Fall 04

Alumni News

1956

Were they cruising for a bruising? James Feeney, MD, vividly recalls a drive to school one day. “I was with George Green (MD ’56), in his old car with poor brakes. Well, we gently rear-ended Professor Harris Schumacker, who was driving his convertible with the top down.” Dr. Feeney doesn’t elaborate on what transpired following that close encounter with IUSM’s former chair of surgery. Dr. Feeney is a retired internist and resides in Adrian, Mich.

Leon Kaseff, MD, San Mateo, Calif., has a full range of activities and interests to keep him busy: tennis, hiking, photography, music, teaching and participation in the Commonwealth Club. Highlights of his career, he reports, have been serving as a professor at the University of California-San Francisco and becoming a grandfather. He also has served as an advisor to the Regional Cancer Foundation of Northern California.

Sometimes being a medical student has unforeseen benefits. James Reid, MD, Sanibel, Fla., met his future wife at a nurses’ dance at Wishard Memorial Hospital (formerly Marion County General Hospital) in the mid-1950s. Today, the retired ophthalmologist keeps his sights set on gardening and his involvement with Rotary International.

1957

When C. Elaine Ashley Lane, MD, looks at life’s balance sheet, she’ll likely tell you that family has been her focal point. She enjoys get-togethers with her children, grandchildren and foster grandchildren. A retired Indianapolis internist, Dr. Lane stays active volunteering for her church and other community groups and visiting with former patients. She reports having some health problems in recent years but candidly adds, “I’m a survivor.”

Listen up, lads and lassies: Charles X. McCall III, MD, has been commissioned a chieftain in Clan Macaulay Society of Scotland. He also has a family practice in Paoli, Ind. The central Indiana landscape gives him the opportunity to tree farm and fish. He reports having an affinity for the stage, singing and woodworking. Two main memories stand out regarding his medical school education: “Getting in and getting out.”

1958

Charles D. Farmer, MD, was awarded membership in the Order of the Long Leaf Pine when he retired as a nephrologist from the Petrolia Kidney Center in Charlotte, N.C. It is one of the highest civilian honors given to outstanding North Carolinians with a proven record of service to the state. He counts travel, golf, gardening and visiting with his children and grandchildren among the highest honors in his personal life.

The first days of medical school can be difficult to digest. Howard Brown, MD, Atlanta, Ga., recalls having some difficulty eating a ham sandwich on his first day in gross anatomy lab. The semi-retired thoracic surgeon is an avid Braves and Falcons fan when he’s not swimming laps, lifting weights, hiking and teeing up on the golf course. He has been chair of the medical records committee at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Atlanta.

“Retirement is great!” reports Thomas Lunsford, MD. “We’ve put thousands of miles on our motor home and also have traveled to all continents except for Antarctica.” The retired Indianapolis neurologist also journeys through good books, listening to good music and cooking.

1961

Retirement may only be a few months away for Richard R. Henderson, MD, Mebane, N.C. He’s aiming to achieve that milestone in 2005. He’s had a dermatology practice in Burlington for more than three decades. Fishing, farming, traveling and visiting his children and grandchildren occupy his time when he’s not seeing patients. In looking back he says, “I was blessed to have the opportunity to attend IU School of Medicine.”

James Donation, MD, and his wife spend their winters in Tucson, Ariz., far from the less-than-temperate clime at that time of year in Rochester, Minn. He’s a former professor and staff member of the Mayo Clinic. “The transition from an active professional life in medicine to an active life in retirement with new interests – and spending more time with our children and their families – makes me very thankful to be alive.”

1962

Although he’s been in private practice for many years, Garland D. Anderson, MD, has never left his IUSM roots. He’s assistant clinical professor of medicine at the IU Center for Medical Education at Fort Wayne, Ind., and assistant director of family practice residency. He hunts, fishes, plays racquetball and skis in his spare time.

William Gray, MD, retired from the U.S. Army as colonel a decade ago and later retired from civil service in 1998. He resides in Mililani, Hawaii, where he is involved in orchid-growing, judging and related clubs. He revs it up occasionally with an interest in race cars and is a member of the Corvette Club.

1966

James Lafollette, MD, has held many top positions at Bloomington (Ind.) Hospital in his career. He’s been chief of family practice, medicine and of obstetrics/gynecology. Also, he has served as president of the Monroe County Medical Society and is past district president of the Indiana Academy of Family Practice. He has been involved in mission trips to Nicaragua and Puerto Rico.

1967

For Roy Hunteman, MD, Richmond, Ind., one recollection of his medical school years is especially clear. “I will never forget Dr. Roy Behnke (MD ’46) because he taught internal medicine in a very personal and practical way. He was my favorite faculty member.” Dr. Behnke went on to become the founding chair of internal medicine at the University of South Florida. Today, Dr. Hunteman, a retired family practioner, speaks about stroke (he suffered one in 1994 and underwent extensive rehabilitation) at health fairs and medical society meetings. He volunteers at his local Boys and Girls Club and his church.

1971

Byron Eisenstein, MD, is chief of the Department of Otolaryngology at Northwest Community Hospital, Arlington Heights, Ill. You can find him with his family, on the links, the tennis court or near a fishing hole when he’s not serving his patients.

1973

“I enjoy living in a small town in the upper peninsula of Michigan,” says John “Mick” Garrett, MD, an ophthalmologist who makes his home with his family in Iron Mountain. Once a year, he and his family travel abroad to do medical mission work. They have been to Ghana, Honduras, Costa Rica and Guatemala.

1982

Extracurricular activities were the perfect respite from the rigors of medical school, remembers Douglas Trigg, MD, Sammamish, Wash. Do any of his classmates recall him “jamming with Dirk and Jim at all the parties at Country Squire West?” These days, Dr. Trigg is an internist and primary care physician at Virginia-Mason Clinic. His current extracurricular activities include hiking, climbing and playing jazz piano.

1991

Neurologist Linda Sittler Williams, MD, is director of the Outcome Research Program at the VA Medical Center in Indianapolis, where she’s also an assistant professor at IUSM. She specializes in cerebrovascular diseases. “Having children and a family life has given me joy in life and reminds me why we all are here.” One of the beauties of working at her alma mater is that she gets to work with two of her favorite faculty members from her school days – Robert Pascuzzi, MD ’79, chair of the Department of Neurology, and Karen Roos, MD, professor of neurology.