DukeMed Alumni News
Fall 2007

Class Notes:
1950s

Edward Lee Hamilton, MD’50, is a semi-retired cruise ship doctor. In his free time he has become a sports car rally master and also enjoys improving his golf game. He and his wife Roberta celebrated 10 years of marriage in June. They live in Sarasota, Fla.

Dean McCandless, MD’50, DC, has been retired since 1989 as a family physician and chief of the Department of General/Family Practice with Southern California Permanente Medical Group. In February he and his wife Thelma celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary. He said she has since declined in health and he is her primary caregiver. They live in La Quinta, Calif.

Beverly N. Jackson, WC’47, MD’51, HS’51-’52, is retired and lists her current job title as “bridge player.” She says she’s in good health and currently taking care of her “hips, eyes, and joints.” She lives in Sylva, N.C.


Joe Jackson Bethany, Jr., MD’52, DC, is now living in a retirement community in Tuscaloosa, Ala., with his wife Nell, BSN’50. They have three daughters, who are all nurses.

Noble J. David, T’48, MD’52, HS’52-’59, DC, had his article, “Pituitary Apoplexy Goes to the Bar,” published in the Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology in 2006. He lives in Coral Gables, Fla., and has four children. Esther is a singer and actress in New York; Emily is a teacher; Jonny, T’87, is a lawyer; and Paul is an IRS agent.

Ruth Kimmelstiel Freinkel, MD’52, a retired professor of dermatology at Northwestern Medical School, has moved to Eugene, Ore. to be closer to her daughter, Lisa, who is a professor of comparative literature at Oregon University. Her two other children—Susan, a journalist and author, and Andrew, a neuropsychiatrist, live in San Francisco. Freinkel’s husband passed away in 1989.

Ben Pushmataha McCarley, MD’52, has been retired since 2005 after 49 years in pediatrics. He and Alice—his wife of 53 years—have four children, including Elizabeth “Betsy” McCarley Billys, MD’82, HS’82-’85, ’87-’88. They also have 10 grandchildren and live in Edmond, Okla.

Donald E. Warren, MD’52, DC, and his wife Betty (Bebe) Welch Warren, recently were honored in a ceremony of the dedication of the Warren Library at Palm Beach Atlantic University (PBA) in Palm Beach, Fla. Donald, a retired cardiologist, is the founding chairman of the board of trustees and helped to establish Palm Beach Atlantic College in 1968. He is a life trustee of the university and PBA’s primary fundraiser. He has given more than 1,100 personal tours of the campus and is the founding president of the Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties, and has served on several other volunteer committees. In 1999 he was named one of The Palm Beach Post’s “100 People Who Changed the Way We Live.” Bebe is the namesake of PBA’s Bebe Warren Scholarship Fund, established in 1999. The Warrens have three grown daughters and eight grandchildren and live in Palm Beach.

Henry Livingston Wright, Jr., MD’52, retired since 1999, writes a column called “Curbstone Consultation” for the Coral weekly newspaper. He lives in Boca Grande, Fla., and has three daughters who all live in Tampa.

Stuart O. Bondurant, MD’53, HS’53-’56, DC, retired in March as interim executive vice president and executive dean of Georgetown University Medical Center and distinguished professor of medicine there. Georgetown awarded him an honorary medical degree. He addressed the spring faculty convocation and used two anecdotes related to Duke—one concerning Eugene Stead and one about John Hickam. Bondurant is a former dean of the UNC School of Medicine and a building there was named in his honor last year. He and his wife Susan Ehringhaus live in Chapel Hill.

J. Raymond Chittum, MD’53, says he and his wife Colleen are enjoying retirement. They both have learned to play the recorder and now play with two consort groups in northern Ohio. They also play the harp, and two days a month they play their mountain dulcimers with two other groups. Their other interests include painting with oils, watercolors, and acrylics. One of their children just graduated from Boston Law School at age 50. Ray and Colleen live in Rittman, Ohio.

Ross L. Fogleman, Jr., T’49, MD’53, DC, retired last October as a physician with Kinston Clinic South in Kinston, N.C. His wife died in 2003. He says he’s playing a lot of golf “and chasing a feisty widow ex-patient whose second son I delivered.” He has four children and seven grandchildren, and lives in Kinston.

James F. Glenn, MD’53, HS’56-’59, a professor of surgery emeritus at the University of Kentucky Medical Center, recently received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Societe’ Internationale d’Urologie, the world’s only international professional organization serving the global community of urologists. He also recently was awarded honorary doctor of science degrees from both the University of Kentucky and Transylvania University. He has four children, Sara, T’75; N. Carrick, T’78; James, T’82; and Cambridge. He and his wife Gay live in Versailles, Ky.

Hugh Munroe McArn, Jr., MD’53, of Laurinburg, N.C., is restoring a local cemetery where many people of Scottish descent (including some McArns) are buried. He also does volunteer work for the Laurinburg Presbyterian Church. A Rotarian member, he received the Paul Harris Fellow Award in 2006. He and his wife Susan are planning to build a house on a new home site. They have four children and six grandchildren.

Rudy K. Meiselman, MD’53, DC, retired since 1986, is a member of the endowment committee of the board of directors for the United Way of Sarasota, Fla. He and his wife Hope have three adult children and live in Narragansett, R.I.

John C. Ayers, Jr., T’50, MD’54, HS’54-’55, says he enjoyed being a part of the group of Duke School of Medicine alumni who returned to campus in February to help teach physical exam skills to first-year medical students. He and his wife Lynesa live in New Bern, N.C.

James F. Elliott, Sr., MD’54, DC, says his wife Ida has ovarian cancer but is getting along well under the care of Laura J. Havrilesky, MD’95, HS’95-’99, at Duke. He and Ida have five children and seven grandchildren. They live in Creedmoor, N.C.

Col. William B. Jones, MD’54, a retired private practice physician and orthopedic surgeon since 1999, was named in May 2006 as medical director of CWI Insurance Company and recently was appointed surgeon general of the South Carolina State Guard. In June he was in Norway, 600 miles from the North Pole at the edge of the Arctic ice shelf doing research on global warming. He and his wife Ann have four grandchildren and live in Greenville, S.C.

Allen Nathaniel Jelks, Sr., MD’55, DC, and his wife Mary recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in Apalachicola, Fla., with their four children and spouses and their three grandchildren. Allen and Mary live in Sarasota, Fla.

Charles R. Merwarth, MD’55, HS’58-’61, has been retired since 1990. In 2005 he and his wife Patricia, N’52, recently moved to Galloway Ridge, a continuing care retirement community in Fearrington Village, south of Chapel Hill. He said they are active in community affairs and functions.

Bruce Newell, T’49, MD’56, and his wife Marilyn, WC’49, recently moved into a handicapped-accessible home in Lake Wales, Fla. Marilyn reports that Bruce received his fifth pacemaker in March, can walk with a walker, and gets out locally in his wheelchair.

George W. Paulson, MD’56, HS’57-59, DC, professor emeritus of Ohio State University College of Medicine, is the science and medicine editor for the Encyclopedia of the Midwest. He recently received an award for neurology
accomplishments from the University of Toledo. He and his wife Ruth have five children including John T’79, and Erik, MD’85, HS’85-’86, a professor of radiology at Duke. Other children are Annie, Chris, and Henry. The Paulsons live in Columbus, Ohio.

Billy F. Andrews, MD’57, DC, presented “A Tie that Did Bind: Wilder G. Penfield, Wilburt C. Davison, and Sir William Osler and Lady Grace Osler” at the annual meeting of the American Osler Society in Montreal, Canada, in May. He will be presenting at the 25th International Congress of Pediatrics in Athens, Greece, and is working on two books, The Story of “The Children’s Bill of Rights” and Memories, Moments, and Meditations of a Medical Student, which includes his papers that had been previously published by Dean Davison and poems about the Duke faculty. He and wife Faye, WC’60, live in Floyds Knobs, Ind. Their daughter Ann is a photo journalist. Billy, Jr., works in sales and management. Their son David is a lawyer and musician and is a regional vice president for commercial titles and escrow
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George Edgar Bacon, MD’57, HS’57-’58, DC, a pediatric endocrinologist,
says he plans to retire in November. In 2002 he was named Pediatrician of the Year by the Michigan chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He and wife Grace have been married for 51 years. They live in Ann Arbor, Mich., and have three children and two grandchildren.

L. Thompson Bowles, T’53, MD’57, DC, a retired thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon, is keeping his hand in medicine by conducting interviews for George Washington University Medical School Admissions and serving on two university committees. He also is a hospice volunteer and plays golf and tennis regularly. His wife Judy, WC’55, is an avid gardener. They have three grown children, Julia, Amy, and Lauren, and four grandchildren, and live in Chevy Chase, Md.

James Burns Creighton, Jr., MD’57, HS’57-’61, DC, of Lithia, Fla., was elected to the Hillsborough High School Hall of Fame. He and his wife Cathy gave a gift to the University of South Florida Botanical Gardens to create the J. Burns and Cathy Creighton Pavilion. They both are members of many plant societies, including the Palm Society, the American Bamboo Society, and the Bromeliad Society. Creighton works half time at the Tampa Eye Clinic and spends the rest of his time working at their farm, Creighton’s Villa Vividarium in Lithia.

Thomas L. Dulin, MD’57, DC, says he is enjoying a very active retirement—helping care for his grandchildren who live nearby, traveling, golfing, and doing volunteer work. He and his wife Jo Claire, WC’54, DC, celebrated their 54th wedding anniversary in August. They live in Charlotte, N.C.

Robert N. Ellington, MD’57, HS’58-’63, DC, retired in 2003 after 27 years of OB-GYN practice and 15 years serving as medical director at Elon University. In 2001 a facility, the R.N. Ellington Health and Counseling Center, was named in his honor to recognize his service and contributions to the university. While at Elon he was well known for establishing a model health center for students. His wife Helen, WC’59, DC, served as a special events coordinator in the president’s office at Elon from 1988 to 2007. They live in Burlington, N.C., and have two children. Their son Kenneth, MD, HS’90-’95, is on staff at Durham Regional Hospital. Daughter Anne Ellington Powell is married to James B. Powell, MD’64, DC-Century.

Lucy Rawlings Freedy, MD’57, DC, retired from Ohio State University Medical Center in 2005 but still practices radiology 15 to 20 weeks a year through Locum Tenens. In March of this year she had an aortic valve replacement. She and her husband Robert, T’53, DC, live in Columbus, Ohio. Their sons Marvin and John are doctors as is their son-in-law Doug. Their daughter Barbara is an attorney.

Eugene L. Harley, MD’57, has been retired since 2000 but spends a day or two a week monitoring cardiac rehab patients in Marietta, Ga. He enjoys biking on the Silver Comet Trail in Northwest Georgia. He and his wife Constance, WC’49, G’54, enjoy taking elder hostel trips and live in Altanta.

Thomas H. Harrison, MD’57, DC, continues to practice consultative neurology on a part-time basis. He and wife June live in Clearwater, Fla. Their granddaughter, Sarah Steele, is a sophomore at Duke and plans to become a physician.

Ralph M. Howse, T’52, MD’57, a retired urologist, has suffered from two strokes and now lives in a nursing home in Georgia. His wife Marge reports, “He is so bright and remembers everything and everyone. His patients come to see him all the time, and he remembers each one in detail.”

W. Scott James, Jr., T’53, MD’57, HS’57-’58, DC, and his wife Tina White James, WC’53, celebrated their 54th wedding anniversary in June in Budapest, Hungary, while on a trip down the Danube River with friends. He is a member of the Fulton County Medical Reserve Corps, a group of volunteers who help during natural or man-made disasters. They cared for patients who came to Atlanta from Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina. He is also a member of a local men’s garden club and plays trumpet in a 35-piece local concert band. He and Tina live in Atlanta and have three children. Son W. Scott James III, T’80, MD’84, is an orthopedic surgeon in Rock Hill, S.C., and is married with three college-aged children. Daughter Chrissie and her husband
live in Atlanta. Daughter Elizabeth lives in Cornelius, N.C., with her husband and three young children.

William R. Lewis, MD’57, DC, still enjoys neurosurgery practice in Monterey, Calif., but at a “greatly reduced pace.” He sees patients regularly and operates as necessary. He now has more time for volunteer work. He is active as a second-term elder at Carmel Presbyterian Church and is chairman of the board of directors for the Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy Association. He and wife Duncan will celebrate their 53rd anniversary this year. They have four children—William III, MD’85, DC, is a professor of medicine at University of California, Davis, School of Medicine and the father of one; Elizabeth Conron works in realty management and has two children; Linda Stapleton also works in realty management and has two children; Harry works in realty management and is the father of three.

Shirley K. Osterhout, WC’53, MD’57, HS’57-’59, former director of the Poison Control Center based at Duke, still speaks to both professional groups and lay audiences concerning her experiences as a female doctor. Before she retired in 1997, she was very active on committees for the Food and Drug Administration and other federal agencies. She and Suydam Osterhout, MD’49, PhD, have been married since 1960 and live in Durham. They have three children. Their son Mark is a senior partner at a law firm and lives in Rocky Mount, N.C., with his wife and two children. Martin, T’85, PhD, lives in Raleigh and works as a senior chemist at GlaxoSmithKline. Their daughter Ann O. Garrett works at GlaxoSmithKline and lives in Wake Forest, N.C., with her husband and two daughters.

William E. Painter, T’53 MD’57, DC, spends his time volunteering with Meals on Wheels and serving on various boards in the Lynchburg, Va., area. He and his wife Karen celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary in January.
Their daughter Amy works for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Silver Springs, Md. Son William “Rusty,” Jr., F’00, lives in Durham with his wife and works for the Conservation Trust of N.C. Their daughter Emily and her husband live in Nashua, N.H.

Henry Thomas Perkins, Jr., T’54, MD’57, HS’57-’59, DC-Century, retired in 1995. He and his wife JoAnn, N’58, live in Raleigh, N.C., but spend a fair amount of time on the eastern shore of Maryland and in Blowing Rock, N.C. Their son is an action officer for the National Nuclear Weapons Council,
and their daughter-in-law works as a nuclear engineer for the Department of Energy. They have three grandchildren ages 11, 3, and 1.

William I. Procter, MD’57, DC, a retired internal medicine physician, has been named to the North Carolina Board of Occupational Medicine and the board of the North Carolina Museum of History. He and his wife Happy live in Raleigh.

Richard L. Rogers, MD’57, is an emergency room physician at Marlboro Park Hospital in Bennettsville, S.C. He and his wife Patricia have a combined total of 13 children and 23 grandchildren between them, with number 24 “on the way.” They live in Florence, S.C.

Ralph E. Roughton, T’53, MD’57, recently was invited to present a paper at a Russian-American psychoanalytic conference in Moscow. He is a clinical professor of psychiatry, training and supervising analyst, and the former director of the Psychoanalytic Institute at Emory University School of Medicine. He lives in Atlanta, Ga., and has two daughters and three grandchildren.

Harold Paul Schulz, Jr., MD’57, reports that he and his wife Betty are in good health and have been together for almost 50 years. They have two sons and two grandchildren. The couple lives in Hillsborough, Calif.

Melvin J. Schwartz, MD’57, is medical director of several long-term care facilities in the Boston area. His home in Chestnut Hill, Mass., is only one block away from Boston College, where in the fall and winter he attends football and basketball games. He says now that Boston College has joined the ACC, he can also follow Duke and UNC games. He and his wife Kay have three sons, two grandsons, two granddaughters, and a Yorkshire terrier named Sampson. In the summers he and his sons sail their traditional
New England catboat in Newport, R.I. Schwartz says he looks forward to renewing many friends at the DukeMed reunion this fall.

Robert L. Smith, T’54, MD’57, DC, has joined the United States Public Health Reserve Physician Corps, a group of physicians who respond to natural disasters in their respective areas of the country. He presented a paper on “Prevention of Altitude Sickness in Adventure Travelers” at the 10th International Society of the Travel Medicine Conference in Vancouver, Canada in May 2007. He also presented a poster on a similar topic at the Fifth European Conference on Travel Medicine in Venice, Italy, in April 2006. He retired from private practice in 1998 and now teaches part time at the University of Washington School of Medicine. He lives in Shoreline, Wash.

Alan Solomon, MD’57, DC, received the annual Research in Basic Science Award from the University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine. He is the principal investigator on several Phase I clinical studies and holds one of the longest-running research grants from the National Institutes of Health (1965-2012). His wife Andrea Cartwright is pursuing a second master’s degree at the University of Tennessee’s Department of Religious Studies. They live in Knoxville, Tenn. Solomon’s son David and his wife have three children, and his son Joe is married with two children.

Karl A. Zener, MD’57, has been closing out his psychiatry practice in Washington, D.C., over the past two years and hopes to have it completed soon. However, he still plans to continue to work assignments through the physician recruiting agency, Locum Tenens. His wife Rita works as an AMI Montessori trainer, examiner, and consultant. In the past year she has worked in Peru, Italy, Romania, Dublin, London, and Paris, and Karl has joined her on many of these trips. All but one of their five children live nearby in the Washington, D.C., or Baltimore area. They have eight grandchildren.

Robert J. Shofer, MD’58, HS’58-’59, and his wife Cynthia in 2003 moved from Huntington Beach to Palm Desert, Calif., where they are “enjoying the clear and starry skies.” He retired from neurology practice in 1996. Avid pilots, he and Cynthia spent more than 10 years with the Flying Samaritans providing medical care to isolated areas of Baja, Mexico. They have four adult sons and four grandchildren. Their son Joshua works in the insurance industry. Son Scott, MD, PhD, HS’04-’07, just completed an ICU-Pulmonary fellowship at Duke and will be joining the Duke faculty as an attending this year.

James P. Gills, Jr., MD’59, DC-Century, founder and director of St. Luke’s Cataract and Laser Institute in Tarpon Springs, Fla., has been elected to The Johns Hopkins University Society of Scholars. He and 15 other esteemed scientists and clinicians were honored during the society’s 38th induction ceremony on May 16, and again at the university’s commencement ceremony on May 17. Gills is recognized as one of the nation’s most prolific and innovative anterior segment surgeons. He is a 2005 recipient of the Duke Medical Alumni Association’s Humanitarian Award. He and his wife Heather have two children: son James P. “Pit” Gills III, MD’97, and his wife Joy have two children; daughter Terrill Shea Grundy and her husband Shane Grundy, MD, have four children.