Class Notes

1960 Irvin Emanuel (MD) is the namesake of an endowed fund to support graduate students in maternal and child health at the University of Washington’s School of Public Health in Seattle. The fund was established by a longtime collaborator of Irvin’s in both teaching and research. A Navy veteran of World War II, Irvin has directed two interdisciplinary and interdepartmental programs at Washington, and has either taught, conducted research, or both in rural Alaska, Taiwan, Hawaii, the Solomon Islands, the Philippines, England, Thailand, and Zimbabwe. He’s a professor emeritus of epidemiology and pediatrics at Washington and lives in Seattle. . . . Helen Mitlof Klemperer ’57RC writes that Marty Klemperer (Res) died in May at home in St. Petersburg, Florida. Helen writes that after graduating from medical school at NYU, “Marty came to the U of R’s two-year rotating internship program at Strong Memorial Hospital. For many years, he often talked about what a wonderful program this was, where heads of departments at the hospital would devote so much time and energy to begin intern training in a very positive way. He talked frequently about the enthusiasm of doctors Romano, Bradford, and Manning, and marveled at their desire to help these new doctors start out ‘the right way.’” Marty became board certified in both pediatrics and hematology/oncology and, after a stint at the Communicable Disease Center (as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was then named) as well as Boston Children’s Hospital, returned to Rochester as head of pediatric hematology/oncology. He simultaneously became the first medical director of Camp Good Days and Special Times, before leaving to become head of pediatrics at Marshall University, which was establishing a new medical school. Marty maintained his New York medical license, however, and he and Helen returned to the Rochester area many summers to volunteer at the camp. Marty spent the final years of his medical career at the University of South Florida, and retired at age 70. Marty and Helen had three children together: Thomas, Sally Klemperer ’90RC, and John Klemperer ’85RC.

1963 Joseph (Joel) Andrews (MD) sends an update. He writes: “I’m a physician, author, activist, and history buff.” Formerly a resident of Boston, Joel moved to Concord, where he’s a licensed historical guide, the author of two books on Concord, and founding director of Concord Guides Walking Tours—“Revolution, Renaissance, and Renewal” (Concordguides.com). Joel adds: “I’m a Vietnam-era veteran of the Air Force Medical Corps, and a descendent of Revolutionary War soldiers and patriots Haym Salomon, Col. Isaac Franks, and Maj. Benjamin Nones.” Semiretired from medicine, Joel continues as a lecturer at Tufts University’s medical school and maintains a practice in internal and pulmonary medicine on a part-time basis. He’s a widower and has three children and four grandsons. He also notes that classmate Lauro Halstead (MD) has published a memoir, An Unexpected Journey: A Physician’s Life in the Shadows of Polio (Self-published). “It details [Lauro’s] lifelong battles overcoming serious physical handicaps, the residuals of a bout of polio with which he was stricken at age 18. There are excellent passages about his life as a U of R medical student,” Joel writes. Lauro was one of the nation’s few experts on post-polio care during his career in rehabilitative medicine, and has given many interviews for news outlets including National Public Radio. He’s retired and lives in Washington, D.C. . . . David Hungerford (MD), ’64 (Res) was awarded the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Humanitarian Award last March. A retired Johns Hopkins Hospital surgeon, David helped train doctors in nations including Zambia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Ghana, and Liberia. He’s a member of the board at Cure International, a faith-based organization that provides surgical care to people with disabilities.

1965 Kurt Stenn (MD) is the author of Hair: A Human History (Pegasus Books). Kurt is a former professor of pathology and dermatology at Yale medical school and former director of skin biology at Johnson & Johnson.

1980 Gerardo Ortega (Res) won the Baptist Health System W. B. Russ, MD, Award. The award is named for an influential healer and supporter of community health in the San Antonio, Texas, area. Gerardo is a physician at Peripheral Vascular Associates in San Antonio.

1985 Stephen Cohen (Res) (Flw) (see ’11 College).

1991 Savvas Papacostas (Res) has written a book, Madness and Leadership: From Antiquity to the New Common Era (Edward Elgar Publishing). Savvas is senior consultant neurologist and head of the Epilepsy and Behavioral Neurology Clinic at the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics in Nicosia, Cyprus.

1998 Andrea Jones (MD) writes: “I graduated from Loyola University Chicago School of Law in December 2015, with a JD. I am continuing my studies and will earn an LLM in health law this fall. I am practicing as an OB/GYN hospitalist and working part time as a medical paralegal at Smith Blake Hill in Chicago in the medical malpractice defense division. I will eventually transition into the role of a practicing attorney at the firm. I am excited about this new chapter in my life.”

2007 Sarah Schneider Woods (MS) (see ’05 College).