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17498 Relay MAA Matter.qxd 11/22/06 4:39 PM Page 13CLASS NOTESNews from Your ClassmatesCLASS OF 1932Dr. Margaret THORPE, at age 101,moved into a retirement home. Sheenjoys good health but has poor eyesight.Contact: Conifer Lodge, 95/99 PembrokeCres., Hove, East Sussex, UnitedKingdom, BN3 5DE.CLASS OF 1936Dr. John HADDAD regrets not being ableto attend the MAA Convocation Banquetin June. For the last five years, he has beenliving in an Ottawa nursing home.Contact: 301-100 Bronson Avenue,Ottawa, ON K1R 6G8.CLASS OF 1938Dr. George TRIMBLE is still inpractice, doing work for USA Veterans’Administration in the evenings. He wasdelighted to hear that 16 classmates are still“with us.” George turned 91 in July; he nolonger flies his own plane. Contact: 3538Kenwood Ave., Kansas City, MO, 64109.CLASS OF 1941Dr. Margaret (Alexander) GENTLES isin a nursing home, her husband RoyGentles tells us. Dr. Gentles accepted aSurgeon Lieutenant’s commission in theNavy in WWII, a position that she couldtake only after a bill was passed in theHouse of Commons, making her the firstfemale doctor in the Navy. After marryingRoy Gentles, whom she also met in theNavy, Margaret chose to give up medicinein favour of becoming a homemaker andraising four wonderful children in Ohio.Contact: c/o gentlesroy@msn.com.CLASS OF 1946Dr. Donald GIBSON is enjoying goodhealth, the Victoria climate and his family.Contact: gibsond@island.net.Dr. Alick LITTLE is well and caring for hiswife, Barbara, who is bravely battling cancer.They enjoy their home, family, friends andgarden. Contact: alick@zeuter.ca.Dr. Kenneth VICKERS lives in Dunnville,ON. Ken and his wife are celebrating their60th wedding anniversary this year.Contact: 509 Cedar St., Dunnville, ON,N1A 3H4.CLASS OF 1947Dr. Borden BACHYNSKI, an orthopedicsurgeon in Regina, had a street named afterhim on May 24. Then onMay 31, Borden was awardedthe Saskatchewan CentennialMedal. CongratulationsDr. Bachynski! Contact:bachmar@accesscomm.ca.Dr. Robert FOSTER was hoping to attendthe class 59th reunion in June but “had ajob to do in Angola.” He looks forward tothe 60th reunion next year. Contact:rlfoster@breuer.com.Dr. David SHAUL is sad to report that hiswife, Ruth Shaul, died suddenly on Tuesday,CLASS OF 1945Dr. George BURGESS is helping supplybasic medicines and medical supplies to10 nursing posts in Angola. He’s shownhere with his “chief companion,”Wiggles. Contact: gpburgess@bmts.com.June 20, 2006, at her home in Toronto.Ruth graduated from University College in1948. Ruth and David, both previouslywidowed, were married in 1980, and trulyenjoyed each other’s company. Meds 4T7has had yearly mini-reunions, whereRuth got to know members of the class.She was looking forward to the 60threunion next June, 2007. Contact:david.shau@sympatico.ca.CLASS OF 1951Dr. Ed NAPKE, who lives in Ottawa, isinvolved with many organizations, includingthe Canadian Standards Association,Physicians and Scientists for a HealthierWorld, and Compassion in Action. He’llsee you at the next class reunion!Contact: ednapke@sympatico.ca.Dr. David SOWBY regrets not beingable to attend the 55th reunion in June.He couldn’t get medical insurance becauseof his hepatic tumours. David is now inremission and feeling well. Contact:dsowby@gofree.indigo.ie.CLASS OF 1952Dr. Eugene CORNELIUS retired five yearsago as a professor and the director of nuclearoncology at Yale. For 35 years, he was withYale where he conducted immunologyresearch. In 1994, the Society of NuclearMedicine awarded Dr. Cornelius a goldmedal. Eugene and his family enjoy theirheavily forested estate in the BerkshireMountains. Contact: P.O. Box 3392,New Haven, CT, 06515.Dr. Abraham HALPERN, a professoremeritus in psychiatry at New YorkMedical College, received the 2006Medical Alumni Association 13