Sandberg Gift Will Support Student Researchers
Through the generosity of a 1953 graduate and his wife, the School of Medicine will expand the popular Summer Fellowship Program. The Dr. Hershel and Lois Sandberg Medical Student Scholarship Fund for Summer Research Fellowships will enable additional students to conduct research under faculty supervision during 12 weeks each summer. Income generated by the endowment will fund student tuition and related costs. An
undergraduate at Wayne State University in the late 1940s, Hershel
Sandberg fondly recalls “working part-time as a campus mailman, making
deliveries to WSU departments; in those days, of course, the campus was
considerably smaller.” Not surprisingly, his summer breaks were spent
earning money for tuition. Dr.
Sandberg’s support and participation in the School of Medicine for
nearly 50 years earned him the school’s Distinguished Service Award.
An endocrinologist, he completed internship and residency training at
Detroit Receiving Hospital and was, for many years, chief of
endocrinology at Sinai Hospital. Currently associated with Beaumont
Hospital, Dr. Sandberg is a clinical professor who teaches Wayne State
students in his Southfield office.
A
longtime board member and former president of the Medical Alumni
Association, Dr. Sandberg described the beginnings of the summer
research program during the 1980s. Establishing six fellowships to be
rotated among the school’s departments, the alumni association invited
student recipients to present the results of their research before the
association’s board. Student
and faculty enthusiasm had led to the program’s steady expansion. Last
summer, 20 students were awarded fellowships, and more than half
submitted formal presentations at what has developed into an annual
school-wide January symposium. Each year, the most promising research is
presented at the National Student Research Forum. Dr.
and Mrs. Sandberg, members of the university’s Anthony Wayne Society
since 1975, co-chaired the donor recognition group during the early
1980s. They also have been leaders in Detroit’s Pro Musica Society and
the Jewish Apartments and Services. Lois Sandberg, a 1952 graduate of
Wayne State University, holds a degree in medical technology. She is a
past president of the Michigan Region of the Organization for
Educational Resources and Technological Training, a Jewish organization
that promotes self-sufficiency and democratic values through
technological and vocational education to more than 250,000 students in
60 countries. |
