Maxwell Hurston, ’30
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
February 15, 2003
At age 23, Dr. Hurston became what was then the youngest person to have graduated from the medical school. He was co-owner of the Union Market Clinic, a workman’s compensation clinic which served the NE Union Market area for more than 50 years. In the 1990s, when the market closed, Dr. Hurston donated the building to the Whitman Walker Clinic. After 25 years of general medical practice, Dr. Hurston received training in orthopaedics at the Washington Hospital Center, before practicing in the Washington, DC, area as an orthopaedic surgeon for an additional quarter-century. He was a diplomate of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, was an attending physician at the Washington Hospital Center and was on the staffs of Georgetown’s Institute of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sibley Hospital and Children’s Hospital. He and wife Sylvia maintained their permanent residence in Rockville, Md., until 2000 when they moved to Fort Lauderdale. In 1994 the Hurstons established the Maxwell Hurston Chair in Orthopaedic Surgery at Maryland. Dr. Hurston is survived by wife Sylvia and two children.
Samuel Diener, ’34
Annapolis, Maryland
February 19, 2003
Dr. Diener opened a practice specializing in obstetrics and pediatrics in the 1930s, and gradually moved into a general family medical practice. He worked out of his home in Washington, D.C., first in the Cleveland Park area and later at the Berkshire apartments on Massachusetts Avenue. During World War II, he served in the Army Medical Corps. Dr. Diener was affiliated with Sibley Memorial Hospital where he was an honorary member of the Sibley Medical Association and recipient of its Man of the Year Award in 1977. He was past president of the Uptown Lions Club and the American Academy of General Family Practitioners. His first wife, Beatrice, passed away in 1988. Survivors include wife Mary, daughter Ina, son Daniel, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Wesley J. Ketz, ’34
Batesville, Arkansas
June 30, 2002
After training at Johns Hopkins, Dr. Ketz moved to Batesville in 1939 and was staff surgeon at Gray’s Hospital. In 1941, he established the Johnston-Ketz Clinic where he practiced until retirement in 1986. Dr. Ketz was a founding member of the Southwest Medical Society and was a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He served as president of the Batesville school board and served on the governor’s advisory committee on education. He also served as Chairman of the Board of the Batesville Insurance and Finance Company. Wife Frances passed away in 1992. Survivors include two sons and two grandchildren.
Robert P. Fruchtbaum, ’35
Manchester, New Jersey
February 10, 2003
Edwin C. Lane, ’35
Fort Pierce, Florida
November 18, 2002
Eli Davidson, ’37Liberty, Texas
March 2, 2003
Louie S. Daniel, ’40
Oxford, North Carolina
Richard S. Rude, ’43M
Mt Holly, New Jersey
Lillian F. Bennett, ’43D
San Francisco
E. J. Colon-Yordan, ’43D
Miami, Florida
February 14, 2003
Robert W. Farkas, ’44
Church Creek, Maryland
February 22, 2003
Dr. Farkas served as an assistant resident and resident in obstetrics and gynecology at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore and a resident in psychiatry at McLean Hospital in Boston. During World War II, he was the ship’s physician on the USS Chilton and also served during the Korean War. Dr. Farkas delivered 15,000 babies in York, Pennsylvania, where he maintained a private practice of Ob/Gyn from 1940–80. He was a member of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, a fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and a past president of the staff at York Hospital. Dr. Farkas is survived by wife Patricia, daughter Suzanne and two grandsons.
James D. Williams, ’47
Cookeville, Tennessee
March 10, 2003
John T. Bulkeley, ’57
Salisbury, Maryland
May 3, 2003
Following training, Dr. Bulkeley worked for Hazelton Laboratory in Northern Virginia as a specialist in infectious diseases. In 1963, he became a partner in a private practice of internal medicine where he practiced until retirement in 2001. During this time he served as medical examiner for Wicomico County for 25 years. Dr. Bulkeley is survived by wife Jean, one son and two grandchildren.
Richard L. Levin, ’57
Baltimore
March 23, 2003
Dr. Levin was the former chief of pathology at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, Maryland. He is survived by daughter Carol and son Mark.
Donald R. McWilliams, ’59
East New Market, Maryland
February 21, 2003
Dr. McWilliams served a one-year rotating internship and a two-year general surgery residency at Maryland. In 1962, he entered the U.S. Air Force as a captain and attended the School of Aerospace Medicine at Brooks Air Force Base in San Antonio. He served as director of aerospace medicine at Walker AFB in Roswell, N.M., until being discharged in 1964. From 1964–93, he operated his family practice in Cambridge. Dr. McWilliams was instrumental in establishing a special care unit at Dorchester General Hospital, the first dialysis unit on the Eastern Shore at Deers Head Center, and he worked to improve medical emergency communications for the local hospital. From 1966–67, he was one of three founders of the Valley Clinic of Family Practice in Las Vegas and became certified in Nevada. From 1993–95, he was on the staff of Peninsula Industrial Medical Center in Salisbury. He was a physician at the Fassett-McGhee Health Center until retirement in 1996. Dr. McWilliams enjoyed hunting, fishing, swimming, woodcarving and golfing. He served as town commissioner and mayor of East New Market. He authored Commitment and Valor, his view of Dorchester County’s participation in the Revolutionary War. Dr. McWilliams is survived by wife Joyce, one daughter, two sons and one grandson.
Robert N. Egbert, ’70Springfield, Missouri
March 30, 2003
Dr. Egbert was an independent practitioner of internal medicine. He had many faithful patients and enjoyed his work immensely. He was very proud of the University of Maryland and hoped that his daughter would one day attend his alma mater. Hobbies included making fireworks on the fourth of July and working with all kinds of electronics, from short-wave radios to projection TVs. He had an extensive DVD collection and enjoyed rock music. He also enjoyed building and re-building computers. Survivors include wife Polly and one daughter.
Faculty
Hans J. Koetter, MD
Baltimore
March 3, 2003
Dr. Koetter served as clinical assistant professor in the family medicine division at Maryland during the early 1970s. He was born in Frankfurt, Germany and was raised in Dresden. During World War II, he was conscripted into the German army and served as an infantryman on the eastern front, where he was wounded. After the war, he attended the University of Frankfurt Medical School, graduating in 1951. Dr. Koetter completed internships at the 97th U.S. Army Hospital and University Hospital, both in Frankfurt. In 1954, he completed a residency in anesthesia and physical medicine, also at Frankfurt’s University Hospital. After immigrating to America in 1955, he served his residency in general surgery at Hazelton State Hospital in Pennsylvania and completed a residency in orthopaedic surgery at Watts Hospital in Durham, N.C. He moved to Baltimore in the late 1950s and established a family practice in Northeast Baltimore. In the 1980s, his practice was located in the Osler Building at St. Joseph’s Medical Center. From 1976–78, he was president of the Maryland Academy of Family Physicians. He retired in 1995. Dr. Koetter was an avid grower of roses and collector of beer steins. He also enjoyed photographing flowers, landscapes and architectural scenes. He is survived by one son, three daughters and five grandchildren.
Russell R. Monroe, MD
San Francisco
April 4, 2003
Dr. Monroe, a psychiatrist who explored the relationship between madness and genius as well as raging electrical storms deep in the brain that trigger violence, served as chairman of Maryland’s department of psychiatry. Dr. Monroe was born in Des Moines, Iowa and raised in Winnetka, Ill. He earned his bachelor’s degree and medical degree from Yale University in 1942 and 1944, respectively. He completed an internship at Yale-New Haven Hospital and received psychiatric and psychoanalytic training at Columbia University in New York. He also completed a psychiatric residency in 1950 at Rockland State Hospital in Orange, N.Y. He became professor of psychiatry at Tulane University in 1950, and joined the faculty of the Psychiatric Institute at Maryland ten years later as professor of psychiatry and principal investigator with the institute’s psychophysiological laboratories. He served as chairman of the department until 1985 and was widely published. In 1998, he moved to San Francisco. His wife Lillian died in 1994. Dr. Monroe is survived by one son Russell Jr., ’84, two daughters and five grandchildren.