Jeanette R. Heghinian, ’35
Baltimore
January 13, 2007
Dr. Heghinian graduated from Maryland’s pharmacy school in 1931 and worked as a pharmacist to finance her medical school education. She graduated from the medical school as the sole female in the class of 1935. Heghinian received training at Dover Hospital in Delaware before returning to Baltimore and opening a family practice. She was a member of the staff at Doctors, St. Agnes, and Maryland General hospitals and cared for generations of families from her office first located at her parent’s home and later at her home in Mount Washington. Heghinian was known for making house calls in colorful convertibles during her five decades of practice. She retired in the early 1990s. She owned a motorized houseboat and also had a home in southern Delaware. Survivors include several cousins.

J. King B. E. Seegar Jr., ’37
Baltimore
February 26, 2007
After graduation, Dr. Seegar interned and completed residency training in obstetrics at Maryland. The following year he was chief resident in gynecology at Bon Secours Hospital. During World War II, Seegar served in the U.S. Army as a physician with Mary-land’s 142nd hospital as it moved from the Fiji Islands to India. He later worked on the Manhattan Project in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, before being discharged with the rank of captain. Seegar returned to Baltimore and maintained a private practice from 1946 to 1966, and during this time served as chief of obstetrics at St. Agnes and Bon Secours hospitals and was on the faculty at Maryland and Johns Hopkins. He retired from practice in 1966 and joined the Maryland State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. In this capacity he helped develop and later headed the agency’s maternity and family-planning section. At the time of his second retirement in 1982, Seegar was deputy director of preventive medicine. He was the inaugural president of the John Eager Howard chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, and was a collector of stamps and coins. Seegar is survived by wife Jane Isabell, three sons, one daughter, and five grandchildren.

William T. Muse, ’40
Baltimore
January 11, 2007
Dr. Muse was very proud of his family ties to the medical school. His father Joseph graduated in 1898, his grand-father Josiah in 1860, and his great-grandfather Joseph in 1838. In addition, his three great, great uncles graduated in 1834, 1835, and 1836. Muse received internship and residency training in general surgery at St. Agnes Hospital before enlisting in the U.S. Army in 1945. In the military, he received additional training in neurosurgery and joined the neurosurgical staff at Halloran General Hospital in Staten Island, N.Y., before his discharge with the rank of captain. From 1946 to 1982, Muse practiced general surgery and was on the surgical staffs of St. Agnes and Maryland General. He also practiced industrial medicine at Baltimore Gas and Electric. He enjoyed crabbing, fishing, and gardening. Muse is survived by wife Mary Helen, four sons, two daughters, and twelve grandchildren.

Mary Lyons Scholl, ’42
Escondido, Calif.
January 8, 2007
Pittsburgh Medical Center was the site of Dr. Scholl’s internship after graduation, and she received residency training at Pittsburgh Children’s Hospital as well as Columbus Children’s Hospital. She continued with fellowship training in pediatric neurology at Columbus Children’s and Boston Children’s Hospital. From 1954 to 1971 she taught at Harvard and in 1969 started the first comprehensive learning disabilities unit at Massachusetts General Hospital. Later Scholl became an associate clinical professor of neurosciences at the University of California at San Diego and medical director of its neuropsychological development center. During this time she also served as a member of the medical advisory board to the health department for San Diego County. In 1992 she received a medical award from the Southern California Consortium of the Orton Dyslexia Society. She retired from both teaching and practice in 2005 and began writing a book. Scholl was a member of Maryland’s John Beale Davidge Alliance and an active volunteer at her church. She enjoyed swimming and gardening. Her husband John A. Scholl, ’42, passed away in 1997.

Nathaniel Sharp, ’43M
Littleton, Colo.
December 16, 2006
Upon graduation, Dr. Sharp served an internship at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Portsmouth, Va. From 1949 to 1952, he received residency training in surgery at the Naval Hospital in Chelsea, Mass., which had an affiliation with Massachusetts General Hospital and Children’s Medical Center and Brigham Hospital. Sharp received additional residency training in orthopaedic surgery at Baltimore City Hospital and Kernan Hospital where from 1955 to 1962 he was assistant medical director in charge of resident training. He maintained a private practice and served on Maryland’s faculty while living in Westminster.

Charles F. Hobelmann, ’44
Baltimore
January 31, 2007
Dr. Hobelmann’s father Frederick was a 1901 graduate of the medical school who practiced urology in Baltimore. Upon graduation, the younger Hobelmann enlisted in the U.S. Navy, attaining the rank of lieutenant and serving as a physician at the naval base in Norfolk, Va. He returned to Baltimore after the war, interning at Mercy Hospital and then training in anesthesiology at the University of Pennsylvania. During his career he served as chief of anesthesiology at both Union Memorial and Children’s hospitals. While at Union Memorial, Hobelmann had the pleasure of working with his son, Charles Jr., ’71, also an anesthesiologist. He retired in 1985, and later would watch three grandsons graduate from Maryland: Charles F. III, ’00; Joseph G., ’01; and Jeffrey
T., ’03. He enjoyed golf, boating, farming, painting, and woodworking. Hobelmann is survived by wife Eleanor, and was preceded in death by his first wife Mary. Also surviving are five other children, two stepchildren, 13 other grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

David F. Bell Jr., ’45
Durham, N.C.
2006
After graduation, Dr. Bell interned at Mercy Hospital in Baltimore and completed residency training in pathology at Garfield Hospital in Washington, D.C. He was an elder at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Bluefield, W.Va., and enjoyed computers and playing golf. He and wife Helen had five children and six grandchildren.

William H. Frank, ’45
Davidsville, Pa.
December 21, 2006
Dr. Frank interned at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Baltimore, received residency training in surgery at Conemaugh Valley in Johnstown, Pa., and undertook additional fellowship training at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Medicine. He served in the U.S. Air Corps and was commander of the Brookley Air Field Base Hospital in Mobile, Alabama. After military service Frank opened a private practice and served as chief of surgery and president of Conemaugh Valley Memorial Hospital. Appointments also included medical director at Johnstown Works of the U.S. Steel Corporation and the Johnstown Plant of Bethlehem Steel Corporation. Frank was an active member of the Cambria County Medical Society and served as its president in 1970. He retired in 1982 and began assembling a fine collection of minerals and gem stones which he later donated to the geology department at the University of Pittsburgh at Johns-town. Frank was preceded in death by wife Bettijane and is survived by three sons, two daughters, four stepchildren, seven grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

James H. Shell, ’45
Baltimore
February 25, 2007
After graduation Dr. Shell was a captain in the U.S. Army and completed his service in 1947. He received training in OB/GYN at University Hos-pital, having interned at New York Polyclinic. Shell established a practice in Baltimore with offices on Washing-ton Boulevard, Pennington Avenue, and the Medical Arts Building at Mount Vernon. He was on the staffs of Bon Secours, Maryland General, and St. Agnes hospitals. He also served on the staffs of Lutheran Hospital where for 13 years he was chief of gynecology, and for 17 years he was a member of Maryland's part-time faculty. Shell stated that the highlight of his career was delivering triplets to a patient at Maryland while 20 student nurses looked on. He retired in 1987 but remained on the staff of St. Agness for several more years. Shell enjoyed reading and playing bridge, and he is survived by two daughters.

Arthur F. Woodward, ’45
Rockville, Md.
November 24, 2006
After his one-year internship at Gar-field Hospital in Washington, D.C., Dr. Woodward served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps. In 1949, he was discharged and entered private practice in Frederick, Maryland, for three years before completing surgical training at Church Home and Hospital in Baltimore. Woodward moved to Rock-ville in 1955, practicing surgery at Suburban and Montgomery General hospitals. He served as chief of surgery at Montgomery General for 17 years before retiring in 1984. He enjoyed travel, flying his own airplane, skiing, playing tennis, and bridge. Woodward is survived by wife Elizabeth, four children including Arthur F. Jr., ’79, nine grandchildren and one great-grandson.

Joseph W. Blevins, ’47
Salem, Oreg.
After graduation, Dr. Blevins served a rotating internship and residency in internal medicine at Hamot Hospital in Erie Pa. He practiced occupational medicine, serving as plant physician for General Electric Company in Louisville, Kentucky, and was health commissioner and county coroner for Monroe County in Ohio. Blevins enjoyed hiking, camping, backpacking, fishing, and photographing wild flowers. He was preceded in death by wife Laura; together they had two sons.

Norman Levin, ’47
Baltimore
December 18, 2006
Lutheran Hospital in Baltimore was the site of Dr. Levin’s internship and residency training in OB/GYN. Upon completion of training, Levin opened an OB/GYN practice which he maintained until 2002 when he began limiting his practice to GYN. He served as an adjunct faculty member in the department of OB/GYN at Maryland and from 1960 to 1977, he was chief of OB/GYN at Lutheran Hospital. From 1977 to 1993 he served as chief of OB/GYN at Maryland General Hos-pital and later became its director of medical education for OB/GYN. He stated that the most memorable experience of his career was the vaginal delivery of healthy triplets. Levin enjoyed playing tennis and golf, and he is survived by wife Naomi, one daughter, two sons, and six grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one son.

Paul P. Mannino, ’47
Omak, Wash.
January 29, 2007

George C. Rasch, ’47
Schererville, Ind.
March 3, 2007
Dr. Rasch traveled to Indiana for his internship and residency training in anesthesia and later surgery at Indiana University. He practiced surgery in Munster, also serving on the executive committee for the Munster Com-munity Hospital Board. Rasch was a diplomate of the American Board of Surgery and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. In the 1990s he retired from surgery but worked in an urgent care center until 1997. He enjoyed distance running and racing, golf, gardening, and watercolor painting. He is survived by wife Kathryn Lee Hasse, three children, and two grandchildren.

Frederick J. Heldrich, ’48
Lutherville, Md.
January 2, 2007
After training, Dr. Heldrich established a pediatrics practice in Frederick, Md., and a year later became affiliated with St. Agnes Hospital where he established a training program for young physicians. Heldrich moved back to Baltimore in 1966, joining Johns Hopkins as an assistant dean and from 1970 to 1992 was chairman of the department of pediatrics at St. Agnes. In 1992, Heldrich became director of the diagnostic and referral clinic at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center where he worked with all the difficult cases. In 1987, he published Pediatric Emergency Medicine, and was the author of numerous articles on infectious diseases, urinary tract infections, hemophilia, metabolic disorders, and genetic conditions including Marfan syndrome. Heldrich is survived by wife Eleanor, two daughters, two sons, and eight grandchildren.

C. Richard Fravel, ’49
Ruxton, Md.
February 3, 2007
Dr. Fravel performed his internship and residency in internal medicine at Mercy Medical Center, and he received additional training at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He then entered the U.S. Air Force and spent two years as chief of medicine at Lowry Air Force Base in Denver. He served in this same capacity at the Air Force Academy which was initially located at Lowry. Fravel established a private practice after returning to Baltimore in 1957 and was a member of the staffs of Mercy and the Greater Baltimore Medical Center. Appointments included vice president and medical director of the Sun Life Insurance Company of America from 1959 to 1982, vice president and medical director of the Monumental Life and Monumental General insurance companies from 1983 to 1995, and house physician at the Mechanic Theatre. Fravel was a member of the AIDS committee of the United Way of Central Maryland and a board member of the medical section for the American Council of Life Insurance. He also served as a board member of the Westminster House, a 14-story senior citizen residence in Mount Vernon. Fravel sang baritone and was on the board of the Baltimore Choral Arts Society, and he frequently attended performances of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Baltimore Opera Company. He enjoyed gardening and playing tennis, and he is survived by wife Dorothy, two children, and four grandchildren.

Charles W. Humphreys Jr., ’49
Bethesda, Md.
January 5, 2007
During the Korean conflict Humphreys was a flight surgeon and cared for the crews in combat, cargo, and air evacuation to Tachikawa, Japan, in 1951. He later completed training at Garfield Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., followed by additional training at the Bunts Institute of the Cleveland Clinic. Humphreys maintained a private practice of internal medicine in Washington, D.C., from 1955 to 1987, was an attending physician to senior medical staff at Sibley and Washington Hospital Center, and served as a clinical professor of internal medicine at George Washington University. In addition, Humphreys was a senior medical examiner with the Federal Aviation Administration, served as chairman of the District of Columbia Medical Society’s occupational health committee, and was a chief medical advisor to the board of veteran’s appeals for the Department of Veterans Affairs. He enjoyed golf, walking, playing bridge, and visiting Civil War battlefields. Humphreys is survived by wife Shirley, two sons, two daughters, and four grandchildren.

Anthony J. DiGiovanni, ’52
San Antonio, Tex.
May 11, 2006
During World War II, Dr. DiGiovanni was a navigator on a B-17 bomber for the U.S. Army Air Force and completed 50 combat missions over North Africa and Europe. He returned to Baltimore after the war to complete his undergraduate studies at Johns Hopkins and enroll at Maryland. After training in anesthesiology, DiGiovanni returned to active duty and held assignments in England, Florida, and then in Texas at the Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center where he was chief of the anesthesiology services and director of residency training. He retired from the military in 1970 and joined the staff of the Santa Rosa Medical Center and the faculty at the University of Texas School of Medicine as a clinical professor of anesthesiology. He was forced into retirement in 1975 following the first of four myocardial infarctions. For the next 25 years, DiGionvanni kept busy with gardening, masonry, music, and art which included photography, watercoloring, oil painting, and working with stained glass. He is survived by wife Lottie, one daughter, and two granddaughters.

Robert B. Goldstein, ’54
Jarrettsville, Md.
December 15, 2006
Dr. Goldstein was the son of Albert E. Goldstein, ’12, an internationally renowned urological surgeon and member of Maryland’s faculty from 1913 to 1957. Prior to medical school, Goldstein enlisted in the Marine Corps during World War II and fought with the 3rd Marine Division during campaigns in Guadalcanal, Bougainville, and Guam. He was later sent to Nagasaki two months after the atomic bomb was dropped on the city. Upon completion of his medical degree, Goldstein trained in surgery at Maryland and received additional training in urology at Sinai Hospital. He joined his father in the practice of urology, which he later considered the greatest honor of his career. He was active in alumni activities, serving as president of the MAA in 1974. Goldstein was also a member of Maryland’s faculty and served on the admissions committee before retiring in 1998. Other appointments included president of the Mid-Atlantic Urolog-ical Association, treasurer of the state and city medical societies, and a member of the board of directors for Blue Shield of Maryland. Goldstein enjoyed golf, tennis, and gardening. He is survived by wife Dorothy, two sons, one daughter, and three grandchildren.

Betty Ivens Libert, ’56
New York
September 30, 2006

Walter C. Lesky, M.D. ’60
Wilmington, Del.
November 7, 2006
After training in pediatrics at St. Agnes Hospital, Dr. Lesky entered private practice for a short period before joining Bristol Laboratories in Syracuse, N.Y. He moved to Wilmington, Del., in 1973 to join ICI Americas where he obtained FDA approval for Tamoxifen, a breast cancer drug. He stayed with the company when it became Astra-Zeneca and retired in 2000 as director of infectious diseases. Lesky enjoyed big band music. He played trumpet with the Army Reserve Band and trombone in the band of the Academy of Lifelong Learning. Most recently, he played with The Generations. Lesky was a member of the Delaware Genealog-ical Society and the Historical Society of Delaware. He is survived by wife Catherine, two sons, one daughter, and one grandson. He was preceded in death by his first wife Nancy.

William J. Banfield, ’67
Easton, Md.
February 2, 2007
After a year of internship at George Washington Medical Center in Washington, D.C., Dr. Banfield served in the U.S. Air Force from 1968 to 1970 and was stationed at Clovis Air Force Base in New Mexico. Upon completion of active duty, he resumed training in internal medicine at the University of New Mexico Hospital, followed by an NIH fellowship in gastroenterology at the University of California San Francisco. Banfield served as assistant professor there for one year before relocating to Wilson, N.C., where he entered private practice. He returned to Easton in 1977, practicing for 21 years before retirement in 1998. At Easton’s Memorial Hospital, he served as chief of staff, chair of the credentials committee, and was the architect of the Physician Hospital Organization. In addition, Banfield was a founder of the Del-marva Healthcare Plan. He was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed golf, fly-fishing, was a member of the Coastal Conservation Association, and served as president of a senior baseball league. Banfield is survived by wife Nancy, two children, and two grandchildren.

Norman L. Zeller, ’70
Laguna Beach, Calif.
February 20, 2007
Dr. Zeller trained in pediatrics at Los Angeles Children’s Hospital, and then opened a practice in Mission Viejo in 1973. He held privileges and practiced at both Mission and Saddleback hospitals. Zeller is survived by wife Lois, three daughters, and three grand- children.

Martin L. Brown, ’73
Baltimore
December 13, 2006

Faculty
Dr. Maimon Cohen
Baltimore
January 25, 2007
Dr. Cohen was a leader in the development of genetics, serving as a member of Maryland’s faculty beginning in 1982. Born in Baltimore, Cohen received a bachelor’s degree in Semitic languages from Johns Hopkins in 1955 and both master’s and doctorate degrees in crop genetics from the University of Maryland. His interest in human genetics began while doing a postdoctoral fellowship at the Univer-sity of Michigan. He joined the U.S. Public Health Service in 1959, performing genetic research for six years at the National Institutes of Health. He became director of cytogenetics at Buffalo Children’s Hospital and then moved to Israel to establish a department of human genetics at Hebrew University Medical School. His next appointment was director of cytogenetics at Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Cohen then came to Mary-land, holding joint appointments as professor of OB/GYN and reproductive sciences, pediatrics, and pathology. He also served as chief of the division of human genetics and acting director of the Maryland Biotechnology Institute. Cohen was also responsible for creating the genetic research facility at GBMC. He is survived by wife Barbara, three physician sons, and four grandchildren.