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 DukeMed Alumni News
Winter 2008
House Staff Notes: 60s
Martin J. Kreshon, Sr., MD,
HS’57-’60, DC, a semi-retired
ophthalmologist with Charlotte
E.E.N.T. Associates in Charlotte,
N.C., has established a golf tournament
in honor of his deceased
wife Jerri. It raises funds for melanoma
awareness and clinical
research at Blumenthal Cancer
Research Center in Charlotte. In
2006 the tournament raised
$36,500, and this year it
raised $70,000. He has eight
children, 18 grandchildren,
and five great-grandchildren.
He and his wife Marguerite
live in Charlotte.
David A. Giordano, MD,
HS’60-’61, is an emeritus staff
member of Sarasota Memorial
Hospital and a board member
of Pines of Sarasota, an acute
care facility for the financially
disadvantaged. He and his
wife Sally have two sons and
four grandchildren.
Elizabeth Kanof, MD, HS’63-’64, is co-chair of the N.C.
Medical Society Leadership
Program, which each year allows
20 doctors to develop their
leadership skills by working with
a mentor to complete a project
over the course of a year. The
program, now in its sixth year,
encourages young doctors to
become active in their communities
and organized medicine.
Kanof is also a member of the
N.C. Medical Society Foundation
Board, which sponsors a
community practitioner program
that has placed 7,200 doctors,
physician assistants, and nurse
practitioners in underserved
areas of North Carolina. She and
her husband Ronald H. Levine,
MD, live in Raleigh, N.C.
Roger W. Turkington, MD,
HS’63-’65, was awarded the
World Freedom Medal from the
American Biographical Institute
for his fundamental contributions
to cancer research. He is
semi-retired and spends much of
his free time playing the violin.
He lives in Brooksville, Fla., with
his wife Delores and has four
sons and six grandchildren.
Dale P. Armstrong, MD, HS’62-’65, is an adjunct associate
professor of surgery at the
University of Utah. He and his
wife celebrated their 51st wedding
anniversary in 2007. They
live in Park City, Utah.
Richard B. Brown, MD, HS’63-’66, retired from solo practice
last year. He and his wife
Mary live in Mechanicsburg,
Pa. Their son David, MD, is an
associate professor of radiology
at Washington University in St.
Louis, Mo.
  William C. Butterfield,
MD, HS’59-’61, ’62-’66, is an
active member of the Society
of American Magicians. He
says he did magic as a child
but began doing it again
after retirement. His son John
has gone into business as a
professional instrument maker
specializing in lutes which he
makes by hand.
Jack W. Bonner III, MD, HS’66-’69, the medical director of Behavioral
Health Services for the
Greenville, S.C., Hospital System
University Medical Center, has
been appointed to the advisory
board for the South Carolina
Medicaid Academic Detailing
Program. The goal is to promote
quality, evidence-based,
cost-effective drug therapy. He
also has been re-elected to a
three-year term on the Board
of Directors of Cooper Riis, a
36-bed residential adult treatment
facility in Mill Spring, N.C.
Bonner and his wife Myra live
in Greenville and have a son
Jack W. Bonner IV, T’80.
Joseph C. Parker, Jr., MD,
HS’68-’69, has developed a
pathology residency program
at the University of Louisville
Hospital with graduates in
fellowships in hematology,
surgical pathology, and blood
banking. He works with his son
John R. Parker who also is a
neuropathologist.
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