Illinois Medicine

Richard F. Whitlock, MD '43, Res '49, of centralia, ill., passed away on May 14, 2013. a practitioner of obstetrics and gynecology for 45 years, Whitlock delivered more than 9,000 babies. a World War ii army veteran, he served as a battalion and regimental surgeon in central europe and commander of the 610 separate clearing company. he attained the rank of major and was awarded the silver star and three bronze stars. the past president of both the illinois ob/Gyn society and the ob/Gyn fitzgerald travel club, Whitlock is survived by his wife, virginia, and three daughters. Seymour J. Brockman, MD '44, of beverly hills, calif., died on aug. 14, 2013. brockman served as a captain in the u.s. army Medical corps in the far east, followed by residency in san francisco. certified by the american board of otolaryngology, brockman held several teaching positions, including clinical instructor at university of southern california, and associate clinical professor of surgery, head and neck specialty at the ucla Medical center. brockman was on the attending staff at children's hospital, hollywood Presbyterian and cedars of lebanon hospitals and the ucla Medical center in los angeles. he was president of the board of directors for several years at century city hospital. brockman loved traveling with his wife, sylvia, as well as reading and learning, faithfully continuing his exercise regime, and keeping abreast of his two sons and four grandchildren. Roger Keith Larson, MD '47, of san luis obispo, calif., died on aug. 26, 2013. a physician, educator and author, larson completed an internship at cook county hospital in chicago and in memoriam aesculapius across the atlantic," which chronicled his childhood in Greece and his experiences in becoming a naturalized american citizen and starting a research career. he and his wife, Jane, had two children and three grandchildren. Fred Joseph Schultz '56, MD '59, of irvine, calif., died on Dec. 7, 2013. schultz served as a physician in the u.s. air force and then moved to southern california, where he was a board-certified family practitioner in los alamitos and later a physician at orange coast college in the student health center and as the medical director at fullerton college's student health center. schultz is survived by his wife of 31 years, lisa, three children and two grandchildren. he was preceded in death by two children. Norbert J. Nowicki, MD, Res '60, of Western springs, ill, died on May 31. nowicki dedicated more than 40 years to Rush university Medical center and left behind a legacy of warmth, caring, and service. he and his wife, virginia, had three children and five grandchildren. James R. Downing, '57, MD '61, died on sept. 1, 2013, in savoy, ill. Downing was a urologist in aurora for 27 years. he is survived by his wife of 56 years, connie, four children, and nine grandchildren. Jay Bennett Gordon '59, MD '61, of los angeles, died on nov. 18, 2013. he spent three years with the Public health service, then practiced internal medicine at the Medical Group of culver city, calif., for more than 40 years. Gordon loved to play tennis, run and eat cookies, and he was stoic, loving, sweet and funny to the end. Gordon and his wife, nancy, had two children and one grandchild. married frances ann appel, a chicago nurse, the day after graduation. he deployed in the u.s. army, serving in Korea at a PoW hospital and later at an army hospital in yokohama, Japan. honorably discharged as a captain, larson joined the faculty of the new ucla Medical school and pursued his interest in pulmonary disease and cardiology. he moved to valley children's hospital in fresno to initiate a program in cardiac catheterization and provide technical support for a new open-heart surgery program. larson then became first full-time director of the internal medicine training program at fresno General hospital (later valley Medical center) where he became chief of medicine. larson joined the national campaign against aiDs as director of a federal grant for hiv-related education of health professionals. he enjoyed playing the organ as well as collecting, studying and writing books on history and literature. Married for 64 years, he and frances had four children, six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. William Henry Poggemeier Jr., MS '47, MD '51, of st. charles, Mo., passed away on sept. 5, 2013. a veteran and physician for more than four decades, Poggemeier was one of the first to be board certified in the new specialty of family practice, after the american board of family Practice was established in 1969. Poggemeier served one year in the u.s. army as a chemist and later moved to st. charles, Mo., where he was on staff at st. Joseph hospital. he remained in practice in st. charles until his retirement in 1999, teaching also at the university of Missouri school of Medicine. the staff physician for the emmaus home in st. charles for more than 30 years, Poggemeier also volunteered at a medical clinic in Kinloch, Mo., and at the volunteers in Medicine clinic in st. charles. he married his wife, eunice, in 1956, and they had three children and six grandchildren. in retirement, he enjoyed traveling, watching his grandchildren grow, reading and watching cardinals baseball. Dale H. Rosenberg '51, MD '53, of swansea, iii., died on aug. 4, 2013. a World War ii navy veteran, Rosenberg practiced plastic, reconstructive and hand surgery for 45 years. from 1975 to 2005, Rosenberg served as executive secretary-treasurer of the southern illinois Medical association. he enjoyed traveling, gardening and scuba diving. he is survived by his wife, carol, whom he married in 1984, four children, four step-children and one grandchild and six step- grandchildren. Nicholas A. Kefalides '54, MS '56, MD '56, Res '64, PhD, of Merion, Pa., passed away on Dec. 6, 2013. Kefalides had a 40-year career as a professor of medicine at the university of Pennsylvania's Perelman school of Medicine. a pioneer in the study of the extracellular matrix, components of the body that fill the space between structured cells, Kefalides identified three novel components of the matrix, including a new subtype of collagen, which he labeled type iv. born and raised in Greece, Kefalides lived through occupation during World War ii, surviving a concentration camp. he emigrated to the u.s. in 1947 and later was drafted into the u.s. Public health service where he directed a research project on the treatment of burn patients in lima, Peru. he later worked at the university of chicago before moving to Penn. When Philadelphia General hospital closed in 1977, Kefalides' research labs moved to the university city science, where he served as director of the connective tissue Research institute. in his later years, Kefalides wrote two memoirs, "echoes from the cobblestones" and "finding 42 | S U M M e R 2 014 Richard F. Whitlock Roger Keith Larson Nicholas A. Kefalides William Henry Poggemeier Jr. Seymour J. Brockman '43 '44 '47 '53 '56 '51 Fred Joseph Schultz Jay Bennett Gordon '59 '60 '61

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