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1965
Robert F. Schreiber, a
practicing psychiatrist
trained in psychoanalysis,
died of cardiac arrest
Oct. 11, 2011. He served
in the U.S. Army stationed
in Germany. Trained at the
San Francisco Psychoanalytic
Institute, Dr. Schreiber
ran a private practice in
child, adolescent, and adult
psychiatry for more than
three decades in Berkeley,
Calif. He was affiliated
with the Lincoln Child
Center, a treatment center
for severely emotionally
disturbed children in
Oakland, and Redwood
Place, a residential treatment
center for people
with developmental disability
in Castro Valley.
Dr. Schreiber was a past
president of the Regional
Organization of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry and
a delegate to the American
Association of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry. His
passions included hiking,
fly fishing, canoeing, bird
watching, golf, woodcarving,
furniture making, and
travel. He is survived by
his wife, Mary Lu, two
daughters, two sons, and
four grandchildren.
1966
Gerald L. Hamilton, a
retired obstetrician &
gynecologist, died Aug. 21,
2011. Dr. Hamilton served
in the U.S. Air Force.
A former member of the
adjunct faculty in the
Department of Obstetrics
& Gynecology at Mary
Hitchcock Medical Center
in Concord, N.H., he
pursued a private practice
there for many years. A
longtime staff member
at Concord Hospital, he
was chief of obstetrics &
gynecology from 1990 to
1993. Outside of medicine
his interests included
coins, fossils, skulls, ivory
carvings, miniatures, and
comic books. With his
wife, Christine F. Kuhlman,
who survives him, he
established New Hampshire’s
first independent
birthing center outside a
hospital. He is also survived
by a son.
John Zucker, a practicing
allergist, died of a heart
attack Dec. 27, 2011.
He was 70. Dr. Zucker
was well known in the
Washington, D.C., metropolitan
area for reporting
the daily pollen count
on radio and TV. He
served in the U.S. Public
Health Service based at
the Bureau of Radiological
Health in Washington,
D.C., where he pursued a
private allergy practice for
more than three decades.
A gourmet in his spare
time, Dr. Zucker was a
past president of the D.C.
chapter of the International
Wine and Food
Society. He is survived by
his wife, writer Kitty Kelley,
a daughter, a son, and
four grandchildren.
1967
Joseph M. Ballo, a
pathologist, died Jan. 5,
2012. He was 71. Dr. Ballo
served in the U.S. Army in
Vietnam, earning a Bronze
Star, and served as chief
of the Missile Trauma
Pathology Branch at the
Armed Forces Institute
of Pathology. Returning
to civilian life, Dr. Ballo
served for many years as a
staff pathologist at Loudoun
Memorial Hospital in
Leesburg, Va. In 1989 he
opened a private forensic
pathology consulting practice.
He was a talented pianist
and a gourmet cook,
among other avocations.
Survivors include his former
wife, Amy Tankoos,
M.D., two daughters, and
a granddaughter.
Kenneth K. Nakano, a
neurologist formerly affiliated
with Straub Clinic in
Kailua, Hawaii, died of
stomach cancer Nov. 12,
2011. He was the author
of a widely used textbook,
“Neurology of Musculoskeletal
and Rheumatic
Disorders and Current
Neurology.” A loyal alumnus
and supporter of P&S,
Dr. Nakano is survived by
his former wife, Juanita,
three daughters, and a son.
1968
David A. Newsome, a
senior vice president of
research and development
for Adeona Pharmaceuticals
and former chief
scientific officer of Pipex
Pharmaceuticals, died Feb.
24, 2011. A former head
of the Retinal Disease Section
of the National Eye
Institute, Dr. Newsome
was professor of ophthalmology
at Louisiana State
University in Baton Rouge.
He had previously been a
member of the Department
of Ophthalmology faculty
at Johns Hopkins and
director of the Wynn Center
for the Study of Retinal
Degeneration. He invented
and developed ZincMono-
Cystein and was the first to
prove the benefits of oral
high dose zinc therapy in
age-related macular degeneration.
Also a committed
philanthropist, Dr. Newsome
founded Eye Care
Haiti, an organization that
established operating suites
and training programs in
Port au Prince and rural
eye clinics, and the Meals
on Wheels New Orleans
Fund. He is survived by
two daughters.
1970
Arthur S. Brown, a retired
neurologist, died May 20,
2011. He served in the U.S.
Army and worked in advertising
before enrolling in
medical school. Dr. Brown
was an accomplished
painter and art collector
in his spare time. He is
survived by his wife, Ellen,
two daughters, and a son.
Paul Chang, a member of
the Department of Medicine
faculty at the University
of Maryland, died Oct.
26, 2011, of complications
from advanced thymic carcinoma.
He often advised
and allayed the fears of
fellow cancer patients
Arthur S. Brown’70
while undergoing treatment.
He served with the
Public Health Service as a
researcher in the Cancer
Research Center of the
NIH. An oncologist in
private practice for close
to three decades, he was
affiliated with St. Joseph
Medical Center in Towson,
Md., and Good Samaritan
in Baltimore and had
been affiliated with the
Baltimore Cancer Research
Center. Survivors include
his wife, Vivia, two sons,
and two grandchildren.
Alan W. Cross, a pediatrician,
died Jan. 5, 2012, of
advanced multiple system
atrophy. He was 67. He
served as a captain in the
U.S. Army Medical Corps.
After completing his
military service Dr. Cross
taught at the University of
Nairobi Medical School
in Kenya. Moving to Chapel
Hill, N.C., he joined
the University of North
Carolina faculty in the
Department of Community
Pediatrics with a joint
appointment in the Department
of Social Medicine,
which he served as interim
chair for a time. He was
later named professor of
social medicine and pediatrics
at the UNC School
of Public Health. He is
survived by his wife, Mimi,
and four daughters.
1998
Henry “Hank” E. Collins
died April 16, 2011, of
mesothelioma. He is survived
by two daughters.
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