1943D:J. Roy Guyther of Mechanicsville, Md., in December 2007 published his seventh book on local history. 1946: William J. Bannen Jr., of Simpsonville, S.C., sadly reports that his good friend George Albec has passed away. James Roberts and wife Mary Adel of Silver Spring, Md., recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. They were delighted to hear that the class celebrated its 60th reunion in 2006, and they look forward to the 65th in 2011. 1947: E. Anne Mattern of Rockville, Md., is feeling better after hip revision and an MI. She wants classmates to know that she is working on the latest newsletter to classmates. 1949: George W. Knabe Jr., of Virginia, Minn., received a lifetime achievement award from the College of American Pathologists.

1954: Arthur Baitch, of Baltimore retired from his practice of orthopaedic surgery on January 1. Portrait painting, travel, golf, wife Herta, and seven grandchildren keep him very busy. 1955: Murray A. Kappleman of Baltimore was awarded a lifetime achievement award from the Maryland chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. 1956: Mathew H. M. Lee of New York City has retired as the Howard A. Rusk Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at the NYU School of Medicine and has assumed emeritus status. In March, he celebrated the release of Rehabilitation Medicine and Thermography, a textbook he co-authored, with a reception at the United Nations Delegate Dining Room.

1961: Michael B. A. Oldstone of La Jolla, Calif., was elected to the National Academy of Science. Oldstone is a professor in the department of immunology and microbial science and department of infectology at the Scripps Research Institute. 1962: Louis C. Breschi of Baltimore is president-elect of the Catholic Medical Association. 1964: Richard G. Shugarman of West Palm Beach, Fla., serves as an editor for the comprehensive ophthalmology section of ONE, the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s web-based learning center. This follows the completion of two consecutive three-year terms on the academy’s board of counselors. He and wife Rhona celebrated the birth of their third grandchild, and also report that daughter Marcy was married on May 31. 1966: Diane L. K. Acker of Roslyn, N.Y., reports that she has retired from her solo pediatrics practice and is enjoying her new career since March when Uncle Sam’s red, white, and blue card arrived in the mail! 1968: Richard A. Baum and wife Kathleen of Baltimore report that their daughter was married in Tel Aviv on January 3, and their youngest will be attending Maryland’s law school in the fall.


1972: Ronald T. Staubly and wife Helen of Mt. Pocono, Pa., celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary in February. He will retire as a colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves in August after 30 years, having served in the first Gulf War, Bosnia, and Baghdad in 2003. Son Arasin is in the U.S. Air Force serving in Japan; second son Andrew works for T-Mobile in Los Angeles, and daughter Andreanna is a translator in Hamburg, Germany. 1973: Jo A. Deevey of Burien, Wash., since 2005 has been a provider for opiate addiction recovery with Suboxone, a partial opiate agonist with a blocker to prevent consuming competitive drugs. In her opinion it has revolutionized opiate recovery for young addicts and chronic pain sufferers. She is sorry to have missed the 35th reunion in May. 1975: George L. Drusano of Latham, N.Y., reports that wife Marianne earned her fourth-degree black belt in Shodokan karate. Oldest son Chip, who has Aspergers Syndrome, lives on his own in an apartment and is pursuing a degree in culinary arts. Second son Michael, ’07, is receiving family medicine residency training at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami after taking a year off to volunteer at hospitals throughout Africa. Youngest son Stephen is living in New York City after graduating from Ithaca College. Drusano is co-director of Ordway Research Institute in Albany. They were recently granted two R01s from NIAID for resistance suppression methodologies for Pseudomas aeruginosa and also for influenza virus. They also received a program project grant on biowarfare from NIAID and another from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for TB therapy.


1984: Gail Brook Arthur and Sam Arthur of Harrisonburg, Va., report that Gail is teaching at James Madison University and Sam is practicing nephrology. They have three children ages 22, 18, and 15. Joseph C. Eshelman Jr., of Brecksville, Ohio, is area medical director of northeast Ohio for Concentra Medical Centers. He completed a one-year occupational medicine residency in September 2006 at West Virginia University and earned an MPH from Tulane University in 2003. Nick Koutrelakos and Susan Lancelotta of Sykesville, Md., report that daughter Lauren wedded Patrick Kelly of Beaufort, S.C., and the couple plans to live there. She is a 2004 alumna of Clemson University School of Architecture. 1985: Victoria Mossman-Van Eendenburg of Bloomington, Minn., reports that daughter Deborah Jane will be attending college in the fall, daughter Hannah is the varsity soccer captain, and husband John continues flying for Northwest Airlines. S. J. Schoenfelder of Lewisburg, Pa., reports that he is feeling old with two children in college at NYU and MIT. 1986: Julia Ann Williams of Sedona, Ariz., continues to breed and train golden retrievers as service animals. 1987: D. V. Woytowitz of Port Charlotte, Fla., reports that he and his family completed a year of travel to a number of states—including Alaska—as part of his sabbatical and their home schooling. 1988: Ira Chang of Evergreen, Colo., is a neurologist with Blue Sky Neurology, a group practice. Husband William opened a restaurant “Sammy’s Last Cast Tavern.” Daughter Paige is six years old and son Grayson is three. 1989: Merdad V. Parsey, MD/PhD, and wife Christina of San Carlos, Calif., proudly announce the birth of Sam, their second child, in October 2007.


1994: Alexis M. Elward of Webster Groves, Mo., a pediatric infectious disease specialist at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, is credited with leading the initial investigations resulting in the recall of the drug Heparin. Elward quickly mobilized a team of investigators and alerted authorities after investigating severe allergic reactions in two children undergoing dialysis. Kathleen M. Flores-Dahms of San Diego enjoys being a part-time radiologist and full-time mother of Makaylee, age four, Malina, age two, and Mathias, age one. 1995: Mitesh Kothari and wife Erin of Hagerstown, Md., report that sons Kendall, age eight, Jack, age six, and Ryan, age one, are doing well, and they invite classmates to contact them when passing through the area. 1997: Andrew Morton of Owings Mills, Md., is chief of diagnostic imaging at Howard County General Hospital in Columbia. Janine Smith of Washington, D.C., is director of pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus at Howard University Hospital. 1998: Timothy J. McAveney of Irvine, Calif., practices cardiology. He and wife Jenn have two children—Haley, age four, and Ian, age two. Despite their best efforts a third is on the way, and the family now looks forward to his or her arrival later this summer. Mary Goyer Shapiro of Salt Lake City reports that husband Mike is teaching his first course in developmental biology at the University of Utah. Son Drew is two years old and loves trucks and trains. Shapiro enjoyed visiting with classmate Herlene Chatha at the American Academy of Pediatrics conference in San Francisco last October. 1999: Carolynn M. Warner, husband Christopher, and five children are enjoying country living in Richmond Hill, Ga. Warner is now a civilian in practice after nine years with the U.S. Army.


2000: Mohsin A. Husain of Centreville, Va., has been with Virginia Radiology Associates for two years. He and Abida have two boys, Maajid, age six, and Raashid, age four. Phillip B. Marshall of Silver Spring, Md., married Ayesha Allen, MPH, on September 15, 2007. Kelly L. Miller and Mark Flasar of Baltimore have joined Maryland’s faculty. Kelly is attending after completion of training in interventional cardiology, while Mark is in GI. 2001: Ayanna Beard has returned to the Washington, D.C., area and is working for Unity Healthcare, serving the uninsured and under-insured. This follows three years at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston where she worked in the department of family and community medicine. Vanessa Lima lives with husband Matthew and sons Desmond, age three, and Emmett, age one, in Columbia, Md. She works at the Columbia JHU Wilmer Eye Institute where her special interests include eyelid, tear drainage, and orbital disease. 2003: Sachin Kalyani and wife Rita of Baltimore proudly announce the birth of son Shaan on February 13. Karen Sutton is a fellow in sports orthopaedic surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, following residency training in orthopaedic surgery at Yale. She and Gregg Wysocki were married last October. 2005: Jennifer A. Roth has begun a sports medicine fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla. 2006: Robert R. Redfield and wife Amy of Wynnewood, Pa., welcomed their second daughter, Riley Grace, on April 26.