IN MEMORIAM

Edward Stanley Arnold, M.D., MD'77, HS'77-'81, died on Feb. 25. He was 54. Dr. Arnold, a psychiatrist, contracted Lyme disease in June 2000. He is survived by his mother, sister and other family members.

*Leo Max Bashinsky, M.D., MD'43, died on July 22. He was 88. After completing military service, he practiced general pediatrics on Birmingham's Southside. In addition to his general practice, he saw patients at the Children's Hospital, the Crippled Children's Clinic, the polio ward at Hillman Hospital and Gateway Children's Home (formerly known as Mercy Home). He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Betty; a son, Leo III; a daughter, Betty; nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Harry G. Brown, M.D., MD'39, died April 8. He was 91. He was the first urologist in northwest Alabama, where he practiced at the Florence Clinic from 1947 until 1978. He was also known for his medical missionary work in Africa, the Middle East and Central America. He is survived by his sons – William, Harry and Richard – and a granddaughter.

William Daniel Calhoun, M.D., HS'72-'75, died June 7. He was 70. First a family practitioner in Manchester, Tenn., he ran a private psychiatry practice in Huntsville, Ala., for 29 years. Survivors include his wife, Elaine; daughters Elizabeth and Caroline; a son, Dan; and six grandchildren.

*Richard Cannon II, M.D., MD'43/ Dec., died June 7 in Tyler, Texas. He was 87. He served as Dean of Allied Health Professions at Vanderbilt from 1972-1983, when he retired as Professor and Director Emeritus of Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He served as president of the Tennessee Hospital Association, was treasurer and on the board of trustees at the American Hospital Association, and helped establish the Nashville Area Chapter of the American Red Cross, serving as its first board president. He is survived by his daughters, Mary and Anne; sons, Richard and James; and seven grandchildren.

Russell D. Cunningham, M.D., MD'58, HS'58-'59, died July 29 after battling lung cancer for a year. He was 73. In 1964, after completing a fellowship in pediatric endocrinology at Boston Children's Hospital, he joined the faculty at UAB School of Medicine where he remained until he retired in 1997. Dr. Cunningham is survived by Shirley, his wife of 51 years; a son, Stanley; a daughter, Beth; and four grandchildren.

James Robert Glassner, M.D., MD'81, HS'81-'84, died in December 2001 when a truck collided with his bicycle. He was practicing ophthalmology in Montgomery, Ala., at the time. He is survived by his wife of 20 years, Rebecca, and daughters, Kristen and Sarah.

*Oliver H. Graves, M.D., MD'43/March, died Jan. 28 in Jackson, Tenn. He was 88. In 1955 he founded The Urological Clinic of Jackson, where he practiced medicine for 36 years. He is survived by his wife, Bettie; three daughters, Pat, Francie and Ruth; five grandchildren and a great granddaughter.

William "Bill" Gregory, M.D., MD'81, HS'81, died June 24 in Ellijay, Ga., from injuries from a bicycling accident. The Dalton, Ga., internist volunteered weekly at the local health department seeing uninsured patients. He is survived by his wife, Laura, and two daughters – Virginia and Elizabeth.

Robert C. Hartmann, M.D., FA'52-'75, died April 30.

Sam W. Huddleston III, M.D., MD'51, HS'53-'56, died March 21. Dr. Huddleston moved to Johnson City in 1956 and joined with another physician to form the Ellis-Huddleston Clinic. He retired from Appalachian Orthopaedic Associations after 49 years of practice. He is survived by his wife, June; children, Donnan, Sam and Tom; and six grandchildren.

Ilpo Kaariainen, MD'94, died July 5. He was 37. He was double board certified in internal medicine and psychiatry, and served on the faculty of the University of Chicago while running a private practice in Northwest Indiana. He was also chairman and medical director of the Behavioral Health Services at LaPorte Hospital. He is survived by his wife, Cindy, and three children – Alex, Isabel and Abby.

Harold Lasker, M.D., MD'65, died Feb. 20, 2005. He worked for two decades as medical director of Brunswick Hospital, for 11 years as staff psychiatrist at South Oaks Hospital, and was a member of the staff of New Island Hospital in the Department of Medicine in Rockville Center, N.Y., for 14 years. He is survived by his wife, Margo; son, James; and daughter, Alexandra.

Henry E. Malcom, M.D., MD'51, died Aug. 24 after complications from surgery. He was 81. He practiced Ob/Gyn in Lansing, Mich., where he became chief of staff at Edward W. Sparrow Hospital. He is survived by his wife, Barbara; three daughters; two stepdaughters; and 11 grandchildren.

Joseph H. Patterson, M.D., MD'38, HS'39-'42, died April 27. He was 91. After serving in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during World War II, he moved to Atlanta and started a private practice. He created a residency program and neonatal intensive care unit at Crawford Long Hospital in Atlanta where he served as chief of service and director of pediatric education from 1947-1959. He was assistant clinical professor of Pediatric Medicine at Emory, from 1948-1957, and in 1959, he left his private practice to become chief physician at Henrietta Egleston Hospital for Children at Emory, where he served for 35 years and became a professor of Pediatrics. In 1984 he became an administrative medical consultant on child health advocacy issues and professor of Pediatrics, Emeritus. His clinical research focused on juvenile arthritis and human growth disorders. In 1999, he received the Atlanta Business Chronicle Healthcare Hero Award for his contributions to health care and the community. He is survived by his three children, Jeffrey, Paul and Ellen, and six grandchildren.

*Harold Wright Priddle, M.D., MD'43/Dec., died Sept. 7 in Paducah, Ky. He was 87. He was in private practice in Paducah, and after he retired, headed the Purchase District Health Department until his second retirement at the age of 80. He is survived by his children, Janet, Laurence, Sandra, Brian and Vincent, 15 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Robert W. Scott, M.D., MD'78, died June 4 in Indianapolis after a long battle with cancer. He was 55. He worked for Eli Lilly as medical director from 1988 until 2002, was president of Miravant Cardiovascular Medical Technologies, in Santa Barbara, Calif., from 2002 until 2005, and then chief medical officer at Anaclim, LLC, in Indianapolis from 2005 until he died. Before his death, he was named associate dean and director for Diversity Programs at the Indiana University School of Medicine. He is survived by his wife, Marta, and three children – Matthew, Simone and Sarah Ann.

Samuel Edward Stephenson Jr., M.D., MD'50, HS'53-'57, died May 14. He was 79. He was board certified in general, thoracic and vascular surgery and was professor of Surgery at the University of Florida. He is survived by his wife, Janet; two daughters, Maria and Dorthea; sons, Steve, and Doug, and 10 grandchildren.

John B. Wilkes, M.D., MD'39, died May 7. He was 90. He served 31 years in the U.S. Army, retiring as colonel, practiced as a general surgeon in Grand Rapids, Mich., for more than 30 years, and served as chief of staff at Butterworth Hospital. He is survived by two children, John and C. Benjamin; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.