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Making History

Alums reconnect at one very historic alumni weekend

A reunion event unlike any other, Alumni Weekend 2009 celebrated not only milestone reunion years for Northwestern medical as well as physical therapy (PT) graduates but also the medical school’s 150th anniversary. Nearly 700 medical alumni, faculty, students, guests, and staff participated in 31 events that featured a special bus tour of Chicago sites significant in the history of the medical school. The Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences moved its usually scheduled fall Alumni Weekend to spring to join in on the festivities. Sixty-eight PT alumni and guests participated in their department’s reunion activities, which included the Sesquicentennial Ball held at the Ritz-Carlton hotel. A Ward Rounds Alumni Weekend photo album is worth many more words and photos than we can print here. So please enjoy these memorable snapshots and make your plans for next year’s reunion.

Class of 1959

Alumni WeekendFront row: Meryl Haber, Glenn Faith, Martha Brooks Whitworth, Harvey Doorenbos, Theodore Greenlee, and Richard Boronow. Second row: William Rossing, Keith Petersen, Mary Ann Smith Frable (GME ’64), Joel West, Paul Urnes, Kathryn Davis Mahaffey, Sanford Antin, and Paul Bubala. Third row: Lee Rogers, Leonard Young, John Romine, George Kaplan, Richard Blonsky (GME ’63), Nancy Cheney Jeffrey (GME ’62), James Lindsey (GME ’64), and Barbara Bear. Fourth row: Joseph Carey, Michael Miech, Ralph Berggren, Richard Mladick, Marshall Cherkas, Sanford Elton, Barry Rubin, August “Bud” Miller, and Charlotte Kutsunai. Fifth row: Frank Stuart, Willard Fry, W. Max Cloud, Robert Heyburn, Robert Lindberg (GME ’60), Gerald Berkowitz, Peter Van Vliet, Jack Frable, and Terry Dynes. Last row: Henry Head (GME ’65), David Criswell, Robert Richter (GME ’65), Ralph Baehr, and Preston Dilts.

Dean Larry Jameson (left) congratulates this year’s Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, Dr. David Skorton (’74).

Alumni Weekend was a family affair for (from left) Dr. Sharon Krejci Mowat (’99) and her parents, Drs. James Krejci and Charlotte Kutsunai (’59).

From one Medical Alumni Association leader to another, outgoing president Dr. Bonnie Typlin (’74) passes the traditional “tie” and gavel to incoming president Dr. F. Douglas Carr (’78) at the reunion dinner-dance event.

 

Dr. Laura Gordon (’82) returns to the medical school after enjoying one of the weekend’s Chicago tours.

Longtime Class of 1959 representative, Dr. Paul Urnes takes a moment to catch up with a friend at the Sesquicentennial Ball.

 

Dr. Mary Jadhon Cunningham (’84) and husband Joseph traveled from their home in Manlius, New York, to participate in Alumni Weekend.

A campus tour of the Nikon Imaging Center holds the attention of (from left) Drs. Sanford Elton (’59), Bud Miller (’59), Ralph Baehr (’59), and James Monge (’55).

Nathan Davis, the great-great-great-grandson of founder Dr. Nathan Smith Davis, signs Northwestern’s “charter” at, fittingly, the Nathan Smith Davis Club reception.

PT alums reconnecting at an Alumni Weekend research poster presentation include (from left) Tim Hennum (’99), Bill Condon (’99), and Tim’s wife Leanna Hennum (’98).

Future medical alums from the Class of 2012 (from left) Nitin Yerram and Laura Matthews experience reunion fun with third-year student Martin Pham.

 

Dr. Richard Boronow (’59) and wife Kathryn warm up the dance floor at the Sesquicentennial Ball.

 

Happy 150th anniversary, Northwestern!

A State of the School presentation gave alumni an update about their alma mater.

Students Kevin Day and Nourolhoda Birouti intently listen to Dr. Charles Modlin (’87) at an alumni-student mentoring luncheon held during the reunion weekend.

 

Guess who came to Alumni Weekend 2009?

The following list is of alumni who returned to campus to celebrate their milestone reunion years at Alumni Weekend 2009 held in late April.

MD Alumni

1943

Frank T. Padberg, GME ’52, Chicago

1946

Albert J. Miller, Highland Park, Ill.

1947

Gerald S. Dean, Lake Forest, Ill.

William B. Fischer, GME ’52, Fontana, Wis.

Howard S. Traisman, Evanston, Ill.

1948

Frank J. Milloy Jr., Glencoe, Ill.

1949

Jack K. Erffmeyer, Galesburg, Ill.

Rolf M. Gunnar, Hinsdale, Ill.

Richard E. Weeks, Rochester, Minn.

1950

William E. Cape, GME ’51, Lake Forest, Ill.

1952

Stanley W. Allen Jr., Watertown, S.D.

Betty M. Hahneman, GME ’56, Chicago

James H. Scatliff, Chapel Hill, N.C.

1953

John H. Muehlstein, Sarasota, Fla.

Clifford C. Raisbeck Jr., GME ’61, Sausalito, Calif.

1954

Robert E. Bartholomew, Sandusky, Ohio

John E. Bennett, Rockford, Ill.

Carl R. Coleman, Powell, Ohio

James R. Geyer, Oklahoma City, Okla.

Marty A. Goldman, GME ’60, Louisville, Ky.

Orville C. Green III, Evanston, Ill.

Walter K. Janssen, Huntington Beach, Calif.

1955

James J. Monge, Duluth, Minn.

David B. Stevens, Lexington, Ky.

1956

Robert W. Boxer, Wilmette, Ill.

G. Stephen Scholly, Glenview, Ill.

1957

Michael A. Polacek, Milwaukee

1958

Edward S. Friedrichs, Brown Deer, Wis.

James M. Holland, Wilmette, Ill.

Gene C. Laker, Fort Wayne, Ind.

1959

Ralph H. Baehr, Seneca, S.C.

Donald R. Barnes, Kalispell, Mont.

Barbara E. Bear, Boca Raton, Fla.

Ralph E. Berggren, Venice, Fla.

Gerald M. Berkowitz, Glenview, Ill.

Eugene R. Blonsky, GME ’63, Glencoe, Ill.

Myron P. Bornstein, Highland Park, Ill.

Richard C. Boronow, Brandon, Miss.

Paul G. Bubala, Lake Forest, Ill.

Joseph S. Carey, Rolling Hills Estates, Calif.

Marshall S. Cherkas, Los Angeles

William M. Cloud, GME ’59, Jupiter, Fla.

David K. Criswell, Naples, Fla.

Preston V. Dilts Jr., Frankfort, Mich.

Harvey E. Doorenbos, Holland, Mich.

Terry F. Dynes, Bonita Springs, Fla.

Richard H. Elesh, Wilmette, Ill.

Sanford E. Elton, Bradenton, Fla.

Glenn C. Faith, Rochester, Minn.

Mary Ann Frable, GME ’64, Richmond, Va.

William J. Frable, Richmond, Va.

Willard A. Fry, Winnetka, Ill.

Roger L. Gould, Santa Monica, Calif.

Theodore K. Greenlee Jr., Seattle

Meryl H. Haber, Scottsdale, Ariz.

Henry B. Head, GME ’65, Dunedin, Fla.

Robert N. Heyburn, Flossmoor, Ill.

Nancy A. Jeffrey, GME ’62, Visalia, Calif.

Claude A. Johnson, Lafayette, Ind.

George W. Kaplan, GME ’73, San Diego, Calif.

Charlotte Kutsunai, Diablo, Calif.

Robert Lindberg, GME ’60, Houston, Texas

James H. Lindsey, GME ’64, Pauls Valley, Okla.

Kathryn D. Mahaffey, St. Thomas, V.I.

Michael J. Miech, Long Beach, Calif.

August E. Miller Jr., Blackfoot, Idaho

Richard A. Mladick, Virginia Beach, Va.

Thomas E. Murphy, Glenview, Ill.

S. Keith Petersen, Salt Lake City

Robert E. Richter, GME ’65, Santa Monica, Calif.

Lee F. Rogers, Tucson, Ariz.

John S. Romine, Farmington, N.M.

William O. Rossing, Sioux Falls, S.D.

Barry W. Rubin, Sands Point, N.Y.

Frank P. Stuart, Chicago

Paul D. Urnes, Chicago

Peter D. Van Vliet, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Joel J. West, Los Angeles

Martha B. Whitworth, Charlottesville, Va.

Leonard Young, Chicago

1960

Melvin B. Gerbie, Chicago

1961

Robert M. Vanecko, Chicago

1962

William J. Gilligan, GME ’67, Oak Brook, Ill.

Walter W. Huurman, Omaha, Neb.

1963

Burton Janis, Anchorage, Ala.

John B. Nanninga, Winnetka, Ill.

Sandra F. Olson, GME ’69, Chicago

Emanuel Semerad, Inverness, Ill.

David P. Winchester, GME ’70, Glencoe, Ill.

1964

Gerald G. Beck, GME ’65, La Grange Park, Ill.

Richard G. Dedo, GME ’69, Hillsborough, Calif.

James L. Franklin, GME ’68, Chicago

Harold E. Harris, South Hadley, Mass.

Howard C. Joondeph, Rochester, Mich.

Howard L. Kidd, Neenah, Wisc.

Charlie S. Mahan, Tampa, Fla.

Howard L. Schuele, GME ’71, Belleair, Fla.

Patrick J. Sullivan, GME ’75, Chicago

Tim B. Sullivan Jr., Sterling, Ill.

Clarence Woods, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.

1965

John A. Stoner, GME ’71, Aurora, Ill.

1967

Andrew D. Bunta, GME ’74, Lake Forest, Ill.

Mary Ann Malloy, Oak Brook, Ill.

1968

John T. Clarke, GME ’75, Chicago

Anthony J. Schaeffer, Hinsdale, Ill.

Neil J. Stone, GME ’75, Winnetka, Ill.

1969

David C. Bartsch, Rapid City, S.D.

Finley W. Brown Jr., Chicago

Louis E. Fazen III, Southborough, Mass.

Marlene S. Goodfriend, Jacksonville, Fla.

Charles Heiskell, GME ’75, Morgantown, W. Va.

Larry Hulefeld, Marblehead, Mass.

John P. Plankeel, Mystic, Conn.

Gary H. Rusk, New York

Norman E. Segal, Buffalo Grove, Ill.

1970

Steven A. Azuma, Kenosha, Wisc.

John P. McGee II, Glenview, Ill.

1971

Nyambi Ebie, Chicago

1972

Charles M. Reed, Chicago

1973

Wilson H. Hartz III, GME ’78, Chicago

James P. Kelly, Granger, Ind.

1974

Sahag A. Arslanian, Tarzana, Calif.

Aleta V. Clark, Chicago

James A. Hill, GME ’79, Evanston, Ill.

Robert S. Ljungquist, Goshen, Conn.

Cynthia P. Northup, Sheboygan, Wisc.

Mark Phillippe, Shelburne, Vt.

David J. Skorton, Ithaca, N.Y.

Kingman P. Strohl, Shaker Heights, Ohio

Bonnie L. Typlin, Prescott, Ariz.

1976

John E. Erffmeyer, Baton Rouge, La.

Judith S. Lichtenstein, GME ’82, ’83, Chicago

Thomas L. Pitts, GME ’81, Chicago

1977

Richard D. Ferkel, Van Nuys, Calif.

Lawrence J. Pass, Nashville, Tenn.

Stephen F. Sener, GME ’82, Glenview, Ill.

1978

F. Douglas Carr, Billings, Mont.

Carlos Flores, Tucson, Ariz.

1979

Paul T. Armerding, Hood River, Ore.

Irwin Benuck, PhD, GME ’82, Chicago

Nancy Walton Condon, Northfield, Ill.

Sandra Adams Eisele, Cincinnati

Ernest E. Ertmoed, Springfield, Ill.

Edward M. Leaton, Midlothian, Va.

Lori Marshall, Seattle

Mark D. Pescovitz, Carmel, Ind.

Ora Hirsch Pescovitz, Carmel, Ind.

John F. Sarwark, GME ’84, Glenview, Ill.

J. Timothy Sheehy, Ventura, Calif.

Dan Terhorst, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.

Kevin M. Tomera, Anchorage, Alaska

Beth A. Volin, Oak Park, Ill.

Joel R. Wachs, Marietta, Ga.

1980

Jerome Garden, GME ’84, Chicago

1982

Laura S. Gordon, Pendleton, Ore.

1983

Scott D. Cordes, GME ’88, Glenview, Ill.

Frederick S. Frost III, GME ’87, Cleveland

James P. Kelly, Centennial, Colo.

Kim Leung-Stone, GME ’87, Wilmette, Ill.

Lily C. Pien, GME ’88, Westlake, Ohio

1984

Charles V. Clevenger, PhD ’87, Elmhurst, Ill.

Leslie A. Cordes, GME ’87, Glenview, Ill.

Mary Jadhon Cunningham, Manlius, N.Y.

Jeff Fete, Milwaukee

Mary Beth Graham, Milwaukee

Daniel Grodinsky, Western Springs, Ill.

Martha Grogan, Rochester, Minn.

Dave Janda, Plymouth, Mich.

Steven C. Johnson, Englewood, Colo.

Nancy S. Kaplitz, GME ’89, Sugarloaf, Fla.

Tammie A. Klein, Springfield, Ill.

Jeff Kopin, GME ’87, Highland Park, Ill.

Renee Lantner, Western Springs, Ill.

Diane L. Lefebvre, GME ’87, Dunwoody, Ga.

John J. McNerney Jr., Tucson, Ariz.

Kenneth W. Merkitch, GME ’88, La Crosse, Wisc.

Ralph G. Nader, Miami, Fla.

George E. Quill Jr., Louisville, Ky.

Deborah Wiener Rabner, Caldwell, N.J.

Catherine A. Ripkey, Chicago

Paul J. Roach, Austin, Texas

John A. Tafuri, Westlake, Ohio

Earl P. Taitt Jr., Orlando, Fla.

Carl B. Toren, Lynwood, Ill.

Alan. W. Yasko, Chicago

1985

Suzan L. Rayner, GME ’89, MPH, Chicago

Ukeme I.E. Umana, Carbondale, Ill.

Robert L. Waterhouse, Charlotte, N.C.

1986

Frank S. Becker, Evanston, Ill.

1987

Sandra L. Hoogland, Chicago

Alan G. Micco, GME ’94, Lemont, Ill.

Charles S. Modlin Jr., Shaker Heights, Ohio

Sheryl Fridie Modlin, Shaker Heights, Ohio

Stephen K. Toadvine, Corbin, Ky.

1988

Joel B. Nelson, GME ’94, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Vera H. Rigolin, GME ’92, Wilmette, Ill.

1989

Sandra I. Barbour, GME ’92, Sacramento, Calif.

Adam N. Blonsky, GME ’92, St. Charles, Ill.

Et-Tsu Chen, Wynnewood, Pa.

Joseph Cheng, Lafayette, Calif.

Stephanie N. Chun, San Rafael, Calif.

Ronald E. Dei Cas, GME ’90, Washington, D.C.

Helena Gabriel, GME ’94, Chicago

Catherine M. (Stiglianese) Hofer, GME ’92, Sioux Falls, S.D.

Julie S. Holland, Glencoe, Ill.

Jessica S. Hung, Newport Coast, Calif.

Jon M. Jacoby, GME ’93, Decatur, Ill.

Robin Haber Kallas, Bainbridge Island, Wash.

Edward D. Kim, GME ’95, Knoxville, Tenn.

Men-Jean Lee, GME ’93, Irvington, N.Y.

Deena Fintel Leonard, GME ’93, Wilmette, Ill.

Marybeth Lore, Wilmette, Ill.

James B. Melia, Chicago

Hal S. Meltzer, San Diego, Calif.

Robert B. Nadler, Chicago, Ill.

Michael E. Nickas, Redwood City, Calif.

Sanja Nikolich, Arlington Heights, Ill.

Jill A. Patterson, Mokena, Ill.

Kevin V. Quinn, Winona, Minn.

Sara J. Reinganum, Lafayette, Calif.

Hemant K. Roy, Highland Park, Ill.

Edward J. Schloss, Cincinnati

Molly B. Schneider, Redding, Calif.

Karen M. Sheehan, GME ’92, Chicago

Katherine R. Stevenson, Shorewood, Wisc.

Margaret E. Webster, GME ’92, La Crosse, Wisc.

May Yen Yau, Redwood City, Calif.

Gordon H. Yu, Wynnewood, Pa.

1990

Sonja Boone, Chicago.

Mary Y. Tang, Grapevine, Texas

1991

John E. Butter, Wilmette, Ill.

Julie A. Melchior, Boulder, Colo.

1992

Christopher J. Devine, Cincinnati

1994

George P. Yang, PhD, San Francisco

1996

Paul H. Bonucci, Martinez, Ga.

Michelle S. Gibson, Hazel Crest, Ill.

1997

Greg D. Kennebeck, Cincinnati

Colleen A. Malloy, Hinsdale, Ill.

1998

Tonja R. Morehead, Flossmoor, Ill.

Erica N. Smith, Arlington Heights, Ill.

1999

Sudip K. Bose, Chicago

Yee T. Chang, Portland, Ore.

Troy R. Foster, Chicago

JoAnn Z. Gillis, Denver

Richard E. Heller, GME ’00, Chicago

Howard K. Horne, Whitehouse Station, N.J.

Shirley Jean-Baptiste, GME ’03, Orland Park, Ill.

Susan J. Kramer, GME ’03, Vernon Hills, Ill.

Sharon Krejci Mowat, Danville, Calif.

Elise H. Opel, Sheboygan, Wisc.

Sanjay B. Saxena, San Francisco

Daphne E. Schneider, Evanston, Ill.

Boris M. Sheynin, Wilmette, Ill.

Ugne J. Skripkus, GME ’00, Solana Beach, Calif.

Shelly Vaziri-Flais, GME ’02, New Lenox, Ill.

2000

Laura Mikhail, GME ’03, Chicago

2001

Grace Knuttinen, Chicago

Adebukola Onibokun, Chicago

2003

Katherine Lisoni, Iowa City, Iowa

Leslie E. Murray, Iowa City, Iowa

2004

David G. Gamboa, Chicago

2006

Allison H. Cole, Chicago

2007

Jeanette Haslett, Chicago

2008

Saundra A. Jackson, Pembroke Pines, Fla.

 

 

GME and Fellowship Alumni

1949

Dale S. Raines, Orland Park, Ill.

1968

Arthur J. Atkinson Jr., Richland, Mich.

1981

Mark A. Sims, Jupiter, Fla.

1983

Janine Merkitch, La Crosse, Wisc.

1984

John E. Garnett, Wilmette, Ill.

1985

Raymond Curry, Chicago

Jeff Sherman, Lincolnshire, Ill.

1988

Ann E. Bidwell, Round Lake, Ill.

Jim Schroeder, Wilmette, Ill.

1989

Virginia Bishop-Townsend, Chicago

1990

Darlys R. Hofer, Sioux Falls, S.D.

Kristi Kirschner, Chicago

1991

Pat Garcia, Evanston, Ill.

1992

Thomas E. Bournias, Park Ridge, Ill.

Frank J. Palella Jr., Chicago

Joanne C. Smith, Hinsdale, Ill.

1995

Sabrina R. Kendrick, Chicago

1997

Teresa R. Zembower, La Grange, Ill.

1998

Nancy Schindler, Glenview, Ill.

2002

Michael J. Flais, New Lenox, Ill.

2005

Russell R. Reid, Chicago

2006

Amer Z. Aldeen, Chicago

Babafemi O. Taiwo, Lake Forest, Ill.

2007

Evan Anderson, Chicago

2008

Maria O. Cardena, Chicago