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1937 PhD (A&S): LANDRUM B. SHETTLES, MD (Med) '43, of Las Vegas,
N.V., writes: "After service in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, an
internship under Profs. Eastman and TeLinde, and a five-year
residency in obstetrics and gynecology in the Sloane Hospital for
Women in the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York,
with a specialization in infertility, I spent the next 25 years
at the same institution in research, teaching and full-time
practice. I moved to Las Vegas in October 1980 as an active
member of the staff of Women's Hospital, until it was taken over
in 1994 by Columbia Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, where I
am, at age 87, as active as ever doing clinical work and
research. I have recently published the fifth edition of my book
How to Choose the Sex of Your Baby (Doubleday Press)."
'43
FLOYD L. CULLER JR., of Menlo Park, Calif., writes: "I am
retired, but still consulting for Electric Power Research
Institute as president emeritus. I'm still active on committees
for the National Academy for Engineering. I have one son who is
practicing medicine in California."
'48
MORTON MEYER, of Baltimore, who is married with two children, is
retired.
BURTON M. POGELL, of Gaithersburg, Md., is a retired research
professor at the University of Maryland. He is married and has
one daughter.
MERVIN SHALOWITZ, MD Loyola Univ. '50, of Skokie, Ill., is
professor of medicine at Rush Medical College in Chicago.
'53
On July 1, 1997, ALVIN DEUTSCH, LLB Yale Univ. '58, was elected
parnas of Congregation Shearith Israel, the Spanish and
Portuguese Synagogue in New York City. The congregation was
founded in 1654 by Jews of Spanish and Portuguese origin, whose
ship, embarked from Recife, Brazil--fleeing from the Portuguese
Inquisition--was pirated and landed in New Amsterdam. In addition
to his duties as the lay leader of the congregation, he will be
teaching a course, Basic Copyright, at New York Law School, whose
dean, Harry H. Wellington, was his first professor of labor law
at Yale University.
Retired program manager for General Electric, CHARLES H. GERWIG
JR., MS Rollins College '75, of Ormond Beach, Fla., spends
summers on Lake George. Although he is retired after 35 years
with GE, he continues to keep busy doing many things, including
cruising the Bahamas and South Florida on his 43-foot Bertram
sportfishing boat.
ALBERT C. KAESTNER JR., of Baltimore, is president of Kaestner
Company.
LLOYD H. STRICKLAND, PhD Univ. of North Carolina/Chapel Hill '58,
of Ottawa, retired as professor of psychology in July 1997. He is
now professor emeritus.
'58
RONALD L. KLIMES, MD Univ. of Md. '62, of York, Pa., is retired.
He is married with three sons.
GEORGE E. LAUBACH, MD NY Medical College, of Freehold, N.J., is
managing partner with Monmouth County Association. He is chairman
of the Department of Ob-Gyn of Jersey Shore Medical Center and
president of the medical staff there. He also is a member of the
board of trustees of Meridian Healthcare Systems and clinical
professor of ob-gyn at UMDNJ, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
STANLEY E. MATYSZEWSKI, MD Yale Univ. '62, of Cheshire, Conn., is
chairman of the Department of anesthesiology at St. Mary's
Hospital.
STANLEY MIDDLEMAN, PhD (Eng) '61, of San Diego, writes: "I
retired in July 1997, after 37 years of teaching chemical
engineering--the last 18 years as department head at the
University of California, San Diego. I would enjoy hearing from
my chemical engineer classmates, all of whom I think I can name!
I plan to remain in San Diego, relaxing with my wife and playing
with my four grandchildren."
JOSEPH O'HAGAN, of Cockeysville, Md., has retired as chief of
operations of the Baltimore District Corps of Engineers. He
writes: "I am enjoying my family and cultural activities in
Baltimore."
Vice president of Baltimore Gas & Electric Co., DOWELL SCHWARTZ,
MS George Washington Univ. '68, of Towson, Md., has recently
retired. He is an active member in many professional and civic
organizations.
'59
1959 MD (Med): PETER GREENBERG received the first J.P. McCarthy
International Prize. The award, which carries a $25,000 prize,
goes to a scientist judged by the J.P. McCarthy Foundation's
medical advisory committee to have made the most significant
contributions to the study of myelodysplastic syndrome in the
past two years. Myelodysplastic syndrome, also known as
pre-leukemia, is a group of closely linked conditions in which
blood cell formation is disturbed by a failure of the immature
cells to grow and develop normally; it can develop into acute
leukemia. He is head of hematology at the Veterans Affairs Palo
Alto Health Care System and is well known for his research on
apoptosis and leukemia.
'61
CARLYLE B. STORM, MA '63, PhD '65, of West Kingston, R.I., who is
director of the Gordon Research Conferences, has been elected a
fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of
Science.
'63
MARTIN LEWIS COHEN, PhD (Eng) '72, of Newport, R.I., is a
consulting engineer with Raytheon Electronic Systems. He writes:
"I'm still with Raytheon and maintaining my interest in digital
signal processing and underwater systems through my membership on
the Underwater Signal Processing Technical Committee of the IEEE
Signal Processing Society. My wife, Nina, recently received
another master's degree from Brown University in E.S.L. and
Multicultural Studies."
PAUL J. PROSKY, of Hendersonville, N.C., is owner and president
of White Oak Park Retirement Community.
THOMAS M. RENAHAN, MA Univ. of Minn. '66, PhD Georgetown Univ.
'76, of Greenbelt, Md., writes: "In June, I returned to public
administration as city administrator of Seat Pleasant, Maryland,
bordering Washington, D.C."
An attorney and shareholder with Rosenfelt, Barlow, Barber,
Barndin & Borg, PA, DANIEL M. ROSENFELT, JD Columbia Univ. '66,
of Albuquerque, N.M., writes: "I have spent almost 30 years as an
attorney representing Native Americans. Our law firm has three
offices in New Mexico. I have two daughters, ages 12 and 14, and
my wife works as a school administrator on the Navajo Indian
Reservation."
ETHAN A. SEIDEL, MBA Wharton School of Business '65, PhD JHU '77,
of Westminster, Md., became vice president of administration and
finance at Western Maryland College in 1994, where he has served
on the faculty for 29 years. He is married and has two daughters.
ROGER W. TITUS, of Rockville, Md., was elected chairman of the
Board of Trustees of Suburban Hospital in April 1997.
KEITH L. WAUCHOPE retired from foreign service and moved to rural
Virginia with his two sons. His wife died of cancer in 1995. He
is currently an expert for the Foreign Service Grievance Board
for the U.S. Department of State.
A cardiologist, W. STAN WILSON, MD '66, of Missoula, Mt., has his
own interventional cardiology practice in a small, western
Montana city. He writes: "I have four wonderful daughters, ages
8-13; a good marriage, and a good life!"
'64
JUDITH E. FINNEMORE, of Bournemouth, United Kingdom, left
teaching in 1995. She is currently involved in counseling in
primary care and is affiliated with the Department of
Psychological Therapies in Dorset N.H.S. She writes: "I have a
new, stress-free, down-shifted existence as an 'early-retired'
teacher. I spend my days with my new Yorkshire terrier puppy,
taking walks by the River Stour in Dorset--wasn't she a
delightful parting gift from my former students? Thomas Hardy
country is all around us here."
'66
WILLIAM J. OEHLKERS, PhD Univ. of Del. '71, of Barrington, R.I.,
writes: "I am now the editor of the Rhode Island Reading Review,
the newsletter and journal of the Rhode Island State Council of
the International Reading Association. Also, I am serving as
chair of the Rhode Island English Language Arts Standards
Committee, which has developed state standards in reading and the
language arts as part of Goals 2000. I became a grandfather for
the second time in October 1996, with the birth of Anna Ijiri
Oehlkers, whose parents PETER OEHLKERS and LISA IJIRI are both
Hopkins graduates."
'67
HENRY S. COHN, JD Univ. of Conn. '70, of West Hartford, Conn.,
has been nominated to be a judge of the Superior Court for the
state of Connecticut.
'68
BOB CARTER, of Pittsburgh, Pa., is president of Ketchum, Inc. He
has spent the last two years enjoying travel in France, with
Spain cruises squeezed in between. He loves fishing and always
"must have a client in Pebble Beach. My wife, Carol, is first
vice chancellor at the University of Pittsburgh."
GREG NOVIK, of Baltimore, is the owner of Greg's Bagels. He
writes: "I am one of the few Hopkins graduates who is not
wealthy, a celebrity, or a doctor. I am doomed and damned to a
life of hard, physical labor, six days a week, 12 hours a day. If
any of my classmates remember me fondly and would like to send me
money, I would be appreciative."
'69
JOSEPH A. BROWN, BA St. Louis Univ. '68, PhD Yale Univ. '83, has
been named head of the Black American Studies Program on Southern
Illinois University's Carbondale campus. He is the author of a
book of poems titled Accidental Grace, and for the last three
years has worked as a free-lance consultant, lecturer, and
writer.
G. PHILIP SCHRODEL, MBA Wharton '73, has been appointed corporate
director of Partners HealthCare System and senior vice president
for finance of the Massachusetts General Hospital. He writes: "I
have two sons in graduate school and a daughter in college
(unfortunately, none have attended Hopkins)."
'70
ZANE O. GRESHAM, JD Northwestern Univ.'73, of San Francisco,
works for Morrison & Foerster, where he has been appointed
co-chair of their worldwide airports and aviation law group. He
was a featured speaker at World Bank/Airports Council
International/World Development Forum Symposium, titled Aviation
Infrastructure: Managing for Efficiency and Growth. His speech
focused on "Managing Legal and Financial Risks in Airport
Privatizations." He has recently published an article, "Getting
Airport Project Finance Off the Ground" (with Robert B. Shanks),
in Project Finance International Yearbook 1997.
'71
JORGE D. BLANCO, MD Vanderbilt Univ. '75, is the new medical
director for Women's Services at Sacred Heart Hospital in
Pensacola, Fla. In August, he was named in Good Housekeeping
magazine as one of the "The Best Doctors for Women." He is the
ob-gyn consultant to the Food and Drug Administration for Medical
Devices, and he has served as an expert consultant to the Centers
for Disease Control for the development of the nationally
utilized Sexually Transmitted Disease Treatment Guidelines.
Currently interested in management issues in medicine, he has
taken courses at the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler
School of Business and the Harvard Program on Health Care Policy.
In addition to being certified in his clinical area of obstetrics
and gynecology and a subspecialty area of maternal-fetal
medicine, Dr. Blanco is certified by the American Board of
Medical Management.
'72
CRAIG WOLFSON, JD Univ. of Florida '75, writes from Thimphu,
Bhutan: "I decided to take a hiatus from the corporate grindstone
and travel to some interesting far-away places. Bhutan, the last
independent Buddhist kingdom in the Himalayas, is about as
isolated and peaceful as it gets. Glimmers of enlightenment fell
closer here somehow than at home in San Francisco."
'73
DAVID LEVINE, MA (A&S) '75, of New York, is director of editorial
services with Pfizer, Inc. He writes: "Besides working full time,
I also write for magazines on health and medical subjects,
including Good Housekeeping and American Health. I have
rediscovered my interest in tennis, as a player and a spectator,
and this year I went to Paris for the French Open."
FRANK S. PIDCOCK, of Baltimore, is associate director of
pediatric rehabilitation at Kennedy Krieger Institute. He is
married and has one daughter, Sarah.
1973 MPH (PH): KATHERINE S. MCCARTER, of Washington, D.C., is
executive director of the Ecological Society of America (ESA).
She brings to ESA more than 20 years of experience in non-profit
association work. In her new position, she will oversee all
aspects of ESA, including the Washington-based headquarters
office and the publications office, based in Ithaca, N.Y. She
will also be responsible for the ESA annual meeting and will
represent the society to Congress and the executive branch,
federal agencies, public and private foundations, and the general
public.
'78
KNUT DANIELSEN, MBA Univ. of Miami, of Greenwich, Conn., who has
two sons, is a scout master for the Boy Scouts of America and a
member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary.
Assistant general counsel to the American International Group,
Inc., ANTHONY M. MIELE, JD Brooklyn Law School '81, MS NYU '86,
has received Certificates of Law from Harvard University in 1996
and 1997. He is married to Lilian Gang Li.
ANTHONY PINTO, MD SUNY Downstate '82, of Baltimore, has been with
Wyman Park Medical Association for the past 12 years. His
children, Anthony and Eleanor, attend Boys Latin and Roland Park
Country School, respectively.
MARGARET ROMINGER ZUEHLKE, MS C.W. Post '79, DMD Wash. Univ. '83,
of Lawton, Okla., is married with five children.
'79
JUDITH CEBRA-THOMAS, PhD Washington Univ. '86, has joined the
Biology Department of Franklin and Marshall College as an
assistant professor. A developmental biologist, she was a
visiting assistant professor at Swarthmore before coming to
F&M.
1979 MD (Med): WILLIAM A. CRAWLEY was recently installed as
president of the American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons at
their annual meeting in San Francisco. The American Society of
Maxillofacial Surgeons is the oldest medical organization
representing maxillofacial surgeons in the United States. He is
an associate professor of plastic surgery at the Johns Hopkins
University School of Medicine and a member of the National
Council for Johns Hopkins Medicine, class representative for his
medical school Class of '79, and a member of the Council of the
Johns Hopkins Medical and Surgical Association. He also is chair
of the Dome Circle Associates.
'81
NORM COHEN, MD '85, writes: "Many of my classmates and friends
from Hopkins will probably be a bit surprised to find out that I
have settled in Billings, Montana. After four years of running
our anesthesia corporation and two years serving as chief of
anesthesia at Saint Vincent Hospital and Health Center, I am
taking a breather this year. My only significant responsibilities
are membership on the Committee on Economics for the American
Society of Anesthesiologists (A.S.A.), representing the state of
Montana as its delegate to the A.S.A, and serving as webmaster
for the Montana Society of Anesthesiologists. On a personal note,
my wife, Michelle, and our daughter, Allie, and I are having a
great time in Montana, where we enjoy skiing and flyfishing. We
do get out a bit, traveling throughout the U.S. in our Mooney
aircraft. Most recently, we visited Baltimore, Washington, and
North Carolina. Although we only had time for a brief drive-by of
Hopkins, we did get to see the O's beat the Rangers!" Cohen can
be reached by e-mail at nacohen@mcn.net.
'82
MICHAEL (FITZGERALD) FITZSOUSA, of West Hartford, Conn., has been
named editor of Yale Medicine magazine and director of
publications for the Yale University School of Medicine. In
November, he was presented the Robert G. Fenley Award of
Excellence for science and medical writing by the Association of
American Medical Colleges at its annual meeting in Washington. He
and his wife, Beverly, have three children: Brian, Caroline, and
Elizabeth.
SAUL A. KRAVITZ, of McLean, Va., is a programmer for Nuthena
Systems. He and his wife, Beri, are the proud parents of twin
daughters, Talya and Elana, born on October 21, in addition to
daughter Ayelet, aged seven, and son Nadav, aged five. He
welcomes contact from "other survivors of the class of '82" and
can be reached via e-mail at saulk@computer.org.
'83
RISA (GARFIELD) DOHERTY, JD Yeshiva Univ. '86, of Forest Hills,
N.Y., is married and has two children.
KATHLEEN DUKE, a Los Angeles entertainment industry lawyer and
management consultant, married Eric Tracy, a sportscaster on Los
Angeles talk radio station KFWB (980 AM) and Fox Network News
feature reporter, on July 26, in a garden wedding at their
Woodland, Calif., home.
ERIC FEINSTEIN, of Westchester, N.Y., writes: "I'm tired of
hypocritically complaining that no one from my class ever writes
anything. My wife, Lauri, and I have moved back to New York and
are acting a bit too grown up, living in Westchester and
commuting to New York City. She is working as the wellness
director of the Hebrew Home for the Aged in Riverdale, and I am
working for Viacom as director of technology research and
development for the interactive services area, which at the
moment, means looking at new Internet and broadcast technologies.
I'd love to hear from those people with whom I've lost contact.
My e-mail address is eric.feinstein@viacom.com."
STUART L. GAVURIN, MS American Univ. '89, of Vienna, Va., is a
partner at Ernst & Young. He is married and has three children.
STEPHAN JUN, of Bristol, Wis., is medical director of clinical
pathology and transfusion services at the U.S. Naval Hospital in
Great Lakes, Ill. He writes: "I am currently brewing beer,
raising Scottish Deerhounds, and wondering what I am doing in
Wisconsin."
CATHERINE KELLEY, MA Univ. of Md. '87, MA Univ. of Waterloo '93,
PhD, Univ. of Waterloo '96, of Maplewood, N.J., started a
postdoctoral position at the University of Michigan last fall,
which she left when her husband, Dominic, was offered a job in
New Jersey and after the birth of her daughter, Mona Margaret
Duggan.
DIANA C. LIU, JD Cornell Law School '86, of Philadelphia, is a
partner with Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen. She will be a
lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania Law School this
spring, teaching a course, titled Topics in Advanced Commercial
Real Estate.
A psychiatrist, GREG SAZIMA, MD Univ. of Cincinnati '87, of
Saratoga, Calif., writes: "I live in the San Francisco Bay area
with my wife, Tracy Brown, also a doctor, and our two children,
Ryan and Matthew." A specialist in geriatric psychiatry, he has
been named medical director of psychiatry outpatient services,
Columbia/Good Samaritan Network in San Jose.
CHESTER L. WAGSTAFF II, of Eldersburg, Md., is a senior engineer
with Bechtel Power Corporation. He writes: "I have enjoyed
traveling internationally for Bechtel, including recent trips to
India, Brazil, and Indonesia."
'84
KEVIN HOWES and MARCIA LECRONE HOWES '86 write: "We moved to
Connecticut this year so Marcia could take a new job as business
planning manager with Rhone Poulenc in Shelton. Kevin is
traveling quite often in his job as a market manager for Cad One.
Our children, Zack (9), Sadie (8), and Kevin II (5), are playing
soccer and lacrosse and adjusting well to the move.
ROB KELLY, MS (Eng) '86, PhD '89, and DOTTI CONNOR KELLY '83, of
Charlottesville, Va., announce the birth of their son, Connor, on
August 4. Rob is currently an associate professor in the
Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University
of Virginia, and between feedings, Dot works as a financial
analyst from their home.
1984 MA (SAIS): JODY WILLIAMS, has been awarded the Nobel Peace
Prize for 1997. She is coordinator of the International Campaign
to Ban Landmines (ICBL), which was a co-recipient of the award
for their work toward banning and clearing of anti-personnel
mines (see story, page 46). She and ICBL started a process which
in the space of a few years changed a ban on anti-personnel mines
from a vision to a feasible reality.
'85
LISA RUBENSTEIN, MA Univ. of Toronto '89, and ASHU HANDA '87, PhD
Univ. of Toronto '93, of Maputo, Mozambique, write: "After having
our first daughter, Maya, in Jamaica, we moved to Mozambique for
our second. At her age, Malaika's Portuguese is almost as good as
ours. We welcome e-mail at s.handa@cgnet.com."
PETER VERHEYEN of Syracuse, N.Y., and his wife, Hope Kuniholm,
announce the birth of their daughter, Sofia Klara Verheyen, on
October 7. He writes: "All are doing great after the birth of our
first child. I am a conservation librarian at Syracuse
University. Pictures of the family can be found at
"
'86
JON KRONE, MS USC '88, of Bakersfield, Calif., writes: "We--LAURA
GOHAGAN '85--and I had our second daughter, Cassandra Jane, last
February. I got a new job as Mobil and Shell merged production
companies in California; I am a continuous improvement manager in
this new organization."
MIRIAM E. TUCKER, of Rockville, Md., has been promoted to senior
writer at the International Medical News Group, where she has
worked since 1986. A major focus of her career has been to
educate physicians and the general public about diabetes, a
disease she has lived with for nearly a quarter-century.
JEANNE TOUSSAINT, MBA Univ. of Md. '91, and her husband, Barton
Hewitt, of Laurel, Md., write: "After five years of marriage, we
are proud to announce the birth of our daughter, Jennifer
Elizabeth Hewitt, born July 18."
'87
DAVE CONNOLLY, of Palo Alto, Calif., writes: "My wife, Jeanne,
and I had our first baby in May 1997. His name is James Theodore,
and he is a wonderful little boy. I am working at Andersen
Consulting's Center for Strategic Technology as the director, and
my wife is working part time at a Children's Hospital writing
grant proposals for research funding. She and I continue to run a
lot, with Jeanne focusing on marathons, while I focus on
triathlon competitions."
1987 PhD (A&S): MARK L. CAMPBELL, of Millersville, Md., was
awarded the Research Excellence Award for the 1996/1997 academic
year at the United States Naval Academy. The award recipient is
chosen by a committee of faculty and distinguishes the recipient
as having the most outstanding research record of the over 500
faculty at USNA. He was also named a Henry Dreyfus
Teacher-Scholar, which includes a grant amount of $60,000.
1987 MS (A&S): KIMBERLY COPLIN, assistant professor in the
Physics Department at Denison University, has earned one of the
Cotrell College Science Awards, supported by the Research
Corporation of Tucson, Arizona. This award is part of a highly
competitive program that supports basic research in physics,
astronomy, and chemistry at predominantly undergraduate public
and private colleges. Her research involves the study of novel
materials known as electronic polymers using the technique of
photoinduced absorption spectroscopy.
'88
JEFFREY M. BINDER, JD Fordham Univ., of Brooklyn, N.Y., is
assistant district attorney for Kings County District Attorney's
Office. He writes: "I married CYNTHIA CRONCE '89 and we traveled
to South Zimbabwe and Zambia, where I saw a lion chase a leopard
up a tree. I love being an assistant district attorney."
LORA COSTELLO BONSER, PhD Univ. of Texas at Austin '94, of
Austin, Texas, is senior product development engineer for 3M. She
writes: "I'm still living 'Deep in the Heart' of Austin. My
husband, Doug, and I became parents of a blond-haired, blue-eyed
baby girl on March 26, 1997. Her name is Danielle Nicole Bonser."
A general medicine fellow at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, JEANNE
M. CLARK, MD Robert Wood Johnson Medical School '92, writes:
"After completing my medicine residency at Dartmouth and working
there for a year, I have returned to Baltimore, to JHU. I am a
general medicine fellow and am conducting research and getting an
MPH degree."
NAKUL JERATH, MD Univ. of Chicago '93, MPH Harvard University
'93, of Brookline, Mass., is chief resident in the Department of
Radiology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. He
writes: "I recently celebrated my first wedding anniversary and
am finishing up my last year of radiology residency. After that,
I will be doing a fellowship in pediatric radiology at Boston
Children's Hospital."
"Professionally, I am midway through my residency in radiation
oncology at the University of Virginia," writes GRENVILLE JONES,
MD New Jersey Medical School '94, of Charlottesville, Va.
"Otherwise, I've moved to Charlottesville with Jody Mortimer to
play soccer for The Court Square Tavern and to watch DC United
continue to win."
MICHAEL P. JURINSKI, MS Univ. of Va. '92, of Alexandria, Va., is
a materials engineer with General Dynamics. He builds amphibious
assault vehicles for the Marine Corps and recently bought a house
in the Old Town section of Alexandria, which he shares with his
dog.
JAMES KU, MD Jefferson Medical College, '92, of Durham, N.C., is
a trauma training fellow at the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill.
MARK R. LOONEY, JD Nova Southeastern Univ., of Miami, is married
and has one daughter, Kaitlin Rose, born on June 6. He writes: "I
am now working for one of America's premier software companies,
Peoplesoft."
Attorney PATRICIA M. MCMANMON, JD Notre Dame Univ. '93, of
Wayland, Mass., practices real estate law with a Boston law firm.
She is engaged and plans to marry in April.
ALICE I. SATO, of Philadelphia, is a student at the University of
Pennsylvania School of Medicine. She received a PhD in immunology
from the university in 1996, and plans to graduate with a medical
degree in 1998.
1988 PhD: KATHRYN A. LEE, of Wayne, Pa., is chair of the
Department of Political Science at Eastern College in St. Davids,
Pa. She was recently awarded the Lindback Foundation Award for
Excellence in Teaching and is finishing her last year of law
school at Temple University.
'89
DEBRA HAMEL, PhD Yale Univ. '96, of North Haven, Conn., writes:
"My book, Athenian Generals: Military Authority in the Classical
Period, will be published early in 1998. My husband David
Seidemann and I have a daughter, Rebecca, who was born on leap
day in 1996. I ran into CHRIS JOSEPH '89 in North Haven recently
and he was raving about Maria Montessori and her 'god-awful
system of schooling.'"
BILL WOODCOCK, MSB (SCS) '95, of Ellicott City, Md., is married
to the former Juliana Broomfield and has one son, 3-year-old
Will. He works as a financial administrator for the Henry M.
Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine. In
addition, he recently announced his candidacy for a seat in the
Maryland House of Delegates in the 1998 Maryland elections. He
currently sits as vice chair of the Howard County Democratic
Party.
'90
REBECCA and MICHAEL B. HOLMES, MD '94, are living in Vermont with
their two children, Ashleigh and Patrick. Mike is doing his chief
residency in internal medicine at the University of Vermont and
will continue there in cardiology training next year. Becky has
her hands full at home with the children.
E. LIZA TRIM, of Hartford, Conn., is single with no children. She
writes: "I work for the Urban League of Greater Hartford where I
am the director of Neighborhood Bridges, a youth and family
development center located within a local high school. Next year,
I am finally going back to school for my MSW/MPH. ANDREA YOUNG
'91 started graduate school this summer and takes yearly trips
with me to Caribana."
SUSAN HOFFMAN WARNER, MCRP of West Orange, N.J., is director of
business development for Partners in Care, Corp. She writes:
"ADAM '98 and I are proud to announce the birth of our daughter ,
Jamie Rachel, born on April 12, 1998. She looks forward to
starting her freshman year at Hopkins in 2015, making her the
fourth generation in the family to attend JHU."
1990 PhD (Med): AUDRONE BIKNEVICIUS, assistant professor of
anatomy at the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine,
has received a grant for $110,000 from the National Science
Foundation for her research proposal titled "Ontogenetic Effects
on Locomotor Biodynamics." The study will look at the development
of gait and posture in domestic dogs. She was inspired to pursue
the study because so little is know about locomotor biodynamics
(forces and movements) in dogs. She recently made several
presentations on related research at the International Congress
of Vertebrate Morphology held in July in Bristol, England.
1990 MA (SAIS): PETER KURZE, of Tokyo, writes: "As of November, I
have become the director of the Institute of Foreign Bankers in
Tokyo. The Institute promotes the various interests of the
foreign banking community in Japan. Prior to relocating, I
undertook fiber-optics market research for KMI Corporation of
Newport, Rhode Island."
1990 MA (SAIS): MARK PIRRITANO, writes: "Greetings from
Washington. I am now country director for the Caucasus region in
the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia. Last July was very busy as both
President Aliyev of Kazakstan and President Shevardnadze of
Georgia paid visits to the Pentagon."
1990 MA (SAIS/Bologna): KAREN SEIGER writes: "I spent a year
working for a relief agency in Mozambique. The focus of my
projects was relief and reconstruction after a 17-year civil war.
I also worked with rehabilitation of landmine victims and child
soldiers. Currently, I am deputy director of the Democratic and
Electoral Processes Project in El Salvador with the International
Foundation for Election Systems, and I'm loving every minute of
it. I married JAMES WESOLOWSKI '91 on New Year's Eve 1995, and we
have two lovely cats--one Mozambican and one Salvadoran. James
has been working as an international consultant for a social
marketing organization in southern Africa, marketing condoms for
AIDS prevention. He hopes to continue this work throughout
Central America."
'92
KAY CARTER, MDiv Claremont School of Theology '96, of Tustin,
Calif., has begun her second appointment as a United Methodist
minister to Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Tustin. She and
her husband, DOUG BARRE '92, moved to California right after
graduation. She writes: "We were recently back in Baltimore for a
reunion with EDWARD EINHORN '92, SCOTT BORST '92, LAURA (NAGEL)
REDISH '93, JEFF HERSH '91, and JONAH COHEN. As fun as it was, we
still like the West Coast better. Since LAURA and DAVE REDISH '91
have moved to Tucson, Arizona, the West may win yet!"
SADHISH "JUGS" SIVA, of Inman, S.C., writes: "I just wanted to
say hi to all my friends from JHU and let them know I'm alive and
doing well. I finally jumped over that last hurdle of becoming a
doctor and graduating from Temple Medical School (along with
BRIAN CHOI '93 and ERIC ROTHENBURG. I'm doing my first of five
years in general surgery in South Carolina--I even bought a home!
Look me up, if you're down South."
1992 MD (Med): JAMES F. MESCHIA, of Jacksonville, Fla., has been
appointed senior associate consultant in neurology at the Mayo
Clinic, and the older of his two daughters has started
preschool.
'93
MATTHEW C. BOULAY, of Herndon, Va., recently completed basic
training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot in Parris Island, S.C. His
instruction included training designed to challenge new Marine
recruits both physically and mentally.
Instructor and writer for the U.S. Army Engineer School, MICHELLE
DAVISON EDWARDS, of Waynesville, Md., writes: "I finished up a
tour in Germany/Bosnia and returned here to the engineer school
in April 1997. We will move to North Carolina this spring. I had
a blast in Europe but it's nice to be home. Since I've been back,
I've seen several Hopkins grads, especially at KAREN MIMMS and
MARK SWIFT's wedding in June, with fellow bridesmaids AMANDA
WEISS and AUDREY MASTANGELO."
MAUREEN GORSEN, of Sacramento, Calif., has been appointed by
Governor Wilson as general counsel of the California Resources
Agency.
ROB GRANT, JD Washington and Lee Univ. '96, of Bethesda, Md., has
finished his judicial clerkship and is practicing civil
litigation in Maryland and D.C.
TRICIA HACKER, MHS (PH) '95, of Statesboro, Ga., writes: "I
recently accepted the position of assistant director of Industry
Buying Group, Inc.--Health Purchasing Alliance, located in
southeast Georgia. While completing my post-graduate fellowship
in '94, I met and recently became engaged to Brian Szwarc, a
doctor. We are both starting new jobs and planning for our
wedding in October on Cape Cod." Her e-mail address is
bjszwarc@frontiernet.net.
LISA HENSLEY, of Bethesda, Md., has recently completed a MSPH and
PhD in epidemiology with a minor in microbiology. She has taken a
postdoc position at NIH in Bethesda.
A judicial clerk for the Missouri Court of Appeals, BRIAN DONOVAN
KENNEDY, of Kansas City, Mo., writes: "I was relieved to learn
that I passed the July 1997 Missouri Bar Examination and am
happily settled in Kansas City."
KATHY KOSKI, MS Columbia Univ. '96, of Baltimore, is a social
worker with Catholic Charities Treatment Family Program.
ERICA NEMSER and ELLIOT MENSCHIK, of Philadelphia, announce the
birth of their daughter Abigail Ilana Menschk on October 26.
Erica is working toward her PhD in economics and Elliot toward
his MD and PhD in neuroscience, both at the University of
Pennsylvania.
SEAN MONTGOMERY, MD Duke Univ. '97, of Silver Spring, Md.,
writes: "The Army finally caught up with me and is making me
repay my ROTC obligation. I am now an intern in general surgery
at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. My recent hobbies include
kayaking and mountain biking."
Construction manager for Western Wireless, JASON PROVALENKO, of
Denver, writes: "I just finished constructing the Voicestream
Wireless PCS Network in Denver. I'm now enjoying mountain
biking!"
JOSEPH TORTORELLO, of North Babylon, N.Y., is a student at New
York Medical College. He plans to graduate in May.
1993 MA (A&S): EVA P. (WU) MCDONALD, of Scarborough, Ontario,
Canada, writes: "I am currently employed as an analyst at GEAC
Computer Corporation. I'd love to hear from my JHU friends. You
can reach me at e.mcdonald@geac.com. My husband, Richard, and I
finally bought a house in May, and our son, Michael, turned one
in September."
'94
MELANIE HARRIS, MA (SAIS) '95, of Kensington, Md., writes: "I've
settled down into my job handling international licensing and
investor relations at an international telecommunications firm. I
just finished business travel in Istanbul and Beijing, and my
employer plans to torture me by sending me to Cancun in December
for a conference. I still hang out with lots of Hopkins alumni,
and about 20 of us recently got together to play Calvin Ball
(from 'Calvin and Hobbes') on the D.C. Mall. We had so much fun
that we attracted quite a crowd of spectators!"
1994 MPH (PH): LARUE K. SEIMS, of Arlington, Va., has recently
completed a one-year assignment with the World Health
Organization as advisor to the Bangladesh School Health
Program.
'95
SANA KHAN writes: "After graduation in 1995, I moved to D.C. and
joined American Home Products, a U.S. pharmaceutical company, as
government relations associate. Beginning in January, I will
attend Columbia University's School of International and Public
Affairs (SIPA) for a master's degree. I am frequently in touch
with my chums, TRISH KO '95 and DEBBIE MARTINEZ '96, medical
students at the University of Michigan and Dartmouth,
respectively. Other pals I keep in touch with are MEHER JAN '96,
who is working at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York
City, and YUKA OTOHATA '95, SAIS '97, at Price Waterhouse in
Tokyo.
"After graduation, I moved home with my parents and now I'm a
third-year student at the Seton Hall University School of Law in
Newark, N.J.," writes IRENE L. KIM. "I'm involved with the local
chapter of the Asian-Pacific American Lawyers Association, where
I regularly see TOMMY SHIH '80. My younger sister, Stephanie,
just started as a freshman at JHU--she's even living in the same
dorm that I did. Already she's complaining about the Wolman
food...some things never change. I still keep in touch with
Second Decade Society National vice chair DIANA LIU '83, my
self-appointed mentor and good friend, who is a practicing lawyer
in Philadelphia. I also speak regularly to KEIDI CARRINGTON '94,
a third-year at New England School of Law, and SHIRLEY WONG '95,
at Columbia University School of Public Health. I occasionally
run into SAORI DAN '95, who works in Manhattan at Mitsubishi
Trust."
JEFF LABRECQUE, of Syracuse, N.Y., is working toward his master's
degree in journalism at Syracuse's Newhouse School of
Communications. He lives with JOHN APPLEGATE '96, who is also a
graduate student at Newhouse. He writes: "It's nice to finally
figure out what I'm good at and what I enjoy doing. I look back
on my years of college, and thank everyone for giving me such
great story ideas."
KEVIN SMOKLER is in his first year of a PhD program in American
Studies at The University of Texas at Austin and writes: "I am
enjoying life in the hometown of Dazed and Confused. I am still
smarting from seeing my picture in the YAF newsletter wearing a
hat with earflaps."
1995 MSB (SCS): ADRIENNE CORKRAN, Salisbury State '87, of
Algonquin, Ill., is employed with Transamerica, a financial
services company, at a subsidiary (Transamerica Distribution
Finance) that is headquartered in Rolling Meadows, a northwest
suburb of Chicago. She writes: "I transferred to this subsidiary
in July 1995, after receiving my degree from Hopkins. I am
continuing to enjoy my position as a finance manager, handling
financial system integration." Adrienne is engaged to Willem
Alexander Sayer and is planning a June wedding.
'96
WAYNE BORDUIN, MS Stanford Univ. '97, of Menlo Park, Calif., is
employed by Failure Analysis Associates, a forensic engineering
firm.
A consultant and trainer, EDWARD G. PIPER, of Baltimore, is an
adjunct faculty member at the Webster University Graduate School
at the University of Baltimore. He is also teaching human
resource management at the U.S. Naval Academy. He has recently
received the governor of Maryland's award for volunteer work
pertaining to workplace violence and is completing revision of a
book, Layperson's Guide to Preventing Workplace Violence
(Michael Thomas).
AJOY REDDI, of Chicago, who has moved to the "Windy City" to work
at Price Waterhouse LLP in the organizational and strategic
change group, writes: "I hope anyone I know who reads this will
give me a call. I also am available to talk to any Hopkins
students who are interested in jobs in management consulting."
1996 MS (ENG): GENE PETERS, BS Univ. of Rochester '87, of
Springfield, Va., who is studying for his PhD in Geology at
George Washington University, has been promoted to director of
technical programs at Clean Sites, a national environmental
non-profit organization. He has one son, Benjamin, born in
April.
'97
EVERETT and JENNIFER (PUMMELL) HAMNER, of Baltimore, were married
on August 23, in Morenci, Michigan. Guests included JASON
DAVISMAN '96, SHANE DEVLIN '96, and WILSON CHU '96. Everett
teaches eighth grade at The Boys' Latin School of Maryland.
1997 PhD (A&S): SANDRA MACPHERSON, of Columbus, Ohio, is
assistant professor of English at Ohio State University.
1997 MS (SCS): RANDI S. SEIGER, BS Univ. of Md. '82, JD Univ. of
Md. '85, of Boca Raton, Fla., is a guidance counselor at Palm
Springs Elementary School.
1997 MS (SCS): MONTRESSA WASHINGTON ROBINSON, BA Univ. of Md.
'91, of Columbia, Md., was one of 3,000 entrepreneurs to attend
BeautiControl Cosmetics's annual conference in Nashville, Tenn.
As an independent skin care and image consultant, she attended
business and leadership development workshops and received
training related to BeautiControl's newest products.
Obituaries
1930: ELIZABETH "BETTY" HILL, of Midlothian, Va., died
August 22. She worked as a nurse at Dearborn County Hospital from
the time it first opened until 1971. She is survived by two
daughters, Roberta Hill Fehling and Mary Anna Hill, and two
grandsons.
1930 MD (Med): OSCAR E. HUBBARD, of Winthrop, Mass., died
July 11 at the age of 93. After a varied career in medicine,
including serving as a lieutenant colonel in the USAF during
World War II and the Korean War and as psychiatrist at the
Houston and Dallas Veteran's hospitals, he retired from his
position as a psychiatrist at the New York City Rikers Island
prison at the age of 87. He continued to figure skate and ice
dance into his 90th year.
1934 MD (Med): MARK KELLER POOLE, died August 4. He and
his wife, SARA DAY POOLE, served as medical missionaries in the
Belgian Congo with the American Presbyterian Congo Mission. In
the Congo, he did primary research, in conjunction with the U.S.
National Public Health Service, in the development of prophylaxis
and treatment of trypanosomiasis (African sleeping sickness). He
pioneered the use of aviation in medical mission work in the
Congo interior, piloting his own plane. A fellow of the American
College of Surgeons, an affiliate of the Royal Society of
Medicine (England), and a fellow of the Royal Society of Tropical
Medicine and Hygiene in London, he was awarded the medal of the
Royal Order of the Lion by the King of Belgium in appreciation
for his years of service. After his retirement from overseas
mission work, he practiced general surgery in Bay City for 10
years and served as chief of staff of Matagorda General
Hospital.
1936 MD (Med): CHARLES E. ILIFF III, of Hilton Head, S.C.,
died on August 19. He devoted his life to ophthalmic surgery at
Johns Hopkins where he taught, practiced, and developed
innovative operative procedures and instrument designs. He became
internationally known and introduced corneal implants to Arab
countries in the Middle East, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. He wrote
prolifically and belonged to many medical organizations and
clubs. In addition, he was an accomplished horseman and
sailor.
1939: EDWIN DARBY NYE died on August 24. He was captured
by the Japanese on Wake Island during World War II and remained a
prisoner until the end of the war.
1940: JOSEPH E. BRUMBACK JR., MD (Med) '43, of Baltimore,
a retired ophthalmologist and railroad enthusiast, died May 11 of
heart failure. In 1949, he joined a practice founded by his
father in the Medical Arts Building. He practiced there until his
retirement in 1989.
1942 PhD: GEORGE R. NORMAN, of Palm City, Fla., died at
his home on June 11. He was 80 years old.
1943: JAMES EARL APPLEGATE, PhD '51, of Chambersburg, Pa.,
died on April 2, from Parkinson's disease. He was professor
emeritus and dean emeritus of Wilson College and taught English
at the University of Rochester and Elmira College. He is survived
by his wife, four children, and seven grandchildren.
1943: ETHEL M. HOHMAN, of Hagerstown, Md., died on April
12. She was a member of Zion Reformed Church, and served as
deacon and as a member of the consistory. She also was a member
of the American Field Service; PTA of North Hagerstown High from
1966 to 1977, where she served as president; Town and Country
Garden Club, where she served as past president; and The Bridge
Club. A volunteer at Washington County Hospital and a member of
the Women's Club and Fountain Head Country Club, she is survived
by four daughters.
1944 MD (Med): CHARLES W. BURKLAND, of Sutherland, Neb.,
died on November 23, 1996, as the result of a series of strokes.
He retired from neurosurgery at the V.A. Hospital in Omaha,
Nebraska. Subsequently, he served as head of the rehabilitation
department until February 1984, when he retired to the family
ranch in western Nebraska. He is survived by his wife, Jean, a
son and two daughters.
1945: FAYE E. SPRING, of Denver, died on March 2. She was
a nursing supervisor and instructor at Johns Hopkins Hospital and
was on the nursing school faculties of Duke University, Case
Western Reserve University, and the University of Colorado. She
was a member of the American Nurses Association, Colorado Nurses
Association, and other professional groups.
1950 MD: MERRIL W. BROWN, of Phoenix, who was in practice
in Albuquerque, N.M., in general, vascular, and thoracic surgery,
died on August 13. He was president of the Albuquerque and
Bernalillo County Medical Association, chief of staff at
Presbyterian Hospital, president of the New Mexico Chapter of the
College of Surgeons and consultant in surgery to Sandia Base, the
Gallup Indian Hospital, and the Veterans Hospital. He is survived
by his wife of 51 years, Sylvia; three daughters; a son; and four
grandchildren.
1950: ROBERT FLOTTEMESCH, MA (A&S) '59, of Baltimore, died
on July 6 from lung cancer. Assigned to St. Thomas Church in
Baltimore and All Saints Church in Sunderland, he retired in
1983.
1950: DONALD FRITZ, of Lutherville, Md., died in July. A
former Baltimore businessman who quit his trade to become a local
tour guide and a historian for the Lacrosse Foundation and Hall
of Fame at JHU, he is survived by his wife, a son, and a
daughter. He had been a volunteer tour guide with Baltimore
Rent-A-Tour since 1980, leading bus excursions through Baltimore
and Annapolis neighborhoods. He is the author of two books: A
Walking Tour of Historic and Renaissance Baltimore and Centennial
History of the Baltimore Country Club.
1954 MD (Med): KENNETH MOSER, of La Jolla, Calif., who
pioneered the concept of surgically removing blood clots from the
lung and turned the UCSD Medical Center into a world-renowned
leader in pulmonary medicine died on June 9. The founding
director of the UCSD Department of Medicine's Pulmonary and
Critical Care Division, he died of lung cancer. He had been
director since 1969 of the UCSD-NHLI Pulmonary Specialized Center
for Research and was a consultant in pulmonary disease to the San
Diego Naval Medical Center and medical director of respiratory
therapy and cardiopulmonary technology schools at Grossmont
College. He has published over 300 articles over the years in
medical periodicals and either wrote, edited or contributed to
more than 50 books in medical topics. He is survived by his wife
of 45 years, Sara; three daughters; and a son.
1954: ALISON VERA SMITH died on September 5. She
transferred from Smith College to Johns Hopkins to pursue the
study of physics.
1963 MPH (PH): NINA BENCICH WOODSIDE, of Haymarket, Va.,
and her husband, Byron, died on July 11 when their single-engine
plane crashed in Colorado. She was a founding staff member of
Prince William Hospital, where she helped open the psychiatric
unit and served on the board of directors. Her earlier career was
in public health, including service as acting director in 1970 of
the D.C. Health Services Administration. She was a diplomate of
the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, American Board of
Preventive Medicine, and National Board of Medical Examiners. She
was a fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, a charter
member of the Prince William County Medical Society, and a member
of other organizations that included the American Medical
Association and Medical Society of Virginia.
1964: RICHARD TRAINOR, of Baltimore, the former Maryland
transportation secretary who helped improve the state's roads and
mass transit systems during 41 years in government, died of a
heart attack on June 15. He began his career in 1950 with the old
State Roads Commission, where he was a project engineer on the
construction of the Baltimore Beltway, the Capital Beltway, and
the Jones Fall Expressway. In the 1980s, he won wide acclaim for
his work on the eight-lane Fort McHenry Tunnel, which was at the
time, the most expensive project in the interstate highway
system.
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