Class Notes

School of Medicine and Dentistry

1950

William Mason (MD) (see ’42 College).

1959

Renée Richards (MD) has published a collection of true stories, Spy Night & Other Memories: A Collection of Stories from Dick & Renée, drawn from her life as an ophthalmologist, tennis player, and as the first athlete to play successfully in professional sports as a transsexual. Born Richard Raskind, Richards drew international attention when she was denied the right to play in the U.S. Open in 1976 following her sexual reassignment surgery. She prevailed in court, and went on to participate in the U.S. Open women’s competition.

1963

Joseph Andrews (MD) has written a book, Literary Concord Uncovered: Revealing Thoreau, Emerson, Alcott, Hawthorne, and Fuller (Xlibris). Joseph continues to practice medicine, and writes that he’s a certified Concord, Massachusetts, tour guide with Concord Guides Walking Tours.

1965

Harold Gardner (MD), ’66 (Res) won a distinguished alumni award from the University of Wyoming. Widely considered a pioneer of the managed care movement, Harold attended Wyoming on academic and athletic scholarships and played basketball on Wyoming’s Division I team. He was drafted into the Army during the Vietnam War, and returned to continue his medical education specializing in disease prevention. He’s the founder of the Cheyenne-based consulting firm Human Capital Management Services.

1968

Roger Nicoll (MD) won two professional awards in 2014: the Warren Alpert Foundation Prize, presented in partnership with Harvard Medical School, and the Society for Neuroscience’s Ralph W. Gerard Prize. A professor in the cellular and molecular pharmacology department at the University of California San Francisco, Roger was recognized with both prizes for his groundbreaking research on neurotransmission and neurodegeneration.

1973

James Vick (D) (see ’42 College).

1978

Mark Carol (MD) has been named a board member of SonaCare Medical, a developer of high intensity focused ultrasound devices. Mark is the CEO of SonaCare and a neurosurgeon and expert on the medical device industry.

1987

Terrence Sweeney (PhD) was honored for his service to the University of Scranton and the local community with the John L. Earl III Award. Terrence is professor and chairman of the university’s biology department, and has been on the faculty since 1992. He specializes in cardiovascular and microvascular physiology and anatomy.

1988

Wendy Weitzman Cohen (MPH) (see ’87 College).

1990

John (Jack) Miller (MD) has published a book, The Chorister: Evolution of Voice (Nicasio Press). A retired psychiatrist, Jack is a San Francisco artist. The book pairs color images of his artworks with short stories and narrative verses.

1994

Diana Shaw (MPH) sends an update. She writes: “I live and work on the small remote island of Lāna`i, Hawaii. I was appointed executive director of a new federally qualified health center—Lāna`i Community Health Center—in 2008, after seven years as the executive director of the Brigham and Women’s OB/GYN Research and Education Foundation in Boston. Since that time our health center has grown from two employees to 20. We started in a 1,000-square-foot repurposed plantation home, and are now building a new 6,800-square-foot facility in the heart of our town. We are proud of the culturally sensitive care we provide to this largely immigrant population—providing community-based services with a holistic approach, integrating behavioral health into our medical services.” She adds that she’s especially thankful for the opportunities she had as both a student and an employee at Rochester. “It is through these experiences at the U of R that I formed my deep dedication to remain part of the health care safety network, and have been able to continue to advance my career.”