Class Notes

      
1938: Theodore E. Woodward of Baltimore was the 2001 Alumni Citation recipient at Franklin & Marshall College, awarded in recognition of his career in the practice and teaching of medicine.

1941: Gene A. Croce of Cranston, R.I., has been retired for six years and enjoys playing golf and tending to his railroad train hobby.

1942: William J. Senter of Raleigh, N.C., says he is doing well and is hopeful that he’ll make it to Baltimore in spring for his 60th Reunion.

1943M: Ramon I. Almodovar of San Juan, P.R., is retired.

1943D: Joseph Wm. Bitsack of Mahwah, N.J., is happily retired from practice and teaching. He recently turned 83. Augustus H. Frye Jr., of Chattanooga, Ten., continues to run the Arthroscopic Knee and Shoulder Center, operating six days per week and having the time of his life.

1944: Sarah Taylor Morrow of Raleigh, N.C., enjoys the company of her 13 grandchildren. She continues to serve as medical director of electronic data systems which processes Medicaid claims for North Carolina.

1946: Twenty-three classmates and guests gathered in the hills of North Carolina for an annual reunion getaway. Betty and John Gamble served as hosts with daughter Elizabeth, MD, and granddaughter Jessie. Others in attendance included Bob and Jeanne Audet, Michele and Bob Bauer, Betsy and Dement Bonifant, Noreen and Jim Eavey, Mary K. and Paul Frye, Natalie and Abe Goetz, Mary Adele and Jim Roberts, Anita and Bob Rossberg with daughter Lynn Meder, and Ginny and Clint Stallard. Next year’s event will be a cruise, and all classmates and guests and invited. John A. Mitchell of University Park, Fla., reports that 16 years of retirement get better every day.

1947: Joseph Blevins of Silverton, Ore., is retired and in good health. He stays active in a hiking club. Joel C. Fink of Phoenix, Ariz., retired in 1999 but continues to work part-time in the VA hospital as a ratings dermatologist. David Geddes of Santa Ana, Calif., retired in March 2001 after knee replacement surgery. He and wife Carol now have more time for travel. Francis K. Machata of North Kingstown, R.I., enjoys classical music and books on art and history. William Schnitzker of Ashland, Ky., has been working on his memoirs which will soon be published.

1948: Jimmie Rhyne of Raleigh, N.C., traveled to New Zealand and Australia in celebration of his 75th birthday. He is retired but continues to work part-time. B.K. Silverman of Seal Beach, Calif., is still working in the pediatric emergency department at Harbor/UCLA and Children’s Hospital in Orange County as an attending and preceptor.

1950: Stanley W. Henson Jr., of Fort Collins, Colo., received the distinguished alumni award at Oklahoma State University in November 2001. Frank Kasik lives in the John Erickson Retirement Community of Oak Crest Village in Parkville, Md.

1951: M. Garcia-Palmieri of San Juan, P.R., was honored by the Inter-American Society of Cardiology in August when it was announced that the assembly voted unanimously to designate the main lecture (held every two years) as the Dr. Mario R. Garcia-Palmieri Lecture. Benjamin D. Gordon of Yarmouth Port, Maine, continues to provide cover in an occupational medicine clinic in order for a friend to take vacation. He is conducting safety studies on new pediatric products and sits on the town library board and the board of health. Dorris M. Harris of Los Angeles thinks the 50th reunion last spring was fantastic. H. Shepard Rowland of Richmond, Va., is a consultant for BlueCross/BlueShield, the Virginia Department of Medical Assistance and Comp Management. He retired as a urologic surgeon after 28 years in Richmond, and served as a physician surveyor of the joint commission on health care organizations. He was Medicare director for Part B, Medicare for the state.

1952: Robert Grubb of Selinsgrove, Pa., claims that he and classmate Dave Taxdal were turned down by the Senior PGA tour. Herb W. Lapp is living in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., having retired as a medical advisor for Maryland’s disability and rehabilitation service in 1999. He has been retired from private practice since 1983.

1953: Sylvan Frieman of Owings Mills, Md., has a grandson taking pre-med classes and hopes to see him enrolled at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Dr. Frieman reminds classmates that the 50th reunion is scheduled for 2003; so begin making your plans to attend.

1954: David A. Levy continues his clinical research in allergy and writing articles for drug companies. He is living in Paris, across La Seine from Notre Dame. Morris Rainess of Reisterstown, Md., reports that he continues to enjoy living!

1955: Alvin Hecker of Baltimore continues as chief of the pediatric allergy clinic at St. Agnes Hospital. C. Ronald Koons of Mission Viejo, Calif., is clinical professor of radiation oncology and medicine (ethics) at the University of California–Irvine. He chairs the medical center’s ethics committee and co-chairs the psycho-social oncology task force. Paul S. Mueller of Baltimore travels frequently to Colorado to visit a friend with whom he served in WWII. He is retired and a widower since 1966. F. Richard Walton and wife Jan live in Avon, Ind., near two of their children. Their oldest boy Jeff has given them three grandchildren.

1956: Edward D. Frohlich of New Orleans received the degree Doctor of the University, honorus causa from the University of Buenos Aires for his research and other contributions in hypertension. The award was made on the 180th anniversary of the university and the 60th anniversary of the discovery of angiotensin.

1957: Loretta K. Gilmore of Silver Spring, Md., enjoys golf, playing bridge, line dancing and travel. Her most enjoyable cruise was two weeks on the 50th anniversary of D-Day which included two days at Normandy. Joseph O. Dean Jr., of Chillicothe, Ill., has enjoyed recent bike trips in Holland, Germany and Austria via elderhostels. Charles R. Oppegard and wife Juanita of Denver announce that Martha, the youngest of their four daughters, has an internal medicine practice in Glenwood Springs where her husband teaches high school science. Leonard M. Zullo of Baltimore has made several trips to Africa, acquiring trophies of that region’s most dangerous animals, including an elephant, a lion, a buffalo and a leopard.

1958: Charles E. Silberstein of Baltimore joined the full-time faculty in orthopaedic surgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in July 2001 after 30 years of private practice.

1959: Charles B. Fletcher of Ventura, Calif., is retired and healthy.

1960: Morton Smith and wife Paula moved back to St. Louis where he has resumed teaching at Washington University School of Medicine.

1961: Richard M. Sarles of Baltimore is president of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He is a professor in the division of child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Maryland. Larry G. Tilley of Fallston, Md., retired from the practice of family medicine in December 2000 after 28 years with the Medical Health Group in Dundalk.

1962: Johnny Buchman of Studio City, Calif., recently attended a dermatology conference in Mexico. He has been a member of the American Academy of Dermatology for 25 years. Louis R. Caplan of Chestnut Hill, Mass., continues as chief of cardiovascular diseases at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School. Leonard J. Figelman of Surprise, Ariz., retired in August 2000. Robert A. McCormick of Santa Fe., N.M., is looking forward to the 40th reunion in May! He continues to practice medicine.

1964: Samuel Muher of Owings Mills, Md., has limited his practice to office GYN. Richard G. Shugarman of West Palm Beach, Fla., was elected president of the Florida Society of Ophthalmology.

1965: Ronald Goldner of Baltimore consolidated offices for his dermatology practice to Westminster. William E. Legat of Bethesda, Md., received psychiatrist of the year honors in the Washington, D.C., area for 2000. He was selected by the Washington Psychiatric Society.

1966: Stuart L. Fine and wife Ellie are completing their 11th year in Philadelphia. Daughter Karen is in her fifth year in Winston-Salem, N.C., where husband Tom is assistant professor of pediatric surgery at Wake Forest. Grandchildren Sam, age seven and daughter Sara, age four are attending school. Son Andy and wife Laura relocated to Brookline, Mass., after completing residencies in pediatrics and ophthalmology, respectively, at the University of California-S.F. Andy is serving as three-year fellowship in pediatric emergency medicine at Children’s Hospital, while Laura is at home with newborn Henry David, born July 3, 2001. Stuart and Ellie were sorry to miss last year’s 35th reunion but look forward to the 40th in 2006. William O. Harrison of Las Vegas spent last summer in southern Sudan, working with refugees from the country’s civil war. Barry E. L. Ominsky of Pasadena, Md., is chairman of otolaryngology/head and neck surgery at North Arundel Hospital. Gary Plotnick of Baltimore received the teacher of the year award at the 2001 Founders Day Celebration of the University of Maryland Baltimore. He is a professor in the department of medicine and assistant dean for student affairs.

1968: William Goldstein of Potomac, Md., authored A Primer for Beginning Psychotherapy: Review Edition, published by Brunner/Rutledge in 2001. Stephen L. Hooper of North East, Md., lives seven months each year on the big island of Hawaii. He has a real estate license in Hawaii and encourages anyone considering retiring there to contact him. David J. Riley of New Brunswick, N.J., served on the Institute of Medicine Committee on Tobacco Harm Reduction. He is professor of medicine at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Norbert H. Roihl of Palm City, Fla., received a special award for 25 years of service as staff radiologist at Martin Memorial Medical Center. He ran in his seventh consecutive Boston Marathon in April. Son Daniel graduated from Harvard (magna cum laude) and is attending Yale graduate school. Daughter Maureen, a Tufts University graduate, is a computer software engineer and recently married a fellow graduate.

1969: Donald M. Baldwin of Lawton, Okla., is a member of the admissions board at the University of Oklahoma and also an associate clinical professor of family and preventive medicine. Son David is completing a residency in emergency medicine at the University of Florida. Son Jon is a resident in OB/GYN at Oklahoma, where daughter-in-law Lisa is a third year medical student. Kristin Stueber of South Hadley, Mass., is completing a two-year term as president of the Massachusetts Society of Plastic Surgeons and was elected vice president of the New England Society of Plastic Surgeons.

1970: John H. Poehlman of Dalton, Ga., completed a fellowship in nuclear cardiology at Emory University.

1971: Robert J. Neborsky is co-author of Short-Term Therapy for Long-Term Change. He lives in Del Mar, Calif.

R. Henry Richards completed a one-year term as president of the American Academy of Pharmaceutical Physicians. Dr. Richards and wife Jean live with 15-year-old daughter Erin in Los Gatos, Calif., where he is a private consultant to the pharmaceutical industry. Their oldest daughter Rachel is married and is currently pursuing a PhD in molecular biology at Washington University and Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.

1972: William Merritt of Phoenix, Md., traveled to Alexandria, Egypt in October 2001 where he was an invited speaker of The Alexandria Society of Anesthesia and Intensive Care. Miriam C. Turner of Salt Lake City is doing locums. She recently completed a stint in Alaska as she continues to tour the U.S.

1973: Murray A. Kalish of Baltimore was elected to the Maryland State Medical Society Board of Trustees. Thomas W. Long of Scottsdale, Ariz., continues teaching “Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction” classes. He says it’s a great way to integrate his mindfulness practice of Zen and his medical practice.

1974: Albert M. Lai and wife Nina live in Ellicott City, Md., with their six children: Aaron, Byron, Clement, Daphne, Enid and Felix. He retired from his practice of general, thoracic and vascular surgery in 1999. David L. Zisow and wife Marcie of Pikesville, Md., announce the marriage of son Brad. Marcie recently received an educational doctorate degree in the field of instructional technology and distance education.

1975: Robert A. Vegors of Jackson, Tenn., is spending his sabbatical at Oregon Health Sciences University in the department of rheumatology. Kenneth V. Iserson of Tucson, Ariz., announces that his most recent book Demon Doctors: Physicians as Serial Killers will be released in March 2002.

1976: Lani Wheeler of Annapolis, Md., works on school-based programs for the CDC/Division of Adolescent and School Health. She was awarded the 2001 Maryland Chapter of the American Lung Association Community Service Award.

1977: Joseph L. Braun of Potomac, Md., is assistant professor of emergency medicine at Georgetown University. He is finishing his PhD in public policy. Marc S. Bresler of Encino, Calif., is a full-time hospitalist and family practice residency in-patient attending at Kaiser Foundation Hospital in Woodland Hills.

1978: Philip Ades of Shelburne, Vt., published “Cardiac Rehabilitation and Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease” in the New England Journal of Medicine. David Oelberg of Virginia Beach, Va., is professor and interim chairman of pediatrics at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk.

1979: Jan Hoffman of Wichita, Kan., is chief of endocrinology at the recently opened center for diabetes and endocrinology of the Wichita Clinic. Owen M. Wolkowitz and wife Janet Negley, PhD of Palo Alto, Calif., have a one-year-old daughter Mikaela Jenelle.

1980: Darryl A. Driggs of Bossier City, La., is working in the emergency room after ten years in private practice. His oldest son graduated from Cal. Tech in engineering, and his daughter recently graduated from high school. M. Lawrence Kaplan of Longwood, Fla., is a colonel in the U.S. Army.

1981: Karen Kingry of Mt. Airy, Md., is medical director and chairperson of pediatrics at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda. Stephen Ozanne of Cedar Hill, Tex., opened a solo practice in Dallas in July 2000. He and wife Beverly have two children, Rachel (18) and Ben (16).

1982: Guillermo W. Arnaud has gone into private practice in Sebring, Fla., after retiring from the U.S. Army with 20 years of active duty military service. Susan A. Stuart of Gallup, N.M., is chief of surgical services with Gallup Indian Medical Center. She and husband Joe have twins Gina Marie and Nicholas Stuart born November 25, 2000. Corina Waldman of Hollywood, Fla., has been home full-time for several years due to an illness, but she enjoys caring for her three boys: Jerod, 16; Ian, 14; and Dustin, ten. Husband Stu runs the oncology department at West Palm Beach VA Medical Center.

1983: Mary I. Jumbelic of Syracuse, N.Y., a forensic pathologist, spent three weeks at the ground zero morgue of the World Trade Center in New York City as part of the DMORT federal team. They gave dignity and structure to a very difficult task, and now she is happy to be home with family.

1984: Martin L. Schwartz of Irondale, Ala., reports on the activities of his three sons: Adam started at the University of Alabama; Justin began at Emory University; and Brandon is a junior in high school. Martin and wife Elba are doing well and send their best to classmates. Katherine D. Tobin of Timonium, Md., is in private practice with American Radiology Services. Husband Rich has retired from the Baltimore City Police Department. They have two daughters: Kaitrin, age nine and Bridget, age eight.

1985: Paul Rosenberg of Bethesda, Md., practices geriatric and consult-liaison psychiatry at the Washington VA and is on the faculty at Georgetown. He and wife Helene, a scientist, have two sons: Joshua, age 11, and Michael, age six.

1986: Scott Fosko of University City, Mo., is acting chairman of the department of dermatology at St. Louis University School of Medicine. Jan M. Koppelman of Columbia, Md., is practicing pediatrics at River Hill Pediatrics in Clarksville. Denise Murray and husband Peter Bray of Huntington Beach, Calif., announce the birth of son Jack, who joins Mackenzie (five) and Sam (three). Donna L. Parker of Baltimore published a chapter entitled “Balancing, Juggling, and other Feats” in This Side of Doctoring: Experiences of Women in Medicine. Parker is associate dean for student and faculty development and clinical associate professor in the department of medicine at Maryland.

1988: Kenneth W. Kotz is a hematologist/oncologist in Wilmington, Del., where he lives with wife Nancy and three sons. Philip C. Pieters of Glen Allen, Va., is a partner at Radiology Associates in Richmond. He is an editor and author of Venous Catheters: A Complete Manual by Thieme Publishers. Kenneth K. Tam of Encino, Calif., reports that son Keaton, age two, started pre-school in fall, while son Ethan is one.

1989: Darryn Band of North Potomac, Md., has three children: Jake, six; Austin, five; and Elizabeth, two. Brian Eastridge and wife Maggie of Dallas announce the birth of Mackenzie Cameron, their first child. Ann L. Mattson of Boulder, Colo., is medical director for Boulder Valley Women’s Health Center. Gregory D. Mieden of High Point, N.C., is board certified in sleep medicine.

The Medical Alumni Association Have you ever wondered how the Medical Alumni Association is governed? A board of directors, listed on the contents page of this magazine, oversees activities of the Association. It consists of five officers and nine directors. The board has several standing committees which oversee reunion, alumni awards, board nominations, bylaws, budget and finances, preservation of Davidge Hall and the Bowers Collection of Medical Artifacts, and production of the Bulletin magazine. Many proposals and policies are studied on the committee level before presentation to the full board and general membership.    The Board meets four times each year in addition to the annual business meeting during Reunion. Dues-paying members are invited to attend meetings and are encouraged to notify board members or the alumni office of their interest in becoming actively involved. For more information please contact Larry Pitrof, executive director, at 410-706-7454.

1992: Daniel J. Choi and wife Tracie of Sparks, Md., announce the birth of Ryan Gabriel, their first, on August 28, 2001. Annette Fineberg of Cranston, R.I., is in private practice and on the clinical faculty at Brown University, and Sufen Chiu, ’95 is serving a research fellowship at a Harvard affiliate, working with brain imaging of psychotic children. The couple is expecting their second child. Lisa Glasser relocated to Las Vegas. Claudia Montgomery-Hays works at a private OB/GYN practice in Annapolis, Md. She enjoys her two children, ages four and six, and reports that life is treating her well. Lisa Rakowski and husband Ronald relocated to Frederick, Md., where Lisa joined The Pediatric Center of Frederick. They have three children: Nicholas, age four; Christopher, age three; and Megan, born November 2000. Jennifer Schuette and partner Carol of Crofton, Md., welcomed daughter Bailey into the world in February; she was three weeks early. Caroline Sherbourne of Gainesville, Fla., works in the department of radiology at the University of Florida Shands Hospital. Husband Charles is a first year fellow in vascular surgery.

1993: Michael Cushner of Millwood, N.Y., is chief of orthopaedics for New York Bone and Joint, a division of Beth Israel Medical Center.

1994: Paul M. Berger is in private practice with Clinton Urological Associates located in Clinton, N.C. Konni E. Bringman and husband Neil O’Callaghan announce the birth of daughter Bridget Anna on January 13, 2001. Andrew L. Smock and wife Shannon Miller live with daughters Alex and Jessica in Gainesville, Fla., where Andrew is with Cardiology Associates.

1995: Edward L. McDaniel has returned from a two year U.S. Army tour in Korea and was recently promoted to the rank of major. He, wife Brenda and sons Michael and Justin make their home in El Paso, Tex., where Edward is completing an internal medicine residency at William Beaumont Army Medical Center. Ora Pearlstein of New York City married Joshua Kranz in March 2001. She is assistant clinical professor of internal medicine at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University.

1996: Maureen G. Burdett, husband Chris Summers and son Matthew Christopher moved to St. Albans, Vt., where Maureen is in private practice after completing her general surgery residency at UMMS. Julie Hurlock and husband Wayne of Newburgh, Ind., announce the birth of Alexandra Marie on April 11. She joins brother Patrick. Bryan Klepper of Sherwood Forest, Md., works for Chesapeake Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Center in Glen Burnie. Donna M. Osikowicz of East Patchogue, N.Y., celebrated the first birthday of daughter Savannah Rose in August 2001 as well as an appointment as clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at SUNY Stony Brook.

1997: Jennifer Beall of Chicago is staff physician in the general medicine clinic at Lakeside VAMC, which is affiliated with Northwestern University. Ruwanthi Campano and husband Angelo plan to continue living in the San Francisco area upon completion of her residency in otolaryngology/head and neck surgery. Chere Monique Chase is doing a neuro-critical care fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital after serving as chief resident in neurology last year at Case Western Reserve. David Cosenza and wife Ann Urban of Belhaven, N.C., announce the birth of son Nicolas David on July 29, 2001. Melissa Hawkins-Holt and husband Stephen of Lutherville, Md., announce the birth of Kelly Madison on May 8, 2001. Melissa is a rheumatology fellow at Maryland. Carmen Krejci works for a private family practice group in southern Indiana after completing an eight month fellowship in OB in California. Husband Nick Meyer is serving a second residency in OB/GYN at the University of Louisville. The couple were married in Davidge Hall on September 15 and will be making their home in Louisville, Ky. Eric M. Maniago of New York City married Erica Bamdas on May 27, 2000 in Fiji. She is a PhD candidate in psychology at CUNY Graduate Center in Manhattan. Eric is working at Cornell Weill Medical College/New York Presbyterian Hospital after completing residency in emergency medicine. Barbara Piasecki of Philadelphia is serving a
GI fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. Aliya Qureshi married Kashif Poshni and is living in Bethesda, Md. She started private practice in OB/GYN in September. Heidi Ginter Shah of Marlborough, Mass., reports that she regretfully doesn’t expect to make it to Reunion in spring, since she and husband Nilesh are planning to be trekking to the base camp of Mt. Everest in May. Matthew Zmurko and wife Laura of Royal Oak, Mich., are proud parents of daughter Zoe Lynn, born in February. Jennifer and Craig Zinderman of Columbia, Md., announce the birth of Jessica Margaret on March 30, 2001.

1998: Lorraine F. and Patrick B. Burns, ’01, of Norwalk, Conn., announce the birth of Sean Daniel on March 16, 2001. Patrick has started a family practice residency at Stamford Hospital. Jennifer C. Logan of San Diego says she is working in a great family practice office and reports that son Warren, at the age of 12, is as tall as she.

1999: Elizabeth M. Ciotola of Columbia, Md., will be chief resident in pediatrics at Sinai Hospital and is planning a fellowship in neonatology thereafter. Lenny Feldman of Carrboro, N.C., says it was nice to see classmates at the wedding of Jim Medina in August. He hopes to see everyone again soon.

2000: Joseph M. Herman of Ann Arbor, Mich., started his first year of training in radiation oncology.

2001: Margo Vassar reports that she is “rocking” in Richmond, Va.

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