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Alumni Association News IN MEMORIAM ROBERT POWERS MCBURNEY, 1942 alumnus of the two-year school, died October 13, 2003. He graduated from Harvard Medical School and served in the Army Medical Corp as chief of anesthesia at the 279th Station Hospital in Berlin, Germany. McBurney did his surgical training at Mayo Clinic and practiced general and thoracic surgery in Memphis for 42 years. He was a past chief of staff and past president of the general staff at Baptist Memorial Hospital, a member of the surgical staff at the University of Tennessee, and retired as assistant clinical professor of surgery. He also was past president of the Memphis Surgical Society and a member of the Southern Surgical Association and the American Association for Thoracic Surgery. He was a resident of Memphis, Tennessee, and specialized in general surgery. DON EDGAR KING, 1943 graduate of the two-year school, died October 28, 2003. He attended medical school at the University of Pennsylvania where he was elected to the Gorgas Medical Society, completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, Pennsylvania, and a pathology residency at UAB. King was a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, past president and founder of the Rupert Turnbull Surgical Society, and was a member of the Birmingham Surgical Society. He lived in Birmingham, Alabama. WILLIAM LEONARD DRAPER, 1949 resident at the UASOM, born in Atlanta, Georgia, and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, died July 10, 2003. He was a clinical associate professor of otolaryngology at Baylor College of Medicine and the UT Medical School of Houston, and a member of many medical societies, including the Triological Society. He lived in Houston, Texas, where he practiced otolaryngology for 52 years until his retirement in 2000. WILLIAM HOWARD ROBERTSON, graduate of the class of 1951 and a 1957 resident, died September 1, 2003. Robertson practiced OB/GYN at St.Vincent’s for 37 years until his retirement in 1990. He was a member of the American Fertility Society, the American Board of OB/GYN, the American College of OB/GYN, the New York Academy of Sciences, and the American College of Surgeons. He was the author of many scholarly articles, monographs, and books, including An Illustrated History of Contraception. He was a resident of Birmingham, Alabama. ALLAN H. JEFFERIES, 1952 resident of the UASOM, died August 2, 2003. He lived in Norfolk, Virginia, and specialized in pediatric medicine. complete a residency in psychiatry. She practiced psychiatry in Gadsden until 1992 and then retired to Childersburg. She was a member of the American Medical Association, the American Psychiatry Society, and the Medical Association of the State of Alabama. Her husband is David A. Azar, M.D., class of 1954 and a 1969 resident. CHARLES BAXTER “PISTOL” HOWELL, graduate of the class of 1956 and a 1957 resident, died October 6, 2003. He was a past president of the University of Alabama Medical Alumni Association and a recipient of the John A. Caddell Service Award at the Decatur General Foundation’s 1999 Gala. He retired from private practice in 1995 after delivering more than 6,000 babies. He lived in Decatur, Alabama. ROBERT EDWARD WILTSIE, graduate of the class of 1957, died September 13, 2003. He was a resident of Birmingham, Alabama, and had retired from his family practice. FLEMON CARDEN JOHNSTON SR., father of Flemon Carden Johnston Jr., M.D., graduate of the class of 1961 and 1964 resident, died October 8, 2003. JERRY KENNETH LEWIS, graduate of the class of 1973, died September 23, 2003. He was a member of the American Medical Association, a fellow of the American Academy of Family Practice, and a member of the Jefferson County Medical Association. He was a resident of Birmingham, Alabama, and specialized in family practice. MICHAEL GERALD POIST, class of 1987 and resident 1991, died November 5, 2003, in Albany, Georgia. Born in Williamsburg, Virginia, Poist lived in Tuscaloosa where he was in practice with his brother James “Jim” Edward Poist (class of 1990) at Partlow, Harbin & Poist OB/GYN. He served on the Parish Council at St. Francis Catholic Church, was president of the medical staff executive committee at DCH Regional, and was instrumental in the renovation of the Women’s Center, which he served as chief medical consultant. He also served on the Hospice Executive Board of Directors, the University of Alabama School of Nursing DCH Foundation board, and on the Board of Directors of the University of Alabama Medical Alumni Association. He was founder of the community information program “Can We Talk?” for adolescents and was listed in the Birmingham Magazine “Best Docs” article. KATHRYNE K. AZAR, graduate of the class of 1954 and a 1969 resident, died September 8, 2003. She practiced pediatric medicine in Childersburg, Alabama, until she returned to the university in 1969 to 28
Alumni Association News ALUMNI FORM Alumni, Let Us Hear from You Please take a few minutes to share with us any personal or professional news for publication in a future issue of the Alabama Medical Alumni Bulletin. Name __________________________________________________________________ Today’s date ________________ Year graduated ________ Specialty _______________ Home address _____________________________________________________________________________ Business address ___________________________________________________________________________ Phone (H) ____________________________________ (W) _______________________________________ E-mail _______________________________________ Fax _______________________________________ Spouse’s name ___________________________________________________________ Children (if recent, include date of birth) ______________________________________ Personal/professional update (List names/dates of recent publications, awards, honors.) _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ Please return this form to: Elaine Chambless Director of Alumni Affairs The University of Alabama Medical Alumni Association MAB • 811 20th Street South 1530 3RD AVE S BIRMINGHAM AL 35294-2140 29
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