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THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1976
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By LISA JUNOD
Battalion Campus Editor
A sleek silver-gray Porsche Carr-
raglides to a stop in the parking lot,
id a tall, tanned young man hops
of the driver’s seat. He strides
urposefully toward the door of the
Wversity Health Center, where he
ill spend the day treating Aggies
ithamyriad of medical complaints.
Dr James P. Martin, 37 years old,
lay not carry a little black bag or
rear wire-rimmed spectacles, but
is every bit as dedicated to the
ractice of medicine as Marcus
i'elby appears to be.
Martin, who began working at the
Italth Center May 31, after leaving
is private practice in Southern
California, became the fifth full-time
ctor to be added to the Health
inter staff.
He hated to leave California’s
rany beaches and roaring surf be-
i»d, but says that he has always
fanted to return to Texas. Martin
(tended Southwestern Medical
diool in alias.
Martin added that he enjoys work-
{with young people, and gets a
ft out of Aggies in particular.
•Aggies are unique. In dealing
iththem one can sense a feeling of
adition and unity, a sort of collec-
ivepride that manifests itself in the
iendliness of the students,” Martin
aid.
Martin says that he finds the stu-
ints very easy to work with, and
hinks the job is fun since he’s work-
agwith a basically healthy popula
te students all seem to be very
ppreciative. Here at the Health
renter we re dealing with intelli-
|ent people who care about their
ieslA and who respond to treat-
nent.
The job is really fun, and the ail-
Wntsare fascinating. I think people
Me get rashes they get nowhere
Ise in the world, and I think they
train muscles they don’t strain any-
'here else,” Martin said.
Martin is a hit amused by College
itation, and admits that after living
tjmore cosmopolitan areas he finds
night life somewhat lacking. A
lative of Tennessee, Martin has had
ome difficulty adjusting to the op-
iressive College Station humidity,
mthas found ways to beat the heat.
Martin says that he has more free
ime now than he did in private prac-
ice, and he spends it camping in his
iommodious van, water-skiing or
dimming.
“1 play at’ tennis,” Martin said,
lughing. He added that he enjoys
lying and has his private pilot’s
icense, but has not yet purchased an
“rplane in College Station.
Martins’s stylish Porsche Carrera
nay raise some of the Maggie’s
yebrows, but he isn’t worried.
I bought the car because I figured
Mien you’ve worked that hard and
katlong, even if you don’t have any-
hing else, you want to have some-
king you can see to show for it,
iomething you can touch. ”
a
Martin said that he loved med
school, and after his internship was
faced with a decision.
“I thought, ‘What can I do now? I
can’t go to school anymore...’ so I
decided I’d better start working. Be
sides, I’d borrowed so much money
to get through school that I knew I’d
have to start paying it off soon...”
Martin said.
Martin finds his co-workers at the
Health Center highly competent,
and says that they are genuinely in
terested in the welfare of the stu
dents. He also praises the facilities as
being about the best he’s seen at a
university.
“I’ve found that the most challeng
ing part of this job is pronouncing the
student’s last names - some of them
are impossible,” Martin said.
“I like the work; I enjoy dealing
with people. In medicine we re deal
ing with people in adversity - nobody
wants to be sick. This makes it more
difficult since we’re dealing with
people who don’t want to be dealing
with us...
‘T’ve found that most people are
very understanding of the difficulties
we encounter in treating them. The
small ways that people say thank
you’ make it all worthwhile, rather
than the miraculous cures,” Martin
said.
Martin said that he has always
wanted to enter medicine, and
started playing doctor when he was
seven or eight years old. He and his
friends built clinics out of cardboard
boxes and invented ailments for
their patients.
Martin’s parents, both teachers,
told him to do anything he wanted to
do with his life except be a teacher,
so after completing his under
graduate training at Tulane Univer
sity in New Orleans and the Univer-
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med school.
He has no regrets, and considers
himself lucky to be involved in
medicine.
“I enjoy doing what I am doing
right now. I want to enjoy my work
and to accomplish something that I
believe is worthwhile. That would
mean much more to me than a title
or a lot of money, ” Martin said.
“Medicine offers me a chance to
be free, and it offers me an opportu
nity to do a lot of interesting things. I
guess the diversity keeps it interest
ing,” he added.
“And even though Aggies have
many things in common, they cer
tainly are a diverse lot...” Martin
said.
A Public Works Resource Center
has been established at Texas A&M
University to help cities acquire
new technology faster.
The center is seen as a means of
saving cities costly and time-
consuming research and develop
ment.
Support for the center, operated
as part of the Texas Engineering Ex
tension Service’s (EES) recently es
tablished Public Works Training
Division, has been provided by the
American Public Works Association
(APWA).
A. Holland Winder, APWA Texas
chapter president, presented a
$1,000 gift in support of center ac
tivities. The chapter has committed
similar amounts over the next two
years.
Engineering Dean Fred J. Ben
son accepted the gift. The presenta
tion ceremony also involved James
R. Bradley, EES director; Dr.
Charles H. Samson Jr., Civil En
gineering Department head; and
Milton Radke, EES’ Public Works
Training Division head.
By serving as a focal point for col
lection and dissemination of new
A&M biology
prof. Nevitt dies
Services for Dr. Kem R. Nevitt,
Texas A&M University veterinary
biology instructor, were held in
Fredonia, Kan. Monday.
Nevitt, 47, died Friday night
after suffering an asthma attack.
Born March 8, 1929 in Tus
caloosa, Ala., he resided at 3104
Foxwood, Bryan. He had been a
member of the faculty since 1975,
having come to the College of Vet
erinary Medicine after 14 years pri
vate practice in Fredonia. Nevitt
held B.S. and D.V. M. degrees from
Kansas State University.
Survivors include his wife, Twyla
Nevitt; a daughter, Leslie Nevitt of
the home; and a son, James R.
Nevitt II, a student at Oklahoma
State University.
public works technology, the Re
source Center will provide member
municipalities any available mate
rial on request.
Materials will come from the re
search, extension and academic
programs of Texas A&M in the pub
lic works area. Research activities of
the College of Engineering, Texas
Engineering Experiment Station,
Texas Transportation Institute and
EES will be of significance.
The center will serve the public
works profession statewide and na
tionally.
The officials noted that it will
allow faculty to work directly with
public works professionals to solve
problems, aid faculty in defining
problem areas and initiating re
search, and identifying training
needs for the EES division.
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