1936: Milton H. Stapen and wife Lois of Floral Park, N.Y., celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary on March 17.

1942: Mary L. Scholl of Escondido, Calif., has retired from teaching and practice in order to complete a book she is writing. She trusts that her 63 years of practice have made a contribution to society. William J. Senter and wife Bettye of Raleigh, N.C., haven’t been to Baltimore lately but continue to follow the Orioles!

1943D: Joseph Wm. Bitsack of Mahwah, N.J., fully retired at age 87.

1945: Benjamin Berdann of Baltimore reports that he is busier than ever in retirement. He and wife Florence are taking in a lot of theatre, and they recently returned from five weeks in New Zealand and Australia.

1949: Jordan Scher has returned to New York City after living in Israel for 17 years. In Israel he administered to and treated drug abuse patients and developed a unique and highly successful method of detoxification from narcotics. Now he’s doing the same in New York since he doesn’t believe in retirement.

1951: Mario Garcia-Palmieri of San Juan announces that the main lecture of the Interamerican Congress of Cardiology has been designated “The Mario R. Garcia-Palmieri Lecture.”

1953: Harry L. Eye of Franklin, W.Va., retired in January.

1954: Allen C. Bullock of Houston is healthy and happy at age 80. Wife Alicia, at age 75, cannot bear to leave her internal medicine practice. They have three children, a daughter who is an internist, and two sons who are engineers. The two plan to attend the next class reunion.

1955: Neal Capel of Yukon, Okla., attended his 50th reunion with son Winston, a Maryland-trained surgeon. Neal says that both owe a debt of gratitude to the medical school. Daniel D. King Jr., of Glendale, Ariz., sadly reports that his three classroom cadaver partners—Charles Pratt, Wm Kirby, and Ernest Leipold—are all deceased.

1956: C. Herschel King of Ashland, Ore., is dealing with his Parkinson’s disease and plans to be at his 50th reunion in 2006. Charles Sanislow of Midland, Mich., now a retired surgeon, directs the Mid Michigan Medical Center’s vascular laboratory and is an advisor in the comprehensive cancer and breast care program. He and wife Sallie manage a certified tree farm in their spare time. They have eight grandchildren.

1961: Robert A. Fink is clinical professor in the department of neurological surgery at the University of California School of Medicine in San Francisco. He teaches at the UCSF-affiliated Veterans Hospital and maintains a private practice of neurological surgery in Berkeley.

1962: Theodore Patterson of Baltimore retired from the board of directors of the Patapsco Bank after 25 years of service.

1963: Neal J. Prendergast of Las Vegas is working part-time as medical director for a hospice after retiring from his specialty of hematology/oncology in November 2004.

1966: Joseph M. France of Ormond Beach, Fla., is experiencing a mild, right brachial plexus palsy; so he limits his practice to medical ophthalmology with his eye group—Tomoka Eye Associates. He is a founding director of Costa Del Mar, a national manufacturer and distributor of polarized sunglasses, which was recently purchased by the A.T. Cross Pen Company. David J. Steinbauer of Grottoes, Va., is retired from both his medical practice and citrus farming in Calfornia. He and son Jonathan are now southern gentlemen living on five acres along the Shenandoah River.

1967: David S. McHold has made his permanent home in Annapolis, Md., and is doing part-time locum tenens in Montana. He also takes art classes at a local community college.

1969: Graham Gilmer III of Lynchburg, Va., reports that 2005 has been a busy year, as youngest son Graham graduated from Stanford in June; oldest son Christopher got married in July; and middle son Drew will be married in October. Graham says it’s a good thing he hasn’t retired.

1971: Terry P. Detrich of Trappe, Md., is a member of the board of governors of the Southern Clinical Neurological Society, and is also a member of the society’s program and site committees. The international organization has more than 300 members in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central and South America, and Europe. It is committed to the education and professional development of physicians actively participating in the clinical or academic practice of neurology. Detrich is affiliated with Memorial Hospital in Easton. Gary A. Grosart of Marion, Mass., just completed his second year as chairman of the department of medicine at St. Lukes Hospital in New Bedford.

1972: Karen S. Fountain of New York City retired from the practice of radiation oncology in 2004. After 9/11, she volunteered for New York City’s Medical Reserve Corps and took courses to prepare for public health emergencies. She is an officer of the American Radium Society, which meets in Barcelona this year. Son Jacob will attend The Citadel. Linda Markley Livingston is retired and living in Pensacola, Fla. George A. Metzger is medical director of the Helping Hands Clinic of Caldwell County, N.C., and enjoying life living in Blowing Rock. This follows his retirement from an internal medicine and nephrology practice.

1973: Charles E. Stewart was honored by the City of Boca Raton, Fla., when the mayor proclaimed March 30, 2005 as “Dr. Charles E. Stewart Day.” Stewart has practiced orthopaedic surgery in Boca Raton since 1984. The proclamation was in response to a “People’s Choice Award” luncheon honoring Boca Raton’s finest doctors. Stewart is son of Edwin H. Stewart, ’43M.

1974: J. Michael Schnell and wife Joani now reside in Vero Beach, Fla. This follows 25 years of solo practice in Vermont. Schnell reports that he practices part-time in Vero Beach as long as it doesn’t interfere with his golf and fishing. Stephen N. Xenakis of Arlington, Va., is director of child & adolescent psychiatry at the Psychiatric Institute of Washington.

1975: Judith Gadol of Chevy Chase, Md., joined Eye Consultants of Northern Virginia. Daughter Carol graduated from the Parsons School of Design and son Robert finished his freshman year at Northwestern University.

1978: Lornel G. Tompkins of Midlothian, Va., is president of the Old Dominion Medical Society and a member of the board of trustees of the National Medical Association.

1979: Burt I. Feldman of Rockville, Md., practices geriatrics at Leisure World Medical Center in Silver Spring. Last year he joined the American Medical Directors Association and became medical director of a nursing and rehabilitation center. He enjoys coaching his 12-year-old son’s soccer team as well as playing the game with his adult friends.

1983: Beverly A. Collins of Baltimore is medical director of healthcare informatics at CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield, and she recently became a fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine.

1985: Cynthia L. Ackrill is living in Asheville, N.C., and is doing biofeedback/EEG neurofeedback for attention and mood disorders, as well as stress medicine and wellness coaching. Thomas B. Johnson of Exeter, N.H., works at Dartmouth Hitchcock/Manchester.

1986: Lisa Scheinin of Redondo Beach, Calif., makes appearances on “1104 North Mission Road,” a show on Court TV. The program investigates interesting cases at the LA coroner’s office. She hopes to ride her 1,000th roller coaster this year, probably in Japan.

1987: Robert Baker and wife Melissa of West Harrison, N.Y., have become life masters in the American Contract Bridge League. They recently took first place in bracketed zip knockout teams at the North American Bridge Championships in Pittsburgh.

1989: David A. Stone of Naples, Fla., passed the ABIM recertification exam for cardiology.

1990: Michael J. Richman and wife Caryn of Baltimore are pleased to announce the birth of Drew Bryce, their second son, on March 8.

1991: Yared Aklilu and wife Frehiwot of Weston, Fla., announce the birth of Mahdere, their third daughter, born on March 17, 2003.

1992: Lisa Glasser and husband Marc of Las Vegas announce the birth of Jake Isaac on March 21. Caroline D. Sherbourne of Cramerton, N.C., works for Charlotte Radiology, and husband Charles Bouch is a vascular surgeon in Gastonia.

1995: Jana Kaplan of Baltimore reports the birth of Talia Rose on June 24, 2004. She joins Eli, age seven and Leora, age five. Mom is still in private practice in Bel Air where she continues to deliver babies.

1996: Nick Jerrard and partner Charles Balogh of San Diego announce the arrival of Zoe Aleseandra, born on March 9, 2003 and adopted on April 22, 2005.

1999: Stacey Robert and husband Jeffrey of New Freedom, Pa., announce the birth of Chase Andrew, their second, on March 24, 2005. Ursina Teitelbaum and husband Ben of Chicago announce the birth of Lillian Celeste on May 30, 2004. Ursina is completing her hematology/oncology fellowship at the University of Chicago Hospitals.

2000: Tamara L. Burgunder and husband Herbert of Baltimore announce the birth of Maisie Bea on April 13. They also have two boys. Katherine Wex of Potomac, Md., is enjoying a new faculty position in the department of anesthesiology at Maryland. She and husband Mark have two children, ages three and one.

2001: Vanessa Limawararut and husband Matthew announce the birth of Desmond Limawararut Seybold, their first, on April 8, 2005. They recently moved to Adelaide, Australia, where Vanessa has started a fellowship in oculoplastics.

Ned Sharrer and wife Fayla have a home in Daytona Beach. They are keeping their house in Severna Park, MD., and plan a summer of active sailing on the Bay with a possible voyage to New England.