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class notes News and Updates From Alumni of the Univers i ty of I l l inoi s Col lege of Medicine and Medical Center '48 '59 Robert A. Green '46, MD '48, has published A Journey Through Medicine: A Doctor's Lessons From His Patients Reflecting Medical Practice During the Mid and Late Twentieth Century, which covers his career chronologically, from his undergradu- ate education, interrupted by WWII, and medical school at the College of Medicine, including Drs. Poncher and Richmond, the county and R&E. Green is retired from the faculty of the Univer- sity of Michigan Medical School. Richard G. Noren- berg '57, MD '59, of St. Petersburg, Fla., is currently on the active thoracic surgical staff of the local VA hospital. Previously he enjoyed solo private practice in the city for 24 years. He and his wife, Arlene, celebrated their 50th wedding anniver- sary last year; they have four children. metic surgery and was voted "One of the Best Doctors in Chicago." He and his wife, Dee, have three sons and six grandchil- dren. They live in Florida most of the year and spend summers in Chicago. '61 David S. Robbin '57, MD '61, Res '68, has been in practice for 40 years focusing on glaucoma. He began his residency at the old EEI building on Peoria and Adams, and spent 15 years in Maywood, then moved to the West Coast, where he volunteered at UCLA and practiced in Upland and Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. Presently on a medical leave of absence, Robbin is married with four children and nine grandchildren, and lives in Spokane, Wash., the Chicago- land area and Durham, N.C. '63 Richard G. Norenberg '57, MD '59, and his wife, Arlene James B. Pinski '55, '57, MD '59, of Longboat Key, Fla., and Chicago, has retired. His oldest son, Kevin, has continued his practice on Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago. Pinski specialized in dermatology and cos- James E. Puklin, MD '63, Res '69, is a professor in the depart- ment of ophthalmology/ Kresge Eye Institute at Wayne State University in Detroit, Mich. He is also chairman of the Human Investigation Committee for Wayne State University. During his service in the Navy, stationed in Chicago, he was a volunteer instructor at the University of Illinois College of Medicine. Puklin has been in Detroit for 20 years. He and his wife, Gail, have two daughters and four grandchildren. He has run 75 marathons and enjoys his family, run- ning and the theater in his spare time. '64 Ronald L. Gillum, MD '64, Res '69, of Norman, Okla., is the sole 2009 inductee to the Danville High School Wall of Fame, which honors graduates who have made distin- guished achievements in business, arts, entertainment, sports and com- munity service. A 1956 Danville gradu- ate, Gillum is a retired pathologist and professor of pathology. He served as director of clinical chemistry laborato- ries at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and was the chemistry lab director and an associate professor at the University of Texas medical school in Houston. He also served as chief of the clinical pathology labs at The University Hospitals, Okla- homa Children's Memorial Hospital and the VA Medical Center in Oklahoma City until he retired in 1999. '67 '72 My most vivid memories Carl W. Soderstrom Jr. '64, MD '67, received the 2009 Chi- cago Dermatological Society's Practitioner of the Year Award last May. Soderstrom, founder of and dermatology practitio- ner at the Soderstrom Skin Institute for more than 35 years, provides one of the largest laser treatment programs outside of Chicago. He is on active staff at OSF Saint Francis and Method- ist medical centers. He is also assistant clinical professor of dermatology at the College of Medicine at Peoria. Harry R. Jacobson '69, MD '72, recently received the inaugural Nashville Health Care Council Crystal Leaf Award. Vice chancellor emeritus for health affairs at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Jacobson was recog- nized for his significant role in fostering health care industry innovation and entrepreneurialism in Nashville. He is board-certified in both internal medicine and nephrology, has published over 100 research articles, reviews and book chapters, and co-edited the book The Principles and Practice of Nephrology. Harry R. Jacobson '69, MD '72 (left), receives the Crystal Leaf Award. John Read, MD, Res '72, spent two years in the Air Force followed by 13 years of general practice before completing his residency at EEI. He practiced general ophthalmology from 1973 to 1993 in Chesterton, Ind., where he is now retired and living on property that was previously owned by his family and now part of Sand Creek Country Club. He has four children, 11 grand- children and three great-grandchildren and has enjoyed fishing, golfing and fly- ing. Read still finds it rewarding to teach residents and keep current on the latest trends in ophthalmology. '75 Bruce M. Bell, MD, MS '68, Res '75, of Lake Zurich, has been in private medical practice from my medical student days include the camaraderie of living in the Student Residence Hall on Wolcott Street and teaching rounds at Cook County Hospital with Dr. Edmond Foley. During the summer between my freshman and sophomore years, I worked as a "nurse technician," along with a number of my classmates, at Cook County Hospital, and the next summer I worked in the research laboratory of Dr. Harris Busch under a National Science Foundation Grant. Joseph Davis, Dolores Anderson, Richard Corzatt and George Honig worked there, too. Kenneth Brandt and I went to Denver the summer before my senior year to work as externs at St. Anthony's Hospital. For today's medical students my advice is, for the evaluation of any patient with known or suspected disease, obtain a care- ful history and do an appropriate physical examination even though, at the present time, it is more financially rewarding to perform either diagnostic or therapeutic procedures. And if you demonstrate to your patients that you apply the 4 C's—Competence, Conscientiousness, Communication and Compassion—you will gain their respect and make it highly unlikely that you will ever get sued. reflection — HOWARD N. ALLEN, MD, Class of 1960 I L L INOI S MEDICINE | 43

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