MAGENS ESTABLISH MILLION-DOLLAR FUND TO STRENGTHEN INTELLECTUAL ENVIRONMENT     Myron S. Magen, DO, has made a career of honing scholarship in the osteopathic profession. MSUCOM's charter dean, Magen worked for two decades to cultivate research in the profession, bringing to the college as faculty a number of highly recognized scientists. He encouraged basic research in biomechanics to establish baselines for osteopathic principles and practice. He stressed academic excellence, urging the profession to make the most of MSUCOM's ties to a world-class university. He established programs for ongoing faculty development, and nurtured the profession's first joint DO/PhD program. Now Magen's at it again. As dean emeritus and the Walter F. Patenge professor of pediatrics, he and his wife Ruth have established a million-dollar endowment. Its purpose is to "assist faculty and students in attaining career goals or providing support for research projects that will strengthen the intellectual environment of the College of Osteopathic Medicine and Michigan State University." The Dr. Myron S. and Ruth Magen Fund will be administered by the dean of the college, who will create the processes for distribution. "It's our intention that the fund would provide great flexibility to the dean," Magen said. "It could be used by faculty and students to strengthen scholarship, provide seed money for research, or assist with additional education.   "It's an effective way of betting on people," he said.