AlumniBulletin - University of Alabama at Birmingham

Alumni Association News
2000 (FELLOWSHIP)
WILLIAM J. HARRIS III, of Madison,
Mississippi, works at the Cardiovascular Surgical
Clinic in Jackson, Mississippi. He is also clinical
assistant professor of surgery at the University of
Mississippi Medical Center.
2001
ANGELA LEIGH CLIFTON, of the Rural
Medical Scholar Program (RMSP), is from
Walnut Grove, Alabama, and graduated summa
cum laude from the UASOM. She is in family
practice residency training in Metairie, Louisiana.
ANNE BRUNS DAVIS, of the RMSP, is from
Talladega, Alabama, and received her M.D.
from the UASOM and an M.P.H. from UAB.
She is an internal medicine resident at UAB
Hospital and is interested in pursuing geriatrics.
KEVIN SCOTT ELLIS, of the RMSP, is from
Albertville, Alabama, and graduated summa
cum laude from the UASOM (and received a
pediatric award). He is in pediatric residency
training at Children’s Hospital in Birmingham.
THOMAS DANIEL HOLT, of the RMSP, is
from Elba, Alabama, and is in the Huntsville
Family Practice Residency Program. He plans
to practice in rural southeast Alabama.
PAUL DRAKE LAVENDER, JR., of the
RMSP, is from Eutaw, Alabama, and graduated
cum laude from UASOM. He is a firstyear
resident in Tuscaloosa’s Family Practice
Residency Program.
STEPHANIE MICHELE MORGAN, of the
RMSP, is from Cedar Bluff, Alabama, and won
the Family Medicine Award at UASOM’s 2001
Honors Convocation for medical students. She
is completing a family practice residency in
Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
ELIZABETH RANDALL SMITH, of the
RMSP, is from Monroeville, Alabama, and
graduated with honors from the UASOM (and
won a pediatric award). She is a pediatric resident
at the University of Louisville.
PAUL BYRON TABEREAUX, of the RMSP, is
from Sheffield, Alabama. He graduated from the
UASOM with top honors and is in internal
medicine residency training at Yale-New Haven
Hospital in Connecticut. He plans to practice in
north Alabama.
ALUM BABES
1995
STEVEN PRESLEY and his wife Leanne announce the birth of their daughter, Leanne
Elizabeth (“Annabeth”) Presley, on April 24, 2002. Steven is in internal medicine in Enterprise,
Alabama. He and Leanne also have a three-year-old son, Ben.
IN MEMORIAM
CHALMERS D. COLLINS, 1928 alumnus of
the two-year school, died July 30, 2002. He was
a resident of Homewood, Alabama, and specialized
in general surgery.
HARRY ALBERT PARLATO, 1934 graduate
of the two-year school, died October 27, 2002.
He was a resident of Kensington, Connecticut,
and specialized in internal medicine.
JOHN MCADORY SLAUGHTER, 1940 alumnus
of the two-year school, died August 24, 2002.
He was a former president of the Jefferson County
Medical Society and Southeastern Surgical Society,
chairman of the Board of Censors, and a Fellow
and Diplomate of the American College of
Surgeons. He served nine years on the Jefferson
County Board of Health, including service as chairman
in the 1970s, and was a volunteer at Lakeshore
Rehabilitation Hospital and Foundation. Slaughter
was a resident of Birmingham, Alabama, and specialized
in general surgery.
LEWIS CROOK SHARMAN, 1943 graduate
of the two-year school, died June 21, 2002. He
was a resident of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and specialized
in psychiatry.
IRA BERTLING PATTON, class of 1947, died
December 4, 2002. He was a resident of Oneonta,
Alabama. In 1948, he and E. W. Gordon, M.D.,
established the first Oneonta hospital, where in
1954 he was the attending anesthesiologist/hypnotist
during the first thyroidectomy performed in
the United States. In the 1960s and 1970s, he
served as assistant clinical professor of medicine at
UAB and assisted in the development of the
Physician’s Assistant Program. He was the father of
David W. Patton, class of 1976, and the father-inlaw
of Rita Patton, class of 1974. He was named
Distinguished Alumnus of the UASOM in 1986.
He specialized in general surgery and medicine.
NORTON HUMPHREYS HUTCHISON,
class of 1950, died December 5, 2002. He was
a resident of Brentwood, Tennessee, and specialized
in internal and geriatric medicine.
JOHN EDWARD KENT, class of 1950, died
June 26, 2002. He was a resident of Birmingham,
Alabama, and specialized in general surgery.
JACK BARNEY MATICKA, class of 1950,
died July 1, 2002. He was a resident of Peoria,
Illinois, and specialized in occupational medicine
and urology.
GEORGE WEST MOSS, 1950 graduate,
1951 resident, died July 24, 2002. Moss was
born in Montgomery, Alabama May 26, 1913.
He was a resident of Natchez, Mississippi, and
specialized in general medicine.
JULIA AMANDA KEELYN, class of 1956,
died in 2002. She was a resident of Abilene,
Texas, and specialized in internal medicine.
ROBERT L. DORROUGH, resident 1957,
died November 6, 2002. He served in the 82nd
Airborne Division in World War II and was
awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star for
his service. Dorrough resided in Montgomery,
Alabama, and specialized in general surgery.
JAMES “JIM” CORCORAN DOYLE, class of
1958, died July 3, 2002. He was a resident of
Eufaula, Alabama, and specialized in radiology.
ORON THOMAS BOLDING, JR., class of
1960, died December 10, 2002. He was a resident
of Vestavia Hills, Alabama, and specialized
in obstetrics and gynecology.
MARTHA C. MYERS, class of 1971, died
December 30, 2002. A longtime missionary to
Yemen and a physician at Jibla Baptist Hospital,
she was killed along with three others when a
gunman opened fire on a staff meeting. She was
the daughter of Ira Lee Myers, class of 1949.
MAC WILLYS PORTER, class of 1971, died
November 3, 2002. A native of Blue Springs,
Alabama, Porter was a resident of Loganville,
Georgia. He had a private practice in general
medicine in Buford, Georgia.
MICHAEL FRANK BATTITO, SR., class of
1984 and resident 1987, died December 4,
2002. He was an associate professor of anesthesiology
at the UASOM in Birmingham, Alabama.
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