Class Notes

1956 Sanford Spraragen (MD) had a reunion in New York City in September with William Marshall (MD). Sanford’s daughter, Susan Johnston Spraragen ’83RC: “They have remained good friends all these years. Bill lives in California with his family, and my father resides in Palisades, New York. They enjoyed reviewing the class book they are holding—which seems to have been compiled by classmates and distributed shortly after graduation from medical school. I am delighted that they managed to get together, as I also appreciate how dear Rochester friends are—having graduated from the U of R as well, I still keep in touch with many friends from my Rochester days.” Sanford is on the right in the photo, with Bill on the left.

1962 Charles Halsted (MD) is a professor emeritus of internal medicine at the University of California, Davis. Since retiring from teaching, clinical practice, and research, he has focused on writing poetry. His first chapbook is Breaking Eighty (Finishing Line Press); his first full-length book of poetry, Extenuating Circumstances (Finishing Line Press), was set to be published in October. Several of his poems explore illness and the relationships between physicians and patients. . . . Geoffrey Sperber (MS) was chosen to receive the Society of Craniofacial Genetics and Developmental Biology’s Distinguished Service Award at the society’s annual meeting in Houston, Texas, in October.

1971 Ward Buckingham (Res) writes: “My third book, Weighing God’s Providence (independently published), was released in May. It is a memoir/devotional sharing many of life’s happenings chronologically. At least 10 could have ended in my death or permanent disability. Was it just luck, or was it God’s providential hand on my life then?”

1976 Louis Siegel (MD), ’79 (Res) published The Doctor Will Kill You Now (Kindle Direct Publishing) in August. The story follows a sociopathic hacker determined to inflict havoc on a small Florida community’s health care system and a heroic doctor equally determined to bring him to justice. Louis has published widely in journals of biomedical engineering, medicine, surgery, and the behavioral sciences. The book is his second novel.

1977 Elliott Greene (MD) (see ’72 College).

1983 Alice Ackerman (Res) (see ’84).

1984 Sandy Fogel retired as professor of surgery from the Virginia Tech’s Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute in October. Sandy writes, “I will be remaining in Roanoke, Virginia, with my wife, Dr. Alice Ackerman ’83M (Res) with whom I have grown more deeply in love over the past 40 years. We have three adult children and three grandchildren. I will be pursuing my passion for studying ancient history and will be increasing my work with Habitat for Humanity.”

1985 Steven Schechter (MD) interim chief of the Division of Colorectal Surgery at Alpert Medical School of Brown University has been elected president of the New England Society of Colon & Rectal Surgeons.

1990 John Kruse (MD) (see ’82 College).

1992 Christopher Glantz (Flw) (see ’08).

1995 Bienvenido Castillo (MS) (see ’18 Eastman).

1997 Reginald Ewing (MD) (see ’93 College).

1998 Luke Balsamo (MD) (see ’93 College).

2006 Denese Shelton (Pdc) is the author of the novel Awaken (She Writes Press). The story follows Sierra, a successful real estate agent who lives a comfortable life, but who, through a series of dreams, comes to terms with a painful secret.

2008 Loralei Thornburg (Flw), Christopher Glantz ’92M (Flw), and Kathryn Flynn ’95N (MS), along with Candace Galle and James Woods Jr., updated Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring (University of Rochester Press) for its third edition, released this year.