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When family practitioner Edwin Matlin, 35C, 37M, entered medical school, he was one of the last to matriculate at Emory after just two years of medical school. Judging from the variety of activities on his CV, Dr. Matlin has stayed on a fast track.
  While at Emory and to pay for his tuition, he tutored in math and biology and coached lacrosse and wrestling. He entered private practice in 1940 and was visiting physician at several hospitals as well as chief of the menopausal clinic at Morrisania Hospital in the Bronx.
  During WWII, Dr. Matlin served in Africa and Sicily and was awarded the Purple Heart. After discharge in 1944, he practiced in Mt. Holly Springs, Penn., until 1960, and subsequently in Garden City, N.Y., from 1960 to 1993.
  But check out everything Dr. Matlin does in his spare time.
  He's a member of the International Brotherhood of Magicians and the Society of American Magicians. He's exhibited his photographs and watercolors. He's bred and sold tropical fish. He's built and flown model airplanes. He was licensed to fly the big ones in 1945. He's remodeled and lived in a 90-year old mansion. And he's taught and lectured on hypnosis at Dickinson College. These are just the highlights.
  His wife, Beatrice Ruth, a pianist and piano teacher, offered her explanation. "Anyone could do what Eddie does if they didn't fritter away the hours between midnight and 6 am in sleep. He has the greatest store of useless knowledge I've ever come across." But seriously, she added, "No matter how much ego he displays to me or our intimates, he is quite humble in the practice of medicine. I've never known him to refuse a night call anytime, anywhere."
  Dr. Matlin got the last word, though, when he emailed us a patient anecdote from his years of practice with the comment that medical school, internship, and residency do not always prepare a doctor for every eventuality:

  I was on ER duty one evening when Mr. Thomas was brought in. Mr. Thomas was short of breath, and his florid complexion and marked tremor suggested the advanced stages of alcoholism. Given a glass of water, he promptly spilled half of it onto the floor. A physical examination revealed an enlarged liver, a large fluid-filled abdomen, and legs swollen to the knees. He was the classical, textbook picture of cirrhosis of the liver caused by years of drinking. His body had finally broken down.
  I gave him some Valium to quiet his anxiety and tremors and began to take a medical history. I asked him the usual questions about his present illness and finally, "How much do you drink?"
  "Enough," he replied.
  "How much is enough?" I asked.
  "Lots," was his evasive reply.
  "And how much is lots?" I persisted.
  "Well, a lot is a lot," he dodged. In an effort to get an accurate indication of his daily intake for the record, I asked, "Would you say three shots a day?"
  "Three shots is not a lot," he retorted.
  "Five shots a day?" I continued.
  "Doctor," he responded, "You are not a big drinker, are you?"
  Note to be outdone by the fencing, I said, "Would you say you drank a pint of hard liquor a day?"
  "Hell, Doc. I spill more than that a day!"
  I finally gave up. He was not going to reveal the strength of his addiction, but he was right. He really drank a lot. I accepted his estimate and wrote in the chart, "Patient states he drinks, 'a lot.'"

Professor emeritus Evangeline T. Papageorge, 29G, 37M, (honorary) was recognized by Governor Zell Miller during Georgia Women's History Month as one of the "Georgia Women Pioneers in Health Care."


1930s



Edwin Matlin, 37M


Against patient protest, John D. McKey, 38C, 41M, took down his shingle last year after 51 years and seven months of doctoring three generations of kids.
  More than 400 patients, former patients, and parents and grandparents of patients gathered on March 21 to observe "Dr. John McKey Day," at Central Christian Church in Orlando.
  On the eve of his final office visit day, well-wishers honored him at an open house. Orlando Sentinel columnist Greg Dawson was there and wrote about Dr. Key's old time style:
  "John McKey is an island of certainty in a sea of change, a refuge from the switchboard hell of managed care. He talks to every worried parent who calls his office. He has no computer and no fax machine. . . ."
  In retirement, Dr. McKey looks forward to more time on the golf course. His only regret is that he didn't make more money, "but that goes with the territory. Nobody works till age 80 unless he's motivated by something grander."

J. (Jesse) Lee Walker, 38C, 41M, is a 1998 recipient of the Emory Medal of Honor.
  Recognized for a lifetime of service, Dr. Walker is a legend in the hills of Frakes, Ky. Now retired, he pioneered rural medicine in mountain communities both in southeast Kentucky and in northeast Tennessee. He made house calls, working with limited resources and under difficult circumstances such as delivering babies at home by flashlight. He also confronted large land and coal producers who controlled the local economy but didn't necessarily support improved rural health care.
  Serving five rural clinics in the coal fields of Clearfield and Stinking Creek, Tenn., and Frakes, Ky., Dr. Walker developed a physician's assistant and nurse midwifery program to supplement his own services as a physician.
  To earn enough money to put his sons through college, Dr. Walker spent another chapter of his life working in the Midwest for a major corporation in industrial medicine, where he was responsible for occupational safety and worked to reduce noise levels in home appliances. He then returned to Appalachia to take up where he'd left off.
  Dr. Walker worked with the Office of Equal Opportunity during the War on Poverty and with other community-based organizations to improve health care for the poor. Honors and awards received by Dr. Walker include the 1985 National Rural Practitioner of the Year Award from the National Rural Health Association; the 1980 Leroy B. Stansell Memorial Award for outstanding service to the people of east Tennessee, presented by the East Tennessee Health Improvement Council; and the 1982 Outstanding Service Award for Leadership in Health Policy from the Tennessee Association of Primary Health Care Centers.

1940s

Dr. Smith goes to Washington, often. Martin H. Smith, 41Ox, 43C, 45M, who practiced pediatrics in Gainesville, Ga., for almost 50 years, has served not only the patients in his rural community but also children across the country.
  Now retired, he's on the move politically. He recently chaired a workshop in Atlanta with Emory Presidential Distinguished Professor of International Health Bill Foege and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter at the National Immunization Conference, sponsored by the CDC. He moderated talks about instituting early childhood immunization for every child by age 2.
  Dr. Smith is on the advisory board of "Every Child by Two," a volunteer effort put forth by Betty Bumpers, wife of Arkansas senator Dale Bumpers, and Rosalynn Carter after an outbreak of measles in 1987. Dr. Smith represents the American Academy of Pediatrics on this board.
  The American Academy of Pediatrics is dear to Dr. Smith. More than anything he's ever done, he says, he enjoyed serving as 1985-1986 president of the organization. That year, he worked successfully to get the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Act passed by Congress to compensate the small minority of kids who have bad reactions to vaccines with concomitant disabling injury. Since completing his term as president of the academy, Dr. Smith has chaired the national Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines and the volunteer Immunization Education and Action Committee.
  In 1994, Dr. Smith was elected "Man of the Year" by his community, in recognition of his many contributions to health care in America. In 1995, he helped get a mobile van going in his Gainesville community to provide health care and immunizations to kids of families without transportation.
  Mrs. Smith wrote to us: "I have always tried to encourage him every step of the way." She believes the inscription on a glass sculpture entitled "The Mother and Infant" by Frable that was given to her husband best describes him: "Caring for America's Children."

William M. Madison Jr., 46C, 49M, has retired in Jacksonville, Fla., where he practiced cardiology from 1957 to 1992. He and his wife, Julia, spend their summers in Maine. He continues to work part time at the VA hospitals both there and in Jacksonville.




Martin Smith, 45M


Henry D. McIntosh, 51M, recently retired from his cardiology practice. But Heartbeat International, which he established in 1984, beats on. This not-for-profit organization sets up Pacemaker Banks throughout the world for patients who can't afford a pacemaker.
  Heartbeat International is a consortium of physicians, medical manufacturers, hospitals, community groups, and organizations working together to provide cardiac health care to people in need worldwide. There are now 35 Pacemaker Banks in 23 countries. All but two of these banks are sponsored by local Rotary Clubs.
  When Dr. McIntosh was chief of medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, a former student and cardiologist told him about a young boy in his native homeland for whom he could do nothing because the child's family was too poor to afford a pacemaker. This same story subsequently was relayed to a local Rotary Club in Mexico, fortuitously attended by a representative of Intermedics, an American pacemaker manufacturer. The Intermedics representative contacted Dr. McIntosh to inform him that the company would be willing to donate pacemakers if he had a use for them. With the success of the first Pacemaker Bank, the medical community and Rotary International began to set up additional banks in locations throughout the world with generous donations from leading pacemaker manufacturers.
  Through the efforts of Dr. McIntosh, a former president of the American College of Cardiology, Heartbeat International has helped more than 4,000 people, improving their quality of life and forging lasting bonds of international friendship.

Spencer S. Brewer, Jr., 48C, 52M, has been a solo practitioner in internal medicine in his hometown of Atlanta since 1956 - July 1, to be exact, the day of the annual changing of the chief resident. He and his wife, Nancy Sorrells Brewer, have four children. He's also been clinical associate professor of medicine at Emory since July 1963. Dr. Brewer's goal is "to make professor before retiring from practice."

Bascam F. Anthony, 53C, 56M, of Potomac, Md., retired from academic pediatrics in 1990 and from the Food and Drug Administration in 1998. He's now a clinical consultant to the vaccine industry. He and his wife, Marietta, have four children ranging in age from 19 to 35.

1950s

Philip T. Schley, 56M, of Columbus, Ga., received the 1998 Wyeth-Ayerst Physician's Award for Community Service from the Medical Association of Georgia. For more than 30 years, he's worked in Columbus on behalf of young people and education, historic preservation, and other community concerns.
  An eagle scout himself, Dr. Schley has maintained a lifelong interest in his hometown Boy Scouts. He's taken young men on many a fabulous scouting trip, as far away as New Mexico.
  Both he and Margot, his wife of over 40 years, have been involved in historic preservation all of their married life. They've rescued several Columbus homes from the wrecking ball. In addition, the Schleys spent a week in rural Virginia as part of a missionary group from Trinity Episcopal Church, assisting a woman there in making improvements to her home.
  Dr. Schley is a fifth generation descendant of a founding family of Columbus, Ga. His family has produced many physicians.Dr. Schley is a fifth generation descendant of a founding family of Columbus, Ga. His family has produced many physicians.




Philip Schley, 56M


Richard L. Hammonds, 60M, of Powder Springs, Ga., was re-elected chair of the WellStar Health System Board of Trustees for an additional two-year term. Headquartered in Marietta, Ga., WellStar includes Kennestone, Cobb, Windy Hill, Paulding Memorial, and Douglas General hospitals. Now retired from family practice, Dr. Hammonds served as an adviser to President Jimmy Carter during his term of office.

After 40 years of school and work, Lee T. Allen, 64M, retired from Decatur Urologic Clinic at age 65. The Allens live in Stone Mountain and have four children and six grandchildren. They're enjoying many projects, including travel, and are thankful for good health to enjoy their hobbies.
  First, the Allens enjoyed a long driving trip to New England. Other recent travel destinations included a book convention in Arizona.
  Dr. Allen's chief hobby is collecting books predating WWI on two unusual subjects: the Horatio Alger adventure series and story collections about the gasoline-powered engine. Noting that each book acquisition is carefully catalogued into a computer, Mrs. Allen wrote to us: "These fine books were read by many great men in America's history and hopefully will be preserved for future generations."
  Also in his spare time, Dr. Allen is working on car parts for the restoration of a 1932 Chevrolet. He and J. Donald Fite (ophthalmology) enjoy getting together at the foundry in Avondale to pursue the hobby of metal casting.
  Mrs. Allen also wrote: "But Lee's interests are not entirely personal because he wholeheartedly supported my lifelong desire to take a trip to Israel. It was truly the dream of a lifetime to see the Holy Land, beginning at Bethlehem and ending at the empty tomb in Jerusalem."
  Last, but certainly not least, are the grandchildren, four ranging in age from 2 to 7, with twins born in October. Mrs. Allen concluded: "How very blessed we are in these retirement years with all four children happily married, our good health, and our marriage growing. God is good."

Albert W. Pruitt, 64M, entered the General Theological Seminary in New York City in the fall of 1997. A pediatrician, he is former dean of the medical school and vice president of health affairs at the University of South Alabama in Mobile. Both Pruitts are still in intellectual overdrive. His wife, née Ellanor Hanson, 59Ox, 61C, 67G, 76G, says she is a bookworm at the Cokesbury Bookstore on the seminary campus.

1960s



Lee Allen, 64M, with three of his six grandchildren.


After Charles O. Barker, 67C, 71M, completed his naval aerospace medicine residency in Pensacola, Fla., he was senior medical officer on the nuclear carrier USS Enterprise. Recently, he was promoted to captain in the US Navy Medical Corps. This fall he moves to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, in Washington, D.C., as assistant director of aerospace medicine. He and his wife, née Conoly Lemon (68C), have three children, Emma (91C), Tom, and Lucy.

Mary Lund Mortensen, 78M, was elected vice president and medical director of Nationwide Health Plans, Inc., and Nationwide Health Systems, part of the Columbus, Ohio, based Nationwide Insurance Enterprise. Dr. Mortensen joined the company in 1995 as associate medical director. Also in 1997, she was appointed to the Columbus Board of Health and is now vice president.

Jane T. St. Clair, 79M, of Atlanta, has left the field of anesthesiology and embarked on a new career path in occupational medicine and rehabilitation. In her spare time, she's a physician consultant with MetLife Disability. She and her husband, James E. Sustman, have three sons, Edward, James, and George.

1970s

In 1995, William C. Warren IV, 79M, gave up an 11-year-old pediatric practice in a north Atlanta suburb to go south to the inner city. For three years, he ran a medical and dental clinic at the Techwood Baptist Center.
  This part of town formerly comprised the Techwood and Clark Howell Homes community. The oldest public housing project in the United States, the community was leveled prior to the Olympics. Centennial Place now stands in its place, and the area is still being rebuilt and repopulated.
  To meet the growing needs of the area, Dr. Warren and some of his colleagues recently established the Good Samaritan Health Center. He and the board of directors purchased a 10,000-square-foot downtown office building near Centennial Park. Dr. Warren now works for free as executive director of the center to help provide comprehensive health care to Atlanta's homeless, indigent, and working poor.
  In an article published in Emory Magazine (Autumn 1997), Dr. Warren explained his motivation: "The main reason I'm doing this is a sense, much like a minister, of having a calling from God to be involved in the care of the less fortunate," Dr. Warren says. Although his family ties afforded him the wherewithal to leave a thriving medical practice [he's great-great-grandson of Coca-Cola Company founder Asa G. Candler], his decision to radically change his life wasn't made in haste.
  As he told Emory Magazine, "It wasn't easy to leave my private practice. I liked what I was doing," he said. "I saw a lot of patients, worked a lot of weekends, worked a lot of nights. Some of that I don't miss. . . . Part of it has to do with the fact that I grew up in Atlanta. I saw what was going on around me. I trained at Grady. I saw what it was like. So it was not through ignorance on my part that I came down here. . . . I felt a calling."
  In treating patients, the center uses a holistic approach with emphasis on the patient's spiritual well-being. Good Samaritan offers health education classes in smoking cessation, parenting, exercise, and weight control. "We want to create a healthy environment and treat the total person - their physical, spiritual, and emotional needs," says Dr. Warren. "Atlanta's poorest residents haven't had a chance to learn how to change bad habits that harm their health." There's a counselor/chaplain on staff.
  The clinic building, renovations, and equipment were paid for by the Good Samaritan board of directors, Jesse Parker Williams Foundation, Ray and Mary Elizabeth Lee Foundation, and other concerned individuals. Dr. Warren and his board are now seeking operational and endowment money. They're calling on additional foundations, churches, professional organizations, and individuals to help raise funds. Patient fees are expected to cover 25% of overhead costs.
  The center charges working poor patients based on a reduced sliding scale and accepts nominal donations from others. "Of course, if a patient is totally destitute, there is no charge," Dr. Warren says. "Our experience showed us that the center's patients are not looking for a handout but rather affordable health care. We believe that by paying a price they can afford for our services, patients will be more responsible for their health. They will take their medication and come back for follow-up visits."
  The center has regular office hours from 9 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday. The initial staff consists of 60 volunteer physicians, dentists, assistants, counselors, and pharmacists. As the center grows, other paid, board-certified staff will be added.
  Dr. Warren previously was chair of pediatrics at Scottish Rite Children's Medical Center. About his present endeavor, he told Emory Magazine, "My reward is just doing something that was on my heart for a long time, fulfilling a dream of being involved in inner city medical missions."




William Warren IV, 79M


Cynthia Soghikian Wolfe, 80M, and husband Christopher Lane Wolfe (internal medicine) are working at the same hospital for the first time since 1986. They've recently relocated to Washington state. Cynthia is director of the emergency department at Capital Medical Center in Olympia. She formed the group of ER physicians there into an equitable partnership last year. Chris left academia after 14 years and has joined a private cardiology practice in Olympia. The Wolfes love smaller city life and enjoy canoeing and kayaking, as they did in Georgia.

Lucy E. Davidson, 70C, 81M, was awarded the Public Service Award from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention in New York City on May 12, 1998. Dr. Davidson is a forensic psychiatrist and psychiatric consultant to the CDC. She was clinical associate professor of psychiatry at Emory from 1985 to 1998. She and her husband, Ben Dyer, have two children, Audrey, 10, and Jesse, 17.

Camille Davis-Williams, 81M, was recognized by Governor Zell Miller during Georgia Women's History Month as one of the "Georgia Women Pioneers in Health Care."

Geraldine Wade, 81M, is a full-time graduate student at the University of Utah School of Medicine in the department of medical informatics. In addition, she's doing an ambulatory care fellowship at the VA Medical Center in Salt Lake City. You can visit her at web site: http://www.med.utah.edu/gwade

Grant W. Carlson, 82M, has been named associate section head for oncological surgery at Emory.

Mover and shaker Gary D. Chaikin, 78C, 82M, who practices psychiatry in Idaho Falls, Idaho, wrote to us that October 1997 marked his second year of hosting "Healing Alternatives Symposium," bringing alternative therapies to the fore in southeast Idaho.

Emory associate professors Thomas C. Pearson, 82M, and Christian P. Larsen, 80C, 84M, received two awards from the Carlos and Marguerite Mason Trust. The grants will support the researchers' efforts to develop a clinical strategy that will lead to acceptance of organ transplants without the need for long-term immunosuppression. See article on page 12.

After spending two years at home with her young sons, Patrick (8), David (5), and Benjamin (2), Janie Simms Hamner, 83M, returned to pediatrics practice on a part-time basis. Her office is just five minutes from home, in Dallas, Tex. She loves it and says it's the best of both worlds!

Born: To Kim Wilder-Dyer, 78Ox, 83M, and William Dyer, a son, Ian, on Dec. 31, 1997.

Penny Castellano, 85M, medical director of the Emory Clinic North, has been appointed to serve on the Emory Healthcare Board.

Born: To Kim and H. Craig Philpot, 86M, their second daughter, Elizabeth Grace, on March 8, 1998. She joins sister Emily Nicole (6) and brother Joseph Andrew (2). The family resides in Birmingham, Ala., where Dr. Philpot is associated with Birmingham Gastroenterology Associates.

Last summer, Catherine A. Share, 80BMS, 86M, joined the Duke University Medical Center faculty and is practicing at the institution's first general surgery satellite location.

Born: To Nadine Ann Becker, 88M, and Daniel B. Shapiro, 88M, a son, Jeremy, on March 7, 1997. Jeremy joins his sister, Lauren, who got a five-year head start. The family resides in Dunwoody, Ga. Dr. Shapiro is an ob/gyn specializing in endocrinology/infertility at Southeastern Fertility Institute. Dr. Becker practices obstetrics and gynecology at Northside Hospital. The couple recently celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary.

R. Scott Turner, 82G, 84G, 88M, received the Paul Beeson Physician Faculty Scholars in Aging Research Award from the American Federation for Aging Research. He's assistant professor of neurology at the University of Michigan and VA Medical Center, in Ann Arbor. The three-year award will fund his research on the molecular mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease. He and his wife, Arlene, have two children, 9-year-old Kathryn and 2-year-old Alex.

Born: To Lisa and Stuart N. Liberman, 89M, their second son, Jacob Adam, on Nov. 21, 1997. Dr. Liberman is a urologist in Melbourne, Fla.

Vascular surgeon Joseph I. Zarge, 89M, has moved his family back to Atlanta, where he's associated with a private practice group at St. Joseph's Hospital. He and his wife, Ellen, have one son, David, who's 2.

1980s



Lucy Davidson, 81M, with former First Lady Rosalynn Carter and Emory Psychiatry Chair Charles Nemeroff


By day, Charles D. Atkins, 90M, is director of behavioral sciences at Waterbury Hospital, Waterbury, Conn., and on the clinical faculty at Yale. By night, he's a chronicler of madness. His first novel, The Portrait, was published this past summer by St. Martin's press.
  It's billed as a psychological thriller with a manic-depressive protagonist. Actually, Dr. Atkins said it's pretty mainstream as far as novels go - it's just that the hero has a serious mental illness. This book is the first of a two-book contract with St. Martin's. Dr. Atkins' second novel will be published under a pseudonym. "Vultures at Twilight," he told us over the phone, "will be about older people at risk of being preyed upon." His third book, which will again come out under his real name, will be titled Soul-Less and will be something about childhood development going very, very wrong.
  Dr. Atkins also writes a bimonthly column in American Medical News and recently penned an essay for summer publication in JAMA. When asked if he might give up psychiatry and write full time, he said, "No, they go together." Sort of like night and day.

Tamara L. Fisk, 90M, emailed us from China that she was returning to Emory to do a fellowship in infectious diseases, which she began July 1998.

Robert E. Frank, 90M, has headed back south with wife Tawnee after a seven-year residency in the Midwest to join Hilton Head Island Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, LLC.

Married: Neil S. Kalin, 90M, and Joanie E. Lefkowitz, on May 24, 1998. Dr. Kalin is an ophthalmologist in private practice in Newark, Del.

1990s


Married: Misha L. Pless, 90M, and Patty Nothmann, who he said is "a lovely physician from Zug." That's Switzerland, for you limerick poets out there. The couple recently moved from Boston to Pittsburgh, where Dr. Pless is now director of neuro-ophthalmology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

Sidney M. Barr, 85Ox, 91M, now practices internal medicine with The Emory Clinic at its new primary care 1525 Building on Clifton Road. She and her husband, Laurence S. Sperling, 85C, 89M, have two sons.

Born: To Peter M. Farrehi, 91M, and Janice G. Farrehi, a daughter, Clara Jane, on May 30, 1998. Their son, Michael Peter, is 2. Dr. Farrehi is doing a one-year angioplasty fellowship in the division of cardiology at Emory. He said he'd recently bumped into Eric Elwood, 91M, who's also doing postgraduate training at Emory in surgery.



Misha Pless, 90M, with wife Patty

Meryl Tillotson Goldstein, 91M, 92G, is an instructor in surgical pathology at the University of Virginia. Her husband, Jonas H. Goldstein, 91M, is also an instructor there in radiology while he finishes a fellowship in diagnostic and interventional neuroradiology. They both will have jobs in Asheville, N.C., beginning in July 1999. Their second son, Samuel Jacob, was born March 30, 1998.

Pamela A. Ross, 91M, is assistant professor of emergency medicine at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. She was recently elected to the board of directors for the Virginia College of Emergency Physicians. She also recently was awarded fellow status in the American College of Emergency Physicians.

Craig L. Schwimmer, 86P, 91M, is an otolaryngology-head and neck surgery attending physician at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, where he's also an instructor at Johns Hopkins.

Born: To Martha Hoel Garrison, 87C, 92M, and David A. Garrison, 86Ox, 88C, a son, Andrew Summers Garrison, on July 8, 1997. David is a chief engineer for Delta Air Lines, and Martha is assistant professor of radiology at Crawford Long Hospital.



Jonas and Meryl Goldstein, 91M

Born: To Jeffrey T. Kuvin, 92M, and Emily Mathes Kuvin, a daughter, Sylvie Jane, on Jan. 7, 1998. Dr. Kuvin is completing a cardiology fellowship at New England Medical Center in Boston.

Married: John R. Coleman Jr., 93M, and Jennifer Rozelle (93A), on Aug. 23, 1997. They live in Nashville, where John is a sixth-year otolaryngology resident at Vanderbilt and Jennifer is an anesthesiologist assistant.

Born: To David Knoll, 93M, and wife Susan, a son, Andrew, April 3, 1998. Dr. Knoll is an internist with the US Air Force at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla.

Upon completion of his internal medicine residency at Emory this past summer, William Keith Fackler, 94M, and Sondralyn McCard Fackler, 96M, moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where Keith begins a GI fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic and Sondralyn will complete her residency in psychiatry at Case Western.

Born: To Aimee Post League, 90C, 94M, and Mark T. League, a daughter, Avery Alexandra, on April 10, 1998.

There's always plenty of action in the career of Navy Lt. Peter D. Panagos, 94M. He participated in a special operations exercise while serving the 31st marine expeditionary unit, deployed to Okinawa, Japan. It was designed to train Dr. Panagos' unit in amphibious operations and combat hand-gunning, close-quarters battle, sniping, reconnaissance, and surveillance. The exercise was held off the coast of Okinawa aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Belleau Wood.
  Dr. Panagos also took part in Exercise Valiant Usher. More than 2,000 Marines and sailors participated in the exercise near Townshend Island, Australia, with the Royal Australian Navy. During the four-day exercise, training was conducted on close air support, artillery and mortar fire, naval surface fire support, and small arms fire from troops ashore.

Born: To Gena Alexander-Albert, 95M, and Warren Albert, a son, Warren Alexander, on Dec. 21, 1997. Dr. Alexander-Albert is chief resident at Children's Medical Center in Dallas, Tex.

Erik D. Blake, 95M, is chief resident in physical and rehabilitation medicine at the University of Colorado. He's engaged to Jeri Kogen of Phoenix, Ariz.

Having finished his residency in surgery, Stephen A. Small, 97M, is now a captain in the Air Force, serving as a primary care physician for one year at an air base near Seoul, South Korea.

Married: Daniel Seth Budnitz, 97G, 98M, and Tina-Lynn Paul, 96G, on May 24, 1998. David Hays, 94C, 98M, is a resident in family medicine at Oregon Health Sciences University, in Portland.



Residency Training and Fellowship Alumni

Barbara Wanda Barylska (pediatrics) has moved back to Peachtree City, Ga., from Colorado for a new position at Fayette Community Hospital. She's associated with Pediatric Emergency Associates. Her husband, David Walker, MPH, is a health scientist with the immunization division of the CDC.

Daniel L. Barrow (neurological surgery), chair of neurosurgery at Emory, is president-elect of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and will assume office in the year 2000. Dr. Barrow also recently received the Alumni Achievement Award from Westminster College. In addition, he was appointed one of two Emory Clinic section head representatives to sit on the Emory Clinic Board.

Dorothy Brinsfield (pediatrics) was recognized by Gov. Zell Miller during Georgia Women's History Month as one of the "Georgia Women Pioneers in Health Care." Other Emory residency alumni to receive this award include Teresa Clark, Leila Denmark, and Nanette Wenger. See also Evangeline Papageorge, 37M, and Camille Davis-Williams, 81M.

Gary A. Glasser (84C, obstetrics/gynecology), assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Emory, was re-elected to a second two-year term on the Georgia Breast Cancer Coalition board of directors.

Born: To Jana and Mark Blanchard Carroll (84C, psychiatry), a daughter, Marie Eleanor, born Dec. 1, 1997. Dr. Carroll practices child/adolescent and general psychiatry in Winston-Salem, N.C.




Dan Barrow

Martin Scott Dawson (internal medicine), of Maple Shade, N.J., is chief cardiology fellow at Allegheny University Hospital.

Miguel A. Faria Jr., (neurosurgery), of Macon, Ga., received the Americanism Award of the Daughters of the American Revolution. In addition, the Medical Sentinel, of which Dr. Faria is editor, has garnered national attention as a result of its coverage of controversial topics. The July/August issue was titled "The Police State of Medicine" and included tales about Medicare extortion.

Steven R. Grimes (ophthalmology) is in a new US military program in San Antonio, Tex. He recently was selected to spend two weeks on a humanitarian mission in Peru.

Henry T. Gunter (obstetrics/gynecology) is a diplomate of the American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology. He and his wife, Sandra, live in San Jose, Calif.

Laura F. Hall (radiation oncology) is a resident in radiation oncology at Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. She's married to Jeffrey Allen.

Barry N. Hyman (internal medicine) was awarded Recognition with Distinction by the American Diabetes Association/ National Committee for Quality Assurance Provider Recognition Program.

Emory professor Spencer B. King III (cardiology) is president of the American College of Cardiology. He's the first interventional cardiologist to hold this title.

Douglas C. Morris (cardiology) was elected to sit on the Emory Clinic Board. In addition, he's been appointed associate section head for internal medicine at Emory.

Thomas Upson Muller (otolaryngology) was selected team flight surgeon/MD for the US aerobatic team for the August 1998 world championships in Slovakia. Dr. Muller explained, "This is the olympics of aviation." He and his wife, Stacey, have one son, Tommy, who's 8. Dr. Muller is associated with Allatoona ENT & Facial Plastic Surgery in Cartersville, Ga.

Richmond K. Nuamah (internal medicine) began a nephrology fellowship at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, in Cleveland.

Stuart C. Segerman (pediatrics) is medical director of Georgia Baptist Life Flight at Georgia Baptist Medical Center and is president-elect of the Georgia College of Emergency Physicians. He and his wife, Kristin, have two sons.

Hugh M. van Gelder (80C, cardiovascular surgery) is surgical director of pediatric heart transplantation and chair of both the department of cardiovascular services and the division of cardiac surgery at All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, Fla.

Nanette K. Wenger (cardiology) was awarded the Physician of the Year Award from the American Heart Association. See the article on page 18.



Martin Scott Dawson

Walter W. Williams (internal medicine) is now associate director for minority health at the CDC. During his career there, he's served as chief, guideline activity, hospital infections program, National Center for Infectious Diseases; editor pro tem of CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report; and most recently, chief, adult vaccine preventable disease branch, epidemiology and surveillance division, National Immunization Program. Dr. Williams is an epidemiologist and holds faculty appointments at Morehouse Medical School and Rollins School of Public Health at Emory.

For the past seven years, William A. Wooden (general and plastic surgery) has been at East Carolina University, where he is associate professor and vice chair of surgery and chair of plastic and reconstructive surgery. Dr. Wooden and his wife, Juanita, have three children, John, Anna Kate, and Rebecca - ages 5, 3, and 1.



Walter Williams


School of Medicine Alumni

William V. Long, 23M, of Rhine, Ga. Dr. Long practiced medicine in Savannah from the early 1920s until 1975 and for 38 years was hotel doctor for the DeSoto Hotel. He was a descendant of Dr. Crawford W. Long, the Georgian who first used ether as an anesthetic. In retirement, he enjoyed spending time with his wife, listening to talking books and magazines, and reminiscing about the old days.

Cyrus W. Strickler Jr., 31M, of Atlanta, passed away at home on May 28, 1998, at age 91. Dr. Strickler's death culminated nearly a century of family medical practice in the city of Atlanta, which is continuing.
  After completing postgraduate work at the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor, Dr. Strickler joined the practice of his father, Cyrus W. Strickler Sr., a pioneer in the medical profession. His grandson, John H. Strickler Jr., currently practices dermatology in Atlanta, and his granddaughter, Kathryn S. McLeod, is a pediatrician in Augusta, Ga.
  Dr. Strickler served in World War II for 3-1/2 years, joining the Emory unit stationed at the US Army's 43rd General Hospital and attaining the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Dr. Strickler's father had served in the same unit during WWI.
  Dr. Strickler Jr. was appointed by President Harry Truman after the war to the Advisory Committee of the Selective Service, on which he served as chairman. He received certificates of appreciation from both presidents Dwight Eisenhower and Lyndon B. Johnson.
  During his medical career in Atlanta, Dr. Strickler was president of the Emory University Hospital staff. He also was chairman of the board of the Fulton County Medical Society.
  He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Elizabeth H. Strickler, three sons, six additional granddaughters, and two great-grandchildren.

Deaths - School of Medicine Alumni

John D. Justice, 33M, of Apopka, Fla., on June 18, 1997. He is survived by his wife, Helen.

George A. Reynolds, 30C, 34M, of Bowling Green, Va., on Feb. 10, 1998. Dr. Reynolds began practicing medicine in Bowling Green in the mid-1930s and stayed for 45 years.
  The Reynolds came to Bowling Green after one of the town's doctors died. Dr. Reynolds called it "God's country." He had come to love the town when as a young intern at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond he frequently passed through it to visit his betrothed, Pearle Maupin, who lived in Fredericksburg. They were happily married for 61 years.
  According to Craig Belcher of The Caroline Progress, Dr. Reynolds "did things most modern-day doctors refer patients to clinics and hospitals for. He made house calls at all hours of the night. He developed and interpreted his own x-rays. He performed everything from simple operations like tonsillectomies to delivering babies. . . . [Dr. Reynolds] will be remembered as more than the town doctor. He served on the town council for 14 years, including a stint as the town's mayor."
  In addition to his wife, Dr. Reynolds is survived by a son, Herbert Y. Reynolds, MD, who is J. Lloyd Huck Professor of Medicine and chairman at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pa.

Clyde W. "Whit" Whitworth, 32C, 35M, at home in Evans, Ga., on Jan. 10, 1998, at age 85.
  Dr. Whitworth began his eye, ear, nose, and throat practice in Spartanburg, S.C., in 1939. He served during World War II as chief of both the ENT and the maxillofacial and plastic surgery service for the 91st Evacuation Hospital. He was awarded five Battle Stars and the Bronze Star Medal. Attaining the rank of major, Dr. Whitworth returned home in 1945 and started his practice in Gainesville, Ga., where he stayed for more than 50 years. He's survived by his son, two grandchildren, and one great-grandson.

Robert V. Brandon, 33C, 36M, of Jackson, Ga., of a heart attack at Westbury Medical Care home, on April 8, 1998.
  After medical school, Dr. Brandon was a general practitioner for 21 years in McDonough, Ga., until a car accident in 1958 changed everything.
  At age 46, Dr. Brandon was driving from McDonough to Atlanta when he lost control of the car and struck a tree. He spent months in Crawford Long Hospital recovering from a broken neck that had left him confined to a wheelchair with partial use of his hands. But five years after the accident, Dr. Brandon was back caring for patients.
  In 1965, he became one of the first resident physicians in a Georgia nursing home. He joined the staff of the former Westbury Nursing Home in Jenkinsburg and subsequently served four nursing homes in the area for 27 years. In 1992, he officially retired from practice but remained at the nursing home where he had cared for patients for so many years.
  Dr. Brandon was named Humanitarian of the Year by the Georgia Health Care Association for his contributions to the state's long-term health care program. He helped establish both the Georgia Medical Directors Association and the American Medical Directors Association. Dr. Brandon also was honored by Turner Broadcasting System as a Super Citizen of the Week.
  In 1993, he published his autobiography, Three Quarters, A Memoir, which detailed his early life growing up in St. Marys, Ga., and his medical work before and after the accident. The book took five years to write since he had to tap out one letter at a time on a computer using a pencil eraser stuck on the end of a narrow bar and fastened to his hand by a steel brace.
  Dr. Brandon is survived by two daughters, a brother, a sister, 10 grandchildren, and 16 great-grandchildren.

James L. Campbell Jr., 36C, 40M, retired urologist of Orlando, Fla., on June 30, 1998, of an aneurysm.
  Dr. Campbell was born in Atlanta and moved to central Florida in 1952. He practiced urology in Orlando for almost 40 years. He was chief of urology at Orange Memorial Hospital from 1960 to 1965 and chief of staff from 1969 to 1970.
  Dr. Campbell was president of the southeast section of the American Urological Association from 1963 to 1964 and was secretary of the organization from 1958 to 1962. He was past president of Central Florida Woodworker's Guild and a veteran of World War II, having served as a lieutenant colonel. He's survived by his wife, Cornelia, four children, eight grandchildren, and one great-grandson.

A. Sidney Goss Jr., 44C, 46M, retired obstetrician/gynecologist of Land O'Lakes, Fla., on Oct. 15, 1997. He is survived by his wife, the former Madge LaDue.

Roy M. Baker, 48M, of Jacksonville, Fla., on May 14, 1996. He's survived by his wife.

Joyce L. Funke, 50M, of Roseville, Minn., of cancer at Fairview University Medical Center on April 8, 1998. She was 72.
  A physician and teacher at the University of Minnesota, Dr. Funke was in private practice from 1954 to 1958 in Glendive, Mont. She returned to Minnesota to serve as staff physician at the university, treating many of the physicians and top administrators at the medical school. Her specialty was noninvasive cardiology.
  Dr. Funke was determined to pursue her career in medicine despite initial rejection of her application to the University of Minnesota Medical School. After two years at Emory, she reapplied to Minnesota and was admitted to the junior class as one of four women.
  She retired from the university in 1986 after her first cancer diagnosis. In retirement, she explored her other passions, opera and classical music. Her first paying job, at age 11, was as second violinist with the Palm Beach Symphony in Florida. During medical school, she partly supported herself as lead singer with several dance bands in the Twin Cities.
  Dr. Funke's interest in music led her in 1980 to be a founder and early benefactor of the St. Paul Opera. She was always willing and ready to break into song, which she often did at birthday parties and other gatherings. Irma Wachtler, friend and another original backer of the opera, said: "When she was taken to the hospital the last time, she serenaded the ambulance crew." For her finale, Star Tribune staff writer Patrick Kennedy wrote: "On her last day alive, a nurse arranged a private bedside performance by the University of Minnesota Health Center Chamber Ensemble."
  Last June, Dr. Funke had been recognized by her medical peers with the Harold S. Diehl Award for outstanding professional contributions to the university, the medical school, and the community.

Fred C. Smith, 43Ox, 44C, 50M, retired surgeon, of Daytona Beach, Fla., on Nov. 12, 1997. He's survived by five children.

J. Earle White III, 49C, 52M, of Newburgh, Ind., on Dec. 5, 1997.
  Dr. White was an endocrinologist and is survived by two daughters, Lisa and Julie. In March 1995, they wrote this tribute to their father: "You are so deserving of special recognition for the critical role you have played in meeting special needs of the Ft. Smith [Arkansas] community. Through your quiet spirit and generosity you were the unseen anchor in Mom's dream of providing one-on-one visitation to nursing home residents. Through years of financial, professional, and emotional nurturing, you partnered Mom's dream into a successful reality called Project Compassion, a mission you have continued to promote and grow even after Mom's death. . . . You have provided comfort and healing, have given peace, even to those at the end of life, always with an undying optimism and passion for professionalism."

Arthur D. Draper Jr., 51C, 56M, of Jacksonville, Fla., on April 30, 1997. Dr. Draper was a family practitioner and is survived by his wife, Elaine Turner Draper.

James E. Clark, 57C, 60M, of Atlanta, on April 9, 1998, at Piedmont Hospital, where he practiced internal medicine for 38 years. Two of Dr. Clark's greatest passions were playing the piano and traveling in Italy, where he and his wife spent part of each year. In addition to his wife, Carol, he's survived by two daughters, a sister, a niece, and a nephew.

C. Duncan Cater Jr., 64M, of Chattanooga, Tenn., on June 6, 1998, of pancreatic cancer. He and his family had recently moved from Statesboro, Ga., to Chattanooga, when he became ill. He is survived by his wife, Ann, and son, Thomas.



John Justice, 33M

Peter S. Stevens, 64C, 67M, died at home in Jacksonville, Fla., on April 18, 1998, after a lengthy illness.
  Dr. Stevens served his surgical internship at the University of Minnesota Hospitals followed by two years with the US Navy in San Diego and Vietnam. He began his career as an assistant professor of urology at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, where he established the pediatric urology service.
  In 1978, he joined Pediatric Surgical Associates in Jacksonville. In 1986, he became a founding father of the Nemours Children's Clinic and chief of the division of urology. At the time of his death, he was a consultant to that division. Dr. Stevens also served as clinical associate professor of surgery at both the University of Florida and Mercer University and as associate professor of surgery at the Mayo Clinic.
  He's survived by his wife, Barbara G. Stevens (65N) and his daughter, Shelley.

Douglas O. Cope, 70M, ophthalmologist in Statesboro, Ga., on Feb. 24, 1998, at age 53, of a head injury. That day, Dr. Cope received a call that his father-in-law had died in nearby Sylvania, Ga. He was rushing over there when he lost control of his car and it overturned.
  Dr. Cope was former chief of staff at Bulloch Memorial Hospital. He'd practiced ophthalmology in Statesboro since 1976. He was a captain and flight surgeon in the Air Force. Survivors include his wife, Pamma Williams Cope (69C), and three sons.



Peter Stevens, 67M

Paul G. Jenko, 79M, general surgeon, on October 13, 1998, of glioblastoma multiforme. Dr. Jenko had been medical director of the Watson Clinic in Lakeland, Fla., and had previously served as chair of the department of surgery at Lakeland Regional Medical Center.
  Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Dr. Jenko remained at Emory after medical school for his general surgery residency, followed by a fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery. He was a fellow of both the American College of Surgeons and the Southeastern Surgical Congress. Dr. Jenko also had a special interest in medical informatics, holding memberships in the American Medical Informatics Association and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society.
  His wife, Mimi, sent us last August some historical notes on breast cancer that her husband had delivered in a speech a few years back. Dr. Jenko was addressing age-old controversies about the treatment of cancer and whether surgery adds length of life or comfort to justify the risk. An excerpt follows:
  "Lorenz Heister was one of the great German surgeons in the first half of the 18th century and favored the use of a guillotine machine to rapidly remove the breast. . . . He, himself, described the patient-surgeon relationship as follows: 'Many females could stand the operation with the greatest courage and without hardly moaning at all. Others, however, made such a clamor that they may dishearten even the most undaunted surgeon and hinder the operation. To perform the operation, the surgeon should therefore be steadfast and not allow himself to become disconcerted by the cries of the patient.'"
  Mrs. Jenko also wrote in her cover letter to us: "Paul had made the jump from clinical medicine to administrative and was preparing to study in an MBA for physicians program. After a busy fall agenda with vague complaints of fatigue and headaches, he was diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme on New Year's eve. His courage while enduring surgery, radiation, and chemo has been a testimony to us all."
  In April, Dr. Jenko received the 11th Annual Watson Clinic Foundation Humanitarian Award. He had been a volunteer physician with the Good Samaritan Free Medical Clinic since 1993 and for almost that long had been a volunteer and coordinator of the enrichment hour for fifth-graders at a local academy. In addition to his wife, Mary Elizabeth, Dr. Jenko's family includes three sons, ages 14, 10, and 4.

Sandra M. Walden, 75C, 79M, of Baltimore, on April 26, 1996, of pulmonary disease. She's survived by her husband, Sidney O. Gottlieb, 79M, and three sons.



Paul Jenko, 79M


Residency Training and Fellowship Alumni

Earl M. Best Jr. (pediatrics), of Brunswick, Ga.

William H. Christian (psychiatry), of Atlanta.

James C. Guin (family practice), of Tuscaloosa, Ala., on Oct. 16, 1996. He is survived by his wife.

Capt. Wallace W. Harvey Jr. (general practice), of Manteo, N.C., on Aug. 22, 1997, at age 74. He was former mayor of Manteo and had received a presidential appointment to the First Water Pollution Advisory Control Board under the Environmental Protection Agency from 1969 until 1973.
  He was a WWII veteran, having served in the US Army. He practiced medicine in Manteo for 18 years, was commissioned as a flight surgeon in the US Public Health Service, and served for 17 years in the US Coast Guard.
  Dr. Harvey is survived by his wife, Margaret McMurran Nelson Harvey, two daughters, and one son.

John L. Jacobs (allergy), of Atlanta, on May 17, 1998, at age 93. His wife of 64 years, Marjorie Franks Evatt Jacobs, died on May 8, 1998.
  Dr. Jacobs had been a researcher with Dr. Karl Landsteiner at the Rockefeller Institute in New York, professor of bacteriology at Tufts Medical School in Boston, and a practicing allergist on the staff at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta from 1945 to 1975.
  He was the eldest son of Dr. Thornwell Jacobs, Presbyterian minister, builder, and first president of Oglethorpe University in Atlanta. As an adolescent and young adult, Dr. Jacobs traveled extensively with his father to raise funds for Oglethorpe and later was briefly a professor at the university. He was the grandson of Dr. William Plumber Jacobs, also a Presbyterian minister and founder of Presbyterian College and Thornwell Children's Home in Clinton, S.C.
  Dr. Jacobs was collector and donator of the Jacobs Collection of Japanese Porcelains to the High Museum in Atlanta. He's survived by two daughters and a grandson.

Lawrence P. Middleton (psychiatry) of Mount Pleasant, S.C.

Arthur Franklin Moore (internal medicine), at home in Fayetteville, Ark., on July 4, 1997, at age 72.
  Dr. Moore had completed his internship at Crawford Long Hospital and began his practice of internal medicine in 1959 as co-founder of the Fayetteville Diagnostic Clinic. He was clinical assistant professor of medicine at the University of Arkansas School of Medicine and had served as president of the Washington County Medical Society. Dr. Moore was an active staff member of Washington Regional Medical Center, where he was instrumental in the establishment and operation of the renal dialysis unit and the continuing education department.
  His interest in arthritis and rheumatism initiated organization of the Washington County Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation. Through his efforts, the first physical therapy pool for arthritics was opened in Arkansas. Dr. Moore was co-founder of Abilities Unlimited of Northwest Arkansas and was the 1996 recipient of the Eagle Award.
  He is survived by his wife, Theresa, two sons and two daughters, two granddaughters and two grandsons, and two step-grandsons.

Stuart H. Shippey (surgery), of Pensacola, Fla., on April 15, 1998. In addition to his wife, Jane, he is survived by brother-in-law and ophthalmologist William T. Humphrey, 56Ox, 58C, 62M.

Samuel Jack Sugar (orthopaedic surgery), of Silver Spring, Md., on Jan. 25, 1998. He is survived by his daughter, Marilyn S. Feder.

Harry H. Wagenheim (internal medicine), of Bryn Mawr, Pa., on Jan. 20, 1998. He is survived by his wife, Helen.

Charles F. Whicker (obstetrics/gynecology), of Moravian Falls, N.C., on Jan. 2, 1995. He is survived by his sister, Ann Reins.



Arthur Moore


Faculty

Louis A. Wilson, former chair of ophthalmology at Emory, died August 28, 1998, of pulmonary fibrosis at Emory Hospital.
  Born in Philadelphia in 1930, Dr. Wilson received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College, where he also completed an ophthalmology residency. Subsequently, he was an NIH fellow in corneal external disease and ocular microbiology at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami, Fla.
  During the Korean War, Dr. Wilson interrupted his studies to complete a three-year tour of duty as an officer in the US Marine Corps. During the 1960s, he worked in Puerto Rico, fighting eye disease through a program sponsored by the queen of England.
  Dr. Wilson came to Georgia in 1968 and joined Emory's faculty in 1973. A researcher and professor at Emory for 25 years, he was a nationally known cornea specialist with additional training in ocular microbiology. He was well respected for his research on corneal infections and contact lenses.
  He was medical director of the Georgia Lions Eye Bank for 18 years. He also was instrumental in organizing the country's first national computer service for the placement of corneal tissue for transplantation.
  In 1993, Dr. Wilson was the first American physician to receive the William MacKenzie Medal, awarded to him from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow, Scotland. In addition, he received the Distinguished Educational Service Award and a senior honor award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
  Dr. Wilson was interim chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at Emory when he recruited the current chair, Dr. Thomas Aaberg Sr., 10 years ago. "At the time, his favorite analogy for the department was that of a battleship launched without a rudder," says Aaberg. "But he had the department on a true course when I arrived. His guiding instincts will be with me forever."




Louis Wilson


Staff

Mary McDermott, who worked in the medical school's office of student affairs from the late 1970s to the late 1980s, died of pancreatic cancer at Hospice Atlanta on June 1, 1998. Having worked closely with her, former dean of students Dorothy Brinsfield said that Mary's dry, Irish wit delighted those with whom she came in contact. Students of that era will remember her as the miracle worker who helped them if there were an error in their record or if they were applying for financial aid or a loan. She served as a liaison to the university registrar's office for many a student during difficult moments along their paths to becoming doctors.

 


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