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in memoriam FACULTY Kenji Aimi, MD, Res '59, of Wil- mette, Ill., died March 18, 2011. A clini- cal associate professor in the College of Medicine's department of otolaryn- gology and a physician for more than 45 years, Aimi was the husband of the late Noriko, father of two and grandfa- ther of two. Helen S. Maurer Johnstone '60, MD '64, of Skokie, Ill., died March 7, 2011. Johnstone's career with the College of Medicine began as a fellow in pediatric hematology/oncology and continued as a junior faculty member until 1976. She then practiced at Chil- dren's Memorial Hospital in Chicago for a decade before returning to the college's department of pediatrics as an associate professor and attend- ing pediatric hematologist/oncologist, until her retirement in 2002. Named an associate professor emeritus, she continued to volunteer after her retirement in the pediatric clinic and as an interviewer for applicants to the College of Medicine. She was also very active in the Skokie Valley Baptist Church and the Christian Medical and Dental Society. William H. Langewisch, MD, of Bonita Springs, Fla., and Rockford, Ill., died Oct. 28, 2010. Prior to serving in the Army Reserve unit for pre-med students in World War II, Langewisch attended Northwestern University. He did a residency at Children's Memo- rial Hospital in Chicago, where he met and married Dorothy Mae Bagley, with whom he had daughter Judi and son Scott. Langewisch then served as a pediatrician in the U.S. Air Force in Cheyenne, Wyo., until 1953, when the family moved to Rockford. There, Langewisch practiced pediat- ric medicine for more than 20 years and served as president of Rockford Memorial Hospital from 1966–67. Upon retiring from private practice, he became associate dean of the College of Medicine in Rockford until his formal retirement in 1992, when he became professor emeritus. Langewisch had an unwavering thirst for knowledge and could speak with authority on a variety of subjects. An accomplished photog- rapher, he also had a passion for the environment, art, travel and food. Allan Henry Levy, MD, of Champaign, Ill., died Sept. 29, 2010. He was a gradu- ate of Staunton Military Academy, Colum- bia College in New York City and Harvard Medical School. A member of the faculty of the College of Medicine in Urbana- Champaign from 1975 until his retirement, Levy then became a professor emeritus. He also served on the faculties of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Baylor College of Medicine. He and his wife, Merle, had two children and three grandchildren. Louis F. Scaramella, MD, Res '60, of Orland Park, Ill., died Dec. 29, 2010. A captain in the Army Medical Corps, Scaramella was a staff physician, surgeon at Little Company of Mary and St. Francis hospitals, and professor at the College of Medicine in the department of otolaryngology. He and his wife, Nina, had five children, 11 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. ALUMNI '40 Raymond F. Corpe, MD '40, of Rome, Ga., died Dec. 18, 2010. A pioneer in treating tuberculosis with medications rather than surgery, Corpe graduated from Eureka Col- lege as a Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity brother of Ronald W. Reagan. He completed his residency in pathology at the University of Virginia, general surgery at the University of Illinois and thoracic surgery at Lahey Clinic, Boston. A commissioned officer in the United States Public Health Service during World War II, Corpe was appointed chief of surgery at Battey State Hospital in Rome, Ga., which was the largest tuberculosis hospital in the world at that time. He became the superintendent of Battey State, and his team isolated and first reported on atypical strains of TB, developing agents to treat them that are still used today. Corpe served as a consultant to the Veterans Administration, professor of thoracic surgery at the Medical College of Georgia and director of the Georgia Tuberculosis Control Program from 1988 until his retirement in 1998. He was elected to the Hall of Fame of the American Lung Association and was a lifetime member and president of the Georgia Lung Association. A prolific author and lecturer on tuberculosis, Corpe was honored by the Georgia state legislature with a proclama- tion naming the district health office building of the Georgia Department of Human Resources at Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital after him. Corpe was a dedicated Christian and devoted family man. '46 Henry E. Apfelbach Henry Apfelbach, MD, Res '53, who practiced and taught orthopaedic surgery at University of Illinois Medical Center from 1949 to 1989, died Jan. 1, 2011, at age 89. The son of a physician and a pioneer in the field of sports medicine, Apfelbach founded Lake Forest Orthopaedics, which served as orthopaedic surgeons for the Chicago Bears in the 1980s and 1990s. He also saw patients at Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital from 1959 to 1995. Ron DeWald, MD, of Lake Forest, a "steadfast" friend and one-time colleague at the College of Medicine who had known Apfelbach since the 1960s, remembers him as "devoted to his patients" and a learned practitioner. DeWald met Apfelbach when they served as a resident and a junior attending surgeon, respectively. "As a young orthopaedic surgeon in training, I was attracted to Henry because of his demeanor, his love of life, his skill as a surgeon and his ability to speak clearly about orthopaedic surgery topics," DeWald said. Michael Ankin, chief medical officer at Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital, had known Apfelbach for 31 years and described him as a "pioneer" in both orthopaedics and sports medicine. "He was a peer, a patient and a friend," Ankin said. "He took orthopaedic surgery to a whole new level. He instituted innovative plans to help patient care. He was one of the first sports medicine doctors." Apfelbach worked at a variety of other hospitals in Chicago and its northern suburbs during his career, including Highland Park Hospital, Grant Hospital, Alexian Brothers Hospital, Skokie Valley Hospital and Good Shepherd Hospital, where he served as its first chief of staff. Born in 1921 in Chicago, Apfelbach matriculated to Harvard College and Harvard Medical School, where he graduated in 1946. Apfelbach served from 1947–49 as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Medical Corps. A busy man who liked crossword puzzles, spending time in Door County and watching the Chicago Bears, Apfelbach lived by the credo "work hard and play hard," according to his son, Carl Apfelbach. Survivors include his wife, Priscilla; brother, George L. Apfelbach Jr., MD; children Carl, Peter and Lura Lackie Henry; stepchildren Margaret Stickel, Anan Raymond, Elizabeth A. Raymond and Daniel Raymond; and 17 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. John C. Burdon '44, MD '46, Res '49, of Washington, Ill., and Charleston, S.C., died Jan. 16, 2011. He was a Naval Reserve physician during World War II and the Korean War, retir- ing as lieutenant commander. Burdon was the second member of the nine physicians in the Associated Anesthe- siologists group. A lifelong lover of the 42 | SUMMER 2 011

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