Obituaries and In Memoriam

Obituaries

Walter H. Abelmann, M.D.

Walter H. Abelmann, M.D. (M ’46), professor of medicine emeritus at Harvard Medical School and member of the faculty of the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences Technology, died on Jan. 6. A resident of Cambridge, Mass., he was 89. More about Walter H. Abelmann, M.D.»

Bruce A. Holm, Ph.D.

Bruce A. Holm, Ph.D. (MS ’87, PhD ’87), a key figure in the State University of New York at Buffalo’s efforts to develop high-technology and life-sciences research, and an internationally known biomedical researcher, died Feb. 9. A resident of Rochester, N.Y., he was 52. More about Bruce A. Holm, Ph.D.»

Eddy D. Palmer, M.D.

Eddy Davis Palmer, M.D. (M ’43), who served as a U.S. Army physician for almost 25 years and whose patients included President Dwight D. Eisenhower, died Feb. 21 in his residence in Long Valley, N.J. He was 92. More about Eddy D. Palmer, M.D.»

In Memoriam

  • Walter Abelmann (MD ’46)
  • Virginia (Boswell) Buck (MD ’71)
  • M. David Burnstine (R ’38)
  • Thomas Clowes (FLW ’82, R ’82)
  • Jack L. Connelly (BA ’47, MD ’51)
  • Dianna Cornell-Murphy (MD ’78)
  • William Cummings (R ’53)
  • James Dove (FLW ’71)
  • Lorraine Dreisbach (MS ’53)
  • David D'Souza (BA ’92, R ’98)
  • Jon Engdahl (MS ’85)
  • John Erbland (BA ’53, PhD ’63)
  • David Fitzelle (BA ’45, MD ’47)
  • Morris Goodman (MD ’50)
  • William Gordon (MD ’78)
  • Emery Griffin (PhD ’62)
  • Joseph Hallett (MD ’75)
  • Howard Haswell (MD ’42)
  • William Hoffman (MD ’56)
  • Bruce Holm (MS ’87, PhD ’87)
  • Edward House (PhD ’60)
  • Francis Hunter (PhD ’41)
  • E. Russell Kodet (MD ’49) 
  • Joseph Levine (R ’63)
  • Robert McCormack (R ’49)
  • David Metcalf (MD ’46)
  • Charles Miller (MD ’42)
  • William Newman (MD ’58)
  • Theodore Noehren (MD ’42)
  • Eddy Palmer (MD ’43)
  • George Plain (MD ’57)
  • William Rowe (MS ’59, PhD ’67)
  • Donald Rowley (MD ’49)
  • Michael Russo (R ’72)
  • John Salley (PhD ’54)
  • Robert Shanewise (MD ’50)
  • Charles Sherman (R ’53, LG)
  • Charles Sias (BA ’38, MD ’41)
  • Walter Sy (BA ’58, MD ’62)
  • Hubert Upton (MD ’51)
  • Herbert Weintraub (R ’61)
  • George Welch (R ’50)
  • Wendy White-Ryan (R ’96)
  • Milton Wohl (R ’57)
  • Paul Yudkofsky (MD ’63, R ’66)

Online Specials:

Praising and sustaining the Rochester model

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Video of Dr. Griner

Commencement 2011

Video of Brad Berk

Bilal Ahmed, M.D. Commencement Speech

Topol

Eric J. Topol, M.D. Commencement Speech

Reunion Slideshow

Commencement Slideshow

Class of 2015 - A Profile

SMD Class of 2015