Alumni in the CLS Program (formerly called the Medical Technology Program) have made seminal contributions to the scientific advancement of the profession and have also been leaders of the profession in the state and national arenas.
Alumni of our program include six individuals who have been elected President of the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS) formerly the American Society for Medical Technology (ASMT): Ruth Hovde (1955-1956), Ruth Heinemann (1959-1960), Verna Rausch (1966-1976), Nancy Preuss (1975-1976), Donna Meyer (1987-1988), and Karen Karni (1997-1998). In 1983, alumna and faculty member Ruth Hovde became the first medical technologist to receive an honorary doctoral degree (Thomas Jefferson University).
Two alumni, Mildred King Rohwer and Yvonne Chenoweth Cooke have made particularly generous donations to our program, and these donations have played a key role in helping maintain our status as a premier CLS program. In 1989, the first endowed professorship in Medical Technology--the Mildred King Rohwer Endowed Professorship was established at the University of Minnesota. This professorship became the Mildred King Rohwer Endowed Chair in 2001. A second endowed professorship, the Yvonne Chenoweth Cooke Endowed Professorship, was established in 2000.
Our alumni have always been strong supporters of their alma mater. Of all the academic units in the University of Minnesota's Academic Health Center, our CLS program often has the highest rate of participation in donations to University's annual fund drive. These donations have helped us to buy special equipment for the teaching laboratories and foster faculty development, but most importantly, these gifts have made it possible for numerous deserving students to receive scholarship funds. In these days of rapidly rising tuition, these scholarships are greatly appreciated and often mean the difference between spending ours at work or studying for exams.
Thank you to all the alumni and friends who have supported the Annual Fund! Your gifts help support the special needs of the Program and fill the gap created by declining state funding. This past year, funds supported student scholarships, helped faculty and students attend professional meetings, and purchased a digital camera with a light microscope to take micrographs for use in the development of technology enhanced courses.
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