1939

Cecil E. Petterson, MD

Dr. Petterson’s wife, Jeanne died November 2004. He has survived five-vessel by-pass, cancer of esophagus and stomach, complete dental extraction. Dr. Petterson uses a walker and is pretty well housebound. He is 91 years of age. He’s interested to know of any other survivors from class of 1939.

1944

G.E. Manahan, MD

Dr. Manahan practiced general surgery for forty years in Lawrence and retired sixteen years ago. He now enjoys his hobby of Bonsai.

1947

Robert M. Hazen, MD

Dr. Hazen retired on May 1, 2005. He will be married for 57 years in December to Elaine Hazen and doesn’t know what he would do without her. His daughter is a C.P.A. and his granddaughter wants to be an R.N. or a dolphin trainer.

1952

Philip J. Baker, MD

Dr. Baker was Chief at Research Hospital and Medical Center for four years. He is still fully accredited in Missouri.

Grace H. Ketterman, MD

Dr. Ketterman is still practicing half-time and enjoying life. She is so grateful for the opportunities her years at KU have brought her!

1955

Millard C. Spencer, MD

Dr. Spencer continues an active life in between trips to the hospital. He plays some golf, walks his dogs, and enjoys church and KU basketball. Life is good!

1956

Herbert D. Doubek, MD

Dr. Doubek and his wife enjoy watching activities of their daughter, Debra, and granddaughter, Denae. Debra is a doctor in Manhattan, KS and Denae is in medical school at the KU School of Medicine.

1957

Richard D. Smith, MD

Dr. Smith’s book “Trust in a Medical Setting” by Nova Science Publisher was named “Award-Winning Finalist in Health: Medical Reference category of Best Books 2006 Book Awards.”

1960

Kermit G. Wedel, MD

Dr. Wedel retired from active medical practice in 2006. He is still involved with community activities and the Kansas Health Foundation.

1961

Richard L. Brownrigg, MD

Dr. Brownrigg is still practicing Urology on a full-time basis. He enjoys the mountains with skiing, hiking, nature observing, fishing, and considerable traveling.

1962

Thomas A. Coppinger, MD

Dr. Coppinger retired July 2006. He now enjoys his 14 grandchildren, spending 8 to 9 weeks on his Canadian island in the Boundary Waters, volunteering as medical director of Seton Center, and being a member of the Board of Regents at Rockhurst University.

1964

Grant Hulse Wagner, MD

Dr. Wagner will retire June 1st after sixteen years of running the Child and Adolescent Program at North Texas State Hospital. He’s looking forward to enjoying leisure time and volunteer work.

1965

Jay A. Davenport, MD

Dr. Davenport retired from his orthopedic surgery practice and began focusing more on his hobby, art. He designed and built an art studio in 2002 behind his home in rural Great Scott Township in Minnesota.

1967

Steven Cohn, MD

Dr. Cohn became president of medical staff at Mendrah Medical Center in Overland Park, Kansas in 2005. He has been married forty years and has three sons.

David Gough, MD

Dr. Gough retired from private practice with El Paso Cardiology Association on 6/30/06 to accept a position as Associate Professor of Cardiology at the El Paso campus of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. He still enjoy patient care and looks forward to teaching and developing CV Services at what is scheduled to become a full four year medical school in 2008.

1970

Wilfred P. Derksen, MD

Dr. Derksen ran and practiced rural medicine alone in an African 100 bed hospital from 1971 to 1974. He practiced ER medicine at Fresno’s Valley Children’s Hospital (now in Madera, California) from 1988 to 1991. He then entered private practice again and later became a full-time Pediatric faculty at Fresno’s Residency Program. Now he does a combination of private practice and residency training.

Daniel Householder, MD

Dr. Householder was promoted to Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Kansas Medical Center.

1971

Harold Collier, MD

Dr. Collier was promoted to Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Kansas Medical Center.

1972

Bruder Stapleton, MD

In addition to Dr. Stapleton’s role as chair, he has been appointed Associate Dean at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Chief Academic Officer, and Senior Vice President of Children’s Hospital.

1974

James E. Bredfeldt, MD

Dr. Bredfeldt has practiced Gastroenterology/Hepatology at the Virginia Mason Medical Center since 1988. He is the chair of the Institutional Review Board, a member of the KU Biological Sciences Advisory Board on the Lawrence Campus, and was elected as a Fellow of the American Gastroenterological Association in 2006.

1975

George Boyle, MD

Dr. Boyle is practicing cardiology in a ninety person multi-specialty clinic. He was named one of Texas’s “Top Docs” for the last two years by Texas Monthly magazine. He is married to Kathy and they have two children, Shannon and Steven.

1976

Bret Williams, MD

Dr. Williams continues to direct a rural clinic in underserved North Carolina, makes house calls, and will accept a chicken as payment. He recovered from pneumonectomy for mesothelioma and no longer jogs. Dr. Williams plans to return to Quetico in September with classmates Calkins, Harris, and Markwell. He sends regards to all.

1978

Webster K. Cavenee, PhD

Dr. Cavenee received the National Foundation for Cancer Research prize for his groundbreaking discoveries regarding the genetic mechanisms of predisposition to human cancer.

Michael Hutchison, MD

Dr. Hutchison’s daughter Katherine Elizabeth was born October 28, 2007

1979

Deborah Haynes, MD

Dr. Haynes was promoted to Clinical Professor at the University of Kansas Medical Center.

Jeanne Drisko, MD

Dr. Drisko was honored with an endowed professorship from the University of Kansas Medical Center.

1981

Lowell R. Searight, MD

Dr. Searight recently expanded practice from the main clinic in Hiawatha, Kansas and satellite clinic in Wetmore, Kansas to include another outreach clinic in Horton, Kansas.

Carol Connor, MD

Dr. Connor was promoted to Associate Professor on Clinical Scholar Track at the University of Kansas Medical Center.

1982

Sharon Lee, MD

Dr. Lee was promoted to Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Kansas Medical Center.

1983

John G. Terry, MD

Dr. Terry is doing well. He lives on a 200 acre ranch along the Yellowstone River. His practice remains busy and his internet business continues to grow. He’s now also an advisor for a drug development company involved in new oncology drug development and new HIV drug development. Never a dull moment!!

Rubina A. Khan, MD

Dr. Khan has two boys ages 22 and 16. The older son is majoring in electrical engineering while the younger son has not decided yet. He just finished grade ten. Her husband is still with Bell Helicopoter.

Steven Penner, MD

Dr. Penner was promoted to Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Kansas Medical Center.

1984

Gary Doolittle, MD

Dr. Doolittle was promoted to Full Professor at University of Kansas Medical Center.

Karen Kelly, MD

Dr. Kelly has been named deputy director of the University of Kansas Cancer Center and one of three Frank B. Tyler Chairs in Cancer Research. Her role will play a key role in helping KU Cancer Center achieve the prestigious NCI designation, currently held by 39 institutions in the nation. Dr. Kelly plans to develop a comprehensive lung cancer program as well as a wide-ranging cancer clinical and research program overall.

1986

John Goodwin, MD

Dr. Goodwin has let the Department of Pediatrics at KUMC. He’s now working in Telemedicine maintaining their website, oversee their database, and advising in outreach.

Steven Howell, MD

Dr. Howell was promoted to Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Kansas Medical Center.

1987

Dennis E. Bearden, MD

Dr. Bearden had a traumatic brain injury in 1988 during his UKSM-W anesthesiology residency. He currently has histology technician desires. He feels very blessed!

Diane Persons, MD

Dr. Persons was promoted to Full Professor at University of Kansas Medical Center.

Susan Laudert, MD

Dr. Laudert was promoted to Associate Professor at the University of Kansas Medical Center.

1988

Mercedes Perales, MD

Dr. Perales was promoted to Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Kansas Medical Center.

1991

Franz Winklhofer, MD

Dr. Winklhofer was promoted to Associate Professor on Clinical Scholar Track at the University of Kansas Medical Center.

1993

Mark Lopez, MD

Dr. Lopez is Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics at the Medical College of Georgia. He has three children, Elena (6), Daniel (4), and Nicolas (2).

Melissa Larson-Lewis, MD

Dr. Larson-Lewis was awarded Physician of the Year in the state of Colorado and nominated to the Physician Advisory Board to Congress.

1995

Mojtaba Olyaee, MD

Dr. Olyaee was promoted to Professor on Clinical Scholar Track at the University of Kansas Medical Center.

1996

Jay Andersen, MD

Dr. Andersen and his family moved to Portland, Oregon in 2004. He is a hematologist/oncologist at Northwest Cancer Specialists, with a special interest in breast cancer. Him and his wife have three children, Quinn (8), Dane (5), and Eliza (3).

1998

MAJ Keith M. Lemmon, MD, FAAP

Dr. Lemmon was board certified in pediatrics in 2002. He will finish his adolescent medicine fellowship in June 2007. He served in Operation Enduring Freedom. His current research and advocacy efforts include The Effect of Military Diployment on Child and Adolescent Mental Health (Health People 2010 $20,000 Grant Recipient) - www.aap.org/sections/unifserv/deployment/index.htm as well as humanity and disaster assistance.

1999

Tim Sadiq, MD

Dr. Sadiq finished his residency June 2006 and received the two highest awards, the Nathan A. Womack award for the outstanding Chief Resident and the H. Max Schiebel Award for medical professionalism. He will move to Boston for a fellowship in Colorectal surgery at the Lahey Clinic. He is one of three KUMC graduates to be administrative Chief Resident at UNC and to distinguish KUMC by their outstanding performance.

2001

Diane Herron, MD

Dr. Herron has recently moved from Solomon to Topeka, Kansas. Her husband is now working at the Topeka VA Hospital. They also had a new addition to their family. Maria Diane Herron was born February 16, 2006 and is welcomed by brothers, Andrew (4) and Peter (3).

Ahsan Khan, MD

Dr. Khan was promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure at the University of Kansas Medical Center.

2002

Jennifer Scheid, MD

Dr. Scheid has joined Cotton-O’Neil Clinic in the internal medicine group of physicians.

2003

John Hetlinger, MD

Dr. Hetlinger accepted a job at Labette County Medical Center in Parsons, Kansas following completion of his residency.