Alumni Hall

In Memoriam

Remembering University of Utah School of Medicine Alumni.

Alumni Association

In Memoriam: Classes of 1951-1975


1951-1955

1951

Name Date of Death
Byron Kent Wilson, M.D. 1977
Richard Snyder, M.D. 1978
Marshal Merkin, M.D. 1981
Hamilton Campbell Pierce, M.D. 1984
Carlisle Clawson Smith, M.D. 1985
Harold Walter Olpin, M.D. 1987
Bruce Anders Lloyd, M.D. 1989
Roland Dean Benedict, M.D. 1989
James Milton Brady Nance, M.D. 1992
J. Garth Chatterley, M.D. 1992
Estate of David Augustus Dolowitz, M.D. 1994
Jack J. Erickson, M.D. 1997
Charles D. West, M.D. October 31, 1998
Ivan C. Taylor, M.D. January 15, 1999
De J. Cutler, M.D. March 2, 2000
Leonard H. Foote, M.D. December 1, 2000
Paul S. Groneman, M.D. March 9, 2001
Paul E. Bartschi, M.D. October 18, 2002
Max D. Davis, M.D. May 11, 2003
K. Ross Tucker, M.D. August 6, 2003
Wesley H. Evans, M.D. May 6, 2005
Robert George Evans, M.D. May 26, 2005
Lola Scott Brennan, M.D. October 29, 2005
Calvin Reed Brown, M.D. February 23, 2007
Lloyd Oswald Kimball, M.D. NA
Vernon Keith Vance, M.D. NA
John P. Hougaaard, MD July 16, 2007
V. Robert Kelly, M.D. March 05, 2008
Joseph R. Carlisle, M.D.  NA
Bill N. Shepard, M.D. July 3, 2008
Merrill J. Sharp, M.D. October 12, 2009

1952

Name Date of Death
Robert C. Pendleton, Ph.D. 1982
Barbara Jones, M.D. 1987
Gawinn B. Gardner, M.D. 1990
Howard Bruce Ostler, M.D. 1995
Russell L. Hulme, M.D. 1996
Estis G. Copen, M.D. August 4, 1996
Alan K. Done, M.D. March 18, 1998
Ruth B. Coffin, M.D. 1999
Albert J. Leckman, M.D. July 5, 1999
H. C. Burton, M.D. April 14, 2000
Elmer L. Heap, M.D. April 14, 2000
Oliver L. Richards Jr., M.D. November 3, 2004
Newton R. Jackson, M.D. November 21, 2004
Paul C. Harding, M.D. Janury 14, 2006
Donald E. Julian, M.D. February 8, 2007
Lavere D. Poulson, M.D. April 10, 2007
Robert H. Nightingale, M.D. March 27, 2008

1953

Name Date of Death
Billy Lee Candermeer M.D. January 9, 1990
Ernst J. Eichwald, M.D.  Dec 23, 2007

1954

Name Date of Death
Jared Bernard Critchfield M.D. 1965
Ray C. Wixom, M.D.  January 22, 1975
Gwyllum Grosnick Blaser M.D. 1979
Edward Dean Flanders Sr., M.D. 1991
Kenneth Albert Guymon M.D. 1993
Parley William Madsen M.D. 1993
Gaylord A. Buchanan Jr., M.D. 1994
Lyman Jean Olsen M.D. November 29, 1995
Durward A. Burnett M.D. June 11, 1996
Fred W. Heaton M.D. November 16, 1997
O. Douglas Johnson M.D. July 6, 1998
Lewis A. Peterson M.D. October 20, 2000
Richard E. Hurley M.D. December 8, 2002
Norman G. Lewis M.D. December 21, 2003
Winn L. Richards M.D. May 7, 2004
Don P. Van Steeter M.D. May 18, 2004
Woodrow W. Copeland, M.D. November 22, 2005
David A. Thiele, M.D. December 4, 2005
William C. Brown, M.D. January 4, 2007
Ray C. Wixom M.D. NA
Lindy F. Kumagai, M.D. November 25, 2007
Lamar H. Stewart, M.D. October 22, 2008

1955

Name Date of Death
Don W. Esplin, Ph.D. December 7, 1971
Donald Glenn Willardson, M.D. 1980
Joyce Elaine Rich Henrie, M.D. 1982
Joe Amano, M.D. 1983
John Howard Cook, M.D. 1986
Grant Albert Hickman, M.D. 1986
Harry H. Olsen, M.D. 1988
Harold Clark Eggertsen, M.D. 1989
Vivian Chang, M.D. October 8, 1989
Thomas Carter Bithell, M.D. 1990
Alexander Mackay Schmidt, M.D. 1991
Jack Austin Madsen, M.D. 1992
Don L. Christensen, M.D. July 24, 2003
Taylor F. Cottle, M.D. October 6, 2003
William L. McDonald, M.D. April 26, 2004
Gilbert G. Tobler, M.D. January 7, 2005
Charles A. White, M.D. April 27, 2007

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1956-1960

1956

Name Date of Death
Alden M. Packer, M.D. 1987
Jay Bruce Simpson, M.D. 1990
William Seldon Owens, M.D. 1992
Drostan H. Baker, M.D. 1994
Stanley Edward Abbott, M.D. December 14, 2000
Edwin R. Hughes, M.D. October 17, 2001
Clinton A. Johnson, M.D. November 17, 2001
Monroe S. Arlen, M.D. November 1, 2002
Grant M. Reeder, M.D. February 24, 2004
John Roscoe Farr, M.D. NA
Robert L. Schofield, M.D. December 2, 2007
Burke L. Winget, M.D. October 10, 2008

1957

Name Date of Death
Darrell Roy Minnig, M.D. 1982
James Salzner Sullivan, M.D. 1986
James Edwin Hansen, M.D. 1987
Robert Hyrum Hales, M.D. 1988
Robert Tanner Swenson, M.D. 1990
Eugene Scheel Maier, M.D. 1992
Oliver Budge Johnston, M.D. 1993
Joseph W. Noble, M.D. 1995
Howard C. Macfarlane, M.D. May 22, 1998
Lester J. Petersen, M.D. 1999
Charles E. Henderson Jr., M.D. 2000
Larry James Otterness, M.D. October 1, 2000
Ross E. Jensen, M.D. February 27, 2002
Doyle Barrett, M.D. January 4, 2003
Clarke G. McCarthy, M.D. April 10, 2005
Leon M. Neal, M.D. July 3, 2005
L. H. Holbrook, M.D. NA
J. Robert Hogan, M.D. NA
Charles O. Johnson, M.D. NA
John E. Plager, M.D. July 10, 2008

1958

Name Date of Death
Arnold Lamar Graff, M.D. 1983
Leland Stanford Briggs, M.D. 1985
Richard Stanford Iverson, M.D. 1985
Richard Leo Kapsa, M.D. 1986
James Robert Poulsen, M.D. 1987
Roger B. Fuson, Ph.D. June 1, 1997
Peter B. Johnston, M.D. January 26, 1999
David M. Jones, M.D. February 12, 1999
Jess W. Bromley, M.D. September 1, 1999
Frank K. James Jr., M.D. March 26, 2001
Thomas E. Soderberg, M.D. December 19, 2003
Carvel H. Evans, M.D. July 29, 2005
Jack C. Sellman, M.D. NA
Philip Eugene Lightfoot, M.D. NA
Lindy S. Sata, M.D. April 17, 2007 

1959

Name Date of Death
Harold Eugene Nimer, M.D. 1978
Joseph Daniel Halgren, M.D. 1991
Peter L. Nielsen, M.D. 1992
Garth Blaine Last, M.D. 1993
David K. Miller, M.D. 1996
Richard E. Lee, M.D. 1997
Frank A. Gruver Jr., M.D. 1997
Jared M. Dunn, M.D. June 20, 1998
Kenneth L. Beausheur, M.D. February 5, 2000
Gordon N. Stagg, M.D. August 25, 2000
Ralph W. Gibbons, M.D. May 5, 2001
Alexander J. Masock, M.D. November 1, 2001
Martin H. Feldman, M.D. December 28, 2005
John P. Cunningham, M.D. July 13, 2008
Jay M. Hill, M.D. February 10, 2007
Lowell D. Larsen, M.D. September 14, 2009

1960

Name Date of Death
Jerold C. Smith, M.D. March 22, 2002
Reed T. Alder, M.D. November 25, 2003
F. Lamont Gunnerson, M.D. February 19, 2004
Wayne Sorensen Zundel, M.D. September 14, 2004
Charles L. Hyde, M.D. NA
Robert E. Evans, M.D. June 14, 2008
Carl R. Peterson, M.D. December 17, 2008

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1961-65

1961

Name Date of Death
Gordon Hy Scharman, M.D. 1974
Glen Rolland Finlayson, M.D. 1979
R. Jan Stout, M.D. 1993
Glen R. Winn Jr., M.D. August 9, 1997
Gordon W. Philip, M.D. March 19, 1998
David A. Hansen, M.D. July 12, 2003
Frank B. Rogers, M.D. August 10, 2005
Dr. Ariel George (A.G.) Gudmundson May 19, 2006
Eugene Earl Montgomery, M.D. NA
Richard William Sonntag, Jr., M.D. October 10, 2008

1962

Name Date of Death
Val Glen Humpherys, M.D. 1977
Robert William Metcalf, M.D. 1991
Gerard Francois Vanderhooft, M.D. 1993
Henry K. Bunnell, M.D. 1997
Bemis H. Johnston, M.D. 1998
Delbert T. Goates, M.D. April 19, 2000
Russell L. Marlor, M.D. August 4, 2006
Tommy G. Chan, M.D. NA
Leslie Schwartz, M.D. NA
William Charles Lawton, M.D. NA
Charles Gordon Frank, M.D.  January 19, 2008

1963

Name Date of Death
Jerald Bitner Bryner, M.D. 1966
Stephen Alexander Lawson, M.D. 1982
Rex B. Shafer, M.D. 1995
Fred Miya, M.D. November 25, 2004
Kenneth D. Hunter, M.D. July 8, 2006
Donald E. Espelin, M.D. 1999
R. Noren Ferguson, M.D. NA
Richard E. Nilsen, M.D. NA
Lynn Daniel Weller Jr., M.D. NA

1964

Name Date of Death
Mike George Orfanakis, M.D. 1984
Wilson Thompson Shill, M.D. 1988
A. Marsh Poulson Jr., M.D. 1996
Gary H. Johnson, M.D. November 10, 2002
Robert L. Love, M.D. December 27, 2005
Hugh D. Hammond, M.D. NA
Leo Booth Hogan Jr., M.D. NA
Gary K. Stewart, M.D. NA
Doran Van Porter, M.D. NA

1965

Name Date of Death
August Van Lindsay, M.D. 1983
Gerald Roger Williams, M.D. 1986
Russel Martin Squires, M.D. 1989
Bernard Arlen Heiny, M.D. 1992
James E. McEntire, M.D. 1995
Lyle A. Jacobs, M.D. 1996
Thomas R. Felsted, M.D. May 10, 2001
Richard L. Rampton, M.D. January 3, 2005
Norman W. Bodily, M.D. January 18, 2005
G. Thomas Blanch Jr., M.D. January 19, 2005
Sydney Albert Horrocks, M.D. NA

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1966-1970

1966

Name Date of Death
Bard Albert Merritt, M.D. 1981
Richard T. Davis, M.D. 1991
Roger K. Ferguson, M.D. October 14, 2000
Robert E. Kechely M.D. April 10, 2004

1967

Name Date of Death
Laverne Eldred Rice, M.D. 1976
John N. Minuth, M.D. September 18, 2004
Richard Bruce Sutton, M.D. May 22, 2005

1968

Name Date of Death
Ronald E. Burnam, M.D. 1998
Larry Lavon Cox, M.D. August 16, 1999
Charles C. Sorensen, M.D.  January 3, 2008 

1969

Name Date of Death
Robert Moss Alston, M.D. 1989
Russell M. Warren, M.D. November 11, 1998
Paul F. Dykman, M.D. July 22, 2002
Klem I. Schneider, M.D. October 2, 2002
H. William Mott, M.D. December 31, 2000

1970

Name Date of Death
Ian Dean Barlow, M.D. 1993
Barbara Deussler Porter, M.D. 1997
Thomas S. Fox, M.D. June 10, 2002
Byron T. Sagunsky, M.D. NA

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1971-1975

1971

Name Date of Death
Steven L. Harris, M.D. 1976
Marden Guy Dixon, M.D. 1983
Roger R. Williams, M.D. September 2, 1998
Dean W. Morgan Jr., M.D. NA
David B. Rigby, M.D. July 13, 2007

1972

Name Date of Death
Gregory Llewellyn Goates, M.D. 1991
Thomas C. Skidmore, M.D. 1993
E. Keith Hansen, M.D. May 10, 2008

1973

Name Date of Death
David J. Green, M.D. 1997
Terry L. Jackson, M.D. October 10, 2001
Sherry Henderson, M.D. December 23, 2001
John R. Draheim, M.D. NA
James Taylor Harwood, M.D. NA
Gardner R. Durkee, M.D. January 5, 2004

1974

Name Date of Death
Col. Thomas A. Hawkes Jr., M.D. December 27, 1997
David L. Nelson, M.D. June 19, 1998

1975

Name Date of Death
Judith Ann Jones Tinker, M.D. 1986
Robert F. Rameson, M.D. 1995
John C. Larsen, M.D. 1995
Daniel A. Yurth, M.D. January 22, 2001
Roger F. Williams, M.D. July 19, 2004
Bryan Glover Terry, M.D. NA
John Patrick Armentrout, M.D. NA

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