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William Grimes, 37M, who will
be 93 in December, still teaches the Adult Sunday School class,
which he helped found more than 50 years ago at Decatur First Baptist.
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Married:
Warren Brune, 49M,
and Faith Stephenson on January 8, 2005, in Columbia, SC.
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William
McKee Madison Jr., 49M, continues to work part-time
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Jean Stewart Staton, 53M,
was awarded DeKalb Medical Society’s Julius McCurdy Citizenship
Award in 2004.
J. Orson Smith, 56M,
was a cardiology fellow at Emory from 1959 to 1960. His son, Andrew
Smith, is an Emory cardiologist and endowed chairholder. |
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William
Davis III, 62M, is a locum tenens radiologist in
Montana, Washington, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Maine, and North
Dakota. His hobby is outdoor photography.
Charles Singleton, 64M,
retired from his rheumatology practice in October 2004. He lives
in San Antonio, TX.
Charles Rosenfeld, 66M,
professor of OB/GYN at University of Texas Southwestern Medical
Center, received the Southern Society for Pediatric Research 2005
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Ruth-Marie
Fincher, 76M, was inducted into the University System
of Georgia Board of Regents Hall of Fame in 2004. She received the
Daniel S. Tosteson Award for Leadership in Medical Education sponsored
by Harvard Medical School and the Association of American Medical
Colleges. She also has served on the Alpha Omega Alpha Board of
Directors since 2003 and is the American College of Physicians’
current governor for Georgia. |
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To Thomas Ritchie, 91M,
and Tara Ritchie, of Scottsdale, AZ, a daughter, Simone Marguerite,
on January 27, 2005, weighing 5 lbs. and measuring 18-1/2 in.
 Married:
David O’Brien IV, 97M,
and Shannon Parker, on February 19, 2005, in the Bahamas. He is
completing a colorectal surgery fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic,
and his wife is completing a plastic surgery residency at the University
of Cincinnati. |
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Married: Elizabeth “Betsey”
Ackerman, 99M, and Daniel Cuppett on July 31, 2004. |
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Married:
Jenkins Bernard Bush, 01M,
and Tiffany Monique Smith on October 20, 2004. They live in Metairie,
LA.
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Married:
Jonathan Scanlon, 02M,
and Jennifer Thorn, 06M,
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Maria
Aaron (ophthalmology) was elected to the program
director’s council of the Association of University Professors
of Ophthalmology. She has three children, Christina, 3; Ashley,
2; and a newborn.
Carol Boerner (ophthalmology)
is chief of surgery at Valley Regional Hospital, a small rural hospital
affiliated with Dartmouth.
Leonard Cotts (medicine)
is enjoying retirement with travel, golf, and a book club at Northside
Hospital. He teaches physical diagnosis to Emory School of Medicine
sophomores.
Howard DuBose (medicine)
volunteers at a free clinic in Lakeland, FL, for patients who make
too much to qualify for Medicaid but not enough to afford health
insurance.
Randy Epstein (ophthalmology)
was promoted to full professor at Rush Medical College in 2004 and
received the Senior Achievement Award from the American Academy
of Ophthalmology. He celebrated his 25th wedding anniversary with
wife, Kayla, at the Athens Olympics, and he recently turned 50.
John Hagan III (ophthalmology)
received the 2005 Honorary Medical Alumni Award from the University
of Missouri School of Medicine. He is editor of Missouri Medicine
and a reviewer of the International Journal of Cataract and Refractive
Surgery. With proceeds from his estate, he will establish a retina
chair in ophthalmology at Emory.
David Harris (ophthalmology)
was appointed to the FDA Ophthalmic Devices Panel in 2004.
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Nelson
Oyesiku (neurosurgery) is president of the Congress
of Neurological Surgeons. He is an attending neurosurgeon at Emory,
where he directs the laboratory of molecular neurosurgery and biotechnology.
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Marc Shalek (cardiology) was
named one of the top cardiologists in Dallas in 2004 by Dallas Magazine.
James Zager and Stephen
Berberich (both cardiology) recently retired after
working together in California for 30 years. Zager continues to
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Robert Pocotte, 37M, of Chicago,
on January 24, 2005. He was 98 and practiced internal medicine until
age 80, making house calls until he retired. He was a medical officer
in the U.S. Army and ran a hospital in Naples, Italy. Stateside,
he grew a large practice, and when patients couldn’t afford
to pay, he accepted a trade. In fact, that’s how he came by
his first dog. He is survived by his wife, Adele, whom he married
in 1939, a daughter, and three grandchildren.
William Hathcock, 39M,
of Ackworth, GA, on July 25, 2004. He is survived by his wife, Nita.
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John
Ridley, 39M, of Atlanta, on January 15, 2005. He
was 90. A gynecologic surgeon, he practiced at Piedmont Hospital
for more than 50 years, where he was president of the medical staff
and chair of the Department of OB/GYN, surgical services, and the
hospital’s board of trustees. He was a clinical professor
emeritus at Emory, publishing more than 40 articles and two medical
textbooks. He is survived by his wife, Peggy, two sons, two daughters,
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R. Hugh Douglas, 41M,
of Weirsdale, FL, on October 25, 2004.
George Ricketson, 42M,
of Broxton, GA, on March 27, 2005. He was 90 and had retired as
an orthopedic surgeon for the U.S. Navy. He is survived by his wife,
Lillie, two sons, three stepsons, 12 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren,
and a brother.
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Julian
Waters, 42M, of Atlanta, on March 1, 2005. After
service in WWII, he practiced medicine in Toccoa, GA, for three
years before returning to Emory to complete a pediatrics residency.
He practiced in the field for 30 years, then went on to work with
developmentally delayed and mentally challenged children at the
Georgia Department of Human Resources. He is survived by his wife
of 62 years, Louise Faver, four children, seven grandchildren, and
one great-granddaughter.
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Ernest
Burson Jr., 43M, of Atlanta, on January 8, 2005.
During WWII, he received the Bronze Star Medal for Heroic Service
on Iwo Jima. He served as chief of staff of St. Joseph’s Hospital
in Atlanta for more than 10 years. He is survived by his wife, Elsa
Burson, seven children, and 13 grandchildren.
Jack Waldrep, 43M,
of Rome, GA, on March 22, 2005. A board-certified urologist, he
began his practice in Rome in 1954 and served on three medical staffs.
A veteran of WWII who was awarded the Purple Heart, he was a volunteer
team doctor for the Coosa High School football team for more than
25 years. He is survived by his wife, Melba, four children, and
eight grandchildren.
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Morris
Price, 44M, of Jacksonville, FL, on September 19,
2004. After service in Korea, he completed a pediatrics residency
at Emory, and he began a private practice in pediatrics in Jacksonville
in 1949. He retired in 1986 because of poor health but returned
to part-time practice with the Duval Health Department and UMC’s
developmental clinic for five years. In Jacksonville, he was a founding
father of racquetball and enjoyed teaching many of the city’s
top players. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Ruby, three
daughters, six grandchildren, and two sisters.
John Morgan, 45M,
of Lake Mary, FL, on March 28, 2005. At Emory, he was a member of
the All-Emory football team from 1938 to 1942, president of his
medical school class, and a member of the Emory Sports Hall of Fame
in tennis. After graduation, he served in the U.S. Air Force and
then established a private gynecology practice, from which he retired
in 1989. He is survived by his wife, Nancy, and a daughter.
James Virgil Rogers Jr., 45M,
of Oldsmar, FL, on April 5, 2005. He was 82. A former chair of radiology
at Emory, he is survived by his wife, Jean, four children, four
stepchildren, and 14 grandchildren.
Carl Lineback, 46M,
of Austin, TX, on February 6, 2004.
Bernard Tepper, 47M, of Chattanooga, TN, on August 29, 2003.
West Bitzer Magnon, 48M,
of Bradenton, FL, on April 6, 2005.
Ruth McClure, 48M,
of Smyrna, GA, on January 1, 2005.
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John
Baggett, 57M, of New Bern, NC, on June 27, 2004.
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Donald
Winston Paty, 62M, of Vancouver, Canada, on December
8, 2004. After medical school, he joined the Public Health Service
and spent two years in Malaysia, providing health care to Peace
Corps volunteers. He returned to Emory to complete a neurology residency
and also completed a research fellowship in Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
England. In 1972 he joined the University of Western Ontario in
Canada, where he established a multiple sclerosis research clinic.
In 1980 he was recruited to the University of British Columbia in
Vancouver to head the division of neurology. He is survived by his
wife, four children, three grandchildren, and one sister.
George Johnson, 67M,
of Wichita, KS, on April 18, 2004.
Elizabeth Nugent, 68M,
of Atlanta on May 9. She completed a pediatrics residency at Emory
in 1970 and practiced as a pediatric cardiologist at Egleston Children’s
Hospital for 20 years. She was president of the hospital’s
medical staff in 1985 and of the Georgia affiliate of the American
Heart Association from 1987 to 1989. In addition to her natural
history study of congenital heart disease, she contributed to the
cardiology textbook, The Heart, edited by Willis Hurst, among others.
She is survived by her husband of 38 years, Jeffrey
Nugent, 68M, a daughter, Kelly, a stepmother, and
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 Tami
Fisk, 90M, of Atlanta, on March 4, 2005, of melanoma.
A residency alumna in pediatrics and an Emory faculty member, she
was 39 and is survived by her parents and a brother.
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Peter
Ahmann (pediatrics/pediatric neurology) of Minocqua,
WI, on March 14, 2005, as a result of a bicycle accident during
vacation in Pensacola, FL. After completing his pediatric internship,
residency, and fellowship in pediatric neurology at Emory, he joined
the faculty of the School of Medicine in 1973. He taught in the
medical school and worked at Egleston Children’s Hospital
and Grady. In 1986, he joined the Marshfield Clinic in Wisconsin
as a pediatric neurologist. He enjoyed fishing, golfing, bike riding,
gardening, and constructing water features in his yard on the Fence
Lake Chain. He is survived by his wife, Marcie, four children, five
grandchildren, and one brother.
Robert Bryant (medicine)
of Harrisonburg, VA, on October 16, 2003.
James Crowdis (medicine)
of Blakeley, GA, on January 28, 2003.
Thomas Fulmer (medicine)
of Suwanee, GA, on February 27, 2005. He received his MD from the
Medical College of Charleston and worked at the Atlanta VA as chief
of psychiatry. He was best known for his work with Vietnam veterans
suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. An avid gardener,
he is survived by a daughter, a granddaughter, and a brother.
Hurley D. Jones Jr.
(cardiology) of Brunswick, GA, on April 4, 2003.
Baldwin G. Lamson
(medicine) of Encino, CA, on July 2, 2004.
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