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In 1920, another Southern California university closed its medical school. The College of Medical Evangelists, as Loma Linda University was then known, accepted junior and senior medical students from that university so they could finish their training here. Thirty-three of these students graduated from the College of Medical Evangelists in 1921, followed by about 15 the next year.
Dr. Judith Ahlem was one of those students. “I shall always be grateful to you and those others who made it possible for us to come to your school,” she wrote in a letter to Dr. Percy Magan, one of the leaders of the College of Medical Evangelists School of Medicine.
“I also want you to remember that the life of at least me was thereby changed for the good,” said Dr. Ahlem, who became a Seventh-day Adventist based on her experience at the College of Medical Evangelists.
“I am glad that the dear Lord has answered so many of my prayers, because it makes me feel that my life may not be in vain after all,” she wrote.
What university did Dr. Ahlem and her fellow classmates come from before finishing their training at the College of Medical Evangelists?
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