) M.

Groves, Kenneth - B.S., M.A., deceased
– Icthyology 1950
Research Fellow, Department of Ichthyology and Herpetology

Habekost, Allan L.

Habekost, Robert C.

Halstead, Bruce W. - B.A., M.D. – deceased
Head, Department of ichthyology and Herpetology

Harding, Mervyn G. M.D.

Hardt, William H. M.D.

Hessel, Don PhD
- Biotoxicology

Kannenberg, Doras F.

Kannenberg, Stanley – deceased
– Parasitology

Kessel, John - Ph.D.,
Visiting Lecturer, Clinical Tropical Medicine

Kittle, Dallas B. -B.A., M.D.,
-Nutritionist, 1951 – Class of 1928
Instructor, Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine (Tropical Nutrition)

Krohne, Harold
– Entymology c/o Linda Gardon

Lee E. Olsen, DDS
- Entymology

Lee, Robert D. - B.S., M.S.
– (1951) Entymology
Research Fellow, Department of Entomology

Lemon, Frank R. M.D. - 1953, 990, T.T. Jan. 1954

Lindt, Chester (after July 1951)
- Entymology

Macpherson, Walter E.
President, College of Medical Evangelist


Mathews, Roger D. M.D.
– Entymology

Montague, Joseph Franklin M.D., F.A.C.S.,
Visiting Lecturer, Clinical Tropical Medicine

Mozar, Harold N. M.D., D.N.B.,
Head, Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine
Director, School of Tropical and Preventive Medicine

Murray, Milton
– Public Relations

Ocampo, Ralph M.D.
– Icthyology since July 1951

Ollis, Don
– Photographer

Palmer, (Mrs. William) Marjorie S.
– Secretary Entymology (Oct. - 1952)

Parmelee, Warren E. M.D.,
-Parasitology

Perkins, Curtis L. -B.A.,
- Bacteriology 1951,in charge 04/1952
Assistant, Department of Microbiology

Ryckman, Raymond -B.S., PhD
(Sept 1 – 1950) Entymology
Head, Department of Entomology

Schwandt, (Mrs. Allan L.) Celene Hooper
- Secretary

Shakespeare, Paul – deceased
– Public Relations

Sharfenberg, Richard deceased

Shryock, E. Harold - B.S., M.D., M.A., D.N.B.,
Dean, School of Tropical and Preventive Medicine

Slater, James M. M.D.

Smith, Dunbar W. B.S., M.D., D.N.B., D.T.M.&H.,
Instructor, Clinical Tropical Medicine.

Spencer, Dean (Oct. 1952)
– Entymology

Teel, Charles Jr.

Wagner, Edward D. -B.A., M.S., PhD
- (1953) -Parasitology
Acting Head, Department of Microbiology

Walden, Richard T. M.D.

Westphal, Edward A. - B.S. M.D., D.N.B.
Instructor, Clinical Tropical Medicine

Whorton, Douglas

Wong, Chester -B.A., M.D.
(1951 – School of Lab Tech.) Parasitology
Instructor, Department of Microbiology

Wong, Lois W. PhD
– (October 1952) – Parasitology

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STPM - Chronology

Welcome to a site dedicated to
The School of Tropical and Preventive Medicine
Loma Linda, CA

This site is being created as an information source on The School of Tropical and Preventive Medicine at Loma Linda, California. This site is a private endeavor and not directly associated with Loma Linda University. This is a cooperative effort with anyone associated with STPM being encouraged to contribute. We Will be building this site as we go along and we want to include as many pictures, stories, research information, and biographical profiles as possible.

This site is also part of a comprehensive publication project now in progress. This project is being undertaken by Larry D. Halstead, son of Bruce W. Halstead, M.D. and in conjunction with the valuable irreplaceable cooperation of Raymond Ryckman, Phd.

Read Doctor Halstead's 1947 vision for Loma Linda and Research at STPM - CLICK HERE

STPM - Research

Research at
The School of Tropical and Preventive Medicine
Loma Linda, CA

This POST is all about the research that was being conducted at the School of Tropical and Preventive Medicine at Loma Linda, California. While still under construction, the goal for this POST is as follows:

1). Compile a chronological list of all research projects during the STPM time frame, starting in 1948 and continuing until the STPM was slowly and systematically dismantled between the years of 1958 through 1967.

2). Catalog the work of each research scientist, what projects they were working on, time period involved, and the grant sources supporting that research.

3). Document the research with whatever photographs and film footage that may still be available.


This site is a private endeavor and not directly associated with Loma Linda University. This is a cooperative effort, anyone associated with STPM is being encouraged to contribute. We Will be building this site as we go along and we want to include as many pictures, stories, research information, and biographical profiles as possible.

Doctor Bruce W. Halstead
Research Scientist at STPM

This site is also part of a comprehensive publication project now in progress. This project is being undertaken by Larry D. Halstead, son of Bruce W. Halstead, M.D. and in conjunction with the valuable irreplaceable cooperation of Raymond Ryckman, Phd. To submit information about research at STPM please send an email to: larrydhalstead@gmail.com

To Read Doctor Halstead's 1947 vision for Loma Linda and Research at STPM - CLICK HERE

Doctor Halstead was the Co-founder of the School of Tropical and Preventive Medicine. For thirteen years leading up to 1948, he had been trained in tropical medicine, specimen collection, parasitology, slide preparation, specimen identification, ichthyology, botany, marine biology, and other natural sciences at the Golden Gate Academy of Sciences while earning degrees in biology from San Francisco City College, zoology at UC Berkeley, and medicine at Loma Linda.

From its inception in 1948 Doctor Halstead pioneered the existence of research at Loma Linda under the newly formed School of Tropical and Preventive Medicine. During the period from 1948 through 1958, Doctor Halstead worked on an array of research projects that resulted in ninety publications culminating in his first book in 1958 entitled: "Dangerous Marine Animals".

To see a complete list of Doctor Halstead's Publications - CLICK HERE

Doctor Halstead left Loma Linda and the STPM in 1958 to begin his own research facility called World Life Research Institute (WLRI). World Life became the home for all of Doctor Halstead's research until his death in 2002. That research continued into the investigation of drugs from the sea and jungles, and then evolved into his work pioneering new health modalities.

To learn more about World Life Research Institute - CLICK HERE

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