Reunion Class Chairs

Year	Chair	Attend.
1945	H. Luten Teate	46
1950	Thomas F. Sellers Legh Scott	20
1955	Anne E. H. Gaston  Dale Richardson	48
1960	James W. Bland Jr. Robert K. Shuler	39
1965	Walker L. Ray	23
1970	Allen McDonald Stephen Goldman Lucian Rice	33
1975	John H. Burson III	10
1980	Susan S. Roper	39
1990	Anna K. Paré	12

ore than 250 medical alumni attended events during Alumni Weekend last September. Emory Medalist Bill Kelley, 63M, commenced alumni weekend with a speech on Saturday morning (see cover story), after which alums boarded buses to Grady and toured the new quarters for residents on the 16th floor, the revamped ER, and the Grady burn unit.

At the Medical Alumni Association (MAA) awards ceremony held Saturday evening, Richard J. Bagby, 62C, 66M, received the group's Award of Honor. Bagby has actively served Emory alums for more than 25 years, as a member of both the Association of Emory Alumni (AEA) and the MAA Executive Committee. He was president of the Central Florida Emory Alumni Club, a member of the AEA Board of Governors, and president of the AEA from 1998 to 1999.

A diagnostic radiologist and fellow of the American College of Radiology, Bagby is a member of both the Central Florida Radiological Society and the Florida Radiological Society. He has been president of the Orange County Medical Society and a member of the Board of Directors of the Florida Physician's Insurance Company. He has also served on several committees in the Florida Medical Society -- duties that culminated in his term as president from 1996 to 1997. In addition, Bagby has been involved with various Orlando and Winter Park community organizations.

A former American Medical Association journalism fellow at Northwestern, Bagby is also a columnist for the Orlando Sentinel.

Atlanta neurologist Herbert R. Karp, 43C, 51M, was this year's recipient of the Award for Distinguished Medical Achievement. When Karp returned to Emory in 1958 to become chief of the Division of Neurology in the Department of Medicine, he was one of only three neurologists at Emory. In 1976, he was appointed chair of Emory's new Department of Neurology and in 1983 became the first director of medical services at Wesley Woods Geriatric Hospital.

Karp's career at Emory has focused on teaching and research, and he has specialized in age-related disorders such as stroke and neurodegenerative diseases. In recognition of his work to strengthen the study of neurology at Emory throughout his tenure, the Department of Neurology created the Herbert Karp Neuroscience Endowment to support excellence in teaching, research, and clinical care for generations to come.

Described by classmates as a "Renaissance Man," Karp's record of achievement begins with medicine and extends to the arts, religious study, and significant community service. He is currently a regent on the MAA Executive Committee.