Obituaries and In Memoriam
Obituaries
Robert Ader, Ph.D.
Robert Ader, Ph.D., a founder of the field of study that investigates links between the mind and the body’s immune system and a professor emeritus of psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center, died Dec. 20, 2011, at the Highlands at Pittsford. He was 79. More about Robert Ader, Ph.D. »
Nazzareno “Ned” Ballatori, Ph.D.
Nazzareno “Ned” Ballatori, Ph.D. (BS ’80, PhD ’84), a scientist who helped build the Environmental Medicine program at the University of Rochester Medical Center into an internationally acclaimed program, died Dec. 25, 201, after a battle with a rare form of cancer, angiosarcoma. Dr. Ballatori, a professor of environmental medicine, was 54. More about Nazzareno “Ned” Ballatori, Ph.D. »
Abraham T. K. Cockett, M.D.
Abraham T. K. Cockett, M.D., former chair of the Department of Urology at the University of Rochester Medical Center, died August 16 in Logan, Utah. He had Alzheimer's disease for several years. Dr. Cockett was 82. More about Abraham T. K. Cockett, M.D. »
Paul A. Dewald, M.D.
Paul A. Dewald, M.D. (M ’45, R ’52), an influential psychoanalyst, author and teacher, died Nov. 3, 2011, in the Brentmoor Retirement Community in Ladue, Mo. He was 91. More about Paul A. Dewald, M.D. »
Richard B. Hornick, M.D.
Richard B. Hornick, M.D., chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center from 1979 to 1985, died August 9, 2011, of cancer. He was 82. More about Richard B. Hornick, M.D. »
T. Franklin Williams, M.D.
T. Franklin Williams, M.D., a founding father of the field of geriatric medicine in the United States and a mentor and model for dozens of geriatricians, died at his home in Rochester, N.Y., Nov. 25, 2011, the day before what would have been his 90th birthday. The cause was complications from pneumonia. T. Franklin Williams, M.D. »
In Memoriam
- Roy Altman (MS ’58)
- Robert Berkow (R ’59)
- Howard Bricker (PDC ’79, MS ’81)
- Bernard Brody (MD ’51)
- James Butterfield (MD ’61)
- Paul Choi (R ’76)
- Virginia (Vangeyt) Clapp (MD ’49)
- Frederick Darfler (MS ’77, PhD ’79)
- Paul A. Dewald (MD ’45, R ’52)
- Lester Friedman (MD ’50)
- John Gaidula (MD ’57, FLW ’68)
- Charles Gallup (MD ’48)
- Charles Harris (MD ’40)
- George Holton (MD ’44, R ’52)
- Eugene Isaacs (BA ’53, MD ’57)
- Charles Keller (R ’56)
- Richard Koch (MD ’51)
- Sue (Rabison) Jacobson-Kutz (BA ’65, R ’84)
- Bernabe Lima-Beaz (MS ’55)
- Howard Meyer (BA ’50, MD ’54)
- Morey Moreland (MD ’65)
- Arthur Osako (MD ’59)
- Thomas Putnam (BS ’47, MS ’50, PhD ’54)
- H. Norman Richardson (MD ’54)
- William O. Robertson (BA ’46, MD ’49)
- Priscilla (Fenn) Roslansky (PhD ’52)
- Malin Shaw (MD ’46)
- Mark Snyder (R ’68)
- Harold Stopp (MD ’56)
- Randall Swanson (MD ’79, R ’84)
- Irvin Voth (MD ’44)
- David Wallace (BA ’52, MD ’56)
- John Weikel (PhD ’54)
- William Woods (MD ’49)
- Stephen Yarnall (MD ’60)
Online Specials:
Match Day 2012
The drama of Match Day moved to Whipple Auditorium this year, where both tension and spirits were high.
The Future of Medical Education
Philip Pizzo, M.D., dean of the Stanford School of Medicine and a Class of 1970 graduate of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, discussed the future of medical education during a January visit to Rochester.
Power of Posters
Intrigued by a poster about preventing AIDS that he saw on a Boston subway car in the early 1990s, Edward Atwater, M.D. (M '50), began collecting AIDS education posters to track how different societies viewed and responded to the epidemic.
Praising and sustaining the Rochester model
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