Max Trubek, ’26
Litchfield, Connecticut
March 31, 2001
Shortly after completing training at Bellevue Hospital in New York, Dr. Trubek opened a private practice in New York City which he maintained for 63 years. He was known for his diagnostic ability and his empathy and concern for patients. He was professor of clinical medicine at NYU School of Medicine and was past president of the Society of Bellevue Alumni. Dr. Trubek is survived by daughter Helen and two grandchildren.

Abraham B. Hurwitz, ’34
Baltimore, Maryland
January 21, 2002
Dr. Hurwitz served an internship at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore and received residency training at Brooklyn Jewish Hospital in New York. During WWII, Dr. Hurwitz was an army physician who was discharged with the rank of major. He maintained a family practice in Baltimore County, retiring in 1987. Philanthropic interests included the Talmudical Academy, the Associated Jewish Federation of Baltimore and the United Way. Dr. Hurwitz is survived by wife Saralee and daughter Shelley.

Charles B. Marek Sr., ’35
Baltimore
February 5, 2002
After training in 1938, Dr. Marek entered private gynecologic practice. He headed the gynecology department at Harford Memorial Hospital when it opened in 1948, maintaining offices in Baltimore and later Perry Hall. In 1945, Dr. Marek was one of the first physicians to advocate a modified radical mastectomy for breast cancer. His son, Charles B. Marek Jr., ’70, joined him in practice in 1975. Dr. Marek was widely published and was a founding member of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He enjoyed entertaining family and friends at his waterfront home in Bowleys Quarters and spent winters at his second home in Fort Myers Beach, Fla. In addition to his son, Dr. Marek is survived by his second wife Rita, two daughters, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Abraham L. Batalion, ’36
Elkins, West Virginia
October 9, 2001
Dr. Batalion received a degree from the school of pharmacy at Maryland prior to attending medical school. Upon graduation in 1936, he trained at the Charleston General Hospital. He entered the Army Medical Corp in 1942 and served in the African Theater. He was a prisoner of war in Germany from February 1943 until September 1944. Dr. Batalion was awarded the Bronze Battle Star, the Combat Medical Badge, the Victory Medical and the American Theater Medal. He was discharged in 1945, returned to the States and practiced general medicine in Ameagle and Middlebourne until retirement in 1973. He was preceded in death by wife Kathleen.

Gregory Rochlin, ’36
Cambridge, Massachusetts
June 19, 2000

William Greifinger, ’36
South Orange, New Jersey
February 7, 2001
After training at the former City Hospital in Newark, N.J., Dr. Greifinger served in the Army from 1940–45 and was discharged as a major. An internist, Dr. Greifinger maintained a private practice in Belleville for 50 years. During the 1950s and 1960s, he served as medical director of the Newark school system. He was chief of the department of internal medicine at Clara Maass for ten years before becoming medical director there, a position he held for 30 years. Dr. Greifinger served as chairman of the board of directors of the New Jersey Medical Society and was also president of the Essex County Medical Society. He is survived by wife Gertrude, three sons including Robert, ’71 and David, ’73, and five grandchildren.

R. Stanley Bank, ’37
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
October 23, 2001
Dr. Bank was a Baltimore native who entered medical school at the age of 19. Upon graduation, he trained at the Jersey City Medical Center before settling in Harrisburg, Pa., where he opened a general practice. His career was interrupted by WWII, as Dr. Bank joined the Army Air Corps and was commissioned as a captain and flight surgeon. Assigned to St. Petersburg, Fla., he worked with two famous psychiatrists in healing airmen who had been traumatized by combat experiences. Dr. Bank received a second residency at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York where he became chief resident in medicine. Dr. Bank returned to Harrisburg in 1947 and was certified in internal medicine. In the 1960s, he served as chief of the medical staff at Harrisburg Hospital and was named teacher of the year by his residents. He also carried the title of adjunct professor for several years at Hershey Medical School. Dr. Bank was a horticulturist, poet, student of politics and collector of humorous stories. He was past president of the Harrisburg chapter of the Foreign Policy Association. Survivors include son Stephen (MD), daughter Penny, four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Dr. Bank was preceded in death by wife Dorothy.

Otto G. Matheke Jr., ’37
Roseland, New Jersey
January 11, 2001

Reuben Rochkind, ’37
Coral Gables, Florida
January 22, 2001
Dr. Rochkind began a private practice after graduation. During WWII, he was stationed in Miami. One year after arriving in Florida, he relocated there and opened a private practice. Planning for a new hospital in Miami began in the late 1950s when the city faced a serious shortage of hospital beds. Looking to better serve its patients, a group of physicians raised $2.4 million to begin the construction of the new Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, now Cedars Medical Center; Dr. Rochkind was a member of that group. He is survived by wife Claire, two daughters, one son, two stepsons, eight grandchildren and seven step-grandchildren.

William H. Leitch, ’39
Denver, Colorado
December 13, 2000

C. V. Latimer, ’43D
Slingerlands, New York
February 12, 2001
Dr. Latimer trained at the University of Maryland for one year before serving in the U.S. Army Medical Corps in Europe from 1944–46. Upon his return, he opened a family practice in Hudson Falls where he practiced until 1975. He served on the staff at the Wilton Developmental Center in Wilton from 1975 until retirement in 1983. Dr. Latimer enjoyed fishing, hunting, photography, bridge, jazz music, and he collected ice harvesting and old carpenter tools. He is survived by wife Henrietta, one son, one daughter and three grandsons. He was preceded in death by son Lawrence.

Carl N. Patterson, ’44
Durham, North Carolina
February 22, 2001
After training at Mercy Hospital in Baltimore, Dr. Patterson served as a surgeon in the Navy during WWII. He specialized in facial reconstructive surgery and the study and analysis of beauty and was internationally renowned for his pioneering work in reconstructive inner ear surgery. Appointments included chief of the department of otolaryngology at McPherson Hospital and associate clinical professor of otolaryngology at Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Patterson was president of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery as well as the American Laryngological, Philological, and Otological Society. He founded the Training Center for Hearing-Impaired Children which was operated in his church for many years before the Durham Public Schools took over the program. Dr. Patterson was an avid golfer. He is survived by wife Ruth, one daughter, two sons and three grandchildren.

Leonard T. Kurland, ’45
Rochester, Minnesota
December 4, 2001
After an internship at the University of Maryland, Dr. Kurland continued his education at the beginning of an 18-year stint with the U.S. Public Health Service. In 1948, he earned a master’s degree in public health from the department of epidemiology at Harvard University and in 1951 was awarded a doctorate in public health at Johns Hopkins University. The topic for his master’s thesis was the epidemiology of Multiple Sclerosis and a plan for a study of the prevalence of MS in selected communities in the U.S. and Canada. When his dissertation came to the attention of the director of the National Institute on Mental Health, Dr. Kurland was asked to develop and conduct the project. Following this project and his doctoral dissertation, he began training in neurology at the Mayo Clinic. Dr. Kurland continued his career at the Mayo Clinic, establishing the department of medical statistics, epidemiology and population genetics, now the department of health sciences research. He played the leadership role in the Rochester Epidemiology Project, one of the most accurate and comprehensive long-term data resources available on a defined population, and he was recognized as the father of neuro-epidemiology. The author of more than 500 publications, Dr. Kurland was the recipient of numerous commendations including one for distinguished service on behalf of medicine and humanity from the U.S. House of Representatives. In 2000, Dr. Kurland received the Medical Alumni Association’s Honor Award & Gold Key, the school’s highest alumni award for outstanding contributions to medicine and distinguished service to mankind. He enjoyed flying, racquetball and swimming. He and wife Miriam have five children, two of whom pursued careers in academic medicine. Dr. Kurland was uncle to Toby Mower whose husband is Morton Mower, ’59.

William H. Robinson, ’45
Waterford, Vermont

Gilbert L. Nicklas, ’49
Cary, North Carolina
October 20, 2001
Dr. Nicklas received training at Portsmouth Naval Hospital in Virginia and remained in the Navy until 1952. Upon his discharge, he operated a private practice in Avis, Pa., until 1994 when he joined Jersey Shore Family Practice, also in Avis. He retired in 1996. Dr. Nicklas was a member and two-time president of the Jersey Shore medical staff as well as a member of the Lock Haven Hospital medical staff. He was a diplomate of the American Academy of Family Practice. For more than 30 years, Dr. Nicklas was the physician for the Keystone Central School District, the Keystone athletic department, and he was team physician for the Lock Haven High School football team. He enjoyed following NC-State’s athletic teams. Survivors include wife Helen, three sons, one daughter and three grandsons.

William H. Kirby Jr., ’55
Timonium, Maryland
November 13, 2001
Before earning his medical degree, Dr. Kirby received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in 1942 and a master’s degree in industrial engineering from Johns Hopkins. He was a member of the faculty in 1948 before enrolling in medical school. Dr. Kirby was corporate director of medical affairs for Control Data Corp., from 1975–83, an attending physician in occupational medicine at Central Medical Clinics in Baltimore from 1983–85, and vice president and corporate director of medical affairs for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida from 1985–88. He was director of Health Management Services, Inc., a consulting firm he founded in 1989 that specialized in medical/financial affairs. The company dissolved in 1996 when he retired. Dr. Kirby enjoyed vacationing in Maine and listening to classical music. He is survived by wife Sara, son William III, daughter Jennifer and two granddaughters.

Charles B. Pratt III, ’55
Memphis, Tennessee
February 2, 2002
Dr. Pratt completed his residency and a fellowship at Babies Hospital, Columbia- Presbyterian Medical Center in New York. He spent three years in a private practice in Richmond, Va., before joining St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis in 1965. Over the next 36 years, Dr. Pratt conducted 90 clinical trials that expanded the use of chemotherapy drugs in treating childhood cancers, and he was recognized as an expert on rare pediatric tumors. In particular, Dr. Pratt enjoyed the challenge of improving survival rates for certain types of cancer that strike the eyes, bones and large intestine. The national Children’s Oncology Group presented him with its first lifetime achievement award last year, and St. Jude endowed a position in his name last summer when he retired. Dr. Pratt was among 47 physicians included in the 1994 second edition of The Best Doctors in America. Dr. Pratt is survived by wife Sarah, three daughters, two sons and seven grandchildren.

Raymond J. Donovan, ’58
Baltimore, Maryland
January 1, 2002
Following graduation, Dr. Donovan served in the Navy Medical Corps until 1961 when he was discharged with the rank of lieutenant. He completed his internship at the University of Maryland and a surgical residency at St. Agnes. From 1965–91, he maintained a private practice and was senior attending surgeon at St. Agnes where he specialized in pediatric surgery. He was a long-time chairman of the hospital’s ethics committee and founder of its hospice and home care program. Dr. Donovan earned a reputation for his willingness to work with patients such as Jehovah’s Witnesses who needed surgery. He used surgical techniques that minimized bleeding and the need for transfusions which their faith did not support. After retiring from active surgical practice, Dr. Donovan served as medical director at Westinghouse Electric Corp., medical consultant for Monumental and Monumental General insurance companies, medical consultant to the Social Security Administration’s Federal Disability Determination Service, and he was a member of institutional review board of the Chesapeake Research Review. Dr. Donovan was the Medical Alumni Association’s 106th president in 1980. He is survived by wife Sue, four daughters, three sons and 12 grandchildren. A fourth son passed away in 1986.

Robert L. Doyle, ’64
Irving, Texas
December 2, 2001
Dr. Doyle served in the Army and was discharged with the rank of major. He received training in urology at the University of Maryland and went on to become chief of urology and president of the medical staff at Mercy Medical Center. He also had privileges at the University of Maryland, Maryland General Hospital, Franklin Square Hospital Center and Good Samaritan Hospital. Dr. Doyle also maintained a private office on St. Paul Place. He was an avid Eastern Shore duck hunter. Survivors include wife Joan, one son, three daughters and two granddaughters.

Robert B. McDaniel, ’75
Baltimore, Maryland
February 2, 2002
After training in internal medicine and anesthesiology, Dr. McDaniel practiced medicine in several health care facilities around the city. In 1983, he became interested in substance abuse and was the first medical director of Glen Meadows Recovery Center. He held similar posts at Oakview Treatment Center and Mountain Manor Treatment Center. In 1988, Dr. McDaniel established the detoxification program at Bon Secours Hospital and, in 1989, joined the staff of Total Health Care to work in alcohol and drug treatment programs. He joined Glenwood Life Center in 1999 as medical director. He was a recovering addict whose own struggle served as a beacon of hope to others with similar substance afflictions.