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Ernest E. Seewer, former media specialist at the USA College of Medicine, holds a copy of 'Tradition of Excellence.' |
While serving on the surgery faculty at the USA College of Medicine, Charles B. Rodning, M.D., and Arnold Luterman, M.D., authored and compiled a book about the history of surgical education at the medical school and in Mobile.
The 1,043-page book, titled "Tradition of Excellence: A Pictorial History of Surgical Education at the Mobile General Hospital and University of South Alabama, College of Medicine and Medical Center, Mobile, Alabama," was published in 1999 by American Literary Press.
Ernest E. Seewer, then a media specialist at the College of Medicine, had one treasured and irreplaceable copy of "Tradition of Excellence" that was used to solicit autographs and brief written comments from numerous faculty, residents and staff who had been recognized in the book. The intent was to preserve that copy in the Doy Leale McCall Rare Book and Manuscript Library in the Marx Library at the University of South Alabama.
"Unfortunately, at the moment the location of that copy is unknown," Rodning said. "It was borrowed by someone and never returned. We sincerely hope the readers of this vignette may be able to assist us in locating that copy. Please search your memory and personal library."
If you have any information about the book's location, contact Ernest E. Seewer at eseewer@southalabama.edu or Charles B. Rodning, M.D., at cbrodning@hotmail.com.
