1935: Samuel E. Einhorn of Lantana, Fla., is still giving lectures and keeping busy with activities relating to his interest in staying healthy.

1936: Howard T. Knobloch of Essexville, Mich., has been retired since the late 1990s after being elected Pediatrician of the Year in 1996 by the American Academy of Pediatrics for the state of Michigan. Milton H. Stapen of Floral Park, Fla., is retired and recently turned 94 years old.


1940: William I. Wolff of New York City , professor of surgery at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and attending surgeon at Beth Israel Medical Center, had a lecture named in his honor at the latter institution.

1941: Raymond N. Malouf of Logan, Utah, reports that retirement takes all of his time! He and wife Ausdrig have 17 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. Malouf welcomes communications from any of his classmates.

1942: William J. Senter of Raleigh, N.C., is 88 years old, retired, and enjoying life.

1943D: Luis M. Isales of Boca Raton, Fla., extends heart-felt greetings to classmates and extends best wishes to the Medical Alumni Association.

1944: William W. Osborne moved to a retirement village in Skidaway Island, Ga., and would love to communicate with classmates. If you wish, you can contact the alumni office for his telephone number.

1945: Benjamin Berdann of Baltimore is enjoying retirement with lots of travel, reading, theater and music.

1950: Thomas Corpening of Houston continues full time in his solo internal medicine practice and reports that he is now the senior doctor of his hospital staff. Fowler F. White of Bantam, Conn., continues riding his bicycle more than 1,000 miles per year. He says that would be quite an achievement at his age, were it not for the fact that half the time he doesn’t know where he is!

1951: Kathleen R. McGrady of Hendersonville, N.C., continues her work with Friends for Santa Claus, an organization devoted to the care and support of children with terminal cancer. She also supports 4 Seasons Hospice and is working with Free Medical Clinics of Hendersonville. S. Norman Sherry of Cambridge, Mass., says that health and happiness are important during these times of retirement. He extends regards to his classmates.

1954: Robert H. Ellis of Fort Collins, Colo., is retired but continues to interpret ECG’s at Poudre Valley Hospital. He enjoys travel, golf, skiing, and lawn & garden work. John F. Hartman of Baltimore is an active member of the Knights of Columbus.

1955: Henry A. Diederichs of Springfield, Ohio, is in the transitional process of retiring from the practice of pathology in the fastest growing community in the state. Paul G. Mueller is living with his daughter in Pasadena, Md.

1956: Robert T. Adkins and wife Nancy are enjoying retired living in Ocean City, Md. He retired from Peninsula General Hospital Medical Center in 1995 after 27 years of service, and was honored by having the emergency-trauma center named for him. Scheldon Kress of Potomac, Md., works full time at the FDA. Richard C. Plumb of Houston reports that wife Lois is a complete invalid after suffering a number of illnesses beginning with renal failure in January 2005.

1957: Herbert E. Brooks of Bonifay, Fla., reports that he continues to practice family medicine full time.

1959: Robert J. Dawson of Cumberland, Md., continues practicing with Children’s Medical Group. August D. King Jr., of Lutherville, Md., is enjoying his seventh year of retirement with wife Netta, their five children and nine grandchildren (with two more on the way).


1960: Julio E. Figueroa of New Orleans retired from the Ochsner Clinic Foundation on September 30, 2005 as a result of Hurricane Katrina. He and wife Myriam are doing fine. Morton E. Smith of St. Louis received the distinguished service teaching award from the class of 2007 and the clinical teacher of the year award from the class of 2006 at Washington University.

1961: Robert A. Fink of El Sobrante, Calif., is clinical professor in the department of neurological surgery at the University of California, San Francisco.

1962: Raymond D. Bahr of Baltimore retired from cardiology and his appointment as director of the Coronary Care System, where he served for more than 40 years. He started the world’s first chest pain emergency room in 1981 at St. Agnes Hospital and afterwards helped develop more than 2,500 chest pain centers throughout America. He also served as the inaugural president of the Society of Chest Pain Centers.

1963: Arthur C. Lamb of Davis, Calif., is easing into retirement and performing with his jazz combo. Michael L. Levin of Owings Mills, Md., is chairman of the board of trustees at Joseph Richey Hospital. Janet Mules retired from psychiatry and moved to Greenbank, Wash. Edward C. Werner of Washington, D.C., is enjoying life in his ninth year of retirement (at the age of 68). He and wife Georgia travel a great deal, and cruising is their favorite. They are traveling to Greece this spring for a seven-day cruise followed by a drive around the country for another 10 days.

1964: Samuel Muher of Owings Mills, Md., is practicing gynecology part time.

1965: Brian J. Baldwin of Dallas retired from full-time private practice and works in a heart transplant/CHF clinic at the University of Texas Southwestern St. Paul University Hospital.

1966: Leslie Abramowitz and wife Ferne of Owings Mills, Md., announce the birth of their fifth grandchild on December 23, 2005. Charles H. Classen of Kinston, N.C., recently traveled 200 miles in an inflatable kayak through the Grand Canyon. He is one of two representatives from his state to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery. Carl J. Orfuss and wife Lois of Los Angeles are planning to attend the 40th reunion in May. He continues in practice, and reports that his son was recently married in Sonoma, and his daughter is a speech therapist in San Francisco.

1967: Allan S. Pristoop of Owings Mills, Md., reports that son Rafi is an intern at Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx doing internal medicine. Ronald W. Yakaitis of Tucson, Ariz., a retired anesthesiologist, enjoys gardening, music, a house in Mexico, and spending time with his lovely granddaughter.

1968: Beverley E. J. Morgan of San Francisco is pursuing philanthropic interests and foreign language studies since retiring from private practice. She also enjoys a diverse interest in the fine arts.
1969: In the winter Bulletin, we reported that Leon Reinstein of Baltimore was a member of the volunteer faculty at Maryland. He is not currently a member of the volunteer faculty and we apologize for the error. Polly B. Roberts of Cockeysville, Md., is enrolled in the program for environmental studies at Johns Hopkins University, pursuing an interest in nature. William Sohr reports that he is practicing psychiatry in the bi-polar capitol of the world—Las Vegas!


1970: Louis Shpritz of Owings Mills, Md., reports that daughter Lisa is vice president for corporate workplace at Bank of America in Charlotte, N.C., after receiving a second master’s degree—an MBA—from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

1971: Elliot S. Krames of San Francisco is co-chair of the National Pain Foundation, president-elect of the International Neuromodulation Society and editor-in-chief of its journal—Neuromodulation. Marshall K. Steele III of Annapolis, Md., formed Marshall Steele & Associates, specializing in implementing joint replacement, spine, and vascular centers in hospitals throughout the U.S. This follows retirement from his orthopaedic surgery practice in February.

1972: Nelson Hendler of Stevenson, Md., is president of the American Academy of Pain Management, a 6,000-member group. H. Hershey Sollod and wife Holly of Denver report that their oldest daughter will soon receive a PhD in molecular biochemistry from the University of Connecticut. She was recently married to a fourth-year medical student there. Sollod’s other daughter, a 16 year old, remains at home.

1973: Murray A. Kalish and wife Michele Rae of Baltimore announce the birth of their first grandchild—Gavriela Beatrice—on November 24, 2005. Gavriela’s mother, Jennifer, received her PhD in genetics from Yale Medical School; the MD is to follow. Kalish recently received the Dr. Henry P. & M. Page Laughlin Award from the Maryland State Medical Society, and he was reelected to a second term as state director for the American Society of Anesthesiologists board of directors. Charles B. Watson of Easton, Conn., became deputy surgeon-in-chief, an unusual achievement for an anesthesiologist at his institution in the Yale-New Haven Hospital network.

1974: Dawn V. Obrecht spent much of 2005 volunteering. She saw more than 3,000 patients in Indonesia after the tsunami, and even more in Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina. She recently moved to Steamboat Springs, Colo., where she practices addiction therapy. Daughter Brie married Dave McFarland, an anesthesiology resident, while daughter Kara and her husband live in Phoenix where she is in podiatry school.

1976: Dennis Stewart Ginsberg of Gambrills, Md., reports that his new medical group—The Columbia Medical Practice—began operations on November 1, 2004. Ira E. Hantman of Baltimore is vice president of the medical staff at Mercy Medical Center. Harry C. Knipp of Reisterstown, Md., reports that daughter Katy is an MBA candidate in the Fuqua School at Duke. Youngest son Dave was a summer intern (shadow) at the Baltimore VA and will enroll in the University of Pennsylvania in Fall 2006. Eva H. B. McCullars moved to Tucson with husband John Sobotka, MD, who retired for medical reasons. She is practicing inpatient psychiatry—adult and child—at Palo Verde, Tucson Medical Center. Both sons attend the University of Arizona. One is a pre-med student, and the other studies media arts. Murray D. Perlman of Baltimore is president of the Sinai Hospital medical staff this year, and since 1994 has served as chairman of its staff privileges and credentials committee.

1977: Marc S. Bresler and wife Barbara of Encino, Calif., recently celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary. Son Noah is a sophomore at the University of California, San Diego, while daughter Sarah is a junior in high school. John P. Miller III of Cockeysville, Md., reports that daughter Lauren is a freshman at Washington and Lee University.

1978: Ellen Taylor of Baltimore continues her solo practice and is chief of gynecology at Northwest Hospital Center. Son Marty is in the MD/PhD program at Johns Hopkins, and son Ross also has hopes of pursuing a medical career. Her two daughters are in high school, and husband Bruce is medical director of Sheppard Pratt Hospital in Ellicott City.

1979: H. Russell Wright of Baltimore reports that son Alex, a captain in the U.S. Marine Corps., returned from Iraq last March. Daughter Morgan is a junior at Davidson College. Wright is president-elect of St. Joseph Medical Center and past president of the Baltimore County Medical Association. He is in private practice, specializing in ENT/allergy.


1980: Robert R. Artwohl of Anchorage, Alaska, reports that he and his new wife, Cheryl, enjoyed seeing everyone at the reunion last spring. They were married on September 25, 2005 in Las Vegas.

1981: Marilyn Righetti and husband Rod opened MAROD, a medical spa, in Twin Falls, Idaho. In addition to their busy ENT practice, they traveled with “rodeo” daughters Chelsea and Jessea to two national competitions.

1982: Charles Carroll of Winnetka, Ill., is associate professor of clinical orthopaedic surgery at Northwestern University Medical School and has a practice in hand surgery and orthopaedics. He is also busy teaching communications skills at Northwestern, with a focus on expert witness work for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery. Daughter Brooke graduated from Vanderbilt; and daughter Emilie is a junior there. Son Charlie attends Woodberry Forest School in Orange, Va. Carroll and wife Marilyn are adjusting to living with empty nest syndrome. Joseph W. Gattuso is senior partner of Cardiology Associates in Altoona, Pa. He and wife Ann live in Hollidaysburg with their five children: Meghan, age 19; Erin, age 15; Joseph, age 13; Marie, age nine; and Shanna, age five.

1984: Dale Meyer and wife Joy, ’89, of Voorheesville, N.Y., extend warm greetings to classmates. Dale recently opened a new office building (Lions Eye Institute of Albany), and he is director of ophthalmic plastic surgery. Joy enjoys a private practice of physical medicine and rehabilitation. They have two children—Eric, age 13; and Elena, age 10.

1985: Paul B. Rosenberg of Bethesda, Md., has joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins, specializing in research and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. This follows more than a decade at the Washington DVAMC. Wife Helene is a scientist at NIAID, and together they have two sons—Joshua, age 15; and Michael, age 10. Rosenberg continues to play jazz piano as a hobby, and his sons enjoy singing in choruses and musicals. He welcomes news from any long-lost friends from the class!

1986: Melba J. Beine, an internist, was voted one of the best doctors in San Antonio. Raphael Y. Gershon of Atlanta has been married for 19 years and has five children ranging in age from four to 17. He is chief of anesthesiology at Grady Memorial Hospital and associate professor at Emory University where he is completing a master’s degree in business administration. He is also president of Torah Day School.

1987: Louis A. Damiano of Silver Spring, Md., is a captain in the U.S. Navy. He is director of medicine and surgery at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda. Ralph Gregg is president of Medical Anesthesia & Pain Management Consultants in Fort Myers, Fla. This August, he and wife Ana will celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary. They have two sons: Michael, age 16; and James, age 13. Mark L. Monteferrante of Potomac, Md., is the head of Progressive Radiology, a large outpatient practice throughout the Washington/Baltimore metropolitan area with current expansion into Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Roger M. Stone of Mt. Airy, Md., was re-appointed for additional terms as EMS medical director for both Montgomery County Fire & Rescue and Caroline County. He remains on the part-time faculty in the division of emergency medicine at Maryland and its combined EMS fellowship at UMBC.

1989: Wing C. Chau of Richland, Wash., reports that daughter Cynthia will be a freshman at Maryland’s dental school this fall. Ann L. Mattson of Boulder, Colo., married Patrick Sernyak on October 8, 2005. They bought a small farm last summer, and Ann now works part time as a farmer and part time as medical director for a non-profit family planning clinic. Jean Marie Naples of West Haverstraw, N.Y., is recovering from a serious auto accident on October 8, 2005.



1990: Craig Freedman and wife Tina of Houston are thrilled to announce the birth of Crawford Harvey, born October 3, 2005. He joins brothers Cole and Campbell, and sister Cathleen. Marty Passen and wife Amy of Baltimore announce the birth of Lilly Ava, their second, on January 19.

1991: Scott M. Browning of Portland, Ore., a surgeon, was named physician of the year at Providence Milwaukie Hospital in 2005 and is president-elect of its medical staff.

1992: Lisa Glasser and husband Marc of Las Vegas recently welcomed Jake Isaac, their second, into the world. On December 4, Glasser completed the Las Vegas Marathon in 3:47, qualifying for the Boston Marathon in 2007. Francesca Litow of Rockville, Md., was promoted to commander in the U.S. Navy and is a specialty leader for occupational medicine.

1995: Michael Bond of Pasadena, Md., has joined the faculty at Maryland after completing his EM/IM residency. Avolonne B. Morgan of Missouri City, Tex., has a private pediatric practice in the Houston area. She and husband Leslie Kimble report that twin daughters Carmen and Camren are now three years old. John P. Moriarty of Hamden, Conn., is associate program director for the Yale internal medicine residency program.

1996: Lisa Cannada and husband Jeff welcomed Annalise Rose on June 8, 2005. They recently relocated to Dallas where Lisa is at UT Southwestern Parkland Hospital continuing in orthopaedic trauma. David Lang is a pediatric consultant at NIH, while living with wife Deborah and two children in Olney, Md. Son Joshua is age four and Eliana is age one. Jeanette Nazarian of Catonsville, Md., is a staff intensivist in the ICU at Mercy Medical Center. She thinks it’s perfect because it allows her to get two girls to events like ballet and soccer. Gary Sherman and wife Christina of Hagerstown, Md., are happy to welcome Nicole Paige on September 11, 2005. She joins sister Allie Rose who is nearly three years old. Stefan Zechowy and wife Jill of Santa Rosa, Calif., report the birth of their second child in October 2005. Daughter Mia is now five years old.

1997: Laurie Millar Bothwell of Baltimore completed the Marine Corps Marathon on October 30, 2005. She ran in the event with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s team-in-training in memory of husband Tom. It was a wonderful experience, and she was the top fund raiser for the Maryland Chapter for that event. Ruwanthi Samaranayake Campano and husband Angelo recently moved to the Los Angeles area where she set up her own ENT practice, and he joined a local law firm. Michele Campisi and Julie Slick moved to New Orleans to help with the rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina. In addition to working in the ER at Meadow Crest Hospital, they are volunteers for projects such as Habitat for Humanity. Brian Newcomb of State College, Pa., returned to Nicaragua in January to work in an orphanage. In June, he will participate in another medical mission trip to Guatemala and is hopeful that wife Celeste and two children can join him. Nicole T. Rochester of Glenn Dale, Md., is director of the pediatric hospitalist program at Montgomery General Hospital in Olney and assistant professor in the department of pediatrics at Maryland. She and husband Darryl have two daughters: Diara, age 10, and Danielle, age five.

1999: Christopher Jillson and wife Kimberly of Westminster, Md., announce the birth of Emma on October 19, 2005. Daughter Casey turns four in July. Jillson is an attending ER physician at Carroll Hospital Center.


2000: Phillip B. Marshall of Silver Spring, Md., recently passed Step II as a second-year resident at Howard University Hospital. Joanne D. Saxour and husband Clayton of Daytona Beach, Fla., announce the birth of Chase Alexander on September 11, 2005. He joins brother Brandon, age three. Saxour continues practicing family medicine (solo) in Fort Orange.

2002: Brett Levinson of Baltimore plans to marry in June, prior to beginning a fellowship in corneal surgery at Philadelphia’s Wills Eye Hospital in July. Mary J. Terrell and husband Jake of Honolulu welcomed daughter Adah Kiele on December 4, 2005. Son Eli is three. The family enjoys the warm climate of Hawaii.

2004: Katherine Gamble of Burlington, Vt., is enjoying family medicine and reports that night calls often involve delivering babies. She also gets her share of farming, hunting, skiing and snowmobile accidents. She recently spent a month in Kenya working in a rural hospital. Naamah Zitomersky of Providence, R.I., will be starting a fellowship in pediatric GI at Boston Children’s Hospital in July. She extends congratulations to Abby Jones, who recently married Jason Massey. Zitomersky invites classmates to visit her in the Boston area.