1935: Samuel E. Einhorn of Highland Park, N.J., turned 100 years old February 14. 1936: Morris J. Nicholson of Sun City, Ariz., reports overall good health as he recently celebrated his 98th birthday. He enjoys reading, watching sports on the television, occasional outings with his wife, and some vigorous walks.

1947: Jose G. Valderas of Keller, Tex., continues travel on medical missions. He also reports that his family is well and growing.

1952: Richard A. Sindler of Towson, Md., continues working part time doing whole body CT scanning, while wife Vicki is still in residential real estate. He reports that foreign trips are on hold during the recession.1953: John W. Metcalf of Steubenville, Ohio, continues working five days a week in his private practice but has retired after 18 years as Jefferson County Coroner. 1954: Robert Ellis of Fort Collins, Colo., continues reading ECGs at Poudre Valley Hospital. 1959: Charles B. Fletcher of Ventura, Calif., is doing volunteer work, playing in the ocean, and riding a bicycle after retiring from his career as a pediatrician. Daniel S. Sax of Randolph Center, Utah, enjoys working his tree farm, and during the past two years he has harvested softwoods and firewood, and he obtained several tons of boughs from the Douglas firs. The brush is used to make Christmas wreaths, and he also has had a small harvest of Christmas trees. Sax also reports that his wine cellar has been depleted with great joy, as he has reaped the benefit of enjoying wines that are now 20 and 30-years old. He has 12-year-old twin granddaughters living in Ashland, Massachusetts and a four-year-old grandson living in Clancy, Montana.

1960: Michael J. Fellner of New York City reports that his article on new medications for delusions of parasitosis was slated for publication in the January/February issue of Clinics in Dermatology 2009.
1962: Louis C. Breschi of Baltimore is serving as president of the Catholic Medical Association for 2009. John Buchman of Studio City, Calif., extends greetings to all classmates. He recently visited Argentina and Uruguay. 1963: Edward C. Werner of Washington, D.C., enjoyed the 45th medical school reunion last spring and is looking forward to his 50th reunion at Yale University this summer. 1964: Rima L. Grauer of West Hartford, Conn., co-authored Listening to the Melody of the Mind. Richard G. Shugarman of West Palm Beach, Fla., received the American Academy of Ophthalmology Recognition Award in 2008. He is chief of the section on ophthalmology at Good Samaritan Medical Center.1966: Charles H. Classen of Kinston, N.C., is one of two councilors representing North Carolina at the American Academy of Orthopaedics. He is an affiliate professor at ECU School of Medicine where he teaches family practice residents. Stuart L. Fine of Philadelphia is stepping down as chairman of the department of ophthalmology at the University of Pennsylvania and director of the Scheie Eye Institute on Jun 30 after 18 years. He will continue to serve on the full-time faculty as professor of ophthalmology, participating in patient care, teaching, mentoring, clinical research, and philanthropy. Daughter Karen lives in Winston-Salem, N.C., with husband Tom and two children, while son Andy lives in Boston with wife Laura and two children. They gather together for family vacations in Colorado where they hike and swim in the summer and ski in the winter.1968: John G. Frizzera of Phoenix, Md., reports that all his children are married, and he is blessed with four grandchildren and two step-grandchildren. He continues working and enjoys it! 1969: Jay S. Copeland of Bethesda, Md., closed his private practice in the Washington, D.C., area and now practices urology at the VA hospital in Martinsburg, West Virginia. Brian Saunders of San Diego is chairman of the board of directors for International Relief Teams, and he has made more than 30 volunteer trips to Latvia, Lithuania, and Romania to teach neonatal intensive care and resuscitation classes.

1970: Philip A. Mackowiak of Sherwood Forest, Md., received the 2009 Theodore E. Woodward Award for Medical Education, presented by the Maryland Chapter of the American College of Physicians. The ceremony was held in Baltimore on February 6. He is professor and vice chair of the department of medicine, and director of the medical care clinical center of the VA Maryland Healthcare System. Louis Shpritz of Owings Mills, Md., is working part time just two to three days each week with his 46-member urology group. Daughter Lisa is senior vice president with Bank of America.1971: Robert E. Greenspan of Alexandria, Va., is planning a second edition of his book, Medicine: Perspectives in History and Art. He maintains a three-room collection of medical antiques—complete with a theatre and meeting space—for visitors from around the world, while continuing in the practice of nephrology. 1972: Roy Blank of Fort Mill, S.C., is associate professor and medical director of the physician’s assistant program at Wingate University in Monroe, N.C. 1973: Carmelo Saraceno of St. Petersburg, Fla., plans to re-enter ENT practice after teaching English at St. Petersburg College.1974: James “Jay” McMillen of St. Joseph, Mo., was recipient of the 2008 top doctor award by Ingram’s Magazine. He practices internal medicine, geriatrics, hospice and palliative medicine and is Community Health Plan’s medical director. Stephen E. Metzner of Hagerstown, Md., completed a two-year term as president of the Funkstown Volunteer Fire company. His family medicine practice was recently purchased by Antietam Health Services. 1975: Thomas F. Krajewski of Towson, Md., was chosen as team leader for The Older Adults Targeted Capacity Expansion Federal Grant Program. Scott M. McCloskey of Hickory, N.C., president of Catawba Valley Neurosurgery & Spine Services, is serving as chairman of neurosurgery for both Frye Regional Medical Center and Catawba Valley Medical Center in 2009. Stephen Pollock of Reisterstown, Md., is chief of cardiology at St. Joseph Hospital and has established St. Joseph Cardiovascular Associates. Son Jeremy, ’11, is in his second year of medical school at Maryland, while son Spencer will begin law school at the University of Baltimore in fall. Jeffrey and Sandra Quartner of Baltimore report that daughter Jennifer, ’06, will begin a cardiology fellowship at Maryland in July after completing her medical residency here.1976: Michael E. Cox of Ellicott City, Md., along with David Posner, ’70, and seven others, have formed the Melissa L. Posner Institute for Digestive Health and Liver Disease at Mercy Medical Center. 1977: Willarda V. Edwards of Baltimore will be installed as president of the National Medical Association in July during the organization’s annual meeting in Las Vegas. 1978: Jay G. Prensky of Camp Hill, Pa., continues practicing retinal surgery and is busier now than ever.1979: Jeffrey D. Gaber of Baltimore is looking forward to seeing everyone at the 30th reunion in May. He reports that wife Syndy and their three children are well. Gaber enjoys playing golf, the drums, and is an amateur photographer. He has offices in Pikesville and Baltimore City.

1980: David B. Matchar of Chapel Hill, N.C., is director of the health services research program at the new Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School. He continues as professor of medicine and director of the Duke Center for Clinical Health Policy Research.1982: Darryl B. Kurland of Princeton, N.J., reports that son Jason has accepted a two-year nephrology fellowship at Brown beginning in July, following completion of his internal medicine residency there. Son Brian is working at Macy’s and applying to MBA programs after graduating Summa Cum Laude from Northeastern University in May 2008. Kurland continues his virology research at Tibotec Pharmaceuticals which is part of Johnson & Johnson.1985: Peter R. Gray of Glens Fall, N.Y., practices cardiology, and he enjoys telemark and back country skiing in the Adirondack Mountains.1986: Lee Kleiman of Severna Park, Md., founded a medical technology company www.sleepapneatechnology.com.1988: Charles Berul of Needham, Mass., is moving back to Maryland in September and will assume the position of division chief of cardiology at Children’s National Medical Center.1989: Louis I. Bezold of Midway, Ky., is medical director of Kentucky Children’s Hospital where he also serves as co-director of its heart center. Babak J. Jamasbi of San Rafael, Calif., in 1998 founded Pain and Rehabilitative Consultants Medical Group. It has grown to become one of the largest multi-disciplinary pain clinics in northern California. He and wife Penelope have three children, Leila, age ten, Kameron, age eight, and Alex, age five. Glenn L. Sandler of Rockville, Md., is a general surgeon and director of the breast screening program at Shady Grove Hospital. He practices with Craig Colliver, ’93.

1991: Michael A. Dias of Phoenix, Md., is physician-in-chief for the Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group in Baltimore.1994: Faina V. Caplan of York, Pa., is looking forward to the 15th reunion in May. She continues her career in geriatrics and last year took a certification exam in hospice and palliative care. She and husband Steven added a dog (Annie) and two hermit crabs (Coco & Loco) to the family. Aaron R. Twigg and wife Allison of Mount Airy, Md., report the birth of Heather Mae, their third, in 2008. Twigg practices physical medicine.

2002: Sanford Katz of Shreveport, La., reports that Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups are his favorite. Scott M. Katzen of Columbia, Md., is planning one additional year of interventional cardiology training at Maryland, following completion of his cardiology fellowship here. 2003: Abbe Penziner of Brooklyn, N.Y., is a pediatric attending at Maimonides Medical Center. 2004: Sean Khozin of New York City co-founded a new healthcare delivery system: Hello Health (www.hellohealth.com). The effort is receiving a great deal of exposure as a revolutionary new paradigm for healthcare delivery in America. 2005: Bryan Loeffler and wife Jennifer of Charlotte, N.C., announce the birth of Grant Liberto, their first, on October 23, 2008. 2007: Ryan Ann Housam of Pittsburgh married Jason Fitzgerald in April.