DukeMed Alumni News
Winter 2008

Obituaries:

Irving E. Allen, Jr., T’54, MD’58, of San Bernardino, Calif., passed away on December 18, 2007. He was born in Durham, N.C., and was in private practice from 1961-95 and then with Inland HealthCare Group from 1995-present. He was on the board of directors with Inland HealthCare Group and past chief of pediatrics at St. Bernardine’s Medical Center and Community Hospital of San Bernardino. He was a member of the Medical Advisory Board for the National March of Dimes. A graduate of Duke University and the School of Medicine, he served as chief resident at Children’s Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. He is survived by Mrs. Penny Allen of Highland, Calif., and Indian Wells, Calif., and two sons, Maj. James B. Allen of Lansing, Mich., who is currently serving in Iraq, Thomas J. Allen of Pinellas Park, Fla., and two stepdaughters, Leslie Rosenquist and Lauren Huntley of La Jolla, Calif., a sister, Mary Huntley, two grandchildren, two nieces and one nephew, and many friends. He was the past physician for the San Bernardino City School District and for Verdemont Boys Ranch. He was 74 years old.

Richard H. Ames, MD’41, of Brown Summit, N.C., died August 19, 2007. He was 89. Ames was predeceased by his wife Catherine. Survivors include his two daughters, Elisabeth Pugh and Marie Ames; two sons, Joseph and David; and four grandchildren.

Tanash H. Atoynatan, MD, HS’50-’54, died after a short illness at St. Mary’s Nursing Home in West Hartford, Ct. on December 17. He was 87. Born in Istanbul, Turkey, he attended the Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, graduating in 1944. He came to the United States for his psychiatry residency at Duke University Medical Center from 1950-1954. He did his neurology residency at Louisville University Hospital, Louisville, Ky., from 1954-1955, and a fellowship in child psychiatry at University Hospital, Baltimore from1955-1957. From 1959 until his retirement in 1992 he was the child psychiatrist and executive director of the Community Child Guidance Clinic in Manchester, Ct., which he founded in 1974. He devoted his career to teaching, developing new programs, and promoting excellence in the field of children’s mental health. For years the Child Guidance Clinic was known by children as “Dr. Tony’s office.” He was made a Life Fellow in psychiatry in 1970 and in orthopsychiatry in 1975. He is survived by Dorothy—his wife of 40 years; three children; six grandchildren,
and nine great-grandchildren.

James R. Barham, Jr., MD, HS’58-’59, of Aiken, S.C., died on August 24, 2007, after a lengthy illness. He was 75. He graduated from William and Mary College in 1954 and received a medical degree from the Medical College of South Carolina in 1958. He then completed a one-year pediatric internship at Duke before returning to the Medical College of South Carolina, serving as a pediatric resident physician from 1959 to 1961. For six years Barham practiced pediatrics in Anderson, S.C., and was president of the Anderson chapter of the American Red Cross. In 1967 he established his pediatric practice in Aiken, where he treated children and teenagers until he retired in 1996. He served as the team sports physician for the University of South Carolina Aiken (USCA) and Aiken high schools. In 2002 the USCA athletic department recognized him as a Pacer Pioneer. The department also established a permanently endowed
scholarship in his name. Barham is survived by his wife, Anne Shortt Barham; three daughters, Anne B. Jones, Elizabeth B. Cerrow, and Ellen B. Walker; three grandchildren, Andrew R. Jones, Caroline R. Jones, and Charlotte A. Walker; his sister, Betty B. Morgan; and several cousins, nieces, and nephews.

Thomas Ray Broadbent, MD’46, HS’46-’52, world-renowned plastic surgeon, died at his home in Salt Lake City, Utah, on August 12, 2007. He was 86. A native of Heber City, Utah, he attended Brigham Young University, receiving a bachelor of arts in zoology in 1943, and then studied medicine at Duke University, receiving his medical degree in 1946. After completing a general surgery residency and briefly starting a career in neurosurgery, he made a career change and became one of the first surgeons trained at Duke in the then-new field of plastic and reconstructive surgery. His career partner was Robert M. Woolf, MD, HS’56-’58, and together they built a successful practice and a prestigious residency training program in Salt Lake City. Early in his career, the field of plastic and reconstructive surgery was not yet a recognized specialty in many countries. Broadbent spent much time traveling around the world and meeting with officials in support of the field. He was particularly well known for his cleft lip and palate work and was an innovator of many techniques and advances in the field. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Edith; his children, Kenneth Ray, Stephanie, Catherine, and Lisa Anne; 12 grandchildren; and his sisters Alice and Norma.

Daniel L. Donovan, Jr., MD, HS’53-’54, of Atlantic Beach, Fla., died on September 27, 2007. He was 83. Born in Chicago, Ill., he was a graduate of Holy Cross College and Loyola Medical School. He served in the U.S. Navy during medical school and completed an internship at Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago, where he met his wife, Gladys. As an internal medicine resident at Presbyterian Hospital, Donovan assisted in one of the first heart catheterization procedures in the U.S. and chose cardiology as his specialty. He completed his residency at Grady Hospital in Atlanta, Ga., and then served as a captain in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during the Korean War. He was selected as the first chief resident of medicine at the Veteran’s Affairs Hospital in Durham, N.C. After teaching medicine at Duke University Medical Center and then UNC-Chapel Hill from 1953 to 1958, he went into private practice in Melbourne, Fla., in 1959. Because of his efforts Brevard Hospital, now Holmes Regional Medical Center (HRMC), acquired its first coronary care unit. He had a major influence in the establishment of the cardiac catheterization and open heart surgery program at HRMC. He was predeceased by his wife of 57 years, Gladys T. Donovan, and a sister, Dorothy Geddes. Survivors include five daughters, Margaret Moore, Kathy Kennelly, Liz Nosal, Susan Curry, and Barbara Swanick; two sons, Daniel Donovan III and Tom Donovan; one sister, Mimi Sullivan; one brother, Dr. William Donovan; 20 grandchildren, and one great-grandson.

Everett H. Ellinwood Jr., MD, an internationally recognized scientist in addiction research and long-time Duke Medicine faculty member, died Jan. 5. He was 73. Ellinwood wasprofessor of psychiatry and pharmacology for 42 years and former director of Behavioral Neuropharmacology at Duke. He earned his bachelor’s and medical degrees from UNCChapel Hill. He served in the U.S. Public Health Service in Lexington, Ky. as chief of Addiction Service for members and family of the military. He earned the rank of major and after receiving an honorable discharge, relocated to Durham to began his career at Duke. Ellinwood was awarded one of the first training grants from the National Institute of Drug Abuse. He trained many distinguished investigators and well- known scientists, some of whom are now chairmen of psychiatry departments around the country. He imparted his joy of science to countless Duke students who spent their third year in his program. Ellinwood served as president of the George Ham Society and president of the Society of Biological Psychiatry. He was on the editorial board of numerous psychiatric journals including the Journal of Biological Psychiatry. He is survived by his children, Everett Hews Ellinwood III of Virginia; his daughter Susan and her husband Bill Francis of South Carolina; Bradley Ellinwood and his wife Angela of Atlanta, Ga., and his long- term friend and devoted companion, Cackie Joyner. He is also survived by a brother, George Ellinwood of Raleigh and a sister, Elizabeth Ellinwood Craig of Smithfield.

Frederick W. Glass, MD, HS’50-’51, passed away December 2, 2007, in the Elms at Tanglewood in Clemmons, N.C., after an extended illness. He was 84. Born in Kannapolis, N.C., Glass was a 1946 graduate of Wake Forest College where he was the school’s second Deacon mascot. He received his medical degree from Bowman Gray School of Medicine. Following an internship at Duke University Hospital, he served two years in the U.S. Air Force, where he was a commissioned captain and flight surgeon. He returned to North Carolina Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem to complete a general and cardiovascular residency. He went on to practice general and thoracic surgery in Lake Worth, Fla., for 15 years and served as chief of surgery at John F. Kennedy Hospital. In 1973 he returned to Winston-Salem, where he founded the emergency medicine residency program at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. The first endowed chair of emergency medicine in the country was named for him. Glass is survived by his wife of 35 years, Joyce Elaine Glass; one sister, Nina Ruth Graves; six children: Frederick William Glass, Jr., Cathy Jane McGoldrick, Charles Frank Glass, James Kirk Glass, Kimberly Ann Laster, and Karen Sue Dooms; 13 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; two nieces; and one nephew.

W. Proctor Harvey, MD’43, one of the nation’s most respected cardiologists, passed away at his home in Richmond, Va., on September 26, 2007, at the age of 89. He was a graduate of Lynchburg College and Duke University School of Medicine. He pursued his graduate education on the Harvard service of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Mass., but was interrupted by two years of service in the U.S. Army during World War II. He obtained his cardiology training under renowned cardiologist Samuel Levine, MD, who not only fostered Harvey’s interest and love for cardiology but also influenced his concerned and dedicated approach to patients, students, and colleagues. In collaboration with Levine he wrote the first comprehensive textbook on cardiac auscultation. He completed his final book, an expanded edition of his influential
textbook, Clinical Heart Disease, accompanied by multiple DVDs and 1,000 recordings of heart sounds, less than two weeks before his death. He invented the Harvey Welch Allyn Tycos stethoscope series, including the triple header stethoscope and elite stethoscope. Harvey is survived by his wife of 58 years, Irma Burns Harvey; his daughter, Janet H. Trivette of Richmond, Va.; and three grandsons. He was predeceased by two sons, Blair B. Harvey and W. Proctor Harvey, Jr.

Harry “Buck” W. Johnson, T’51, MD’55, HS’56-’60, DC, of Greensboro, N.C., passed away October 8, 2007. He was 78. Born in Weldon, N.C., Johnson received both his undergraduate and medical degrees from Duke University. He completed an internship at the University of Virginia followed by a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Duke. He served as a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy Medical Corps from 1960 to 1962. In 1962 he joined the Duke medical faculty. In 1964 he moved to Greensboro and started a medical practice in obstetrics and gynecology. He also served as chief of the obstetric and gynecology service and president of the medical board at Moses Cone Hospital. He maintained teaching appointments at Duke and the University of North Carolina, and in 1987 he accepted a faculty appointment at the University of Maryland Medical School, where he served as associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology until retiring in 1993. He was preceded in death by his wife Jimmie M. Johnson, N’54. He is survived by his four sons Harry W. Johnson, Jr., T’78, MD, Stanhope M. Johnson, Craig Johnson, and Jonathan Inge Johnson; sister Mary Del Gay; and seven grandchildren.

Samuel R. Kilgore, MD’43, HS’43-’45, of Albemarle, N.C., died Nov. 1, 2007, at Stanly Regional Medical Center. He was 89. Before coming to Duke he attended the Citadel for undergraduate studies and received first honor for having the highest grade average in the school’s history. Kilgore was the medical director for several mental health centers, including Spartanburg Area Mental Health Center, Fortwood Center, Chattanooga, Tenn., and Coastal Empire Mental Health Center in Beaufort, S.C. He received the Distinguished Life Fellow Award from the American Psychiatric Association. He retired from the VA Hospital in Salisbury in 2001. He was preceded in death by his son, Samuel Jr., and two sisters, Roberta Cox and Adeline Page. He is survived by his wife, Judy; sons Samuel Jr., and John; daughters Barbara and Terri; stepdaughter Marci; his first wife Barbara; and several grandchildren.

Lemuel W. Kornegay, Jr., MD’43, of Rocky Mount, N.C., died on October 2, 2007, after a brief battle with cancer. He was 88. A native of Rocky Mount, Kornegay was a graduate of Rocky Mount Senior High School, Davidson College, and Duke University School of Medicine. In 1944 he entered the United States Army as a captain and served with the 65th General Hospital in England, France, and Germany. After returning from Europe, he continued his graduate training in Texas and Missouri. In 1950 he became chief of staff and surgeon at the Warren General Hospital 1962, when he returned to Rocky Mount to practice at the Rocky Mount Sanitarium and the Community Hospital. He remained in private practice until he retired in 1998 at the age of 79. Kornegay was preceded in death by his brother, Dr. Robert Dumais Kornegay, Sr. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Nancy Gillam Kornegay; his children, Lemuel Weyher Kornegay III of Cary, N.C., and Jane Kornegay Ing of Glen Allen, Va.; two grandchildren, Lemuel Weyher Kornegay IV and Abigail Taylor Kornegay, both of Cary.

Robert J. Macaulay, Jr., MD, HS’58-’61, died September 22, 2007. He was 76. He graduated from Georgetown University and George Washington University Medical School. After his urology residency at Duke, Macaulay served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force at Eglin Air Force Base Hospital in Ft. Walton Beach, Fla. In 1963 he moved to Rocky Mount, N.C., where he and Dr. William Frohbose started Rocky Mount Urology. He retired from the practice in 1995. He was a member of the Nash County Medical Society, the North Carolina Medical Society, and the American Urology Association. He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Barbara Cashwell Macaulay; daughters Linda M. Shields of Edenton, N.C.; Claire M. Etheridge and husband Doug of Charlotte, N.C.; four
brothers; and several grandchildren.

Vernon P. Mangum, MD’56, died at his home in Goldsboro, N.C., on December 27,
2007. He was 86. During World War II he was Chief Petty Officer on the destroyer USS
Ingersoll. He saw active duty in the Pacific and received the Bronze Star for bravery.
After the war he attended UNC-Chapel Hill and graduated Phi Beta Kappa. He earned his medical degree from Duke University School of Medicine where he met his future wife, Virginia Oates Sanford, MD’56. They were married in 1955. He went on to complete medical residency programs in pediatrics and psychiatry. Mangum was in private practice in Hamlet, N.C. and in Goldsboro. He also served as medical director of the O’Berry Neuro-Medical Center in Goldsboro from 1959 through 1972. Mangum is survived by his wife; a son James and his wife Patty; his daughter Sarah and husband Gregory Needham; and two grandchildren.

Charles T. Moran, MD, HS’87-’92, died of pancreatic cancer in October. He was 54.
He is survived by his wife Patti; two children, Jamieson and Patrick; a stepson Charles; two brothers, and a sister. Moran was born in Ocean Gate, N.J. in 1953. He graduated from the University of South Carolina (Columbia) in 1971 with a bachelor’s degree in biology, and 1981 with a master’s in physical education. After graduating from the Medical University of South Carolina in 1986, he finished a research fellowship and residency in anesthesia at Duke. Following nine years of private practice in Charlotte, N.C., he and his family relocated to Spartanburg, S.C. He was president and CEO of Foothills Anesthesia Consultants and was on the Medical Executive Committee at Spartanburg Regional Health System. He was a diplomate of the American Society of
Anesthesiologists and the American Board of Pain Medicine.

Donald R. Mundie, T’45, MD’47, HS’48-’49, died October 16, 2007, at his home in Evanston, Ill. He was 84. He graduated from Duke University School of Medicine in 1947. He married Elizabeth L. Champion, N’47, in the Duke University Chapel on June 3, 1947. After serving in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict, Mundie moved to Evanston to practice pediatrics with a fellow naval officer. He was on staff at Evanston Hospital in Evanston and Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago, and was a member of the faculty of Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago. He also served as chief of pediatrics at St. Francis Hospital in Evanston. After retiring from private practice he continued to practice medicine at the St. Francis Howard Street Clinic in Chicago
until 2002. Relatives recall that Mundie was most at ease paddling the dark waters of
Cummings Lake in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area wilderness of northern Minnesota.
In addition to his wife, survivors include daughters Donna of St. Paul, Minn., Cathy of
Genoa City, Wis., Patty of Fallbrook, Calif., and Jennifer of Sparta, Wis.; sons Greg of West Palm Beach, Fla., Ben of Albany, Ore., and Ian of Schaumburg, Ill.; 20 grandchildren; brothers John and Ross, both of Tonawanda, N.Y., Tom of Newbern, N.C., and Dr. Bruce of Pasadena, Md.; and sister Patricia of Raleigh, N.C.

Elizabeth A. Murry, MD, HS’92-’96, of North Little Rock, Ark. died May 6, 2006, from complications of acute bipolar disease. In addition to her parents, she is survived by
her brothers, Tom Murry and his wife, Michele, and David Murry and his wife, Beth, of North Little Rock; a sister, Kathryn Bagwell and her husband Robert, of Dallas, Texas. Murry was a 1976 graduate of North East High School in North Little Rock, and graduated with honors from Hendrix College with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She held a Masters of Science degree from the University of Georgia, and a medical degree from the University of Arkansas School of Medical Sciences. She completed her residency
in psychiatry at Duke University.

Calvin R. O’Kane, T’44, MD’48, died at his home in Sacramento, Calif., on August 2,
2007, after a short battle with cancer. He was born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1923 and left to attend Duke University for both undergraduate and medical school. His love of the Blue Devils was ever apparent throughout his life. He completed his residency at St. Luke’s Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago. After becoming a surgeon, he joined the army during the Korean Conflict, serving his country as a captain in the medical corps in Okinawa, Japan. He moved to the Stockton-Sacramento area in 1956, where he joined the staff as a surgeon at the Army Depot, then entered private practice in 1958. He joined Mercy General Hospital, where he was chairman of the Department of Surgery,
chairman of the Department of Epidemiology, chairman of the Records Medical Committee, and was appointed to the Governing Board to the Executive Committee. He then moved to Sutter Memorial Hospital where he was chief of staff . He spent most of his career as a general surgeon and later specialized with the Sutter Heart team. In 1990 he participated in the first successful heart transplant in Sacramento. He also participated in the first use of a pig’s valve for human heart valve replacement in the Sacramento area. He retired in 1997 after more than 50 years of service. He is survived by his wife of 15 years, Judy; his daughters Mary Jacobs-Shelby and Suki O’Kane; son Patrick O’Kane; and stepson Chris Toy. He leaves behind five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his sons Timothy and Michael.

Joseph B. Parker Jr., MD, HS’46-’48, died September 1, 2007 at Hillcrest Convalescent Center in Durham. He was 91. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Phyllis Foster Parker, who currently lives in Durham, and two children—Suzanna Parker Dudley and her husband Dana, of Lunenberg, Mass., and Joseph B. Parker III and his wife Gae Broadwater of Frankfort, Ky. Parker graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1939 with a bachelor’s degree, and from the University of Tennessee Medical School in Memphis in 1941. He performed his internship at Knoxville General Hospital from 1941-1942. He served in the U.S. Naval Medical Corps primarily in the South Pacific with the U.S. Marines and eventually earned the rank of Lt. Commander. While in the Navy he served his residency at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Washington, D.C. from 1944-1945, and later moved to Durham and served his residency in psychiatry at Duke University Hospital from 1946-1948. In 1949 he joined Duke’s psychiatric staff. Parker became an assistant professor at the University of Tennessee Medical School from 1949-1952, where he directed the Child Guidance Clinic. He later became chief of psychiatry at the VA Hospital in Durham and associate professor at Duke. In 1959 he became professor and chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Kentucky Medical Center. While in Lexington, Ky, from 1970-1984 he was professor of psychiatry at Duke University Medical Center and later became emeritus professor. Parker was recognized as a Distinguished Life Fellow by the American Psychiatric Association.

Charles H. Reid, MD’42, HS’42-’43, of Advance, N.C., died Sunday, Nov. 18, 2007.
He was 89. He received an undergraduate degree from UNC-Chapel Hill and his medical degree from Duke University. He opened a private practice in internal medicine in 1945. After serving as a major in the U.S. Army in Japan, he returned to Winston-Salem, N.C., to resume his medical practice. Reid is survived by his wife of 64 years, Beth; four children, all of whom pursued careers in medicine, son George, wife Karmen and children Meredith and Alexis; daughter Judy Robertson, husband Dan and children Shannon and Bryan; son Dr. Fred Reid, wife Charlene and their son, Dr. Derek Reid, and their daughter, Carol; daughter Janet Wright and children Devin, Collin and Erin; nine great-grandchildren; and a sister, June Elam.

Robert E. Rider, T’57, MD’61, HS’61-’64, of Martinsville, Va., died July 18, 2007 at his home. He was 72. He was predeceased by his wife, Wanda Slade Rider. He was a partner in the Children’s Medical Center in Martinsville for 40 years. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church and served in the U.S. Army during peace time. He is survived by his two daughters, Lynn Rider O’Flaherty of Mechanicsville, Va., and Ashley Rider Doyen of Apex, N.C.; one son, Robert E. Rider, Jr., of Fairfax Station, Va.; one brother, Norman Llewellyn Rider of Greensboro, N.C.; and seven grandchildren.

Harold W. Schnaper, MD’49, died June 25, 2007. He was 83. Schnaper was predeceased by his wife Edna and son Jonathan. He is survived by children Becky John, Shelly Richard, Debby Allen, and Brett Christie, and 10 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

O. Norris Smith, MD, HS’37-’38, died Oct. 25, 2004, at Wellspring Retirement Community. He was 95. Smith was raised in Lexington, Va., graduated from Lexington
public schools and Washington and Lee University, where he was captain of the
swimming team and a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He earned his medical
degree from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1933 and completed a
two year rotating internship at the Pennsylvania Hospital founded by Benjamin Franklin. Smith also completed a two year residency at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital and an assistant residency at Duke University Hospital. He opened an internal medicine practice in Greensboro in 1938, where the majority of doctors were self-designated as“Physicians and Surgeons.” During World War II, Smith was a member of the Duke 65th General Hospital Unit at Fort Bragg for a year and then served the U.S. Air Force in East Anglia, England. He was detached briefly to take charge of consolidated German Army hospitals behind General Patton’s advance. He was subsequently transferred to other U.S. Army hospital units and was deactivated in late 1945, arriving home on Christmas Eve during an ice storm on the last bus to reach Greensboro from Fayetteville. After the war, he was founder and president of the newly formed Greensboro Academy of Medicine, later the Guilford County Medical Society, and chief of the medical service at Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital. Smith is survived by his wife of over 66 years, Rebecca Hines Smith of Well Spring Retirement Center; a son, Dr. Henry Louis Smith II, and his wife, Ann of Charlotte; a daughter, Rebecca Norris Benson and her husband, Vernon of Ramona, Calif.; and several grandchildren.

Jacob E. Tasher, MD, HS’75-’78, of Slingerlands, N.Y., died November 7at his home
after a brief illness. He was 62. He is survived by his wife Nicoleta (Ramona) Tasher of Slingerlands; his daughter, Maya Tasher of Owens Mills, Md.; his sons Avi of Owens Mills; Ari of Baltimore, Md.; and Charlie of Altamont, N.Y. Tasher received his medical degree from Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv, Israel, did his residency in general surgery at Boston University Medical Center, and his ENT/head and neck surgery residency at Duke. More recently he received his master’s of public health from the School of Public Health at the State University of New York. Tasher was a fellow of the American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy, a diplomate of the American Board of Otolaryngology, and fellow of the American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck
Surgery. He was a major in the United States Army Medical Corps Reserve. He was first an active duty medical officer in the Israeli Army when he fought in the Yom Kippur War. Later he transferred to the U.S. Army and participated in the first Gulf War.