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The Phillip V Tobias Health Sciences Building on Wednesday 29 October 2014. Located at the Wits in Parktown, Johannesburg, the is part of the Faculty’s expansion to accommodate the increasing demand for health care professionals.

Health Sciences alumni rallied to contribute towards cementing the legacy of their iconic mentor, Emeritus Professor Phillip Tobias

Earlier this year the Class of 1964 raised over R130 000 in an appeal led by alumni Dr , Dr Saul Isroff, and Dr Harkishan Magan to graduates in the , UK, , Israel and Australia.

Class of 1964: Back row L-R: Paige Kaplan, Bernard Kaplan, John Lonstein, Dean Martin Veller, Saul Isroff, Harkishan Magan. Middle row: Adrian Martin, Cynthia Cohen Shulman. Front row: Ernest Levy, Dorothy Becker, David Schwartz, Martin Colman.		L-R: Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Dr Martin Veller, Dr Peter Weston, Vice-Chancellor & Principal, Adam Habib

“It was our way of saying thank you to Wits for the excellent education we received there and which has enabled us to make successful careers and contribute to medical care around the world,” said Dr Colman, Professor and Chair at the University of Texas Medical Branch.

Ten members of the Class of ’64 and their spouses attended a 50^th anniversary luncheon in Charleston, South Carolina, as part of the larger bi-annual Wits Medical School Alumni 50^th Anniversary Reunion.

In total 55 alumni attended the three-day gathering. They were joined by alumnus and Vice-Chancellor, Prof. , and the Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, alumnus Dr , who brought the attendees up to date on developments at Wits and at the Medical School.

Last year, alumni from the Medical School Class of 1983 raised over R151 000 for the building as part of their 30^th anniversary commemoration of their graduation.

at Jersey City Medical Center said, “Tobias was such a role model, inspiration and mentor to many of us. It was a privilege to be taught by a man of that calibre. We were delighted to contribute to something that honours him.”