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1940s
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1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
Obituaries
1940s
GEORGE S. HJELTE, ’47, sent a note: “I do so appreciate
what Stanford medical school did for me, both the medical school education
and internship plus three years of residency training.” He added
he recently discovered that among the Stanford faculty there are far
more registered Democrats than Republicans. He said, “I do wish
there would be a better balance in the university faculty. Too bad!” He
signed his note, “Go Indians!”
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1950s
JOSEPH R. ABRAHAMSON, ’55A, who is class rep, asks that all
members of the class send an update, note or e-mail because it’s
again time for another class letter. “Remember, our 50th is coming
up in less than two years!!”
JOSEPH DICAPRIO, resident ’51 (medicine, bacteriology), has this
update on his activities to promote peace. He seeks to strengthen the
International Court of Justice and hopes to eliminate the veto power
of the permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, which he feels
counters peacemaking efforts. He has visited Washington, D.C., to make
recommendations to the U.N. Association and plans to publish on these
matters in the Journal of Political Islam. DiCaprio became a convert
to Islam in 1952 while serving in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during
the Korean War and is active in Islamic and interfaith affairs.
KENNETH D. GARDNER, ’55A, who moved to Genoa, Nev., in April 2002,
writes he is “partaking of all benefits of full retirement.”
WILLIAM H. NORTHWAY, ’57, a professor of radiology and of pediatrics
emeritus at Stanford, received the Gold Medal of The Society for Pediatric
Radiology, the organization’s most distinguished honor. He is credited
with promoting a unique appreciation of the interweaving of clinical
and basic research in pediatric imaging. In 1967 Northway and colleagues
published in the New England Journal of Medicine the first clinical description
of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in premature infants. For decades researchers
have used Northway’s observations as a stepping-stone to a greater
understanding of BPD and its causes, treatment and prevention.
ROBERT E. TRANQUADA, ’55B, was named recipient of the 2003 Mathies
Award by the Partners in Care Foundation, which recognizes a courageous
and creative leader in health-care administration and policy whose dedication
and accomplishments are a model for others. He is a professor of medicine
and public policy emeritus at USC and chairs the board of governors of
the L.A. Care Health Plan. He is an elected member of the Institute of
Medicine.
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1960s
EDWARD E. HELLER Jr., ’69, sent the sad news that he lost
his wife, Patricia. She was killed in a taxi accident in January.
AUGUSTUS A. WHITE III, ’61, delivered the Phi Beta Kappa initiation
lecture at Brown University. The lecture, “Some Cogent Perspectives
About You and the Medical Profession,” addressed the idea that
physicians are equipped to be leaders in eliminating societal prejudices.
He recounted origins of bias in the culture of medicine toward women,
minorities, prisoners and slaves. White is orthopedic surgeon-in-chief
emeritus at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and professor of orthopedic
surgery at Harvard.
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1970s
MICHAEL BROWNLEE, resident ’75, was named the 2003 recipient
of the Claude Bernard Medal, the highest scientific honor of the European
Association for the Study of Diabetes. He is the Anita and Jack Saltz
Professor of Diabetes Research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine,
where he is also a professor of pathology and of medicine.
INGRID M. PETERSON, ’78, of Seattle, was inducted as a fellow
in the American College of Radiology at the ACR’s annual meeting.
Fellowship is one of the highest honors of the ACR, granted to only about
10 percent of the members. She is a clinical associate professor at the
University of Washington Medical Center.
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1980s
DANIEL HABER, ’83, a professor at Harvard, was named director
of Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center. He also chairs the cancer
genetics program at the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center and directs
the MGH Center for Cancer Risk Analysis. Haber established a research
lab to study the genetics of breast cancer and Wilms’ tumors.
MITCHELL A. LAZAR, ’82, received a $500,000 grant from the Bristol-Myers
Squibb Unrestricted Biomedical Research Program. The grant will further
support Lazar’s research into hormone regulation of gene expression.
Lazar, a professor of medicine and of genetics at the University of Pennsylvania,
serves as chief of endocrinology, diabetes and metabolics and directs
Penn’s diabetes center.
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1990s
JASON GOLDSMITH, ’97, completed a glaucoma and cataract fellowship
at the University of Utah and then joined the faculty. He did his residency
at the Cleveland Clinic. He volunteered on two surgical eye trips in
the past year, one to Ghana and one to Tonga. “Both were incredibly
rewarding experiences and we are looking forward to returning next year,” he
writes. “Stanford skiers can look me up at Alta and Snowbird!” he
adds.
HOSSEIN JADVAR, resident ’96 (radiology), ’98 (nuclear medicine),
sent an update. He completed a fellowship in PET and nuclear oncology
at Harvard and joined the faculty at USC in the departments of radiology
and biomedical engineering with a joint appointment at CalTech. In 2000
he received the Marc Tetalman Young Investigator Award from the Society
of Nuclear Medicine and in 2003 he became a fellow of the American College
of Nuclear Medicine. “On a personal note,” he wrote, “I
became the proud father of a beautiful daughter, Donya Sara, in November.” He
lives in Pasadena, Calif.
GORDON K. LEE, ’97, completed a residency in plastic surgery at
UCLA and will go on to UT-M.D. Anderson Cancer Center for a fellowship
in cancer reconstruction. He and his wife, Yun-Ting, became the proud
parents of a son, Jordan Shawn Lee, in the past year.
SAM MOST, ’95, was named chief of the division of facial plastic
and reconstructive surgery at the University of Washington in Seattle.
He and wife Beth have two daughters, ages 2 1/2 and 5. He extends an
invitation to “any alumni visiting the Seattle area to contact
him.” [This note in the summer issue of the magazine erroneously
identified Sam Most as Steven. Ed.]
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Obituaries
Sergius Bryner, MD, ’40, an emeritus clinical professor, died
Feb. 10, 2003, at the age of 87. Before retiring, he served as chief
of cardiology at the Palo Alto Medical Clinic and later as chief of electrocardiology
at Stanford.
Donald S. Gerber, MD, ’75, died June 5, 2003, at his home in Australia
of motor neuron disease. He was 53. Gerber was a fellow of the American
Academy of Ophthalmology and the Royal Australian and New Zealand College
of Ophthalmologists.
Arthur Riesenfeld, MD, ’55A, Stanford Medical Alumni Association
president, died Aug. 2, 2003, from complications of pulmonary edema.
SMAA’s new president, Linda Hawes Clever, MD, shares memories of
Riesenfeld in her letter on page I.
Belding H. Scribner, MD, ‘45, died June 19, 2003, in Seattle at
the age of 82. A remembrance of Scribner begins on page II.
John R. Stephens, MD, ’69, died July 20, 2003, after a brief battle
with cancer. He had a private practice in child and adolescent psychiatry
in Palo Alto and recently was associated with the Pacific Biobehavioral
Group in San Jose.
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Extended obituaries are available
online. Paper copies are available from the SMAA: (650) 234-0619
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