1934: Edward S. Kallins of Bradenton, Fla., turned 100 on August 25. 1938: Joseph M. George of Las Vegas is doing well and extends greetings to classmates. 1939: Oscar Hartman and wife Lee of Sarasota, Fla., recently celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary.
1943D: J. Roy Guyther of Mechanicsville, Md., has published seven books on local history. 1947: Robert R. Hahn of Easton, Md., continues living in Florida six months each year. 1949: Jordan M. Scher of New York City reports that his youngest daughter recently married and gave birth to son Elijah. His second daughter Jo, at age 47, returned to nurse’s training and graduated first in her class. She now works for the health department in Pueblo, Colo. Scher’s two other daughters Jan and Jill are also doing well.
1950: Harry H. Bleecker Jr. of San Pedro, Calif., recently ruptured his right quadriceps and tendon, and is now watching paint peel and grass grow. But, he is looking forward to his 60th reunion in spring! v Miriam S. Daly of Albion, Mich., continues coordinating monthly American Red Cross blood drives and is busy with her 11 grandchildren and many other community activities. v Frank T. Kasik Jr., of Baltimore celebrated his 91st birthday in June. He enjoys his 14 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. For the past 13 years Kasik has lived at Oak Crest Retirement Community. 1951: Benjamin D. Gordon of Yarmouth Port, Mass., remains active with contract work for a medical headhunter and occasionally covering a clinic at a nearby hospital. Wife Ellen has had seven surgeries in six years for four different ailments; so he remains a full-time caretaker. He still gets to do some leisure reading, but there is no time for golf. 1952: Timothy D. Baker of Cockeysville, Md., continues research, advising, and consulting in the department of international health at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. v Richard A. Sindler of Towson, Md., continues doing CT scanning, and wife Vicki is selling residential real estate. 1954: David A. Levy of Paris, France, although retired, continues to consult and to edit medical documents. 1956: Mathew H. M. Lee of New York City delivered the keynote address at the annual Chinese Medical Doctor Association and Chinese Physiatrist Association meeting in Hangzhou, China, in August. His presentation was entitled “The Evolution of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in the United States as a Specialty and Our Relationship to China.” Lee, the Howard A. Rusk Emeritus Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at NYU School of Medicine, received a special award for his training of Chinese doctors in rehabilitation medicine and for the establishment of the first rehabilitation center in Beijing with Dr. Rusk in 1982. 1957: Ray A. Wilson of York, Pa., continues working full-time as vice president of medical affairs for Nursing Home Corp., a family-owned assisted living retirement community for 1,000 residents. 1958: Bruce N. Curtis of Thatcher, Ariz., reports that after three months he finally recovered from viral pneumonia; so he’s back on the Mt. Graham Regional Medical Center’s historical committee. He and wife LaDawn recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. v Charles E. Silberstein of Baltimore is working two mornings a week at the Kennedy Krieger Institute after retiring June 30 from the full-time orthopaedic surgery faculty at Johns Hopkins.
1960: Julio E. Figueroa and wife Myriam of San Antonio, Tex, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with family and friends on June 12. v Jerrod Normanly of Fair Oaks, Calif., reports all is well with his family. He is looking forward to the 50th reunion in spring! 1961: Robert A. Fink of El Sobrante, Calif., reports that youngest daughter Robin graduated from Reed College in May with a degree in anthropology and spent her third summer in Ecuador administering a health care program on behalf of a non-profit organization based in Italy. Fink practices neurosurgery in Berkeley, and he recently recovered from the H1N1 flu complicated by pneumonia. v David L. Rosen of San Rafael, Calif., reports that Rachel, his youngest child, has started working toward her post-doctorate degree in Stockholm, following completion of her PhD in physics from NYU. 1963: Kenneth G. Magee of Dunwoody, Ga., reports that he and wife Barbara enjoy their grandchildren, now ages 14, 12 and eight. 1964: Mark E. Krugman of Newport Beach, Calif., in addition to practicing plastic surgery in Orange County, is engaged in a pro-bono program of hair restoration for child burn victims in conjunction with Shriners Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles. v Samuel Muher of Owings Mills, Md., is enjoying life with wife Susan and their three children and six grandchildren since retiring from his OB/GYN practice. v Richard G. Shugarman of West Palm Beach, Fla., received the American Academy of Ophthalmology Secretariat Award. He is chief of ophthalmology at Good Samaritan Hospital and teaches fourth-year medical students at the University of Miami School of Medicine Bascom Eye Institute. 1966: John E. Steers of Westminster, Md., volunteers in primary care at the Access Carroll Free Clinic since retiring from practice four years ago. Son John A., ’88, is a general surgeon at Carroll Hospital Center. 1967: Fred Nelson of Dearborn, Mich., is associate program director and research director for the osteoarthritis center in the department of orthopaedics at Henry Ford Hospital. 1968: Jon M. Valigorsky of Pittsfield, Mass., retired in July 2008. v Charles S. Samorodin of Ruxton, Md., reports that granddaughter Sasha is at Cornell Vet School after graduating Magna Cum Laude in three years from Cornell University. Daughter Randi received a PhD in education and is currently a dean at a university near Boston. 1969: Constance L. Holbrook lives in the Sun City at Hilton Head, a retirement community in South Carolina. She enjoys singing in retirement, both locally with her church and symphony and also with the Suntones King & I chorus. In January 2010, she will be in Rome singing during a Papal Mass at the Vatican.
1970: Kenneth M. Hoffman of Severna Park, Md., reports that son Kevin is the CFO for Roots Market in Clarksville. Hoffman is enjoying semi-retirement, working three days a week at his private pediatric practice. v Charles “Buz” Marek of Middle River, Md., has been enjoying retirement since July 2008. v Charles I. Weiner of Baltimore is working part time and enjoys spending hours doting on his five and soon-to-be six grandchildren. From home he shuttles between the beach and Chicago. 1972: John A. Niziol and wife Barbara of Wayne, N.J., report that their two-year-old granddaughter Katy might one day attend medical school at Maryland. v Deborah M. Shlian of Boca Raton, Fla., is co-author of Dead Air, a thriller expected to be released December 7.
1973: Murray A. Kalish of Baltimore is serving as president of MedChi—the State of Maryland’s medical society. v Charles B. Watson of Easton, Conn., reports that son Ivan is working for CNN International and received some air time during the recent elections in Iran. At times he is also seen on the domestic side of the network. Watson welcomes classmates to visit him and his wife at home or at Bridgeport Hospital, now a Yale-New Haven Health System member institution. 1974: Harry S. Stevens of Baltimore retired from private practice on May 31. v David Zisow of Pikesville, Md., established a mid-career training program designed to allow OB/GYNs in private practice to acquire training and experience in the performance of the latest minimally invasive GYN procedures. These include advanced laparoscopic and pelvic reconstruction procedures now replacing traditional open abdominal surgeries. The program was established with the assistance of the division of minimally invasive surgery at Northwest Hospital Center. 1975: Linda S. Bartram of Bremerton, Wash., has been sewing quilts for her two grandchildren since retirement two years ago. v Louis Fox of Dallas is surgical director of the Advanced Lap-Band Weight Loss Center. His oldest daughter Michelle graduated from Vanderbilt University in May, and daughter Alyssa is attending Southern Methodist University. v Thomas F. Krajewski of Towson, Md., was named team leader in a federal older adult TCE grant program. v Michael Stewart of Seattle has been running his own consulting practice for three years since retirement, and loves it! 1976: Damian E. Birchess of Glen Burnie, Md., was married to Patricia Centineo in June 2008. v Richard F. Timmons of Belleair, Fla., is a diplomate in the American Board of Clinical Lipidology. He and wife Bonnie report that sons Chris and Brian are married. Timmons continues working at the Diagnostic Clinic and enjoys hiking, biking, and racketball. 1977: Rona B. Eisen of Bethesda, Md., is practicing part-time GYN and is training for two fall marathons. v Marlene Hayman of Rockville, Md., reports that daughter Katie is a first-year medical student at Maryland following graduation from Johns Hopkins University in May. Her second daughter Maura is a sophomore at Towson University. Hayman is in her 28th year as an internist with Kaiser Permanente. 1978: Franklin M. Douglis and wife Julie of Conroe, Tex., recently celebrated their 32nd wedding anniversary. Douglis is cutting back from his general ENT practice and is in need of a partner. v Stephen Valenti and Elizabeth Kingsley of Annapolis are celebrating their 26th anniversaries in their respective cardiology practices. Valenti’s practice recently changed names to Cardiovascular Specialists of Central Maryland, while Kingsley is with Cardiology Associates, with offices in Annapolis, Kent Island, Bowie, Olney, and Washington, D.C. v Bruce E. Weneck of Hagerstown, Md., reports that daughter Margot has enrolled in a nursing school accelerated program at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia for a second BS degree. She received her first degree in psychology from The College of Charleston. 1979: Max D. Koenigsberg of Chicago is practicing clinical ER at a level I trauma center, after 25 years of public service as an EMS medical director. v William O. Richards is professor and chair of the department of surgery at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine. Prior to his appointment at USA, Richards was Ingram Professor of Surgical Sciences at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and director of both laparoendoscopic surgery and the Vanderbilt Center for Weight Loss.
1980: Roger J. Robertson of Chambersburg, Pa., climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro with sons Roger Jr., and Thomas last August 2008. v Robert L. Schiff of Aiea, Hawaii, reports that daughter Teresa is a first-year medical student at the University of Hawaii, following graduation from USC and two years participating in Teach for America. v Phuong D. Trinh of Rockville, Md., reports that his internist brother Frank, ’99, has joined him in practice. v Emily Ulmer of Davidson, Md., opened a new practice in Annapolis on
July 6. 1982: Charles T. Lucey of Portland encourages classmates to look him up when in the area. v Harry S. Strothers of Roswell, Ga., is the Sarah and William Hambrecht Chair and professor of family medicine at Morehouse School of Medicine. 1983: Milton S. Sniadach Jr., of Englewood, Colo., reports that he and Jessica toured China in May, visiting the Great Wall and Terracotta Warriors. 1984: Dale R. Meyer of Voorheesville, N.Y., enjoyed seeing everyone at the reunion last spring. He’s looking forward to the 30th in 2014. v Martin L. Schwartz of Irondale, Ala., reports that son Justin is a pediatric resident at Children’s Hospital in Birmingham, son Adam is an assistant professor of film at the University of Alabama, and son Brandon is a graduate student in public health at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Schwartz and wife Elba recently celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary. 1985: Allen L. Dollar of Atlanta is on the faculty at Emory University School of Medicine and chief of cardiology at Grady Memorial Hospital. v Michael J. Hollowell of Sewell, N.J., reports that he continues biking, most recently in Switzerland and Singapore. v Thomas B. Johnson reports from home in Exeter, N.H., that he is alive and well. v Marc A. Kaufman of Tampa, Fla., reports that son Jacob graduated from Wake Forest University in May, and daughter Taylor is a freshman at Florida State University. v Mark A. Taylor of Hollidaysburg, Pa., retired due to Parkinson’s Disease. 1987: Elizabeth R. Hatcher continues her private practice of psychiatry and medical psychoanalysis in Topeka, Kans. She volunteers for a local chapter of the Medical Reserve Corps, teaching classes on psychological first aid. Hatcher reports that there is a shortage of psychiatrists in her town since the Menninger Clinic moved to Houston a few years ago. 1989: Jean M. Staples of Haverstraw, N.Y., reports that she has recovered sufficiently from her auto accident injuries and last year made two research trips to the Noguchi Memorial Institute of Medical Research in Ghana. Staples works for the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and is awaiting results from a pending grant application to continue research on the association of schistosomiasis and bladder cancer in Africa. Three papers have been published on the subject.
1990: Margaret A. Flowers of Sparks, Md., is a congressional fellow for Physicians for a National Healthcare Program. 1992: Ronald Rakowski and wife Lisa continue living with their children in Frederick, Md. Ron is chairman of the emergency department and Lisa works half to three-quarters time in the pediatric center. v Lawrence Seidan of Atlanta reports that his general neurology and epilepsy practice continues to thrive. 1994: Jay Penafiel and wife Elise, a 1999 dental school alumna, of Crownsville, Md., proudly announce the birth of Joseph Jay, born October 1, 2008. He joins older sisters Isabella, age eight, and Christina, age five. 1995: Sanford Katz of Shreveport, La., was delighted with the appointment of Robert Barish, MD, as chancellor of the Louisiana Health Sciences Center. Barish is a former associate dean for clinical affairs and professor of emergency medicine at Maryland. v Kevin C. Wilson of Westwood, Mass., spends 80 percent of his time editing pulmonary, critical care, and sleep content for Up To Date, the official education program of the American Thoracic Society. The remaining 20 percent is caring for patients and teaching evidence-based medicine at Boston University Medical Center. He is married with six-year-old twin sons. v Scott Winiecki and wife Jennifer of Churchville, Md., celebrated the birth of Wendy, their second, in January. She joins sister Alexandra, age three. 1996: Monica Sarang of Los Angeles extends congratulations to her mother, who recently retired from the University of Maryland. A registered nurse for more than 40 years, she taught Sarang more about medicine and serving people than any medical textbook. 1997: Alicia D. Braun of Washington, D.C., practices dermatology with her father and siblings. She and her husband welcomed their second child, Robert, in November 2008. Braun reports that they are quickly running out of room in their condominium. v Heidi Ginter Shah and husband Nilesh of Shrewsbury, Mass., proudly announce the birth of daughter Jordan, their third, on June 21. 1999: Lindiwe Greenwood of Laurel, Md., is celebrating her second year as owner of Renaissance Primary Care in Columbia. v Mallory Williams of Shreveport, La., presented “Strategies of Hemostasis from the Battlefield” in July at the annual meeting of the National Medical Association in Las Vegas.
2000: Tamara L. Burgunder of Baltimore is looking forward to seeing classmates at the 10th reunion in spring! v Joe Herman of Baltimore married Amy Eckhout in Cadillac, Mich., on July 25. Herman is a radiation oncologist at Johns Hopkins, and his wife is a physician’s assistant at Franklin Square Hospital. 2001: Darren Feldman of New York City received the 2008 Paul Sherlock Housestaff Teaching Award in the department of medicine at Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, recognizing the highest level of dedication to teaching. Feldman is an assistant attending in the genitourinary oncology service. v Teresa Kulie of Madison, Wis., is faculty advisor for the University of Wisconsin Family Medicine Interest Group, as well as faculty councilor for AOA. v Laura W. Laffineuse of Parkland, Fla., has been working at a maternal fetal medicine private practice in Coral Springs since September 2008. v Kathy J. Weishaar and husband Robert Rice of Finksburg, Md., announce the birth of Zachary Kyle on December 8, 2008. 2002: Matthew Keysor and wife Beth announce the birth of Laura Beth on April 11. Keysor is currently stationed at Ramstein Air Base in Germany providing medical care to military dependents. 2003: Rachel Hartman and husband Iramu of Dallas proudly announce the recent birth of their third child—a son—in May. He joins their two-year-old daughter and one-year-old son. v Milford H. Marchant has relocated to the Annapolis area and has joined Bay Area Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine. An orthopaedic surgeon, Marchant is specializing in sports medicine, arthroscopy, and shoulder reconstruction. v Jill Rathyen and husband George of Summit, N.J., welcomed Cooper, their second boy, in September 2008. Rathyen continues working in the ER at Overlook Hospital while her husband started his own practice. 2004: Allison K. Hobelmann and husband Todd, ’03, of Baltimore welcomed the arrival of daughter Cassidy Paige on August 3. 2005: Alexandra D. Bentley of Durham, N.C., reports that son Jackson is a precocious five-year-old, while daughter Gretchen Elizabeth is one. Bentley completed her pediatric residency at Duke over the summer. v Thompson Kehrl is living and working in York, Pa., following completion of an emergency ultrasound fellowship in Cleveland. 2006: Naomi Feiman and husband Daniel Sarko of Baltimore proudly announce the birth of Shira Lily, their first, on May 14. v Leah C. Jones of Atlanta completed her internal medicine residency at Emory University. v Jonathan King and Daniela Morato are married and living in Los Angeles. King continues his general surgery training at UCLA, while Morato has recently started an emergency medicine residency at USC. v Mark Schneyer of Charlottesville, Va., married Maytal Mittelman on April 5. v Pamela Winterberg, husband Bill, and four-month-old son Daniel have returned to Dallas for Winterberg’s pediatric nephrology fellowship at the University of Texas Southwestern. 2007: Megan Niziol Alcock is serving an internal medicine residency at Tufts University in Boston.
Faculty: J. Michael Plaut and wife Judy live at their beach house on Topsail Island, N.C. Plaut maintains a part-time practice and is teaching the human sexual
behavior course at the University of North Carolina
Wilmington.
