Last week’s trivia challenge was a two-parter: give the name and title of the man who traveled to Washington, DC, during World War II to secure Loma Linda University’s continued authority to choose its own medical students. The U.S. government, you see, had assumed the wartime right to select the student bodies for the nation’s medical schools.
This successful mission was conducted by Walter E. Macpherson, MD, president of the College of Medical Evangelists (as LLU was then called). Patricia Larios-Gil, Larry Beeson, and Gerald Grube, you are the three winners of this challenge. Please email pr@llu.edu to claim your prize, which must be picked up within 60 days.
Macpherson actually served two terms as president of Loma Linda University, the first being from 1942–48. What were the years of his second term? That is this week’s challenge. Please email the correct answer to pr@llu.edu by midnight Tuesday, Jan. 20, for the chance to be a random winner. One answer per person.