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r East Central Junior Col ge, Decatur, honored Dr illiam Lamar Weems ( lckson a s "Alumnus of th 2ar' ' in special Homecomin A i v i t i e s which were held o the college campus Saturda] October 21. Dr. Weems is on ' of the nation's outstandin urologists. An alumni banquet was he1 that night at 6:30 P.M., : hich time Dr. Weems wa uresented a certificate an plaque for his outstanding ac tmplishments a s an alum1 I ' the college. A native of Scott Count! the forty year old physician i s the son of Mr. and Mrs. :ack D. Weems of Forest. e is married to the former anette Weaver of Ackerman. hey a r e the parents of four childrer~,Suzelle, Judy, Scott and Robin. Dr. Weems is a graduate I Forest High School (1949) ~d East Central Junior Col-

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. J - J ~ ) , and Baylor University He holds membership in ollege of Medicine (1956). the American Urological As- hile at East Central, he sociation, (Diplomatej Ameri- e l r& a s editor of the Tom- can Board of Urology, Felloa om college newspaper, won of the American College ol le Special Distinction award Surgeons, Society of Univer- )r extra-curricular activi- sity Urologist. Americar e s , and graduated at the top Fertility Society, Southeas- i his class a s valedictorian. tern Section of ihe Americar At Baylor, he held member- Urologica! Associaxion, hfis- hip in the Alpha Omega Alpha sissippi State Urological As- Iedical Scholastic Honor So- sociation, America.n Meciica: iety, served a s editor of the Association. earbook, and was elected a s Currently he serves on thc resident of the third year Medical Advisory Board for lass. the Mississippi Kidney Foun- rior to serving a s a cap- dation, Mississippi Chaptel 1111 in the U. S. Air Force of the National Multiple Scle- rom 1957 to 1959, Chanute r o s i s Society, and Vocationa .F Base, Ill., Dr. Weems Rehabilitation Division 0 ompleted his internship at Mississippi State Departmen le Confederate Memorial of Education; i s chairman o ledical Center inshreveport, the Commission on Educatio~ for the Wesley Methodis lter he went to the Uni- Church; and is a member o ersity of Mississippi Medi- the Faculty Senate of the Uni. 91 Center where he com- versity of Mississippi Col. :ed a residency in general lege of Medicine, the corn urgery ('59-'61) and a resi- mittee on Education an( ency in urology ('61-'64).* Science of the Southeaster] In 1964-65, he completed Section of the American Uro. nother residency in urology logical Association, and thc t the Massachusetts General Administrative Board of thc ipital, Boston, Mass. Wesley Methodist Church. d r . Weems joined the staff For his accomplishments f the University of Missis- Dr. Weems was selectec ti College of Medicine and "Best Faculty" by the Medi ~ t . University of Mississippi cal School Class of 1969, s e r dedical Center in 1965. He ved a s past president of thi s currently serving a s as- University of Mississippi Cli ociate professor of surgery nical Associates, was facult: urology), chief of thedivision advisor for the Universit lf urology, consultant for the Hospital House Staff Associa I J. S. Veterans Hospltal in tion, served a s president an1 'ackson, and consultant for on the board of directors fo he Mississippi State Mental the Magnolia Speech Schoc . - -. .. . - - - - - - -- for the Deaf, and is presi

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lege-Dr. W. Lamar Weem Jackson, chief of the Division ( Urology and professor of urok gy surgery, University of Mi, sissippi School of Medicing Richard E. Mayo, Dickinsoi Tdx., assistant manager of ti- Shuttle Space Station Progran a1 Aeronautics and Spat istratian Manual Spacc craft Center. Houston, Tex.; D Rainer S. Johnson, Wilmingto~ Del., vice president of the Ih Pont Corp.; Charles A. Cartel Jackson, attorney and presiden of Ranker's Trust Savings 8 - 'oung, Nashville, chair >apartment of English, V lerbilt University; Dr. W, 'ho~npson, Greenville, super endent of sohools and imun iate past president of the id issippi Association of School ~dministrators;Dr. Joseph C/ odd, Cincinnati, heart s eon; Dr. Clay Simmons, as late director, Agricultural I mion Service, Mississi, tate Yniversity. Aob&anKSs08q Arthur Wi 1 t e a d , Philadelphia, exqo p-essman; Thomas D

dent-elect of the Mississipp State Urological Association -