1939
Lawrence E. Mauer, MD, still practices one or two days a week after a
career in family practice medicine in Boulder, Colo. He enjoys his
part-time retirement since it allows him time to extensively counsel his
children and their families on optimal dietary habits, use of bicycle
helmets and proper exercise. His wife is Helen Mares Faris Mauer, who
graduated from the IU School of Nursing.
1943
Nicholas Egnatz, MD, has spent some of his free time on the golf course
since his retirement at the age of seventy-one. His time has been well
spent since he has had four holes-in-one since then. When not on the golf
course, he has been immersed in research projects and keeping up with his
eight sons, one daughter, and thirteen grandchildren.
1953
Gilbert Bluhm, MD, still lectures about rheumatic disease to medical
colleagues and writes editorials for the Detroit Medical News. He retired
in July, 1997, after thirty-nine years as a rheumatologist with the Henry
Ford Medical Group. He is active with the Wayne County (Detroit) and
Michigan State Medical Societies, serves on the board of directors of three
foundations, and is a Michigan delegate to the AMA House of Delegates. He
has been married for forty-seven years. He and his wife have four daughters
and three grandchildren.
1958
Michael Kyle, MD, resides in Fort Myers, Fla., where he plays golf and does
charity work when he isn't traveling. At the time of his retirement, he had
employed twelve diagnostic radiologists and five therapeutic radiologists
at three diagnostic offices. He also owned three large pharmaceutical
offices and two hospitals. He is the father of a daughter, who teaches, and
four sons. Three are lawyers and one holds a degree in criminology.
1959
Lindley Wagner, MD, spent his first winter after retiring as director of
the Center for Lafayette Medical Education in Mesa, Ariz. In October, 1998,
Dr. Wagner was awarded a Sagamore of the Wabash, presented by Indiana Gov.
Frank O'Bannon. The award for the state's highest civilian honor was
presented during the Indiana Veterans' Home Advisory Committee meeting. Dr.
Wagner served the Indiana Veteran's Home as medical director and a member
of the advisory committee for nearly twenty-five years.
1963
Herman Rusche, MD, has spent the past twenty-six years in full-time private
practice of gastroenterology with four associates in Evansville, Ind.
1968
Michael Johnson, MD, resides in Cambridge, Mass., where he practices adult
general psychiatry and out-patient psychopharmacology with Harvard Vanguard
Medical Associates. He also teaches first- and second-year Harvard Medical
School students. He notes that a highlight of his life was studying with
noted English pianist John Ogdon.
1977
Stephen Perkins, MD, FACS, has been inducted as president of the American
Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, a medical society
with more than 2,700 facial plastic surgeon members. He says his goals for
his year as president include promoting the importance of ethics in
advertising and collaborating with other multidisciplinary medical
specialties which address issues of the face. Dr. Perkins is a clinical
associate professor of otolaryngology-head & neck surgery at IUSM and is in
private practice at Perkins Facial Plastic Surgery, P.C. He also founded
the Meridian Plastic Surgery Center in Indianapolis.
1978
Thomas Meyer, MD, is a team physician for the U.S. Olympic Water Polo team.
When he is not traveling abroad with the athletes, he is in private
practice in ortho-paedics in Huntington Beach and Newport Beach, Calif. He
is the father of two sons, ages eleven
and fourteen.
1983
Michael Tsangaris, MD, is a clinical associate professor of pediatrics at
IUSM. This past fall he received a Leaders in Excellence Award from the
Indiana Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
1988
Jon Curry, MD, got the surprise of his life in 1996 when his wife delivered
twin girls, Madeline and Hilary. With older sister Natalie, they keep both
parents very busy. Dr. Curry practices urology in Grand Rapids, Mich.
1997
Dennis Beck Jr., MD, and his wife Brenda reside in Louisville, Ky., where
he is a second-year resident in orthopaedic surgery. He and his wife
joyfully announce the birth of their daughter Morgan Ann, who was born Nov.
13.