MEDICAL BULLETIN

In Memoriam

James H. Jewell, M.D. ’34, of Mt. Clemens, Mich., died Jan. 11. He was 95.

Born in Downington, Ohio, in Meigs County, Dr. Jewell graduated from Harrisonville High School and earned his undergraduate degree at Ohio University, Athens, in 1931. He began practicing general family medicine in 1946 at St. Joseph Hospital in Mt. Clemens, Mich., where he became chief of the medical staff and chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Dr. Jewell was a former president of the Macomb County Medical Society, a fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and a member of the Michigan State Medical Society and the American Medical Association.

He retired in 1974 but continued with the hospital as the attending physician of the Employee Health Services at St. Joseph. After 64 years of practice, he fully retired. In the late 1990s, Dr. Jewell committed to endowing a professorship in genetics at his medical school alma mater. “They are going to be delivering babies and doing hysterectomies the same way for years and years,” he said. “I firmly believe that genetics is the role of the future. That’s where I want to put my productivity and my money.”

Dr. Jewell said he was particularly fond of his time in medical school because it enabled him to have two careers: one in medicine and one in the military. As a member of the Reserve Officers Training Corps, he received not only his medical degree after four years but also his first lieutenant’s commission in the U.S. Army. Dr. Jewell was in uniform for almost seven years during World War II and received several medals for his service.

The alumnus was particularly proud of his role in the D-Day battle at Normandy. He developed a plan used to transport by air wounded soldiers from the shores of Normandy to American hospitals in England, with both speed and good care during transit. He retired as a full colonel in the U.S. Air Force in 1973.

Dr. Jewell was predeceased by his wife, Nellie, who died in 1973, and a son, who died in 1976.

Before his death, Dr. Jewell specified that those wishing to make memorial contributions in his name do so in care of the Office of Development and Alumni Relations, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, 10900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4923.

Angel M. Marchand, M.D. ’35, of San Juan, Puerto Rico, died Feb. 19. He was 93.

He earned his undergraduate degree in 1931 at Miami University Hamilton in Hamilton, Ohio. A member of the American Medical Association, Dr. Marchand was board-certified in allergy and immunology.

Peter C. Meister, M.D. ’38, died Dec. 22 at Brooks Memorial Hospital in Dunkirk, N.Y., after a long illness. He was 92.

A lifelong Dunkirk resident, he graduated from Dunkirk High School and earned his undergraduate degree at Cornell University. After medical school, Dr. Meister was an intern at St. Vincent’s Hospital and was a resident in obstetrics and gynecology at St. Ann’s Hospital in Cleveland.

As a lieutenant in the Medical Reserve Corps, Dr. Meister was called to active duty a year before Pearl Harbor. He was assigned to the 7th Field Artillery Battalion, 1st U.S. Infantry Division, and ultimately was promoted to division artillery surgeon. Dr. Meister landed with the division in Algeria, Sicily and at Omaha Beach, Normandy, on D-Day. He earned 13 campaign stars and was awarded a Bronze Star for bravery at El Guettar, Tunisia.

After he was discharged from the Army in 1945, he returned to a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at E.J. Meyer Memorial Hospital in Buffalo, N.Y. He practiced obstetrics and gynecology from 1948 until he retired in 1977.

The alumnus was a diplomate of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and a life member of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. He was a past president of the Chautauqua County Medical Society and of the medical staff of Brooks Memorial Hospital.

Dr. Meister was preceded in death by his wife, Vaughn, who died in 1995. He is survived by two sons, two daughters and 10 grandchildren.

Edward A. Millonig, M.D. ’40, of Cape Coral, Fla., died, Jan. 6. He was 90.

He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Dayton in his native Ohio city and after medical school returned there to practice obstetrics and gynecology for four decades until retiring to Florida in 1980.

He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Evelyn; a son and daughter and their spouses; a brother; and five grandchildren.

Earl E. Conaway Sr., M.D. ’41, died July 27 at Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center in his native Cambridge, Ohio. He was 94.

He graduated from Cambridge High School and Muskingum College in nearby New Concord, Ohio, before attending medical school.

A World War II veteran, Dr. Conaway practiced family medicine in his hometown for more than 57 years, retiring in 2003. That year, the Medical Board of Ohio presented him and 10 other older Ohio physicians with gubernatorial commendations and emeriti certificates for having practiced for decades without having had a single complaint filed against them.

Among those predeceasing Dr. Conaway was a son. Among those surviving him are his wife, Miriam, three daughters, one son, nine grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

Carl Petersilge, M.D. ’42, of Newark, Ohio, died March 10 at Newark Healthcare Centre after a long illness. He was 88.

Born in Cleveland, he graduated from Lakewood High School and earned a degree in chemistry at what is now Case Western Reserve University in 1939. After medical school, Dr. Petersilge served in World War II for four years and subsequently moved to Newark, where he was a pediatrician for more than 50 years. He was a former chief of staff of Licking Memorial Hospital, and his service there garnered him the medical staff Physician of the Year award in 1991 and the hospital development council’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996.

Dr. Petersilge was one of the founders of the Licking County Mental Health Association. He was a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and a member of the American Medical Association, Licking County Medical Association and the Ohio State Medical Association.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Marian, who died Jan. 10, and two brothers. Dr. Petersilge is survived by three daughters, two sons and their spouses; eight grandchildren; and a niece.

James H. Barnebee Jr., M.D. ’43, of Corsicana, Texas, died March 17 at the Heritage Oaks Retirement Home. He was 86.

Born in Nicaragua, he completed his undergraduate education at Wayne State University in 1939. He was a captain in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during World War II.

Dr. Barnebee moved to Blooming Grove, Texas, in 1945 to practice medicine, and then moved to Coricana in 1954 to open a clinic with two other physicians. He practiced medicine for 55 years, helping to bring into the world more than 2,400 babies.

He was a member of the Navarro County Medical Society and for many years directed the Navarro County Health Department.

Dr. Barnebee was preceded in death by two wives, Tony and Willie. He is survived by his wife, Ingeborg, four sons and their wives, a daughter, four adult stepchildren, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Roger Peatee, M.D. ’43, died March 16 at Wood County Hospital, Bowling Green, Ohio. He was 86.

Born in Westhope, Ohio, Dr. Peatee also was an alumnus of Bowling Green State University, where he earned his undergraduate degree in chemistry in 1939. He practiced family medicine in Bowling Green for more than 40 years, was the Wood County coroner for more than 25 years, was the former chief of anesthesiology and chief of staff at Wood County Hospital, and served as director of the Wood County Nursing Home, now known as Woodhaven Health Center.

A veteran of World War II, during which he served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, Dr. Peatee was a past president of the American Academy of General Practitioners, the Ohio Academy of Family Physicians, and the Wood County Medical Society.

He and his wife, Marjorie Conrad Peatee, M.D., were pilots and flew themselves to professional meetings. Both retired in 1991.

Dr. Peatee was preceded in death by his first wife, Annabelle, who died in 1961. In addition to his second wife, he is survived by two sons, a daughter, four grandchildren and a great-grandson.

Gene D. Fry, M.D. ’45, of Longboat Key, Fla., died at Mease Countryside Hospital, Safety Harbor, Nov. 24. He was 84 and had suffered heart and other complications following a fall in his home.

A native of Youngstown, Ohio, he graduated from South High School there and received his undergraduate degree at Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio, before medical school. Dr. Fry was stationed in Jackson, Miss., with the U.S. Army Medical Corps in 1947-48 and was considered a veteran of World War II because he enlisted upon medical school matriculation.

He practiced family medicine in Girard, Ohio, for 25 years beginning in 1950. In 1973, he became medical director of U.S. Steel, a position from which he retired in 1981. He then taught at the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine in Rootstown until he and his wife, Jane, moved permanently to Florida. In 1998, the Ohio Medical Association honored Dr. Fry for 50 years of service.

Dr. Fry was preceded in death by his wife, who died in 2000. He is survived by three daughters and a son, two sons-in-law, one daughter-in-law and five grandchildren.

John C. Jarrett, M.D. ’45, of Syracuse, Ind., died Feb. 3 at Indiana Heart Hospital, Indianapolis. He was 84.

A Syracuse native, he earned his undergraduate degree at Purdue University. He practiced obstetrics and gynecology for more than 30 years in Marion, Ind., retiring in 1982 after helping to bring 10,000 babies into the world. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force.

Dr. Jarrett was preceded in death by his wife of 48 years, Mary Louise, who died in 1996. He is survived by two sons, a daughter, a sister and 11 grandchildren. One of his sons, John C. Jarrett II, M.D., of Indianapolis, is a 1977 alumnus of the School of Medicine.

Frederick A. Oldenburg, M.D. ’45, of Pepper Pike, Ohio, died Jan. 16 at the Judson Retirement Community. He was 83.

A Cleveland native, he attended University School and also was an undergraduate alumnus of Case Western Reserve University. After medical school, through the U.S. Public Health Service, Dr. Oldenburg served as an assistant port medical director and a staff physician at the Alcatraz prison in San Francisco.

Upon his return to Cleveland, he completed a residency at St. Vincent Charity Hospital. Dr. Oldenburg went on to a successful career in internal medicine and cardiology in private practice, on the clinical faculty of the medical school, and on staff at St. Vincent and St. Luke’s Hospital, where he was head of the Department of Electrocardiography, and then University Hospitals Health System before retiring in 1997.

Dr. Oldenburg was board-certified in internal medicine and was a fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Cardiology.

He and his wife, Chloe, established the Frederick and Chloe Oldenburg Scholarship Fund at the School of Medicine so that today’s students could experience the same patient-centered medical education that Dr. Oldenburg experienced as a medical student. In fact, four generations of Oldenburgs have benefited from an education at the School of Medicine. Dr. Oldenburg’s father, the late Frederick C. Oldenburg, M.D., graduated in 1911 and went on to become a gastroenterologist and chief of staff at St. Vincent. And Dr. and Mrs. Oldenburg’s two sons are alumni, too. Frederick A. Oldenburg Jr., M.D., of Bangor, Me., graduated in 1973, and W. Andrew Oldenburg, M.D., of Jacksonville, Fla., graduated in 1980. The elder son’s son, F. Parke Oldenburg, M.D., of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, is a 2002 graduate of the medical school.

Dr. Oldenburg also is survived by a daughter, 10 other grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and three brothers.

The Oldenburg family suggests that those wishing to make memorial contributions in Dr. Oldenburg’s name may do so to the Oldenburg Family Scholarship Fund, in care of the Office of Development and Alumni Relations, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, 10900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4923.

Charles Q. “Mac” McClelland, M.D. ’46, died March 25 following a brief illness. He was 84.

Born and raised in Cleveland, he graduated from Cleveland Heights High School and then Allegheny College in Meadville, Pa. In choosing to enter the health care profession, he followed in the footsteps of his father, the late Joseph E. McClelland, M.D. ’12, a Cleveland pediatrician and School of Medicine faculty member, and his mother, the late Joan McClelland, a nurse who served in the Lakeside Unit in World War I.

Dr. McClelland served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and was stationed in Wurzburg, Germany, where he was the chief of pediatrics at the 10th Field Hospital. After the war, he returned to Cleveland to practice pediatrics.

The alumnus was the first pediatrician in charge of the pediatric emergency ward at University Hospitals of Cleveland, which was the first separate emergency ward for children in Ohio. In the late 1960s, he was a member of Cleveland Mayor Carl Stokes’ Commission on Crisis in Welfare and served as a national consultant for the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Head Start program. He formerly chaired the AAP Section on Community Pediatrics, the Child Protective Team at UHC’s Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital – he had established the team – and the AAP Ohio Chapter Sudden Infant Death Syndrome program.

Dr. McClelland joined the faculty of his alma mater in 1953. In 1986, he won the first Golden Microscope Award from faculty and students as the faculty member contributing the most to the educational programs at Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital. He retired as clinical emeritus professor of pediatrics.

In 2001, he received the Community Recognition Award from the Northern Ohio Pediatric Society for “promotion of the pediatrics profession.”

Dr. McClelland joined the Cleveland Medical Library Association Board of Trustees in 1972 and was board president in 1977.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Lenore, whom he had married in 1967. She died in 2003. Additionally, he was preceded in death by his brother, J. Gibson McClelland, M.D. ’50. Among those surviving him are his sister-in-law, Jean McClelland, M.D. ’50; a nephew, Kevin McClelland, M.D. ’87; five other nieces and nephews; a stepdaughter; and a step-grandson.

Dale T. Millns, M.D. ’46, of New Bern, N.C., died Jan. 10. He was 83.

A native of Toledo, Ohio, he completed his undergraduate education at the University of Toledo before attending medical school. He later interned at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cleveland and completed residency training at Crile Veterans Hospital in Cleveland.

In 1953, Dr. Millns moved to New Bern to practice urology, a specialty in which he was board-certified, but he became known in that community as much for his public service as for his profession.

Dr. Millns served two terms as alderman and one as mayor of New Bern, from 1957 to 1963. During this time, he helped lead efforts to build a hospital (Craven Regional Medical Center), a library, the area’s first wastewater treatment facility, a community college and a soup kitchen; helped keep air service at Craven County Regional Airport; and encouraged the preservation of history. He and his wife, Jane, restored two houses in the area.

In addition to his wife, Dr. Millns is survived by his children.

Robert W. Dilworth, M.D. ’47, of Montpelier, Ohio, died Feb. 16 at Toledo Hospital. He was 88.

Born in Braeburn, Pa., he earned a degree in metallurgical engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. Before entering medical school, he was an engineer for U.S. Steel.

After medical school, Dr. Dilworth completed surgical training at St. Vincent Charity Hospital in Cleveland. He served two years as a mobile surgeon in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.

Board-certified in surgery and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, Dr. Dilworth practiced medicine in Montpelier for more than 45 years, retiring at the age of 81. In 2000, a unit of the local hospital was named the Dilworth Center of the Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers – Montpelier in honor of Dr. Dilworth and his wife, Mildred. The six-bed acute care hospital unit is dedicated to end-of-life care and pain management during end-of-life care.

In addition to his wife, Dr. Dilworth is survived by two sons and four grandchildren.

John G. Swadey, M.D. ’47, of St. Petersburg, Fla., died March 16, 2004. He was 79.

A Cleveland native, Dr. Swadey completed an internship at Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., and then residency training in internal medicine at Sea View Hospital Rehabilitation Center and Home, Staten Island, N.Y.; the Atlanta Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Atlanta; and a Tennessee medical center for veterans. He served as a physician in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.

Board-certified in internal medicine, Dr. Swadey was retired from private practice at the time of his death. He is survived by a daughter, three grandchildren and two sisters.

Matthew R. Biscotti, M.D. ’49, of Brecksville, Ohio, died Feb. 12 at the Cleveland Clinic Hospice in Olmsted Township, Ohio. He was 78.

Born in Euclid, Ohio, he left Shaw High School in East Cleveland in his third year to enter the U.S. Navy’s World War II V12 program at Denison University, Granville, Ohio; he subsequently earned his undergraduate degree in 1946. After graduating from medical school, Dr. Biscotti was a flight surgeon in the Naval Air Corps.

The alumnus was the first chief of obstetrics and gynecology at Parma Community General Hospital when it opened in 1961. He also was a former president of the hospital’s medical staff. In 1979, he transferred his practice to what is now known as MetroHealth Medical Center, where he was director of family planning, co-director of the maternity and infant care project, and acting chair of ob/gyn. Residents honored him for his teaching.

Dr. Biscotti’s career also included service as president of the Academy of Medicine of Cleveland and several years on the faculty at his medical school alma mater. He retired from practice in 2003, having helped 15,000 babies into the world during his 54-year career. In July 2004, he was named associate professor emeritus of reproductive biology at the School of Medicine.

Dr. Biscotti also was active in alumni affairs at the School of Medicine. For decades he served as a class representative, soliciting and submitting class notes for publication in the school’s magazine. Among other responsibilities, he had served as the class party chair for the 1999 medical alumni reunion.

Dr. Biscotti is survived by his wife of 58 years, Mae, two sons, one daughter, seven grandchildren, one great-grandchild and a sister. One son, Charles, also of Brecksville, is a 1983 alumnus of the School of Medicine.

June Ritchie Chambers, M.D. ’49, of Charleston, W. Va., died Jan. 24 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was 80.

A native of Parkersburg, W. Va., she attended Ward-Belmont College and earned her undergraduate degree at West Virginia University. She went on to earn a master of science degree at WVU before moving to Cleveland to complete her medical degree.

Dr. Chambers served an internship at Huron Hospital in Cleveland and an internal medicine residency at Charleston Memorial Hospital, Charleston. She practiced internal medicine for seven years. She completed a second residency in psychiatry at the Charleston Area Medical Center and practiced at Shawnee Hills Community Health Center. She was retired at the time of her death.

The alumna and her husband, John T. “Jack” Chambers, M.D. ’47, and their son and daughter-in-law, donated $1.5 million to the WVU College of Business and Economics to establish the Chambers Endowed Program for Electronic Business in 2002. It was one of the largest gifts ever made to the college. The Chambers’ son, John, is president and chief executive officer of Cisco Systems, Inc., a San Jose, Calif.-based Internet networking company. Dr. Chambers’ husband and son also are WVU alumni.

In 2001, Dr. Chambers and her husband were named Most Loyal West Virginians by the WVU Student Foundation Board of Managers in recognition of their faithfulness to the ideals and goals of the state exemplified through professional achievement and support of WVU.

In addition to her husband of 57 years and her son, Dr. Chambers is survived by two daughters, two brothers and nine grandchildren.

Herman D. “Dave” Luck, M.D. ’49, of Arkadelphia, Ark., died Jan. 3. He was 79.

Born in Staten Island, N.Y., he attended Columbia University for one year. During World War II, he served through the U.S. Navy V12 program, attending Middlebury College in Vermont and graduating from Bates College in Lewiston, Me., in 1945.

After medical school, Dr. Luck completed postgraduate work in medical education at the U.S. Naval School of Aviation Medicine, Pensacola, Fla., and at University Hospital, Little Rock, Ark. He served as a Navy medical officer from 1950 to 1953, during the Korean War.

Dr. Luck practiced medicine in Arkadelphia for many years and was the founder of the Arkadelphia Medical Clinic. Board-certified in family practice, he was a fellow of the American Academy of Family Practice and a member of the American Medical Association.

The alumnus also was heavily involved in politics and policy. Over the course of his life, among numerous other roles, he participated in the White House Conference on Civil Rights in 1966 at the invitation of President Lyndon Johnson; served on the Arkansas Constitutional Revision Study Commission in the 1960s after being appointed by then Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller and others; and was a 12-year member and six-year chair of the Arkansas State Board of Higher Education during the 1980s and 1990s after being appointed by then Gov. Bill Clinton.

Dr. Luck was president of the Arkadelphia Kiwanis Club in 1955, president of the Arkadelphia Chamber of Commerce in 1961, and president of General Industries Corp. from 1962 to 1968. He received the Junior Chamber of Commerce Distinguished Service Award in 1963. Dr. Luck also was a trustee of Henderson State University from 1970 to 1982.

Based on his experiences, he wrote “Arkadelphia U.S.A.,” a collection of political articles in the Arkadelphia Daily Siftings Herald, and “Arkansas Higher Education.”

Dr. Luck was preceded in death by his first wife, Frances Jean, and one sister. He is survived by his wife, Caroline; two daughters and two sons-in-law; a brother; two sisters; and six grandchildren.

A tribute to Dr. Luck was read into the Congressional Record on Feb. 8 by Rep. Mike Ross of Arkansas; it appears online at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/crecord (search Vol. 151 for Dave Luck).

Richard H. Mailman, M.D. ’49, of Tarzana, Calif., died Dec. 29. He was 83.

Dr. Mailman was a triple alumnus of Case Western Reserve University, having earned undergraduate degrees in chemistry from the former School of Pharmacy and the former Adelbert College in 1942 and 1944, respectively, as well as a medical degree.

After medical school, he completed residency training at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center of West Los Angeles and the Los Angeles County – University of Southern California Medical Center. Dr. Mailman was a board-certified internist who twice served as chief of staff of Northridge Hospital Medical Center, Northridge, Calif., and was a former president of the Los Angeles County Medical Association.

He is survived by three daughters, one son, three grandchildren, one great-grandson, a sister and a brother.

Morton L. Angell, M.D. ’50, of Shaker Heights, Ohio, died Feb. 21 while on vacation in the Dominican Republic. He was 82.

A native of Cleveland, he also earned his undergraduate degree at what is now known as Case Western Reserve University (Adelbert College), in 1944. After medical school, he completed residencies at Mt. Sinai Medical Center and the Kaiser Foundation Hospital. He practiced obstetrics and gynecology, welcoming hundreds of babies into the world during his 40-year career. Dr. Angell also was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, having served during World War II as a junior officer on the U.S.S. Hudson.

Dr. Angell was a member of the Academy of Medicine of Cleveland, the Ohio State Medical Association and the American Medical Association.

He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Arlene; two daughters, a son and their spouses; five grandchildren; and a sister.

The Angell family suggests that those wishing to make memorial contributions in Dr. Angell’s name may do so in care of the Office of Development and Alumni Relations, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, 10900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4923.

George H. Feil, M.D. ’50, died April 13 in Martha’s Vineyard Hospital in Massachusetts. He was 85.

Born in London when his father was training as a cardiologist, Dr. Feil grew up in Cleveland. He attended University School and Yale University before medical school. His undergraduate studies were interrupted in 1942 by service in the U.S. Army during World War II.

After medical school, Dr. Feil practiced internal medicine for many years in Cleveland, sharing an office with his father, Harold, a 1911 alumnus of the medical school. He also served on the clinical faculty of his medical school alma mater.

Dr. Feil moved to Martha’s Vineyard in 1972 and opened a general practice there. He served as chief of the medical staff at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital and was a member of the hospital finance committee. He retired in 1988 and moved to Florida, but he returned to Martha’s Vineyard in 1996 to live at the Long Hill assisted living facility in Edgartown.

Dr. Feil is survived by four daughters and a son; a brother; a sister, Mary Feil Hellerstein, M.D. ’49; nine grandchildren; and 12 nieces and nephews, including Daniel Hellerstein, M.D. ’83, and Elizabeth Hellerstein, M.D. ’91.

Mary Weidle Lovoff, M.D. ’50, of Westlake, Ohio, formerly of Lakewood, Ohio, died April 18. She was 87.

Born in Oil City, Pa., she earned an undergraduate degree at the University of Pittsburgh and a master of science degree from Wellesley College before medical school.

A pediatrician, Dr. Lovoff was a clinical instructor of pediatrics at her alma mater.

Her husband of 35 years, Adolf, died two days before she did.

James B. Raymer, Sr., M.D. ’53, of Charlotte, N.C., died at Carolinas Medical Center Dec. 2, a day after his 80th birthday.

A native of Statesville, N.C., he attended The Citadel and was drafted in World War II. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge and received the Bronze Star. Following the war, he entered medical school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill but subsequently earned his medical degree from what is now known as Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Raymer was a surgeon in private practice in Charlotte for many years.

The alumnus is survived by his wife of 51 years, Opal, two sons, a daughter-in-law and two grandsons.

Fred S. Rosen, M.D. ’55, died May 21at Sherrill House, Jamaica Plain, Mass., after a battle with cancer. He was 74.

He was a prominent pediatric immunologist who made many seminal contributions to the field during his career. In the 1980s, for instance, he discovered intravenous administration of gamma globulin as a treatment for children whose bodies could not produce antibodies. He also developed bone marrow transplantation as a treatment for a gene defect that prohibited children’s bodies from making antibodies.

The author of more than 300 scientific papers, Dr. Rosen’s research focused on the pathogenesis of primary immune deficiencies that afflict children, such as Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome and Severe Combined Immune Deficiency. At the time of his death, the Newark, N.J., native had two ongoing National Institutes of Health-funded grants for the study of cytoskeletal organization in blood cells and the signaling pathways that regulate the development and function of lymphocytes.

In January, the alumnus stepped down as president and scientific director of the CBR Institute for Biomedical Research (formerly the Center for Blood Research), an independent non-profit entity academically affiliated with Harvard Medical School. He had held both positions since 1987. At a May 18 international symposium organized by colleagues in honor of Dr. Rosen’s career, the institute’s current scientific director, Fred Alt, Ph.D., said that the alumnus “essentially single-handedly built [the institute into] one of the premier immunology and inflammation centers in the world.”

Dr. Alt said that Dr. Rosen was “the prototype clinician-scientist and translational researcher” who, during his lengthy career at the institute and at Children’s Hospital in Boston, stressed the importance of clinically relevant research and influenced generations of physician-scientists who now occupy key positions in academic medicine.

The roots of his interest in immunology were established when he was a medical student working in the pathology laboratory of Louis Pillemer, Ph.D.

Upon receiving the Distinguished Alumnus Award from his alma mater’s Medical Alumni Association in 1990, Dr. Rosen fondly recalled his time in medical school. “We had a fine medical education. We had brilliant role models, superb grounding in the basic sciences and a wealth of clinical experience,” he said.

After earning his medical degree, Dr. Rosen completed an internship in pathology and a residency in internal medicine at Children’s Hospital. For two years in the midst of his residency training, he was a U.S. Public Health Service research officer assigned to the National Cancer Institute Laboratory of Chemical Pharmacology.

Dr. Rosen began his lengthy affiliation with Harvard Medical School in 1960 as a research fellow there and at Children’s Hospital. Among the titles he held at Harvard were James L. Gamble Professor of Pediatrics and member of the Immunology Executive Committee.

His career also included service as head of the immunology division and program director for the Clinical Research Center of Children’s Hospital; Distinguished Visiting Scholar at Christ’s College of Cambridge University, England; visiting professor of pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis; chair of the Expert Scientific Committee on Immunodeficiency for the World Health Organization; member of the medical advisory committee of the Immune Deficiency Foundation; and member of the planning committee of Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology.

Dr. Rosen was elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Institute of Medicine. He was a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the American Pediatric Society and the Association of American Physicians.

In April, Dr. Rosen received the first American Association of Immunologists – Dana Foundation Award in Human Immunology Research for “a sustained career of outstanding achievement and contributions to the understanding, prevention and therapy of human disease.” Additional honors include the Membre d’Honneur for Life of the French Society of Immunology, the Jeffrey Modell Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award, and the George Washington Kidd Award from his undergraduate alma mater, Lafayette College, Easton, Pa.

A lifelong bachelor, he had no immediate survivors.

Albert William Holmes Jr., M.D. ’56, of Fresno, Calif., died at home Jan. 8. He was 72.

Born in Chicago, he attended the University of Chicago Laboratory School and received his undergraduate degree from Knox College in Galesburg, Ill. After medical school, Dr. Holmes was a captain in the U.S. Army at Ft. McClellan in Alabama. He completed his internship and internal medicine residency at Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Hospital in Chicago. In 1962, he was appointed a research fellow in the Liver Research Laboratory and Department of Microbiology. Subsequently, Dr. Holmes completed a fellowship at Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Hospital under the auspices of the U.S. Public Health Service and the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. His primary area of research related to the transmission of viral hepatitis.

His research efforts led the Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry to name Dr. Holmes one of “Chicago’s Ten Outstanding Young Men” in 1967. He was a professor of medicine and microbiology at the University of Illinois College of Medicine from 1964 to 1971, when he became a professor of medicine and microbiology at the newly formed Rush Medical College. Dr. Holmes was also acting dean of the Rush Graduate College, acting director of the Rush Research Institute, and acting vice president of research affairs at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center.

In 1975, Dr. Holmes and his family moved from the Chicago area to Lubbock, Texas, where he became chairman of internal medicine at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. He remained in that position until 1986, when he returned to Illinois to become chairman of internal medicine at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria. Dr. Holmes left that position in 1990 to become chairman of the Department of Medicine at the Valley Medical Center in Fresno. He retired from that position in 1996.

Dr. Holmes was preceded in death by a daughter who died in 1979 at the age of 23. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Lois, two sons, a daughter, a sister, a nephew and six grandchildren.

John Jeffrey Nicholas, M.D. ’59, of Philadelphia, died March 18 of pancreatic cancer. He was 72.

Born and raised in Murphysboro, Ill., Dr. Nicholas earned his undergraduate degree in history and his master’s degree at Harvard. After medical school, he completed an internship in internal medicine and a residency in medicine at SUNY Upstate Medical University Hospital in Syracuse, N.Y. During part of the time he was completing his residency, he was a captain in the U.S. Army Medical Corps.

For 18 years, Dr. Nicholas taught physical medicine and rehabilitation at the University of Pittsburgh, founding and running a unique division that combined rehabilitation with rheumatology. He devised ways for patients to preserve their mobility while not aggravating their joints.

Dr. Nicholas later was chairman, professor and senior attending in physical medicine and rehabilitation at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center in Chicago, where he also led a residency program. He finished his career as chairman and professor of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia. Simultaneously, he was senior attending in physical medicine and rehabilitation at Temple University Hospital and was on the staff of MossRehab Hospital.

Board-certified in internal medicine, physical medicine and rehabilitation, and rheumatology, Dr. Nicholas’ career also included service as a member of the Physiatric Association of Spine, Sports and Occupational Rehabilitation Board of Governors, membership on several committees of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R), and service as the AAPM&R’s representative on the American Medical Association’s Resource-Based Relative Value Scale Update Committee Advisory Board. He founded and chaired the academy’s Rheumatological Rehabilitation Special Interest Group. In addition, he chaired and served on numerous hospital committees and served as an oral examiner for the American Board of PM&R.

Dr. Nicholas was a former associate editor and manuscript reviewer for Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and a reviewer for the Journal of the American Medical Association and the Journal of Rheumatology. He wrote more than 50 refereed articles, 56 abstracts, 29 chapters and other publications. In 2003, he received the Distinguished Clinician Award from the AAPM&R.

Dr. Nicholas is survived by his wife of 48 years, Barbara; a daughter; two sons; four granddaughters; and a sister.

Anne Dudley Templeton Zimmerman, M.D. ’74, of Casper, Wyo., died Dec. 16 while undergoing heart surgery at Latter Day Saints Hospital in Salt Lake City. She was 62.

She earned her undergraduate degree at Wellesley College in 1964 and, before medical school, conducted neuropsychological research at Massachusetts General Hospital and taught biological sciences near Boston and in Botswana with the Peace Corps.

The alumna married Gail Zimmerman, Ph.D., in 1980, and opened a surgical practice in Casper. In addition, she practiced clinical medicine at an urgent care clinic and for 14 years served as the medical director of the Natrona County Detention Center there.

In 1997, Dr. Zimmerman co-founded the American chapter of the international human rights organization Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW). The group promotes human rights around the world, and in particular the basic rights of Christians in nations where they are persecuted. Her involvement with CSW took her to the Sudan four times. She also traveled to Armenia, Russia, Bosnia and several other African nations to assist the oppressed.

In 2001, Dr. Zimmerman was one of 64 recipients of the Washington Times Foundation’s National Service Awards, which recognize those who serve as role models and leaders in their communities through participation in programs that have a faith-based component and improve the quality of family life and self-sufficiency of those in need.

In 2003, she retired from her medical practice to devote more time to the cause of international religious freedom.

Dr. Zimmerman was a trustee of the John Templeton Foundation, established by her father, Sir John Templeton, in 1987 in Conshohocken, Pa. In addition to her husband and her father, she is survived by two sons and two daughters, including Renee Stirling, M.D. ’95, and their spouses; two brothers; two stepsisters; and seven grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her mother, Judith Dudley Folk.

Judith A. Sawchak, M.D. ’78, died Oct. 30, 2004, in Brooklyn, N.Y. She was 56.

Dr. Sawchak was a double alumna of Case Western Reserve University, having also earned a master of arts degree in anatomy in 1976 from the School of Graduate Studies. She had earned her undergraduate degree in 1970 at Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio.

After medical school, Dr. Sawchak completed internal medicine residency training at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, and neurology residency training at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, and then Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn.

Board-certified in neurology, she was a physician and professor of neurology at the State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn (SUNY Downstate) and Kings County Hospital Center.

Dr. Sawchak was preceded in death by her father and a brother. She is survived by her husband, Brian Henry; a daughter; and her mother.