Graham H. Jeffries, M.D., D. Phil
Physician, Professor Emeritus Of Medicine
Gastroenterology And Founding Chair
Department Of Medicin
The Quest for Longitude Edited By William J. H. Andrewes
Quoting an article by Dr. Aber in the Crescent: when Harrell asked Jeffries what goals he had for the department, Jeffries replied, “to establish a department that provides excellent patient care, teaching, and research.”
Dr. Jeffries chose The Quest for Longitude Edited by William J. H. Andrewes. His reasons for choosing this book, loosely quoted, “It combines history, geography, the search for longitude and of course, his love of clocks." Dr. Jeffries has been a long time library advocate and supporter. He has also been the keeper of the grandfather clock.
C. Max Lang, BS, DVM, DACLAM
George T. Harrell Professor And Founding Chair
Department Of Comparative Medicine
The Impossible Dream: The Founding of the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center of The Pennsylvania State University By C. Max Lang
The George T Harrell Library is strategically located, both architecturally and intellectually, between the basic and clinical science academic departments. This emphasizes the art of medicine which is based on scientific discoveries. It also subtly encourages the importance of continuing education to cope with the overwhelming amount of new information.
Alphonse Leure-dupree, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus Of Neural And Behavioral Sciences
Associate Dean For Academic Achievement
Dr. Leure-duPree decided to have his photograph taken in front of the bookshelf that houses many of the books that have travelled with him throughout his life and career. He has a particular interest in art, as revealed by his many paintings and lithographs, and a number of his books reflect this passion.
Harold L. Paz, M.D., M.S.
Chief Executive Officer,
Senior Vice President For Health Affairs, And Dean
The Healing of America By T. R. Reid
T.R. Reid’s book, The Healing of America, explores the question of how we can make our health care system better, with higher quality care, lower costs, and fairer access. Reid looks at many different models of care around the world for possible solutions. As his book suggests, openness to new ideas and the ability to think globally are crucial to our efforts to make health care better in this country, and academic health centers like ours must take the lead in pioneering creative approaches to improving care.
Just as it will take innovation to improve our health care system, new approaches and technology are also an essential part of any library. The ideal library is one that offers a full range of electronic access to information, with knowledgeable staff and space in which people can interact with information, ideas, and each other.
Victoria Schirm, PhD, RN
Director, Nursing Research
Penn State Hershey Medical Center
Department of Nursing
Notes on Nursing By Florence Nightingale
My Penn State nursing education instilled an appreciation for the library as a place to find best available evidence to support nursing interventions that are so important to quality patient care. Florence Nightingale’s Notes on Nursing, written over 150 years ago, is an early example of nursing knowledge development shared in a book. For me, the library is an important gateway to books, journals, references, and a myriad of other resources that captures nursing’s unique and distinct contribution to patient care.
Tom Stapleton
Project Manager
Facilities Planning & Construction
Rainbow Six By Tom Clancy
I enjoy all of Tom Clancy's books, most recently Rainbow Six. Clancy's books provide me an escape and relaxation from my enjoyable but sometimes demanding job here at the Hershey Medical Center and College of Medicine as a Facilities Project Manager. I greatly enjoyed helping with the recent improvements to the Library in conjunction with the Simulation Lab project. I've been fortunate to work at three Penn State campuses and always like helping to facilitate improvements to the learning environment, whether it is a classroom, library or laboratory.