Class Notes

1926: Paul Schenker of Baltimore turned 100 years old on June 10.

1946: Clinton Stallard and wife Ginny of Newport News, Va., announce to classmates that their annual reunion is scheduled for the week of October 4 at Nags Head, N.C. You can contact them for details.
1948: Benjamin Silverman and wife Beverly of Seal Beach, Calif., extend best wishes to the class of ’48 and apologize for not attending the 60th reunion due to prior commitments. They are in good health, as Benjamin attends ward and monitors student and resident clinics part-time at Children’s Hospital of Orange County. He also continues to write and edit pediatric textbooks. Son Steven is 111/2 years post-cardiac transplant and getting along reasonably well. He works half-time at Boeing and remains a space enthusiast.

1953: Thomas J. Burkart of New Port Richey, Fla., is in good health. He and wife Anne are expecting another grandchild soon to his son and daughter-in-law. John W. Metcalf of Steubenville, Ohio continues to practice Ob/Gyn. In his spare time he plays the flute in the Toronto Ohio Community Band.
1957: Morton W. Shapiro of Rockville, Md., travels, paints, studies art, plays more tennis, and takes enrichment courses through Johns Hopkins with wife Bunny. The activity follows his retirement from a three-person internal medicine practice in July 2000.
1958: Maurice M. Reeder of Potomac, Md., published a fourth edition of Gamuts in Radiology and a second edition of The Imaging of Tropical Diseases, both available on CD-ROM.
1959: Daniel S. Sax of Randolph Center, Vt., was appointed to the Vermont Board of Medical Practice in December 2002. He reports that his twin granddaughters continue to amaze him in their development and differences even though they are said to be identical.

1962: Theodore Patterson of Baltimore was a featured speaker at the medical school’s Student National Medical Association lecture series celebrating Black History Month. He was president of the Medical Alumni Association in 1989. Howard A. Semer of Scotch Plains, N.J., opened a nuclear cardiology lab in January 2002 for nuclear stress testing.
1963: Robert M. Byers of Sugar Land, Tex., sadly reports that grandson Hunter, age 16, died on January 24.
He was a junior in high school. John P. Doerfer of Saint Cloud, Minn., works part-time in an urgent care facility in the Twin Cities and travels to Ecuador and Peru each year on medical missions.
1964: Lee Gresser of Baltimore co-authored Be Water Be One: A Guide to Better Living Through Natural Energy.
1966: Dennis H. Gordon, a practicing orthopaedic surgeon in Salt Lake City, is completing his second year as president of the Utah State Orthopaedic Society. He served as the Utah representative to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery Board of Counselors from 1995–2001. He was instrumental in forming the Utah chapter of the Federation of Physicians and Dentists to assist practicing physicians in improving reimbursement. Gordon served ten years in the U.S. Navy during and after Viet Nam and was activated during Operation Desert Storm. He is currently retired from the Navy with the rank of Captain. Dudley A. Raine Jr., is in private practice in Amherst, Va., and is enjoying every minute. This follows a 34-year career in the U.S. Army. Beresford M. Swan of Bermuda is retired from active practice.
1967: Michael Sussman of Portland, Ore., celebrated his 60th birthday on February 20. He continues to practice at Shriners Hospital, was president of the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine from 2000–02, and served as the 2002 honorary president of the first Eastern Mediterranean Congress for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine.
1969: Stanley Brull, an ophthalmologist in Owings Mills, Md., earned a master’s degree in bioethics from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

1970: William O. Quesenberry of Sedona, Ariz., retired from practice in August 1999. George C. Samaras of Annapolis is president of the medical staff at Anne Arundel Medical Center. Arthur M. Warwick of Concord, N.H., is working in a hospital through Dartmouth Medical School.
1971: Maury L. Fradkin of Atlanta is retired and volunteers at Hospice Atlanta, is a docent at the Atlanta zoo, and teaches a class at a senior center. Janee D. Steinberg of Tamarac, Fla., reports that she is engaged to be married this summer to Jay Shorr.
1974: Gary Boston of Kansas City, Kan., is chief of surgery at St. John Hospital in Leavenworth.
1975: Kenneth V. Iserson of Tucson, Ariz., announces that the sixth addition of Getting into a Residency: A Guide for Medical Students was recently released. Iserson is professor of emergency medicine at the University of Arizona.
1978: Jonathan Edlow of Newton Centre, Mass., is author of Bull’s Eye: Unraveling the Medical Mystery of Lyme Disease (Yale University Press). He is vice chairman of the department of emergency medicine at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. He frequently lectures on Lyme Disease and has written medical detective stories for Boston Magazine and Family Circle. Harvey S. Mishner sold his internal medicine practice in Lutherville, Md., and has relocated to Sarasota, Fla., where he opened Lakewood Ranch Primary Care.
1979: Owen Lee of Newark, Ohio has been activated to serve in the U.S. Army for Operation Noble Eagle. Daughter Jenny is a freshman at Loyola University.

1980: M. Lawrence Kaplan of Lake Mary, Fla., is board certified by the American Board of Forensic Medicine and is a diplomate of American Board of Forensic Medicine. He is a colonel in the U.S. Army Active Reserve. Michael R. Kessler of Smithtown, N.Y., reports that son Jeff is attending the University of Miami and daughter Laura has a driver’s license.
1981: Edward Kelmenson practices anesthesiology in Bangor, Maine.
1983: Eric W. Scott and Jenny, his wife of 20 years, live in Gainesville, Fla. They have three daughters. Eric is in private practice in neurosurgery.
1985: Lynne D. Diggs of Silver Spring, Md., plans to launch her own practice of internal medicine this summer.
1989: Steven R. Daviss of Baltimore enters his second year of psychopharmINFO.com, a website providing new research updates on psychiatric drugs. Lt. Col. William E. Venanzi of Centerville, Ohio is serving in the Middle East on a critical care air transport team in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

1990: Tuanh Tonnu of Gaithersburg, Md., has two sons, ages seven and three, and manages a private IM/GI practice. Amy Zimmerman and husband Leo Menendez announce the birth of son Michael in September 2002.
1991: Yared Aklilu and wife Frehiwot of Weston, Fla., announce the birth of daughter Mahdere on March 17. She joins sister Tsion, age one. Sam Mirarchi of Baldwin, Md., is a hospitalist and assistant professor of medicine at Maryland.
1992: Lisa Glasser and husband Marc of Henderson, Nev., announce the birth of Alexa Lily, their first, on January 19.
1995: Reza Nabavian has started a private practice of plastic surgery in Santa Monica, Calif. Her son will begin kindergarten next year and is already learning to speak French in addition to Farsi and English. Steven Svoboda and family have relocated to San Antonio where Steven is serving a fellowship in orthopaedic sports medicine.
1996: Paula Boyle practices family medicine part-time at Healthpoint with Barry Solomon, ’78 in Tampa, Fla. Maureen Burdett of Saint Albans, Vt., announces the birth of Jacob William Summers, her second son, on December 27, 2002. Allison Jensen, husband Alex and son Kyle have returned to Baltimore where Allison has joined a private practice in pediatric ophthalmology. Chimene Liburd of Crownsville, Md., completed her MBA and is in private practice in Glen Burnie. Daughter Maya is five years old and son D.J. is three. Victoria Nnadi and husband Michael of Chester, Va., have three children. Victoria has a private internal medicine practice.
1997: Marie Vandenbosche married Thomas Kellett in June. They live in York, Pa.
1998: Lisa Steinberg LaBorwit and husband Scott announce the birth of son Tyler on December 27, 2001. Tyler joins big sister Gabbi, age five. Lisa works part-time in a private pediatric practice in Baltimore, and the four are enjoying their new home in Columbia, Md. Camil N. Sader has moved to Miami and joined a general surgery practice after completing training.
1999: Steven D. Goodfriend of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., married Heather Heid on December 29, 2002. He is a testicular cancer survivor of 11/2 years. Mark Saba and wife Joanna of Baltimore announce the birth of Anabel, their second, in January. Lisa M. Soule of Bethesda, Md., has completed residency at Johns Hopkins. She is teaching two 16-year-old daughters to drive and reports that it is almost as scary as teaching interns to operate.

2000: Melissa Arking and husband Mark of Potomac, Md., announce the birth of Hannah Viviane on March 3. Son Alex is three years old. Melissa has completed a third year of pediatric residency. James Hamilton is beginning a GI fellowship at Maryland, following completion of residency at Northwestern. Joseph Herman of Ann Arbor, Mich., has completed year three of his five-year radiation oncology residency. He has taken up hockey but looks forward to moving back east and practicing near Ocean City, Md. Allison P. Niemi of Martinez, Ga., announces the birth of son Michael on February 9, 2002. Ari Weintraub of Baltimore is chief resident this year, following completion of a three-year pediatric residency at Sinai Hospital. Next year he begins a residency in anesthesiology at the University of Pennsylvania. Wife Diane and daughters Shoshana, age four, and Devora, age two, are enjoying the extra time during the chief year.
2001: Laura W. Laffineuse and husband David of York, Pa., announce the birth of Mia on January 31. Mia was born while Laura was on call in Ob/Gyn and had just delivered a baby. Joshua Roffman of Boston is assistant editor of the Harvard Review of Psychiatry. Elizabeth K. Thomas of Jacksonville, N.C., is on active duty with the U.S. Navy at Camp Lejeune, and is currently serving with Operation Enduring Freedom in the Persian Gulf region.
2002: Isaac Turner of Baltimore announces the birth of daughter Rachel on March 29.

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