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Classes of 1951-1975
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1951-1955
1951
Clifford H. Curtis, M.D.Dr. Curtis was a part of the Pacific Coast Obstetrics and Gynecological Society. He published the article, “Auto Transfusion in Gynecologic Hemoperitoneum” in July 1983 of the American Journal of ObGyn and was clinical associate professor in the Department of ObGyn at Stanford Medical School. Dr. Curtis and his wife, Thelma, have four daughters, thirteen grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Fred V. Jackman, M.D.Dr. Jackman was an active surgery specialist in all the hospitals in Utah Valley for forty-five years. He has been the Utah Valley Regional Medical County Staff President and Surgical Chief and Trustee of the Utah State Medical Association. Dr. Jackman also served for 33 years reserve and active duty in the USAR and was the first official BYU athlete physician from 1959-1964.
1952
Bennion N. Lloyd, M.D.Before retiring in 1985, Dr. Bennion practiced at LDS Hospital, with offices in Sugarhouse and East Mill Creek. He served in the U.S. Navy Air Corps during WWII before going into medicine. Dr. Bennion currently resides in Holladay with his wife, Dorothy. They have enjoyed some traveling and sharing activities with family and friends.
Mary Lou (Pierce) PeakDr. Peak is a retired pediatrician and emergency room doctor and lives in Chubbuck, Idaho.
1953
Harlan J. Spjut, M.D.Dr. Spjut is retired from Baylor University, where he served as a professor in the Department of Pathology. He specialized in orthopedic, gastrointenstinal and cytologic pathology and co-authored Ackerman and del Regato's textbook, Cancer, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prognosis. He and his wife Madeleine have seven children.
1954
Lindy F. Kumagai, M.D.Dr. Kumagai retired as Chief of the U.C. Davis Endocrine Division in 1994. He was the Chair of Minority Admissions during the Alan Bakke era at Davis, and served from 1992-2001 as Assistant Dean, Minority Affairs and Admissions and from 2001-2005 as Special Assistant to the Dean of the U.C. Davis medical school.
Calvin Buhler, M.D.Dr. Buhler served his internship and residency at LDS Hospital. He started his practice in 1956 and retired in 1988. Dr. Buhler and his wife Elizabeth have five children, thirty-nine grandchildren and thirty great-grandchildren. He’s enjoyed water skiing, snow skiing, sailing, hunting and outings with his family for many years and has served a mission in the Philippines.
Alvin C. McCuistionDr. McCuistion retired from the practice of internal medicine and resides in Alpine, UT.
John Alton Ross, M.D.Dr. Ross practices medicine at the Volunteer Doctors Free Clinic in St. George, Utah. He has been president of the hospital medical staff, president of the state chapter of the American Academy of Family Practice and the State Peer Review in Montana. He has four wonderful children, sixteen grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
1955
Galen S. Woolley, M.D.Dr. Woolley resides in Cedar City. He retired as a Colonel in the USAF in July of 1967, and from Southeast Permanente Medical Group in 1993. He served as LDS Mission President in the France Marseille Mission from 1993-1996, and as Area Medical Authority in Hong Kong from April 1999-September 2000.
Orson D. Perkes, M.D.Dr. Perkes is still in active practice at Star Valley Medical Center in Afton, Wyoming, were he started practicing in 1956 at the age of 26. For seven of those years he was the only physician and would see 70 patients a day and deliver 120-140 babies in a year, over 2500 babies overall! He served as town mayor from 1966-1988 and served two terms on the school board. In 1967 he was presented the Wyoming State award for Community Service by a physician. Dr. Perkes has traveled all over the world and is the owner of Perkes Hereford Ranch. He has also caught 4,822 trout in his lifetime!
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1956
Richard A. Aldous, M.D.Dr. Aldous retired in 2002 from a private practice, but is still working part-time at the Moran Eye Center. He is the past president of the Utah Ophthalmology Society. In his spare time, he has managed to climb the Grand Tetons on 2 occasions with his family. Richard has been married 51 years and has 6 children and 16 grandchildren.
Richard A. Baker, M.D.Dr. Baker retired from obstetrics and gynecology in 1994. He served in the medical corps for U.S. Navy at the Naval Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1956 through 1994. His interests include family and travel.
A. Berrand Brill, Ph.D.Dr. Brill retired in 1997 in nuclear medicine from the University of Massachusetts and now is a full time professor at Vanderbilt University. He received the "Shea Distinguished Service Award" from the I.E.E.E. He still skis occasionally.
John E. Craighead, M.D.Dr. Craighead retired in 1996 from pathology. Since retiring, he has been a consultant for national scale disease for environment and occupational disease. He has authored 200 chapters and or articles in medical literature. He enjoys horticulture and traveling to botanical sites. When he is not traveling with his wife Christina he lives at various homes in Florida and Vermont.
Harold A. Decker, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P.Dr. Decker retired from public health and pediatrics in 1996. He enjoys playing his violin in the community symphony orchestra. He and his wife have been married 50 years.
S. Ross Fox, Jr. M.D.Dr. Fox is still practicing bariatric surgery. He served as the president of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery, president of the ASBS Foundation, president of the Washington Division of the American Cancer Society. He pioneered the adjustable gastric band. He likes to travel, hunt, fish and compete in triathlons.
Richard W. Hardy, M.D.He retired in 1989 and was called to serve a mission for the LDS church as a medical advisor in Chile from 1989-1991. Also, he was the temple president in Cochabamba, and then at the Bolivia temple from October 2002-2004. Currently, he is the medical advisor at the mission in San Jose, California. He has been married 52 years, has 5 children and 15 grandchildren.
Douglas B. Hart, M.D.Dr. Hart retired in 1994 from the field of otolaryngology. Dr. Hart and his wife Bonnie have been married 54 years and have 5 children and 18 grandchildren. Since retiring, he and his wife have served 3 LDS missions, in England and in Ghana. He enjoys woodworking, gardening and computer photo management.
Joseph W. Hess, M.D.Dr. Hess retired in 2000 from internal medicine, family practice and geriatrics. Dr. Hess was the director of the division of educations services from 1968-1974. Also, he was a WHO consultant in Africa from 1970-1976 in conjunction with his appointment as faculty member at Wayne State University School of Medicine. He and his wife Jean have 6 children, 16 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.
Dale G. Johnson, M.D.Dr. Johnson is a professor of surgery and pediatrics at the University of Utah. He has developed a pediatric surgery program at Primary Children's Medical Center and at the University of Utah Hospital. In 2005, he received the University of Utah School of Medicine distinguished alumni award, and the distinguished emeritus award. He and his wife have 4 children, 13 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren.
G. Richard Lee, M.D.Dr. Lee retired in 1996 from internal medicine and hematology. He served as the dean of the University of Utah School of Medicine from 1978-1983. Since retirement he has enjoyed bridge tournaments and his grandchildren.
Charles K. Beyer-Machule, M.D.Dr. Machule retired in 1994 from Opthalmalmic and reconstructive plastic surgery. He was a clinical associate professor at Harvard Medical School and an honorary professor at Ludwig-Maximillian University in Munich, Germany. He likes watercolor painting, the opera, golf and travel.
Donald G. McQuarrie, M.D.Dr. McQuarrie served in the field of general and cardiovascular thoracic surgery. Since retiring, he has enjoyed travel, reading and gardening.
William E. Miller, Jr., M.D.Dr. Miller developed and taught respiratory therapy at Tucson Medical Center and Pima College. For 25 years, he was the co-director of respiratory therapy at St. Joseph's Hospital. In 2003, he retired and now enjoys gardening and fishing.
George D. Nakai, M.D.Dr. Nakai practiced internal medicine and retired in 2001. A significant achievement includes making it to the age of 76, and enjoys reminiscing about the wonderful life he has experienced so far.
John E. Parkinson, M.D.Dr. Parkinson retired in 1995 from internal medicine and the specialty field of oncology and hematology. He served as the chief of general medicine, chief of oncology and hematology, and civilian consultant to David Grant Medical Center. He has had unusual successes in treating difficult cancers. He has served as a seminary teacher, stake mission, high council, bishop, stake president and gospel doctrine teacher for the LDS church. He lost his first wife Lynn in 1992, and remarried Ann in 1993 which has been an enormous blessing. He has 9 children and also helped raise 3 foster children.
Waldo C. Perkins, M.D.Dr. Perkins retired from his practice of otolaryngology in 1989 located at LDS Hospital and at Primary Children's Medical Center. He was the chairman of the department of otolaryngology. Since his retirement, his interests include historical research. He and his brother have co-authored several articles about the history of Utah pioneers.
O. Howard Reichman, M.D., F.A.C.S.Dr. Reichman retired in 1999 from neurological surgery. Dr. Reichman was the founding chairman of the department of neurological surgery at Loyola University in Chicago. He has authored or co-authored 60 publications. And, he has trained 30 neurological surgeons. He has performed with the Utah Valley Symphony and has judged for the U.S. Nordic Ski Association. He and his wife Nancy have 7 children, 31 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.
Robert L. Schofield, M.D.Dr. Schofield had a private practice in adult and child psychiatry from 1963 to 2005. He and his wife have been married 50 years: they have 4 children, 15 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
C. Basil Williams, M.D.Dr. Williams retired from cardiology in 2001. He practiced at the Ogden Medical Clinic from 1961-2001. He won several awards during his career, including State Young Internist of the Year, 1971 and Distinguished Clinical Faculty 1990-1991. Since retirement he has enjoyed golf, tennis and travel.
Burke L. Winget, M.D.Dr. Winget retired from radiology in 2003. He served in the United States Air Force 1956-1996. His private practice was located in Oakland, California. He is the past president of the East Radiology Society. Since retirement he has enjoyed books and golf.
1957
Anthony Ballard, M.D.Dr. Ballard has served as the Associate Chairman of Education, Director of the Residency Training Program, and Chief of Pediatric SVC at the University of Miami. He is a retired U.S. Army R.V.N.M.A.S.H Commander of the 2nd Surgical Hospital and a member of American Children’s Prosthetic Comm. He and his wife, Afton, have been married fifty-nine years and are the parents of six children.
Donald R. Carson, M.D.Dr. Carson is retired from the practice of internal medicine in Elk Grove, CA. He reports that he has a happy marriage, great children, had a good practice and is having a great retirement.
Wallace D. Crosby, M.D.Dr. Crosby served in the Air Force from 1958-1961. He practiced medicine in Chico, California for 42 years and served at the president of the local medical society, president of the local general practice academy, and as chief of staff at the local hospital.
M. Harold Fogelson, M.D.Dr. Fogelson is the former Department head of Pediatric Neurology of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. While he served this role for twenty years the department grew from two doctors to twenty-one child neurologists. Dr. Fogelson is also a Professor Emeritus of Pediatric and Neurology for the University of Cincinnati.
Thorold D. Harris, M.D.Dr. Harris has enjoyed the honor of being a physician and feels his significant achievements include giving to his patients and the community. He told his residents and students to treat each patient humbly with respect and thoughtfulness, as if they were their own mother, father, brother, or sister, and they would have no problems.
Marlan J. Haslam, M.D.Dr. Haslam worked in orthopedic surgery before retiring. He was a general surgeon in the USAF from 1959-1961 at MacDill AFB in Florida, and assistant clinical professor of orthopedics at the U of U from 1975-1985. Dr. Haslam was a board of trustees member at IHC McKay-Dee Hospital in Ogden, Utah from 1975-1998, and President of the Ogden Surgical-Medical Society in 1983. He served as a Utah Representative on the board of councilors American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons from 1981-1987. He and his wife, Patricia, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in June 2007.
Joyce D. Johnson, M.D.Dr. Johnson still practices internal medicine part-time for Alpine Medical Group in Salt Lake City and donates time to the Fourth Street Clinic, also in Salt Lake City.
Robert J. Kahn, M.D.Dr. Kahn practices radiology in Greeley, Colorado. He has served as president of the county medical society, Chair of Radiology, Chair of the Hospital Foundation and volunteer for Ship of Hope, to Macieo, Brazil.
John Margaris, M.D.Dr. Margaris has been President of the National Private Doctors of America, hospital staff president, and president of the Cascade County Medical Society.
Karl R. Kelly Nicholes, M.D., Ph.D.Dr. Nicholes specialized in aviation medicine in the USAF, and also practiced cardiovascular physiology and obstetrics and gynecology. His significant achievements include: serving as a flight surgeon and Chief of Aviation Medicine and Preventive Medicine for the 48th TAC Fighter Wing; becoming a Fellow of the National Heart Institute; receiving the University of Utah Career Development Award, receiving a Ph.D. in Cardiovascular Physiology; and completing a residency in 1980 in OB/GYN.
Dean W. Packard, M.D.Dr. Packard served as president of the Ogden Medical and Surgical Society, and the Utah State Urological Society. He was on the nominating committee and then the executive committee of the western section of the American Urological Association as well as chief of the surgical staff at St. Benedict’s Hospital.
John Plager, M.D.Dr. Plager has been published on such topics as cancer, chemotherapy, cell cycle kinetics, clinical medicine, and steroid enzymatic synthesis. He is currently retired and living in Winsted, Connecticut.
Marvin L. Rallison, M.D.Dr. Rallison specialized in pediatric endocrinology and examined young people in Nevada and Arizona for thyroid neoplasia from exposure to fallout from the Nevada test site. He is the author of a book of growth problems in children; a workshop chair for the National Diabetic Commission; and M.D. for 40 years at Camp Utahda, a camp for diabetic youth, and a receipt of the Diabetes and Camping Award from the National Diabetic Association. Since he retired, Dr. Rallilson has enjoyed oil painting, classical guitar, bird watching, and traveling and communing with nature, and his 21 grandkids.
George S. Tanner, M.D.Dr. Tanner practiced ophthalmology at St. Mark’s Medical Center for many years. He is retired and living in Holladay, UT. He feels that getting to the age of 79 is pretty significant.
David L. Wilkerson, M.D.Dr. Wilkerson is retired form family practice and living in St. George, UT. He is a Diplomate of the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Paul M. Williams, M.D.Dr. Williams worked as an anesthesiologist for forty-two years during which time he served as chairman of the anesthesia department at LDS Hospital for five years. He was president of the Utah State Society of Anesthesiologists in 1970. Dr. Williams started running at age 45 and has run in 3 marathons. He has four children and currently lives with his wife in Lehi, Utah.
1958
Maurice G. Baker, M.D.Dr. Baker practices family medicine and is currently working at St. Mark's Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. He has also served as a mission president for the LDS church. He is happily married to his lovely wife Laura Baker.
Eugene L. Bellin, M.D.Dr. Bellin loves playing violin and feeding people at the Bowery Mission in New York City. In the past he worked with International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (which won the Nobel Prize for peace in 1990). He was also a member of the Innocence Project of the Cardozo Law School in NYC and helped 180 innocent people get off of death row through the use of DNA testing.
Kay H. Blacker, M.D.Dr. Blacker served for many years as the Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, Davis School of Medicine. He is now semi-retired.
Arthur F. Budge, M.D.Dr. Budge retired in 1990. He spends his spare time gardening, fishing and traveling. He was President of the Ogden Surgical-Medical Society in 1987. He is also active in the LDS Church and Boy Scouts of America, having been registered in the Boy Scouts for over 36 years.
Barry A. Clothier, M.D.Dr. Clothier retired in December of 2008. He is looking forward to spend his spare time bird watching and writing a book on medical mnemonics. He taught part time at Scottsdale Family Practice Residency Program.
Rodger K. Farr, M.D.Dr. Farr retired in 2006. He is a Distinguished Life Fellow and a Gold Medal recipient of the American Psychiatry Association and the founder of Skid Row Clinic for the homeless mentally ill in Los Angeles. He still enjoys teaching and finds gardening relaxing in his spare time.
Clayton R. Gabbert, M.D.Dr. Gabbert retired in 1998 from practicing Orthopedic Surgery. Since retirement his interests have included trap shooting, golf, bridge, walking and trading commodities. He also likes observing and naming wild flowers. He is in "Who's Who in the West" and has been honored with a Mosby Book Award.
Harry L. Gibbons, M.D.Dr. Gibbons is semi-retired and still serving as a consultant in Aerospace Medicine. He was the Director of Salt Lake County Health Department for 22 years. Dr. Gibbons has been awarded two international awards for achievements in aerospace. He has received many honors for his service to medicine, including the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Utah School of Medicine in 1998.
Joseph M. Heath, M.D.Dr. Heath was very active in his family medicine specialty his entire career. He was President of the Utah Academy of Family Practice from 1974-1975 and was an active lobbyist for establishing and funding the Family Practice Residency at the University of Utah; plus served on the Department of Family and Community Medicine faculty. He has been on three missions to Brazil with his wife and likes fishing and traveling
Richard M Hebertson, M.D.Dr. Hebertson was involved in the University of Utah OB/Gyn department and the Residency Training Programs in OB/Gyn at LDS Hospital much of his professional life. He introduced fetal monitoring at LDS Hospital and co-developed the fetal monitoring systems that are currently used in the IHC system. He has been married for 56 years and has five children, twenty-three grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren. Besides being a volunteer in the LDS Church he likes writing poetry, painting, traveling, gardening and spending time with his family.
Ward H. Hedges, M.D.Dr. Hedges retired from the practice of Psychiatry in 1997. He has nine children and fourteen grandchildren. He is a fly fishing instructor and enjoys studying botany. Along with psychiatry his professional interests included ENT and Dermatology.
Glenn L. Johnston, M.D.Dr. Johnston is recipient of 1996 Norman S. Anderson, M.D. Award for distinguished service to community mental health. After his retirement Dr. Johnston moved to Montana and built a new home on an 700-acre ranch near Kalispell. He has been very active with management of the farm and timberland and is involved in projects to preserve and enhance a wildlife sanctuary along one mile of the Flathead River. He was honored with the Audubon Conservation Achievement Award in 2008 for his conservation efforts.
E. Ute Knowlton, M.D.Dr. Knowlton retired in 1996 and is enjoying his time with eight children and twenty- nine grandchildren.
C. Gary Loosli, M.D.Dr Loosli is retired and spends his spare time coaching square dancing, teaching high school tennis, competing in senior track and field, playing pickleball and horseshoes and hunting and fishing.
Harold Markowitz, M.D., Ph.D.Dr. Markowitz retired from laboratory medicine and medical research in 1985. He has been married to Peggy Markowitz for 55 years and has four children. Two became physicians and all are in some area of medicine. For the past twelve years Dr. Markowtiz has been in poor health, but continues to dearly love his family.
James O. Mason, M.D.Dr. Mason spent most of his career in the service of public health. He was the head of the Utah Department of Health, served with the United States Public Health Service and was a member of the World Health Organization Executive Board. Besides spending time with his wife Marie, children, grandchildren and great grandchildren, Dr. Mason likes family history research, gardening, reading and traveling.
John E. Meyers, M.D.Dr. Meyers has practiced Aviation Medication as a flight surgeon since 1960, in the Air Force before retirement in 1989, and currently for NASA. Dr. Meyers considers work as his hobby and raising three successful children as one of his biggest achievements. He felt the training he received at the U of U Medical School prepared him to practice medicine as well, in not better than, any school in the country.
Stanley N. Mogerman, M.D.Dr. Mogerman has been happily married for fifty-two years to Barbara, who he met his freshman year at the U and married his junior year. They have three daughters and six grandchildren. He and Barbara enjoy ballroom dancing and make every attempt to go dancing as often as they can fit it in. They also enjoy cruising and have been on twenty-eight cruises so far!
Joseph H. Nelson, M.D.Dr. Nelson retired in 1998. He has six children and twenty-six grandchildren. He has been honored with a Medal of Commendation from US Army and was the Utah Doctor of the Year and President of Logan, Utah's Kiwanis Club. His hobbies are woodworking and pen making. He served a medical mission to Ukraine from 1998 to 2001.
Ronald F. Read, M.D.Dr. Read worked for over 30 years as a staff psychiatrist at Community Mental Health in San Diego. Music has always been an important part of Dr. Read's life. For over 50 years, he was a tenor soloist and a member of various choirs, performing in numerous productions and programs. He was also the publisher of the San Diego Seagull, a newspaper committed to the interest of members of the LDS Church in San Diego for 18 years.
Lawrence E. Reichmann, M.D.Dr. Reichmann retired in 1992. He has four wonderful children. He is a Diplomat in the America Board of Anesthesiology and enjoys studying family history in his free time.
James G. Smith, M.D.Dr. Smith served as Chief of the Department of OB/GYN at Kaiser Hospital/Permanente Medical Group in Vallejo California for 17 years, in which time it grew from three to 14 doctors, plus four nurse practitioners and one nurse mid-wife. He also established a rotating residency in OB/GYN with Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield and the Contra Costa County General Hospital in Martinez, California. He served as a LDS Area Medical Advisor in Chile for 18 months supervising medical care for 1800 Missionaries throughout eight missions in Chile.
Herbert B. Spencer, M.D.Dr. Spencer still assists his partners in surgery once a week, but is "almost" retired. He served as the mission president for the LDS church in Sweden and as a regional representative of the Council of the Twelve. He has survived three coronary by-pass procedures starting in 1980 but continues to be active working and adopting seven children, currently ages four to nineteen, whose mothers are meth addicts.
John Robert Stewart, M.D.Dr. Stewart recently retired from the University of Utah where he taught radiation oncology for decades. He was involved in the planning for the Huntsman Cancer Center at the University and currently serves as a "Spirit of Caring" volunteer at LDS hospital. Dr. Stewart's wife Ann died in April 2006 after over fifty years of marriage.
1959
E. Arnold Isaacson, M.D.Dr. Isaacson is a retired preventive medicine and public health physician currently living in Centerville, Utah with his wife Donna. He and Donna have been married 57 years and have six children, 24 grandchildren, and 11 great grandchildren with more to come. Dr. Isaacson is the recipient of the Beatty Award for "Distinguished Service to the People of Utah," the Utah Public Health Association's highest award. He is also the recipient of the Sippy Award for "The most beneficial public health contribution benefitting the most people in the western United States," from the Western Branch of the American Public Health Association.
Glen K. Lund, M.D.
Dr. Lund is a retired otolaryngologist currently living in Bountiful, Utah. He was able to raise about $30,000 and establish and fully-equipped E.N.T. facility at the Salt Lake Homeless Health Care Clinics about 10 years ago. He still sees patients there weekly. In 1990, Dr. Lund took a team to Romania and fitted 162 teenage children with hearing aids. Now, Dr. Lund spends time gardening in his back yard and he also raises pure-bred chickens.
Alfred H. Namba, M.D.
Dr. Namba is a semi-retired general internal medicine practitioner living in Portland, Oregon. He has his wife, Doris, have six children. Dr. Namba served with the U.S. Army from 1952-54, and is a combat veteran of the Korean War where he received a Bronze Star with "V" device for valor. Dr. Namba served as vice president and executive board member of Physician Health Plan of Utah, and was an associate and assistant professor at the University of Utah School of Medicine. His interests are walking daily and reading.
M. Moreno Robins, M.D.
Dr. Robins is a retired pediatrician currently living in Provo, Utah. He had a private practice for 48 years, during which time he took care of 11,670 newborns; 4,380 hospitalized patients; and had 225,227 office visits. He served as a mission president for the LDS church in Mexico from 1984-87, and as an MTC president in Guatemala from 1986-98. Dr. Robins received the Silver Beaver from the Boy Scouts of America and has served humanitarian service in Panama, Nicaragua, and Guatemala. He is now the medical director of the Volunteer Care Clinic in Provo. Dr. Robins' hobbies and interests include horses, cattle ranching, and racquetball.
1960
John M. Peters, M.D., Ph.D.Dr. Peters is the Hastings Professor of Preventative Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California. He has served in that position since 1999, and has worked at USC in the Department of Preventive Medicine since 1980. Prior to his work at USC he was a Professor of Occupational Medicine, the Director of the Educational Resources Center, and the Director of the Occupational Health Program at the Harvard School of Public Health.
Stanley J. Haberman, M.D.Dr. Haberman still practices pediatric medicine in New Jersey. He reports that he has great memories of his time spent at the University of Utah, School of Medicine.
David R. Haymond, M.D.Dr. Haymond served a mission for the LDS church in the British Isles as the area medical advisor. He and his wife have 5 children, 27 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.
August L. Jung, M.D.Dr. Jung was the division chief of neonatology at the University of Utah from 1968 - 1999. He started the first long distance transport system for neonates in the country. He is now a professor of pediatrics. He was appointed a presidential chair in pediatrics in 2004. August is a sculptor and a painter. He and his wife Joy have been married 51 years and have 4 children and 9 grandchildren.
Jerry R. Martin, M.D.Dr. Martin was the president of the medical staff at American Fork Hospital, and the co-founder of the American Fork Clinic. He was also the director of the American Fork Hospital emergency department.
John G. Moore, M.D.Dr. Moore retired from the VA Hospital and University of Utah School of Medicine where he served as a faculty member. Currently, he is working as a contract physician at the VA Hospital where the GI endoscopy center is named in his honor. He has 2 children living in the western region.
A. Lloyd Poulsen, M.D.Dr. Poulsen retired from a family practice and is living in Layton, Utah. He received his master of science in public health in 1986.
Howard L. Roberts, Jr., M.D.Dr. Roberts retired from his family practice in Kanab, Utah in 1997. And, he reports that he is loving retirement! He and his wife have 8 children and 30 grandchildren.
Owen Smoot, M.D.Dr. Smoot retired from LDS Hospital where he served as chairman of the orthopedic division. During his career, he served on the board of directors for the Western Orthopedic Association. Since retiring, he has volunteered for his church and for CHOICE in South America.
Claude R. Thomas, M.D.Dr. Thomas retired and lives in Salt Lake City. He reports his main achievement in life was raising 6 children, one of whom is the head of the cardiovascular rehab department at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.
Leon H. White, M.D.Dr. White is the chairman of the department of pediatrics and the president of the medical staff at McKay Dee Hospital. He also served as the team physician for Roy High School for 22 years.
Ralph Garr Cutler, M.D.
Dr. Cutler enjoyed 38 years of practice in the art of plastic surgery in Eugene, Oregon and retired in 2006. On four occasions he took assignment to work with a team doing cleft lip and palate operations in Mexico as wall as Romania. He was also the president of the Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons. Since retirement, Dr. Cutler has been enjoying the art of glass blowing and continue to follow his interests in painting and wood sculpture.
1961-1965
1962
Dean Wilcox. M.D.Dr. Wilcox is currently the Vice Chair for Academic Affairs in the Department of Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine, where he served as a faculty member form 1980 to 200l. He is also a member of the Certifying Examination Committee of the American Board of Pediatrics.
Laurence GeeDr. Gee is a retired pediatrician living in North Salt Lake City.
J. Richard Rees, M.D.Dr. Rees is board certified in general and thoracic surgery and practices part-time at the Medical Weight-Loss and Nutritional Clinic in Ogden. Dr. Rees was a surgeon and resident surgeon at the New York Hospital at Cornell University. He was Utah Heart Association Director from September 1972 to 1980. He also did a guest lectureship at the University of Utah College of Nursing Masters Program from 1974-1975.
J. Ronald Shaffer, M.D.Dr. Shaffer is one of the original 22 primary care doctors who established the Sacramento Sierra Medical Group in Sacramento, CA. Since then it has grown to 200 physicians and has become the Sutter Medical Group. Dr. Shaffer was a board member for 9 ½ years and now sits on the benefits committee. He and his wife, Carole, have three children and four grandchildren. Dr. Shaffer plays a little golf, likes to read mysteries, and continues to love the practice of medicine.
Leo M. Stevenson, M.D.Dr. Stevenson practices medicine as McKay-Dee Hospital in Ogden, Utah. He is currently in his thirty-eighth year of practice and assists in surgeries and doing office gynecology. He has been the mission physician for the Utah Ogden Mission since the 1st of December 2003. Dr, Stevenson has eleven children, twenty-nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
W. Dean Wilcox, M.D.Dr. Wilcox is an Emeritus Professor at Emery University School of Medicine. He is currently retired and living in Atlanta, Georgia.
1963
Walker J. Ashcraft, M.D.
Dr. Ashcraft is the Medical Director of Hospice and a member of the Board of Trustees at the Marcus Daly Hospital in Montana.
Michael S. Clement, M.D.Dr. Clement is the author of the book Children at Health Risk and an editor of ten other books on preparing for passing board exams. He is a medical photographer and has work displayed in numerous textbooks. He is also a consultant to the Arizona Prenatal Trust, Maternal and Child Health with the Arizona Department of Health Services.
Robert B. Gibbons, M.D.Dr. Gibbons is a Master in the American College of Physicians, a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and the Chairman of Medicine at Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital in Denver. He has also served as Treasurer of the American College of Physicians, President of the Rocky Mountain Rheumatism Society, and Governor of the Colorado Chapter of the American College of Physicians.
Kendrick O. Morrison, M.D.Dr. Morrison is married and has five children and 17 grandchildren. He retired as Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Cottonwood Hospital in Murray, Utah. He has served a medical mission for the LDS Church and has a private pilot license, flying a single-engine twin instrument plane.
Kent L. Pomeroy, M.D.Dr. Pomeroy lives in Scottsdale, Arizona and practices Orthopedic and Rehabilitation and Pain Management Medicine. He lost his first wife Brenda, in September 2005 from metastatic breast cancer and recently remarried another wonderful redhead, who is keeping him young since she was born two years after he graduated from medical school! He is listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in the West, Who's Who in Science and Engineering and Who's Who in Medicine.
Donald T. Reay, M.D.Dr. Reay is recently retired as chief medical examiner in Seattle - King County, WA. He is also an emeritus professor of pathology at the University of Washington.
A. Mason Redd, M.D.Dr. Redd worked as a Psychiatry faculty member at the University of Utah following his residency training until he retired in 1999. He and his wife, Karen, then served an LDS mission as Area Medical Advisors in the Asia North Area for a year and a half and had a great experience traveling around that area and caring for missionaries. They will celebrate their 50th anniversary in 2009 and hope to gather their seven children and seventeen grandchildren together for a party and a family picture.
Paul Sondrup, M.D.Dr. Sondrup lives in Virginia where he is retired as President and CEO of Professional Resource Services.
Otto S. Shill Jr., M.D.Dr. Shill retired from Otolaryngology in 1995 and lives in Mesa, Arizona. He presided over the Florida Jacksonville Mission from1995-1998 and has served two other medical missions.
D. Ray Thomas, M.D.Dr. Thomas retired in 2002 from 36 years of private practice as a pediatrician in Holladay, UT. He has a great wife, seven children and 35 grandchildren. He served a church assignment in the Philippines from 2003 to 2006 and is currently serving at the BYU Jerusalem Center taking care of students.
Kenny Ashby, M.D.
Dr. Ashby is a retired anesthesiologist living in Sandy, Utah.
Paul Geniec, M.D.
Dr. Geniec is a retired otorhinolaryngologist now living in Jamestown, North Carolina. As a physician he improved ear, nose, and throat instrumentation, helped to improve extended intranasal cryosurgery while he was a trustee of the American college of Cyrosurgery, and he also enjoyed the creativity of many new treatments while in private practice. Dr. Geniec and his wife, Kathryn, have been married for 35+ years and enjoy gardening in their retirement.
James Rytting, M.D.
Dr. Rytting is a retired radiologist currently living in Houston, Texas. He and his wife, Lavonna Garff Rytting have been married for 50 years and they have four children. Dr. Rytting served as chief of radiology at Brackenridge Hospital in Austin, Texas; chief of pediatric radiology at Children's Hospital of Austin, Texas; and chief of staff at Brackenridge Hospital in Austin, Texas. He was also awarded the Excellency in Residence Teaching Award, Children's Hospital of Austin, Texas in 1986.
J. Richard Taylor, M.D.
Dr. Taylor retired from the University of Miami, School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology in August of 2002 after 33 years on faculty. He now lives in Tallahasse, Florida, where two of his sons and their families live. Dr. Taylor is currently in part-time practice with his daughter-in-law and sees patients for a few hours a day.
J. Ronald Rich, M.D.
Dr. Rich is a neurosurgeon at the Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica, California. In 1969-70, Dr. Rich completed a post-doctoral fellowship with the National Institutes of Health. In 1971, he was named as chief of neurosurgery science at the Harbor, UCLA Medical Center. In 2003, Dr. Rich was named president of the California Association of Neurological Surgeons. He has 25+ scientific papers published, two book chapters, and was named as one of The Best Doctors in America - America's Top Surgeons in 1996.
1964
Paul Geniec, M.D.
Dr. Geniec is a retired otorhinolaryngologist now living in Jamestown, North Carolina. As a physician he improved ear, nose, and throat instrumentation, helped to improve extended intranasal cryosurgery while he was a trustee of the American college of Cyrosurgery, and he also enjoyed the creativity of many new treatments while in private practice. Dr. Geniec and his wife, Kathryn, have been married for 35+ years and enjoy gardening in their retirement.
James Rytting, M.D.
Dr. Rytting is a retired radiologist currently living in Houston, Texas. He and his wife, Lavonna Garff Rytting have been married for 50 years and they have four children. Dr. Rytting served as chief of radiology at Brackenridge Hospital in Austin, Texas; chief of pediatric radiology at Children's Hospital of Austin, Texas; and chief of staff at Brackenridge Hospital in Austin, Texas. He was also awarded the Excellency in Residence Teaching Award, Children's Hospital of Austin, Texas in 1986.
J. Richard Taylor, M.D.
Dr. Taylor retired from the University of Miami, School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology in August of 2002 after 33 years on faculty. He now lives in Tallahasse, Florida, where two of his sons and their families live. Dr. Taylor is currently in part-time practice with his daughter-in-law and sees patients for a few hours a day.
J. Ronald Rich, M.D.
Dr. Rich is a neurosurgeon at the Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica, California. In 1969-70, Dr. Rich completed a post-doctoral fellowship with the National Institutes of Health. In 1971, he was named as chief of neurosurgery science at the Harbor, UCLA Medical Center. In 2003, Dr. Rich was named president of the California Association of Neurological Surgeons. He has 25+ scientific papers published, two book chapters, and was named as one of The Best Doctors in America - America's Top Surgeons in 1996.
1966-1970
1966
D. Michael Edson, M.D., F.A.C.R.Dr. Edson is a fellow of the American College of Radiology and is currently working at Pioneer Valley Hospital. He and his wife Karen have 3 children, who are all University of Utah graduates.
Jan S. Freeman, M.D.Dr. Freeman has worked in the field of organ transplantation. He still likes to ski and golf. He likes to vacate to Lake Powell annually.
James L. Parkin, M.D.Dr. Parkin retired from his position as Associate Vice President for Health Sciences at the University of Utah in 1997. He served for many years as the Chairman of the Division of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery at the University of Utah and as Chairman of the Department of Surgery. He served as chair of the 100-year Centennial Celebration, and currently is a member of the School of Medicine Alumni Board.
Kenneth R. Stevens, Jr., M.D.Dr. Stevens is semi-retired and was the president for Physicians for Compassionate Care. Currently, he is serving an LDS mission in Australia as the area medical advisor. He and his wife Peggy have 12 children and 25 grandchildren.
Terry E. Gagon, M.D.Dr. Gagon retired in 2003. During his career, he moved to Georgia where he served as the medical director of adult psychiatry at Parkwood Hospital in Atlanta. He and his wife Eleanor have 4 children. He enjoys playing and teaching piano and violin. He also enjoys woodworking and outdoor sports.
1967
Thomas D. Coppin M.D.Dr. Coppin retired as the State Commissioner for Utah for the College of American Pathologists Laboratory Accreditation Program in 2005. He served in the Army from 1963 until 1993, when he retired with the rank of Colonel.
Roger V. Hall, M.D.Dr. Hall practices as Rogue Valley Medical Center in Medford, Oregon. He has been senior cardiac surgeon since 1987. The heart program has received the “Solucient 100 Top Hospitals Cardiovascular Benchmark for Success Award” in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2005. Dr. Hall was a member of Rogue Valley Medical Center Board 1990-1996 and president of RVMC staff from 1993-1994.
M. Elizabeth Hale Hammond, M.D.Dr. Hammond is a professor at the U of U. She is a former chairman of the pathology department at LDS Hospital and currently a member of the IHC Board of Trustees. She is the author of three books, fifteen book chapters, and 165 papers in peer-reviewed medical journals. Dr. Hammond is currently editor of Amirsys, Inc., and was recognized in 2005 by the College of American Pathologists as Pathologist of the Year. She received the University of Utah’s School of Medicine’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 2007.
Karl Douglas Nielson, M.D.Dr. Nielson lives in Heber City, UT and practices Neurosurgery at the Utah State Hospital in Provo.
Klint H Stander, M.D.Dr. Stander started the first open heart surgery program in Provo, Utah in 1982 and later opened an urgent care clinic at the Walter Knox Hospital in Emmett, Idaho. He retired from practicing cardiac, thoracic, and vascular surgery and currently is working part-time in general practice and urgent care.
1968
Elijah Reed Heywood, M.D.
Dr. Heywood retired as Chairman of the OB-GYN department at Women and Children's Hospital in Charleston, W.V. in 2002. His son took his place as the residency program director and he occasionally consults with the department about educational issues. He went on three year mission as President of the San Jose Mission for the LDS Church. He is recovering from back surgery but is getting around well with a cane.
Wayne "Curt" Kaesche, M.D.Dr. Kaesche was a U.S. Navy Lt. Commander from 1970 to 1972. He was in private orthopedic practice from 1976-2002 and also worked as an Associate Clinical Professor at the Oregon Health Sciences University.
Jon C. Lloyd, M.D.Dr Lloyd is a Senior Clinical Advisor at the Plexus Institute in Pennsylvania where he coordinates a 60-hosptial PD/MRSA prevention network. From 2005-2007 he was the co-principal investigator for a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant supporting six beta site hospitals in using Positive Deviance (PD) to prevent MRSA healthcare associated infections. Dr. Lloyd and Jacqueline have been married for 46 years and have two children Hilary, age 35, and Hardy age 31.
Nathaniel M. Matolo, M.D.Dr. Matolo officially retired on December 31, 2007. However, a month later, he went back to work on a part-time basis two or three days a week teaching surgery residents and medical students at the University of California Davis/Sacramento VA Medical Center and San Joaquin General Hospital. He belongs to over 20 surgical and professional societies and is widely published. He enjoys foreign travel, golf, swimming and hiking in the Sierra's and around Lake Tahoe.
E. Bruce McIff, M.D.Dr. McIff retired from neuro/interventional radiology practice on June 30, 2008. In his long career he served as President of the Utah Medical Association from 1985-86 and was selected as Utah Doctor of the Year in 1987. He is very grateful for an unbelievable 40 years in medicine.
Craig H. McQueen, M.D.Dr. McQueen has had a busy and fulfilling career in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. From 1973 to 1990 he served as a team physician for the University of Utah and from 1980 to 2008 as the team physician for Highland High School's football and rugby teams. He's also worked with the Salt Lake Trappers, Buzz, Stingers and Bees. He was Chairman of the Sports Medicine Committee of the United States Figure Skating Association from 1998-2000 and the team physician to one Jr. World and two world figure skating teams.
Anthony R. Temple, M.D.Dr. Temple has spent his career in pediatric clinical pharmacology and medical toxicology. He taught at the University of Utah College of Medicine for eight years, then worked for McNeil Consumer Healthcare for 29 years. He semi-retired in 2005 and moved from Pennsylvania to St. George, UT in 2008. He has been married to Mary K. since the start medical school in 1964 and has four children and seven grandchildren.
1969
James F. Allen, M.D.
Dr. Allen is currently a practicing physician in Vernal, Utah, specializing in general practice and surgery. He completed a Rotating Internship Residency at Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle, Washington. He boarded in family practice and has taken many refresher courses in surgery, obstetrics, and other specialty areas. Dr. Allen also served as an associate clinical professor for the University of Utah Medical School for many years. Jim has four children (three girls and one son) and 10 grandchildren. Jim's wife is a former educator and served on the State Board of Education.
Harvey R. Hatch, M.D.
Dr. Hatch is a radiation oncologist with Valley View Medical Center in Cedar City, Utah.
J. P. Hughes, M.D.
Dr. Hughes is a colon rectal surgeon at St. Marks Hospital. Dr. Hughes has 16 grandchildren. In 2008, he was a candidate for mayor of Salt Lake City. In 2006, he was awarded in the Sword of Hope from the American Cancer Society. Dr. Hughes also serves on the Salt Lake Community College Foundation Board of Directors. In 2009, he will be going to China with People to People.
D. Douglas Kohler, M.D.
Dr. Kohler is a retired general surgeon living in Provo, Utah.
Roger Belden Lewis, M.D.
Dr. Lewis is a retired family practitioner living in Orem, Utah. He has five sons, five daughters-in-law, and 28 grandchildren. Dr. Lewis is also a five-time finalist in the Publisher's Clearing House Sweepstakes.
Gary Petersen, M.D.
Dr. Petersen is a retired cardiologist living in St. George, Utah. He currently owns a successful quarter horse breeding business. He also has his own published novel, "Darkness in Dallas." According to Dr. Peterson, he has, "paid alimony longer than any other person in State of Utah!"
Grant M. Peterson, M.D.
Dr. Peterson is a retired obstetrician-gynecologist currently living in Shelley, Idaho after 30 years of practice. Dr. Peterson served for three years as the Idaho section chairman and three years as section vice-chairman for ACOG. He also served three years interviewing Idaho applicants for the University of Utah School of Medicine. Dr. Peterson volunteered for 18 months as area medical advisor in North America - North West for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Alan R. Pratt, M.D.
Dr. Pratt is living in Reno, Nevada. He retired as an anesthesiologist with the Veterans Administration.
Terry H. Rich, M.D.
Dr. Rich is a retired pathologist living in Sandy, Utah. Dr. Rich retired from Utah Pathology Services at LDS Hospital, Cottonwood Hospital, and Alta View Hospital. Dr. Rich was called to serve as an area medical advisor for The Church of Jesus-Christ of Latter-day Saints during 2007 and 2008, where he served with five other physicians from the class of 1969.
John A. Shaw, M.D.
Dr. Shaw is a radiation oncologist with 21st Century Oncology of Arizona in Sun City West, Arizona. He and his wife, Mary, have five children and 11 grandchildren.
Robert B. Smith, M.D.
Dr. Smith practices family medicine at Associates in Family Practice in Tucson, Arizona. He still has a love for medicine and hopes to never retire. Dr. Smith's interests are in travel, reading, and hiking.
Lyman B. Stevens, M.D.
Dr. Stevens is an anesthesiologist at Logan Regional Hospital and Cache Valley Specialty Hospital. He and his wife, Kathryn Keller of Manti, Utah, have 11 children and 32 grandchildren. Dr. Lyman continues to practice anesthesiology and enjoys the challenge and satisfaction derived from helping patients.
David N. Sundwall, M.D.
In January 2005, Dr. Sundwall was nominated by Governor Jon Huntsman Jr. to serve as Executive Director of the Utah State Department of Health. He also served as president of the American Clinical Laboratory Association from 1994-2003, and as senior scientific and medical advisor from 2003-2004. Dr. Sundwall has academic appointments at three medical schools: the University of Utah, Georgetown University School of Medicine and the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences.
H. James Williams, M.D.
Dr. Williams is a professor of medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine. His rheumatology practice is located at the Medical Center. He received the Laureate Award from the Utah Chapter of the American Council of Physicians, and he is a master, American Council of Rheumatology.
Robert O. Wilson, M.D.
Dr. Wilson is a retired orthopaedic surgeon living in Maricopa, Arizona. He and his wife, Betty have been married for 30+ years. Dr. Wilson is now a fused glass artist.
1971-1975
1971
Wm. Rodger Budge, M.D.Dr. Budge has a private cardiology practice affiliated with Novato Community Hospital in Marin County, CA. He is also the medical director of the critical care unit at Novato Community Hospital.
Brent Burdert, M.D.Dr. Burdert is currently practicing at Intermountain Allergy and Asthma Clinic. He is the president of the Utah Society of Allergy and the American Lung Association of Utah. Brent is still skiing 25,000 vertical feet in his spare time.
S. Douglas Wing, M.D., F.A.C.R.Dr. Wing was the president of the Utah Radiological Society in 1996. He also served as the medical staff president for the Utah Valley Regional Center in 1999.
1973
Wallace F. Bryner, M.D.
Dr. Wallace retired from the Bryner Clinic in Salt Lake City where he worked as an obstetrician-gynecologist.
Curtis Canning, M.D.
Dr. Canning is the medical director at Bear River Mental Health Services in Logan, Utah. He closed his psychiatry private practice in 2008 to accept the job, serving Utah's three northernmost counties. He and his wife, Becky, are avid snowshoers. They walk and lift weights regularly and travel whenever they can-usually to the Northwest. He and Becky have two sons, Peter and Chris, both of whom have gone into medicine.
Ben Marchello, M.D.
Dr. Marchello works at Hematology Oncology Centers of the Northern Rockies in Billings, Montana as a medical oncologist. He now spends 40 percent of his time as principal investigator of the Montana Cancer Consortium, an NCI-sponsored clinical research organization for Montana and northern Wyoming.
Stanley W. Moss, M.D.
Dr. Moss is a practicing orthopedic surgeon at St. Lukes Meridian Hospital in Meridian, Idaho. He has served at chairman of the Department of Orthopedics at St. Lukes as well as chairman of the Department of Surgery.
J. David Osguthorpe, M.D.
Dr. Osguthorpe is an otolaryngologist at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. He is professor of otolaryngology, surgical director of operating rooms, Medical University of South Carolina Board of Directors, American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Board of Directors, and serves on the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
George C. "Terry" Robinson, M.D.
Dr. Robinson is a cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon with the Riverview Regional and Godsden Regional Medical Centers in Godsden, Alabama.
Gregory C. Tanner, M.D.
Dr. Tanner is an obstetrician-genecologist at Altaview Hospital Women's Center in Sandy, Utah. In 2008 he and his wife celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary. They have five children and nine grandchildren.
David R. Welling, M.D.
Dr. Welling has been married for 40 years to his wife, Lindy. They have three children and seven grandchildren. Dr. Welling retired from the US Air Force after 30 years on active duty-15 years as a colonel. He lived in Germany for nine years and in California for nine years while in the military. Dr. Welling did a fellowship in colorectal surgery at Mayo Clinic. In 2008, he was named "Outstanding Civilian Educator for 2008" by the graduating class of 2008, Uniformed Services University. He and his wife were recently called to be counselors in an addiction recovery program for their church.
1974
Richard E. Black, M.D.
Dr. Black is a practicing pediatric surgeon at Primary Children's Medical Center. Dr. Black has been the president of hospital staff at Primary Children's and the president of the Pacific Association of Pediatric Surgeons. Dr. Black is currently a professor of surgery at the University of Utah School of Medicine.
Bryant J. Brown, M.D.
Dr. Brown is still practicing obstetrics-gynecology at Old Farm Ob/Gyn in Salt Lake City, Utah. He served as chairman of obstetrics-gynecology at St. Marks Hospital. He is married to Gina Guymon Brown and they have eight children and 16 grandchildren.
Jeffrey E. Booth, M.D.
Dr. Booth is a practicing rheumatologist at McKay-Dee Rheumatology in Ogden, Utah.
Robert D. Corry, M.D.
Dr. Corry is a family practitioner at the IHC Health Center in Cedar City, Utah. He has coached the Cedar High School girls track and cross country teams for the last 24 years and has led the teams to 13 state championships.
Randal B. Gibb, M.D.
Dr. Gibb is a practicing otolaryngology physician with the Central Utah Clinic in Payson, Utah. He and his wife, Diane, have five children and four grandchildren. Dr. Gibb is the former president of the Utah Society of Otolaryngology, former president of the Utah County Medical Society and current president of the Utah Valley Physicians Network.
Therus C. Kolff, M.D.
Dr. Kolff received his master's in public health, health policy and management from Harvard School of Public Health in 1979. He and his wife have raised three daughters. In 1979, Dr. Kolff started the Physician Locum Tenens Industry. He also started an oncology "carve out" and an oncology focused CRO.
E. William Parker, Jr.
Dr. Parker and his wife have 10 children and 25 grandchildren. He has served as a practicing OB-GYN for 27 years and has delivered more than 7,000 babies. He spent 12 years in the United States Naval Reserve. Dr. Parker is contemplating retirement but loves the work too much. He has made great trips to Israel, Egypt, Scandinavia, Europe, United Kingdom, China and Brazil.
Rod Pollary, M.D.
Dr. Pollary is a pediatrician at Ashley Regional Medical Center in Vernal, Utah. He is the founder of Willow Creek Pediatrics, Nightime Pediatrics, and Dinosaurland Pediatrics. He was named Utah Rural Health Provider of the Year in 2003, and LifePoint Physician Leader of the Year in 2006. Dr. Pollary has five children and 11 grandchildren.
Mark B. Taylor, M.D.
Dr. Taylor is a practicing dermatologist at the Gateway Aesthetic Institute and Laser Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. He owns and operated the largest dedicated cutaneous laser center in the world, and co-owns and operates the second largest retailer of online skincare products in the U.S. He has seven children, all married and making their own living.
