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MEMORIAL GIFTS To make a memorial gift to the college, please contact the Office of Medical Advancement at (312) 996-4470 or Give2Med@uic.edu. ous medical mission trips to Albania, Haiti, the Gulf Coast and elsewhere. Born in Hammond, Ind., Mathies was a devout Christian who met his wife, Marcie, at the Methodist Student Foundation at Northwestern Univer- sity. Family, friends and colleagues will remember him for his good humor in allowing Marcie to choose his outfit for the day every morning, his willingness to make house calls and ability to truly listen to patients, and his courage in standing up to criticism when he promoted a smoke-free Prescott and Arizona. In addition to Marcie, Mathies is survived by daughter Sharon, son Steve, daughter-in-law Karie, brother Richard and family, sister Buena (Copsey) and family, and five grand- daughters. '76 Oscar J. Briseno, MD, Res '76, of Union, Miss., died on Aug. 16, 2011. Born in Mexico City, Briseno received his MD in 1968 from the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City. In 1970, he married Lilia Rosa Ochoa and soon after, the couple moved to Chicago, where he completed his surgical residency at the College of Medicine. In 1976, the family, which had now grown to four children, moved to Mississippi. Briseno practiced at Jasper County Hospital in Bay Springs, Miss., for the next nine years. From 1985 until recently, he practiced at Laird Hospital in Union, Miss. An active member of the First Presbyterian Church of Union, Briseno loved to read the Bible, play tennis, watch Alabama college football, travel, sing, garden, and spend time with his family and his seven grandchildren. Larry and Claudia "CJ" Kubinski Larry Kubinski along with his children, Kristin and Brian, have recently donated $250,000 memorializing Claudia "CJ" Kubinski to fund the Tapas K. Das Gupta, MD, Professorship in Surgical Oncology. This grateful patient contribution comes after Das Gupta's seven surgical procedures allowed Claudia to live an additional 20 years and witness her children's weddings and the birth of three grandchildren before her recent passing. This along with additional funds will allow Das Gupta and his team to continue researching cures through surgical oncology. ILLINOIS MEDICINE | 43