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Alumni Association News NOMINATION FORM FOR 2003 MEDICAL ALUMNI AWARDS The deadline for nominations for the following 2003 Medical Alumni Association Awards is December 1, 2002. The awards will be made to an alumnus(a) of the University of Alabama School of Medicine during the Alumni Weekend in February 2003. ELIGIBILITY: Alumni eligible for nomination include former students of the Birmingham Medical College prior to 1915, the Mobile Medical College prior to 1920, the School of Medicine in Tuscaloosa from 1920 to 1945, the housestaff of the University of Alabama Hospitals since 1945, the Medical College of Alabama from 1946 to 1969 and the present University of Alabama School of Medicine from 1970. NOMINATIONS: 1. Nominations must be made by an alumnus or alumna of the University of Alabama School of Medicine. 2. Nominations must be submitted by the nominator with a comprehensive letter and resume about the nominee, giving full particulars to his or her qualifications and any other supportive documents such as records of contributions to the Alumni Association, the community, and the medical profession as practitioner, researcher, author, educator, etc. SELECTION COMMITTEE: Consideration will be given to: 1. The service of the candidate to the Alumni Association. 2. Individuals who have distinguished themselves both locally and nationally. DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS AWARD PURPOSE: “To recognize the individual’s outstanding contribution to the health of all people through basic research, clinical research, health services administration, health care, or others and demonstration of the high principles of the medical profession.” Travel and local expenses for the awardee to attend Alumni Weekend will be provided by the Alumni Association. GARBER GALBRAITH MEDICAL-POLITICAL SERVICE AWARD “For outstanding service to the medical profession,” to one who has functioned especially well in the medical-political arena. HETTIE BUTLER TERRY COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD “For outstanding commitment to community service,” to one who has contributed to the advancement of their community through volunteer efforts, philanthropic endeavor, or both. Nominations must be received by December 1, 2002, for consideration by the Board of Directors. Use separate forms for nominations for each award. TO: Board of Directors Date___________________________ University of Alabama Medical Alumni Association 811 South 20th Street Birmingham AL 35294-2140 I hereby submit the name of ____________________________________________ Class of _____________________ for nomination for the__________________________________________________________________________Award. Address: Office_____________________________________________________________________________________ Home _____________________________________________________________________________________ Specialty ______________________________________ Type of Practice ______________________________________ Nominated by ___________________________________________ Class of ___________________________________ Address___________________________________________ State ____________ Zip___________________________ 25
medical alumni bulletin CLASS NOTES 1940 (RESIDENT 1948) PAUL W. BURLESON was recently inducted as a Fellow in the American College of Physicians and was awarded the designation F.A.C.P. 1947 LLOYD MILTON NYHUS is profiled in A Century of International Progress and Tradition in Surgery (Kaden Verlag Heidelberg, publisher), an illustrated history of the International Society of Surgery, which mentions the Medical School at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Nyhus lives in Northfield, Illinois, and specialized in general surgery. 1949 JAMES HERBERT GRAHAM and wife Gloria donated 100,000 projection slides to create the Dermatopathology Slide Library at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. When the library is complete, the slides will be placed on the Internet and made accessible to medical students and professionals around the world. Graham lives in Winston Salem, North Carolina, and is retired from dermatopathology. 1949 IRA LEE MYERS, of Montgomery, Alabama, was an Honoree at the 2001 Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame for his service to healthcare. A charter member of Epidemic Intelligence Service, Myers participated in numerous field studies from 1950 to 1955. He was elected state health officer in 1963 and served until 1986. At retirement he was the senior state health officer in the United States. Myers has been active in retirement with many organizations including the American Cancer Society, prison ministry, and as chair of the Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame. 1955 & 1960 SARA CREWS FINLEY AND WAYNE HOUSE FINLEY were Honorees at the 2001 Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame for their contributions and service to health care in the state of Alabama. Together they started UAB’s Laboratory of Medical Genetics Training program in the 1960s to train geneticists, which helped UAB become known as a national leader in healthcare. For 34 years, the lab has brought unique distinction to UAB for clinical evaluations, genetic counseling, and unparalleled educational opportunities for students. J. Claude Bennett, former president of UAB, stated that scientists Sara and Wayne Finley “have been, and will always remain, an institutional treasure for UAB.” Wayne and Sara Finley were also awarded the Brother Bryant Prayer Point Award for groundbreaking genetic research, at the Women’s Committee Luncheon held at Birmingham Country Club in November 2001. 1958 (RESIDENT) JAMES A. PITTMAN, JR., was an Honoree at the 2001 Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame for his contributions to the field of medicine, including research and education, which have had an immeasurable impact on the healthcare of citizens in Alabama. He served as chief resident in UAB’s Department of Medicine, and was appointed dean of the School of Medicine in 1973, where he served 19 years. Under his direction, the school earned national recognition as an institution with superior faculty members and training facilities. Pittman’s winning personality, integrity, sharp intellect, and unselfish nature have endeared him to his colleagues and students. 1960 WILSON C. WILHITE, JR., was recently elected delegate to the World Congress of Anesthesiologists to be held in Paris in April 2004. He has been honored with life membership in the Texas Society of Anesthesiologists and in the American Society of Anesthesiologists, where he is a past president (1994). Wilhite is Professor Emeritus of UCLA School of Medicine and a resident of Daphne, Alabama. 1961 FLEMON “CARDEN” JOHNSTON, of Birmingham, Alabama, has been named president-elect of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the nation’s largest pediatric organization, starting in October 2002. He will be president from October 2003 until October 2004. Johnston is the first Alabamian to lead the national group of more than 58,000 pediatricians. “It’s an opportunity to do some shouting for children,” he says. “It’s the best job in the world. Why doesn’t everybody want this job?” Johnston is an emergency room pediatrician at Children’s Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama. 1962 RONALD EARL HENDERSON is seeking research funds for myasthenia gravis, which can be treated but cannot be cured; he suffers from the disease. J. Edwin Blaylock, a professor of physiology and biophysics at UASOM, is working on a cure. To contact the Alabama Chapter of Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America, call (205) 868-1210 or go to [homepages.msn.com /SupportSt/mgalabama/]. Henderson lives in Birmingham, Alabama, where he is CEO of MediSphere Corp. He is retired from his OB/GYN practice at Henderson-Walton Women’s Center. 1970 JACK HAROLD HASSON, of Birmingham, Alabama, was sworn in as the 2002 president of the Jefferson County Medical Society, by Ronald W. Orso, class of 1972, the outgoing president. Hasson presented Orso with a plaque and expressed appreciation for his service as president in 2001. Hasson specializes in pulmonary disease. 1972 R. WINN HENDERSON has just released his 11th book, Share Your Mission, Volume 2. He is retired and currently lives in Sylva, North Carolina. He specialized in addiction medicine. DOUGLAS P. LYLE has published a novel, Devil’s Playground (January 2002), and he is currently working on another book. He writes a column about forensic medicine, entitled “The Doctor Is In,” which currently appears in The March of Crime and Sleuthsayer, the newsletters of the Southern and Southwestern California chapters of Mystery Writers of America. He also has a Web site for writers, “The Writer’s Medical and Forensics Lab” [www.dplylemd.com], established November 2001. Lyle is a cardiologist in Laguna Hills, California. 1975 KENNETH L. FARMER JR., a brigadier general in the U.S. Army, is the recipient of the Robert Graham Family Physician Executive Award. He is recognized for his visionary success and expert leadership as a physician executive and his deep commitment to improving health care for eight million military service men and women and their families. Farmer’s awards and decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medical, the Army Commendation Medal, the William J. Moore, Jr., Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching, and the Meritorious Service 26
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