Class Notes
1932: John C. Dumler
and wife Grace are living in a retirement community on the Eastern Shore and
are in good health.
1933: Meyer G. Miller is retired and living in Lady Lake, Fla.
1936: Howard T. Knobloch of Essexville, Mich., is writing an autobiography.
He has been retired since 1999. Morris J. Nicholson of Sun City, Ariz.,
celebrated his 91st birthday on December 18, 2001.
1938: The Bulletin apologizes to H. Leonard Warres
of Baltimore, for omitting his name from the 2000–01 honor roll of donors.
1942: Mary
Louise Scholl of Escondido, Calif., reports that she is still working!
1945: Robert F. Byrne of Wichita, Kans., retired as a consultant
in internal medicine at the VA hospital as well as assistant professor at the
University of Kansas School of Medicine in 2001. S. Malone Parham of
Henderson, N.C., is hopeful that he’ll be around for his next class reunion
in 2005.
1946: Erwin R. Jennings of Brunswick, Ga., has a patented suture
device which is approaching clinical trials.
1947: Joseph Shear of Baltimore is practicing medicine part-time,
54 years after graduation! Pascal D. Spino of Greensburg, Pa., continues
to practice pediatrics 16 hours per day while harboring fourth stage prostate
cancer. He never plans to retire unless directed to do so by St. Peter.
1950: Stanley W. Henson Jr., of Fort Collins, Colo., received a 2001
distinguished alumni award from Oklahoma State University in November 2001.
Clifford E. Wilson of Groton, Conn., lost wife Jean to cancer on September 8,
2001.
1951: S. Norman Sherry of Cambridge, Mass., is taking courses in
theatre, cinema and writing at a Harvard Extension. He and wife Ruth
continue to travel.
1952: Lawrence D. Egbert of Baltimore has been working with caring
friends of the Hemlock Society.
1953: Grace A. Bastian and husband Mark of Radnor, Pa., are great
grandparents of Emily Elizabeth Sorkin. George Gevas of Parkersburg,
W.Va., has been retired since January 1998. Rev. Leslie R. Miles Jr.,
is medical director at a nursing home and vicar of St. Peter’s Episcopal
Church in Lonaconing, Md. George C. Peck Sr., of Essex Fells, N.J., specializes
in plastic surgery along with his two sons.
1954: John F. Hartman of Baltimore took a trip on the S/S John Brown,
a liberty ship, on Veteran’s Day. Richard A. Jones is retired and living
in Westminster, Md.
1955: Norman W. Lavy of Westfield, N.J., retired as vice president
and head of Squibb’s drug regulatory affairs department. He continues to
work as a private consultant in pharmaceutical research, medical and drug regulatory
affairs while still serving as clinical associate professor of medicine, UMDNJ-Robert
Wood Johnson School of Medicine. In June 2001 he was recipient of the department
of medicine’s volunteer faculty award.
1956: L. J. Eglseder Jr., of Trappe, Md., retired for the third
and final time in January 2001. He enjoys hunting deer, geese and birds on his
farm and fishes with his four sons and five grandchildren. Marshall Franklin
of La Jolla, Calif., writes a weekly column entitled “Matters of the Heart”
for the Copley News Service. He has been retired since 1999. James J. Stovin
of New York City, for the past four years, has been on the faculty of the University
of Oklahoma.
1957: Harvey R. Butt Jr., of Annapolis, Md., enters his 13th year
of retirement. He and wife Barbara sailed the Great Lakes in June 2001. Jim
Laster and wife Betsy of Palo Alto, Calif., are expecting their tenth grandchild
this spring. He is emeritus clinical professor of pediatrics and neurology at
Stanford Medical Center, having retired three years ago as chief of neurology
for Permanente Medical Group. Maitland G. Spencer of Salt Lake City,
Utah, spent one year on a medical mission in Brazil, and served as a host/guide
during the Winter Olympics.
1958: Bruce N. Curtis of Thatcher, Ariz., makes weekly trips to
Phoenix where he works with an association of senior citizens seeking advice
on various medical problems. Alfred A. Filar of Glen Arm, Md., reports
that daughter Lilianna Claire is nine years old. Harvey L. Friedlander
and wife Lynn of Calabasas, Calif., have been traveling and spending more time
with children and grandchildren since Dr. Friedlander’s retirement in March
2001. Antonio Perez-Santiago moved to Orlando, Fla., after retiring from
his Puerto Rico-based practice of allergy and immunology.
1959: Ramon F. Roig Jr., of Towson, Md., continues to practice medicine.
He and wife Aida remain in good health and have seven grandchildren. They enjoy
playing golf. Daniel S. Sax is professor of neurology emeritus at Boston
University Medical School and neurologist at Gifford Medical Center in Randolph,
Vt. He continues to spend one-third of his time in Boston working on a tree
farm, and he is grandfather to four-year-old twin girls.
1961 Robert J. Myerburg of Miami presented the Gordon K. Moe Lecture
at the Cardiac Electrophysiology Society meeting last November in Anaheim, Calif.
His lecture was entitled “Scientific Gaps in Prediction and Prevention
of Sudden Cardiac Death.”
1962: Alan B. Cohen reports that he is alive and well! He and wife
Miriam, ’64, celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary on December
25, 2001. Alan retired two years ago but continues with medical research on
Alzheimer’s Disease. He also enjoys poetry and playing tennis. Stephen
S. Kaufman is staff psychiatrist at Mercy Hospital in Owensboro, Ky. Alan
H. Satou of Cambria, Calif., retired from practice in September 2001.
Francis A. Zampiello of Philadelphia retired from the U.S. Public Health
Service in February 2002 and is pursuing private consulting service in health
care quality management.
1963: Horace T. Ray Jr., of Warsaw, N.C., has been retired since
September 1995.
1964: Gustavo A. Colon of New Orleans recently associated his private
practice of plastic surgery with the Ochsner Clinic where he is now chief of
the department of plastic and reconstructive surgery. Dr. Colon is clinical
professor of plastic and reconstructive surgery at both Tulane Medical Center
and Louisiana State University Medical Center. He is director of the American
Board of Plastic Surgery, a medical historian and lecturer on medical history
at both institutions, and is an avid painter.
1965: Hannah J. Solky of Rochester, N.Y., is retiring from practice.
Son Alex is an oncologist in Rochester, and his wife is an internist. Daughter
Jessica is a psychologist in Chicago, and her husband is a cardiology fellow
at Rush. Son Benjamin is a resident in dermatology at Mass. General in Boston.
1966: Arthur Cohen has relocated his offices for the practice of
dermatology to Catonsville, Md.
1967: John W. Gareis and wife Dolores of Lancaster, Pa., are now
traveling and spending time with their seven grandchildren since John’s
retirement from his radiology practice. Elisabeth E. Kandel of Lafayette,
Colo., continues to practice family medicine. She ran in the Dallas White Rock
Marathon, finishing seventh in her age group. Daughter number three graduates
from Tufts in May. Allan S. Pristoop of Owings Mills, Md., reports that
oldest son Raphael is a first year medical student at Sackler Medical School,
University of Tel Aviv and is doing extremely well, earning honors grades thus
far. Michael Sussman of Portland, Ore., received a lifetime achievement
award in 2000 from the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, and he
is serving an additional year as president of the American Academy for Cerebral
Palsy and Developmental Medicine. Donald B. Vogel of Rockville, Md.,
was recently recognized as one of the top docs in the Washington, D.C., area.
1968: Elliot S. Cohen of Colorado Springs, Colo., is enjoying his
private practice of psychiatry and also his hobby of real estate investing.
His oldest daughter is matriculating at Colorado State University.
1969: Alan Segal of Coral Gables, Fla., reports that son Zach will
be entering an ophthalmology residency in Washington, D.C., in June. Mark
Sugar of Fountain Valley, Calif., co-authored a study “Efficacy &
Safety of Once Daily Budesonide Inhalation Powder in Asthmatic Adults Previously
Receiving Inhaled Corticosteroids.” The results were published in the January
2002 Journal of Asthma. He is associate clinical professor at the University
of California-Irvine and associate medical director of Southern California Research
Center in Mission Viejo.
1970: Charles N. Bookoff of Woodacre, Calif., married Susan Stein in
June 2000. He retired from private practice in San Francisco and now works for
Marin County Women’s Services. Stephen B. Greenberg of Bellaire,
Tex., is associate dean for graduate medical education at Baylor College of
Medicine.
1971: Burton J. Glass of East Rockaway, N.Y., is first vice president
of the Nassau County Medical Society. He co-hosts and produces “Radio Healthline”
and hosts “Community Roundtable” on BGBB in Long Island.
1972: John Niziol of Wayne, N.J., encourages his classmates to attend
the 30th Reunion in May.
1974: Susan R. Panny of Baltimore received the 2001 pediatrician
of the year award from the Maryland AAP.
1976: Sudhir Dutta of Baltimore is serving as governor for the American
College of Gastroenterology until 2002 and is co-editor for the G.I. Sounds
newsletter. Harry C. Knipp and wife Nora of Reisterstown, Md., have a
daughter Katy in her senior year at Wake Forest University who just turned 21.
Son John turned 18. Harry began working half-time in September. Their new minister
at Glyndon Methodist Church is Norman Obenshain, brother of classmate Bruce
Obenshain. Arno Zaritsky of Gainesville, Fla., is director of the pediatric
ICU at the University of Florida.
1977: Martin I. Herman of Cordova, Tenn., is serving his second
term as a delegate to the Tennessee Medical Association. Hobbies include skiing,
scuba diving, building computers and reading.
1978 G. Howard Bathon of Towson, Md., has joined Orthopaedic Specialists
of Maryland where he specializes
in foot and ankle, trauma and general orthopaedics. Morris Funk of Coral
Springs, Fla., reports that son Michael is in his third year of medical school.
Morris and wife Judy are proud grandparents of Joshua Alexander Funk, born September
7, 2001. Alan Levin and wife Sherry of Tucson, Ariz., have sent their
second of three daughters off to college. Stephen Metz continues to practice
gynecology in Springfield, Mass.
1979: Timothy J. Low of Silver Spring, Md., reports that his family
recently adopted four year-old Samuel Low from China. Samuel had a cleft lip
and palate repair in 2000 at the University of Virginia Charlottesville. The
entire Low family traveled to China in February to meet and pick him up. Bruce
R. McCurdy of Ellicott City, Md., received a private pilot rating in May
and is now a proud half-owner of a Cessna Skyhawk based at Clearview Airport.
1980: M. Lawrence Kaplan of Longwood, Fla., is a diplomate of the American
Board of Forensic Medicine and was recently promoted to colonel in the U.S.
Army. Michael J. Moritz of Merion Station, Pa., moved his practice to
Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia and was named professor of surgery
and director of liver surgery and transplantation. Phuong D. Trinh of
Rockville, Md., was elected to FACP last year. Col. Paul Whittaker of
Gig Harbor, Wash., is in the Middle East for several months to provide medical
care for the soldiers and airmen.
1982: Guillermo W. Arnaud of Sebring, Fla., retired from the Army
last summer and has gone into private practice. The Bulletin apologizes to Henry
M. Richards of Flemington, N.J., for omitting his name from the 2000–01
honor roll of donors. Jerry B. Schwartz of Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.,
is director of neonatology at Torrance Memorial Medical Center. He and wife
Tina have three daughters.
1983: Craig E. Collins of Longmeadow, Mass., is in practice at Baystate
Medical Center in Springfield and is chief of out-patient surgery. 
Stuart
H. Goldberg of Hershey, Pa., has opened a solo practice in oculoplastic
and orbital surgery, specializing in eyelid, lacrimal and orbital surgery for
children and adults. This follows his departure from the faculty at Penn State
after 12 years of service. Sons Dan (16), Ben (12) and Sam (seven) are doing
great. Scott D. Hagaman is president of the Baltimore Medical Association.
He is a child psychiatrist in private practice in Catonsville. Richard F.
Neville Jr., of Vienna, Va., is chief of vascular and general surgery at
Georgetown University Medical Center. Milton S. Sniadach Jr., is newly
single and was voted outstanding teacher of the year in anesthesia by first-year
residents
in Denver.
1984: Martha J. Coleman of Germantown, Md., remains at home with
her four children, ages 10–16. She is also doing medical transcriptions.
Leslie Katzel of Lutherville, Md., was named chair of the University
of Maryland Baltimore Institutional Review Board on July 1, 2001. Gail G.
Kramer of Baltimore married Randy Yingling. She works in the emergency department
at North Arundel Hospital and is double boarded in emergency medicine and internal
medicine. Lloyd Mitchell of Raleigh, N.C., is returning to Bethesda,
Md., along with Intronn, the gene therapy company he founded.
1985: Wendy Bergman of Worcester, Mass., reports the birth of daughter
Hanna Rachel, her third, in April 2000. Michael J. Hallowell of Sewell,
N.J., completed his 12th Cycle Across Maryland tour last summer. He is medical
director of Philadelphia Lifescans, the first electron beam CT unit in Philadelphia.
Laura A. Tang and husband Lee Kleiman, ’86 of Severna Park,
Md., report that daughters Hannah, Sasha and Ellana are ages nine, eight and
two, respectively.
1986: Gregory K. Morro of Panama City, Fla., has three children:
Lindsey, age ten; Morgan, age nine; and Nicholas, age six. Karen Starr
of Charlottesville, Va., is mother of five children: Andrew; Matthew, Grace,
Joshua and recently David, born June 25, 2001.
1987: Robert Baker of West Harrison, N.Y., is president of the New
Rochelle Lions Club. He and wife Melissa enjoy exhibiting their American Eskimo
Dog Shakespeare, the number one dog in his breed in American Kennel Club history.
Adam Fischler of Virginia Beach, Va., announces the birth of twin girls,
Sofie and Rachel, on October 15, 2001. The twins were welcomed by brothers Michael
(four) and Daniel (two).
1988: Jason D. Eiband of San Francisco is vice chairman for the
district VII delegation to the California Medical Association House of Delegates.
Kenneth W. Kotz is a hematologist/oncologist in Wilmington, N.C., where he lives
with wife Nancy and three sons. Luke Lancaster lives with his wife and
two children in Crozet, Va.
1989: Susan B. Brinkley of New Market, Md., adopted Erina Elizabeth,
age six, from the Ukraine in May 2001. Mary Pagan and husband John,
’91 of Harleysville, Pa., announce the birth of their third son in
March 2001.
1990: Margaret Flowers of Sparks, Md., is physician for Oldfields School,
a local private boarding school. She ran in her third marathon last fall. Bonnie
Z. Harte and husband John of Bethesda, Md., have a four-year-old son Joshua
and a two-year-old daughter Rachel. Bonnie is a partner in a pediatric practice
in Montgomery County. Kenneth J. Oken and wife Ilene of Harrisburg, Pa.,
welcome their fourth child, Skyler. Ken is enjoying his private practice in
OB/GYN. A. Compton Phillips of Clarksville, Md., recently opened a practice
in Columbia that is affiliated with Kaiser Permanente. She and husband Louis
have two children: son Tate, age four and daughter Maggie, age three. Jeffrey
Rosenfeld of Charlotte, N.C., is director of the Carolinas Neuromuscular/ALS
Center at the Carolinas Medical Center. He and his wife have two children, ages
ten and six.
1991: Lorrie R. Mello and husband John Shropshire of Richburg, S.C.,
proudly announce the birth of daughter Gabrielle on August 21, 2001. David
S. Pomerantz of Providence, R.I., adopted Maxwell Jerome, born January 26,
2001.
1992: Nicole T. Rochester of Upper Marlboro, Md., is a pediatrician
at Kaiser Permanente in Largo. She and husband Darryl have two daughters: Diara
(six) and Daniel (one). Rebecca Ward and husband Michael of Downington,
Pa., announce the arrival of daughter Bridget Marie on January 17, 2001. She
joins brother Sean (two).
1993: Paulette Browne of Rockville, Md., is a reproductive endocrinologist
at Shady Grove Fertility Reproductive Science Center and was married to Nathan
C. Butler on December 29, 2001 in St. Croix. Vinay Gupta and wife Rakhi
of Chicago happily announce the birth of son Siddharth. Vinay is completing
a fellowship in surgical oncology at the University of Chicago. Barbara A.
Hutchinson of Laurel, Md., is enjoying her private practice in adult cardiovascular
diseases in Annapolis. Patricia Jett of Ellicott City, Md., is a partner
at Maryland Primary Care Physicians. Monica Kenney and husband John of
Menlo Park, Calif., announce the birth of Camryn Nicole on December 28, 2001.
Michael T. Pulley and wife Dena live in Jacksonville, Fla.. Michael is
an assistant professor of neurology at the University of Florida Health Science
Center. They are the proud parents of four-year-old Ivan and plan to adopt a
girl in 2002. Douglas Smith of Toledo, Ohio is medical director and vice
president of clinical affairs for Northcoast Behavioral Healthcare, encompassing
Northern Ohio.
1994: Faina V. Caplan of York, Pa., announces the birth of Phoebe
Rose on February 16, 2001. She practices geriatrics and internal medicine. Ruth
Karman Gallatin and husband David of Davidsonville, Md., announce
the birth of Joshua Scott, their second, on February 24, 2001. Roland Sabundayo
of Baltimore is in his fourth year of group practice at Mercy Medical Center
and enjoys teaching students and residents twice a year on the wards. He and
wife Beulah recently bought a house in the Worthington Valley area of Baltimore
County.
1995: Charlotte Harward of Westfield, Mass., married Vernon Miller
on September 29, 2001. She is a medicine/pediatrics physician at Brightwood
Health Center in Springfield and assistant professor of medicine at Baystate
Medical Center.
1996: Monica Sarang and husband Bryan of Los Angles announce the
birth of Myles Edward Kenny on July 20, 2001. Monica practices internal medicine
for the Cedar-Sinai Medical Group.
1997: Alicia Braun of Washington, D.C., passed the dermatology boards
in October 2001. She is a clinical faculty member at George Washington University
and is in private practice with her father. Lisa Edenbaum of New Orleans
was recently married to Forrest Rubenstein. She is completing her general surgery
residency at Tulane, and he recently joined Louisiana State University as a
member of the cardiothoracic surgical staff. Jennifer Larson and husband
Scott have a one-year-old daughter named Caroline. Jennifer has a family practice
in their hometown of Fenton, Mich. Lee Alexander Maddox, wife Susan and
two-year-old son Logan are enjoying life in Durham, N.C. Lee is in year two
of a pulmonary and critical care fellowship at Duke. Jay Weiner and Debra
Schwab, ’00 of Williamsport, Pa., announce their engagement. They plan
to be married in May 2002.
1998: Anne A. Hunter of East Setauket, N.Y., was diagnosed with
breast cancer two weeks before delivering her second child, Sara, on April 20,
2001. She is now undergoing radiation after chemotherapy and surgery.
1999: Leonard Feldman invites classmates to visit him in Carrboro,
N.C., since he plans to be there an additional two years. He recently accepted
the offer to be one of the chief residents of internal medicine at the University
of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Robert Flint and wife Shannon of Albany,
N.Y., proudly announce the birth of Ryan Michael, their first, born November
19, 2001. Ian S. Tucker of Somers, Conn., was married to Jina on September
22, 2001. Anisha Varma will serve as chief resident in 2002–03 and
plans to begin a fellowship in G.I. in July 2003.
2000: Rivka Y. Stein and husband David of Brooklyn, N.Y., announce
the birth of their third child, a daughter, on January 6, 2002.
2001: Camille Hammond lives with her husband in Columbia, Md. She
is program manager for the National Cancer Institute-funded grant to
the Maryland Special Populations
Network.