Winter 2008-2009 - Mayo Clinic

Mayo Update
Dr. Christensen’s family provided a
leadership gift to Mayo Clinic to name
a lecture hall on the 10th floor of the
Gonda Building the Dr. Norman A. and
Kathleen B. Christensen Lecture Hall.
Colin Holman, 91, died Nov. 13, 2008,
on Mercer Island, Wash. Dr. Holman
received his medical degree from the
University of Pennsylvania Medical
School, Philadelphia. He served in
the military during World War II.
Dr. Holman joined the Department of
Radiology at Mayo Clinic in 1949 and
retired in 1980. Dr. Holman was a past
president of the American Society of
Neuro-Radiology and the American
Roentgen Ray Society and was an
emeritus fellow of the American
College of Radiology.
Vernon Mattox, 94, died Dec. 11, 2008,
in Rochester, Minn. Dr. Mattox received
his Ph.D. from the University of
Virginia, Charlottesville. He joined the
Department of Biochemistry at Mayo
Clinic in 1942 and was chair from
1964 to 1971. He was a professor of
physiological chemistry at the College
of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, and in
1973 was appointed as the Hill Family
Foundation Professor of Biochemistry
at Mayo Medical School. Dr. Mattox
served on the editorial board of the
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and
Metabolism and was a member of the
Minnesota Mental Health Medical
Policy Commission. He was a member
of the American Society of Biological
Chemists, Inc., American Chemical
Society, Endocrine Society and
Mayo Alumni Association.
1950s
Frazier Fyke Jr., 84, died Sept. 21, 2008,
in Ridgeland, Miss. Dr. Fyke received
his medical degree from the University
of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and
completed a Mayo Clinic residency in
internal medicine in 1956. He served
in the military during the Korean War.
Dr. Fyke was in private practice in
Jackson, Miss., and was a senior
partner with Jackson Medical Clinic
and medical director of the Medical
Assurance Company of Mississippi. He
was a fellow of the American College of
Physicians and former chief of staff at
Baptist Medical Center, Jackson.
Maurice Kelley Jr., 84, died
Oct. 19, 2008, in Hanover, N.H.
Dr. Kelley received his medical
degree from the University of
Rochester School of Medicine and
Dentistry in Rochester, N.Y., and
completed a Mayo Clinic residency
in gastroenterology in 1959. He was a
captain in the Air Force Medical Corps,
stationed in England. Dr. Kelley was
an associate professor of medicine at
the University of Rochester School of
Medicine and Dentistry. In 1967, he
became the first section chief of
Gastroenterology at Dartmouth-
Hitchcock Medical Center in Hanover
and was a professor of medicine at
Dartmouth Medical School. Dr. Kelley
was a member of the American College
of Physicians and received its Laureate
Award in 1993. He was a member of
the American Medical Association
and American Federation for
Clinical Research.
1960s
Ernest Herrmann Jr., 83, died
Sept. 8, 2008, in Rockville, Md.
Dr. Herrmann received his doctor of
philosophy degree from the University
of Maryland, Baltimore. He served
during World War II with the
U.S. Navy. Dr. Herrmann was on
the Mayo Clinic staff from 1961
to 1962 and established the Viral
Laboratory. He was a faculty member
of the Peoria School of Medicine,
College of Medicine, University of
Illinois, before retiring in 1987.
Robert Ryan, 81, died Oct. 31, 2008, in
Rochester, Minn. Dr. Ryan received his
medical degree from the University
of Cincinnati College of Medicine and
joined the Department of Biochemistry
at Mayo Clinic in 1967. He served in the
U.S. Army. Dr. Ryan was a professor of
medicine in the College of Medicine,
Mayo Clinic. He received the Mayo
Distinguished Investigator Award
in 1986 and the Mayo Distinguished
Alumnus Award in 1994. He was an
officer of the Endocrine Society and the
Society for the Study of Reproduction.
He received awards from both
societies, as well as the Drake Medal
from the University of Cincinnati
College of Medicine. Dr. Ryan served
on the National Institutes of Health,
Ford Foundation and World Health
Organization. He retired from Mayo
Clinic in 1990.
Roy Shorter, 83, died Oct. 27, 2008,
in Rochester, Minn. Dr. Shorter
received his medical degree in 1948
from Westminster Hospital Medical
School, Imperial College London. He
was a lieutenant in the Royal Naval
Volunteer Reserves. Dr. Shorter was
a special appointee in the section of
Experimental and Anatomic Pathology
in 1958 and returned to Mayo in 1961
as a consultant in that section. He was
a professor of pathology and internal
medicine in the College of Medicine,
Mayo Clinic. Dr. Shorter received the
Teacher of the Year Award from Mayo
Medical School in 1986 and the Mayo
Medical School Faculty Service Award
in 1989. He retired from Mayo in 1991.
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