Class Notes

1932: Aaron C. Sollod of Baltimore reports that, at age 96, he is doing fine. Son Hershey, ’72, practices psychiatry in Denver.

1940: Edmund G. Beacham lives in a retirement community in Timonium, Md.

1941: Raymond N. Malouf and wife Ausdrig of Logan, Utah are proud of their 17 grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren who keep them busy.

1943D: Charles Kemper was honored recently as one of the two surviving World War II members of the Kiwanis Club in Chippewa Falls, Wis.

1944: Harry Rolfes of Bradenton, Fla., continues to enjoy retirement and his golf game. He looks forward to the 60th Reunion in 2004.

1947: Norman Levin of Baltimore continues to practice Gyn, having discontinued Ob in April 2002.

1948: R. L. Hobart, Jr., is enjoying retirement in Powell, Tex. John R. Shell of Gulf Shores, Ala., is retired and enjoys golf. Benjamin K. Silverman of Seal Beach, Calif., continues to work through his affiliation with UCLA.

1951: Kathleen R. McGrady of Hendersonville, N.C., continues to be active with hospice. She works with “Friends of Santa Claus,” an organization devoted to care and support of children with terminal illnesses.

1952: Charles B. Adams retired June 30, 2002 from his practice of internal medicine in Hollywood, Fla., and at Memorial Hospital.

1954: John F. Hartman of Baltimore renewed his chief mate’s unlimited license in the U.S. Merchant Marine, and he made a trip on the S/S John Brown Liberty Ship of World War II. David A. Levy of Paris is the founding member and president of the recently-formed Franco-American Allergy Association which aims to enhance relationships between French and American allergists.

1955: F. Richard Walton of Avon, Ind., is truly grateful for the opportunities he has had in life, and he credits his medical school and classmates for making it happen.

1956: Mathew Lee of New York City received the distinguished clinician award at the 63rd Annual Assembly of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He is the Howard A. Rusk Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at NYU School of Medicine. He also received the 2002 Music Has Power Award at the Institute for Music & Neurologic Function. Richard L. Plumb of Houston reports that his fourth grandchild is due in April.

1957: Charles Allen of Dover, Del., has emerged from retirement and is working as many as three days each week in a walk-in clinic. He still loves medicine!

1958: Bruce N. Curtis of Thatcher, Ariz., reports that son Todd is a radiologist and daughter Cami is a veterinarian. Alfred A. Filar of Timonium, Md., reports that daughter Lili Anna Clare is ten years old and is in fourth grade. Ernest E. Moore of Richlands, Va., retired in March.

1959: Chuck Mailman of Corona Del Mar, Calif., is retiring after 39 years of practicing dermatology.

1960: Merrill Syphus of Altadena, Calif., is performing general surgery locum tenens in various parts of the country, following 36 years in private practice.

1962: Johnny Buchman of Studio City, Calif., extends greetings to classmates. He is happy traveling and practicing dermatology. Trips last year included the winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Kentucky Derby, Canadian Rockies, and the northern-most town in the world: Point Barrow, Alaska.

1964: L. Bradley Baker of Easton, Md., in retirement, is enjoying the fruits of grandfatherhood, gardening, reading, golf, and God’s beautiful creation: the eastern shore of Maryland.

1965: Arthur R. Dick of Shawnee Mission, Kan., was appointed to the nine-member national clinical advisory committee of the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Ronald Goldner was selected by Baltimore magazine as a “Top Doc” in dermatology for 2002. Terren M. Himmelfarb of Baltimore reports that daughter Jennifer works with American Express in N.Y. City.

1966: Charles H. Classen of Kinston, N.C., reports that daughter Alexandra is attending business school at Wharton and daughter Adrienne is a pediatrician at Half Moon Bay, Calif. David J. Steinbauer of Lindsay, Calif., travels on medical missions to Guatemala and Peru, and he plans to work in Mexico during the summer. This follows his retirement in May 2001.

1968: Anthony L. Merlis of Madison, Wis., was inducted as a fellow in the American College of Radiology.

1969: John R. McCormick of Deland, Fla., is enjoying neurology and doing locum tenens. He reports that son Troy is a high school teacher, and another son Michael is an assistant planner for the Monterey, Calif.

1971: Burton J. Glass of East Rockaway, NY is president-elect of the Nassau County Medical Society and hosts a radio show on WGBB on Long Island.

1973: Morton C. Orman of Sparks, Md., is medical director for Capital Blue Cross in Harrisburg, Pa., after serving three years as medical director or Key Stone Health Plan Central in Camp Hill.

1974: Art Liang of Atlanta was invited by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to present at their food safety risk assessment workshop, conducted for the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in Belgrade last fall. He is director of the food safety office for the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention. Eric Orwoll of Portland is associate dean for research and assistant vice president for research at the medical school of Oregon Health and Sciences University. He is professor of medicine and is also program director for the general clinical research center.

1975: Robert J. Beach of Mays Landing, N.J., is chairman elect of the board of trustees for Shore Memorial Hospital in Somers Point. Karl W. Diehn of Baltimore is a member of the board of directors of the Greater Baltimore Medical Center. Daughter Megan is a graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology in Biomedical Photography and currently prepares graphics and power point display for physician’s defense medical liability cases.

1976: Ira E. Hantman of Baltimore is secretary and treasurer of the staff at Mercy Medical Center. Robert Fish of Baltimore is re-entering medicine and is taking part I of the USMLE

1977: Stuart B. Bell of Baltimore is vice president of medical affairs at Union Memorial Hospital and continues to practice internal medicine part-time. Michelle D. Uhl and husband Ben Werner have relocated to Wooster, Ohio.

1978: Adam Billet of Chesapeake, Va., turned 50 and reports that he is holding up well. Daughter Allison has been accepted at the University of Virginia. Stephen A. Metz reports that his practice is split between providing gynecology services to older women and serving as medical director of a clinic for primarily Medicaid-eligible women. He and wife Sandra live in Longmeadow, Mass. Robin M. Ulanow of Baltimore is chief of the division of colon and rectal surgery at North Arundel Hospital. She married Mark Kane in June 1999. Stephen Valenti of Arnold, Md., is a cardiologist at Howard County General Hospital and a member of HPV Heart. Wife Elizabeth Kingsley was recognized in a November 2002 Baltimore magazine as one of Baltimore’s top doctors. She is a cardiologist with Cardiology Associates at Anne Arundel Medical Center. Neil E. Warres of Baltimore resigned his position as chief of psychiatry at Shock Trauma and has expanded his private practice in Pikesville. He continues as chief of psychiatry at Kernan Hospital.

1979: H. Russell Wright of Baltimore reports that daughter Morgan has been accepted at Davidson College; son Alex returned to Baltimore after serving in the Marine Corps; wife Judy keeps active with her running; and Russ is still in private practice and does volunteer work.

1980: Robert R. Artwohl is practicing surgery in Anchorage, Alaska. He and wife Yolanda have a son, Benjamin, who is eight years old, and twins James and Daniel are five. Kirby D. Rekedal of Little Silver, N.J., is pediatric program director for Monmouth Medical Center. James P. Richardson of Ellicott City, Md., is chief of geriatric medicine at Union Memorial Hospital, an affiliate of the University of Maryland. His twins, Alex and Chris, turned eight in February.

1981: Laurie Zimmerman of Richland, Wash., is chief medical officer for Lourdes Health Network, the first physician to hold such a position in the Tri-City area. She joined Lourdes Health Network in 1996 as a staff psychiatrist and has served as medical director of its counseling center since 1999.

1982: Guillermo Arnaud has relocated to Hillsboro, Ill., where he has gone into practice and lives closer to his daughters (they live in Oklahoma!). James Holt of Johnson City, Tenn., is on the faculty at the Johnson City Family Practice Residency Program. The program is affiliated with East Tennessee State University. Jerry B. Schwartz of Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., has three daughters: Brittany, Cassie and Sarah.

1983: Peter Brassard of Block Island, R.I., reports that hanging around Havana was a very interesting experience. Garry L. Mueller of Lancaster, Pa., has a daughter in college and two in high school. He continues to enjoy life and medicine, and warns “fear the turtle!” Rob Shochet of Ellicott City, Md., is on the full-time faculty at Sinai Hospital in the division of general internal medicine. He is completing a term as president of the American Academy on Physician and Patient. Wife Jodi is a social worker for the public school system in Howard County. Daughter Erin is a sophomore at the University of Maryland College Park, and son Matt is a junior at Centennial High School. Milton S. Sniadach Jr., developed a logical approach to post-operative nausea and vomiting and has been lecturing to state societies. Children Amanda, Molly and Bradley were honor students this year. They recently remodeled their home in Englewood, Colo.

1985: Michael J. Hallowell of Sewell, N.J., spent Christmas bicycling in New Zealand.

1987: Jennifer S. Gass of Barrington, R.I., is clinical assistant professor of surgery at Brown University. She recently accepted a position at the breast health center in Providence where she will focus on breast cancer care and research in new technologies. Susan Wandishin and husband John of Marriottsville, Md., will celebrate their 20th anniversary this summer. They have three children: Rachel, age nine; Becky, age seven; and Ben, age four.

1988: Kenneth W. Kotz and wife Nancy are enjoying their new life in Wilmington, N.C. They report that sons Sam, Jack and Andy have the best pediatrician: Sarah Adams, ’88!

1989: Erin R. Drew of Owings Mills, Md., is a regional medical scientist for GlaxoSmithKline after closing her
private practice in September 2002. Michael O. Duhaney is a partner in Preakness Radiology Associates located in Wayne, N.J., where he serves as director of MRI. He and wife Djenane live in Verona with Alexis, age three and Ariane, age five. Stephen F. Hatem and wife Amy of Cleveland announce the birth of Sarah Anne on October 18, 2002. Jeannette Linder of Edgewater, Md., is program director of the radiation oncology residency at Maryland. Her six-year-old daughter has been visited twice by the Tooth Fairy. Husband Larry is chief of emergency medicine at North Arundel Hospital. Robert T. Maupin Jr., recently traveled to Capetown, South Africa to develop a perinatal HIV transmission prevention clinical trial. David Stone, wife Janice, and daughter Jessica of Naples, Fla., announce the birth of Makayla Jolie on October 28, 2002.

1990: Margaret Flowers of Sparks, Md., is working part-time as a school physician at a boarding school so she can spend more time with son Jack, age ten, daughter Claire, age eight, and son Braden, age six. Craig K. Freedman and wife Cristina of Houston are proud to announce the births of Cole and Campbell on July 29, 2002. They join sister Catheen who is almost three.

1991: Joohyong Henry Kim and wife Susan live in Camden Wyoming, Del., where Henry is a partner with Urology Associates of Dover, and Susan has officially retired from private practice. She has her hands full with Andrew, age nine; and Christina, age six.

1992: Michael F. Chiaramonte of Seneca, Md., is in private practice of plastic surgery with offices in Bethesda and Clinton. He is clinical instructor of plastic surgery at Johns Hopkins and chairman of plastic surgery for Southern Maryland Hospital Center. Wife Sonya is assistant professor of ENT at Georgetown. They have two boys. Francesca Litow is on active duty in the U.S. Navy, stationed in Naples, Italy. She serves as an occupational medicine physician for the population of military and DOD civilian personnel following completion of an occupational medicine residency at Johns Hopkins.

1993: Monica and John Kenney of Menlo Park, Calif., announce the birth of daughter Camryn on December 28, 2001.

1994: Cyrus Hamidi and wife Renee live with their three sons (Esmail, age eight; Jacob, age five; and Nathan, age one) in Sparks, Md. Cyrus has a solo family practice in Hunt Valley and was named interim chairman of the family practice department at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center. He finished the 4.4 mile Chesapeake Bay Swim for the third consecutive year, and he brewed his 150th batch of beer, a robust stout. He is still waiting for his yearbook!

1995: Sufen Chiu, MD/PhD, Annette (Fineberg, ’92), Amelia and Daniel moved to Davis, Calif. Sufen is assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of California Davis Medical School and Annette joined Sutter Health. Ramona Daryani of Omaha, Neb., reports that practice is going well. Daughter Catherine is six years-old and son Shawn is two. Jeanne H. Defeo and husband Matthew announce the birth of Colin Matthew, who joins Patrick, Brendan and Katie. Jeanne works with a pediatric group in Annapolis, Md. John P. Moriarty of Hamden, Conn., reports that daughter Haley Rose was born January 6, 2003.

1996: Lisa Canada and husband Jeff are living in Atlanta where Lisa is an orthopaedic trauma surgeon at Grady Hospital (Emory University). She enjoyed working at Shock Trauma last year. Paul King and wife Mary Kate moved to Annapolis, Md. Paul has joined Anne Arundel Orthopaedic Surgeons and is on the staff at Anne Arundel Medical Center, following completion of a fellowship in joint reconstruction surgery at Harvard Medical School.

1997: Steven E. Feinleib of Shaker Heights, Ohio has joined The Cleveland Clinic Beachwood Family Health Center. Specialty interests include preventive medicine, the diagnosis and management of asthma, diabetes and hypertension, smoking cessation and healthy lifestyle promotion. Hillary Liss is on the faculty at Kathmandu University Medical School in Nepal. She has assisted in curriculum design and development, organized the teaching rotations and hospitals, arranged conferences, provided student teaching in both basic sciences and clinical subjects, obtained resources for the school, and has provided counseling to students. Her significant other, Bill Brewster, has assisted the school’s director in administrative tasks, development and intra-university relations and also in writing newsletters and brochures. Together they have explored Nepal and trekked to lower Mt. Everest. She was invited to be the doctor for the world championship elephant polo matches. Myra Tolan of Jessup, Md., practices physiatry with Chesapeake Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in Glen Burnie.

1998: Karin Anderson is an attending emergency physician at Methodist Hospital in Dallas. Christian and Kathy Iudica of Harrisonburg, Va., have a two-year-old daughter named Bethany. Rachel Exelbert Schreiber and husband Benjamin of Pittsburgh announce the birth of son Benjamin on October 6, 2002.

1999: Richard L. Rosol has joined a pediatrics group practice in Farmington, Maine, following completion of his residency at Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. His partner of six years, Milton Kidd, is teaching piano at the University of Maine, Farmington. Leonardo Vieira and wife Ana announce the birth of son Lucas on May 28, 2002. Leonardo works at a family group practice in Clearwater, Fla. Elizabeth M. Weaver of Arlington, Va., joined a group family practice in Fairfax.

2000: Robert Lenz and wife Amy of Los Angeles are enjoying their newborn son, Carson. Robert is in year three of a neurology residency at UCLA. Bonaventure B. Ngu of Randallstown, Md., is planning to marry Edna Asonqwe on July 12.

2001: Darren Feldman of New York City received the 2002 Intern of the Year award from the department of medicine at New York University, and he has accepted the position of chief resident, department of medicine, at Sloan Kettering Cancer Center for the 2004–2005 academic year. He plans to pursue a fellowship in hematology and oncology.

2002: Walid Gellad is serving his year of internship in medicine at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston with classmate Samy Mir. And Eric J. Hodgson of Reston, Va., is taking a year off to serve as national president of AMSA.

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