Alumni
ONLINE
JOURNAL
Alumni Association • School of Medicine of Loma Linda University
Volume 1, Number 3
October • 2010 • December
Welcome to AJ Online____________________________________________2 Honor Class 1960 Gold__________________________________________11
Weimar Health & Wellness Center _________________________________3 Alumni Activities_________________________________________ _______14
Honor Class 1985 Silver __________________________________________9 In Memoriam __________________________________________________18
Dean’s Page ___________________________________________________21
Welcome to
AJ Online www.llusmaa.org
This issue of the AJ Online contains a shortened recapitulation of the Weimar
report in the print version of the AJ. We hope that readers have found it informative
about this independent Adventist ministry.
The other sections are of the Golden (1960) and Silver Anniversary (1985) honor
classes; Alumni Activities; and In Memoriam.
Also, there will be a change in the personnel of the Alumni Association office
beginning November, 2010. Eileen Kakazu who has staffed the front desk of the Asso-
ciation twice (1989-1990 and 2008-2010) will retire at that time. She is a native of Hawaii
who earned a degree in social studies and elementary education at Pacific Union
College. She has also at various times been the secretary at Walla Walla University,
Hawaii Mission Academy, Castle Medical Center, and the Hawaii Conference of Sev-
enth-day Adventists. We will unquestionably miss her sunny greetings and efficient ways
as that crucial first contact for anyone who walks through the door into the Association
office. We wish her and her elementary school teacher husband, Roy (who retired in
2007) the best of everything as they enjoy more family time together, traveling, and en-
gaging in whatever people do when they are retired.
Replacing her will be Lory Sanchez who is a graduate of Loma Linda Academy.
In addition to her work at the front desk she is also in the process of completing a de-
gree in political science. She came to us from the office of H. Roger Hadley ’74, dean
of LLUSM. We welcome her and are sure that she will integrate into the excellent team
already in place at the Association.
Eileen Kakazu Dennis Park Lory Sanchez
– Henry K. Yeo ’68
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Neil A. Nedley ’86
Presdent
Clarence S. F. Ing ’63
Medical Director
Randall J. Siebold, PhD
VP of Educaton
Weimar
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Timeline
1919: Weimar Institute was opened as a sanitarium to house
tuberculosis patients. TheInstitute later also included patients
with mental disabilities
1957: In this year, it became the Weimar Chest Center for
treatment of other pulmonary diseases.
1960: It was renamed the Weimar Medical Center.
1966: Weimar Medical Center became a community hos-
pital.
1972: WMC was closed due to a financial crisis when funds
were cut by the state and counties.
1975: It was reopened as Hope Village which became a
temporary relocation center for Vietnamese refugees.
1977: A group of Seventh-day Adventists purchased the 457
acres.
Weimar Sanitarium TB ward Zane R. Kime ’66
1978: Weimar Institute of Health and Education was opened (right), first medical director,
as a non-profit organization. Weimar College was also an- Weimar Institute
nounced at the same time.
1981: Weimar Academy was established as a four-year
boarding high school.
2008: Weimar Institute merged with Amazing Facts. A com-
bined board will oversee the activities of the Institute and its
divisions. Weimar Center and its College and Academy are
independent ministries of Seventh-day Adventists.
Weimar College is a four-year college offering courses in
personal ministries, media ministries, theology, and health
sciences. It was first opened in 1978 and temporarily closed
in 2008 due to financial difficulties. It was reopened in 2009.
There are 49 full-time and 8 part-time students.
Weimar Academy is for students from grades 9 to 12. Its pro-
gram is built around the Core of Four: evangelistic empha-
sis, excellent academics, health education, and practical
training. There are 46 full-time and 2 part-time students
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Who we are Physical exam and blood chemistry analysis
Massage and hydrotherapy treatments
The NEWSTART Lifestyle Program is an 18-day
Stretching classes
health recovery program designed to prevent and re-
Informative educational seminars and lectures
verse disease through natural methods. This physi-
Cooking classes
cian-monitored, scientifically researched program is
Delightful plant-based meals
based on eight fundamental lifestyle principles
Outings in nature
proven to help you achieve optimal health. Only the
Fifteen miles of natural trails for walking, hiking,
NEWSTART Lifestyle Program can offer the benefits
exploring, and relaxing
of more than 30 years experience, a thoroughly
Dedicated support staff of health professionals
equipped facility and a caring staff for your “new
start” on life.
We can help
Relieve arthritis
Program details Reverse diabetes
Your exciting lifestyle program begins with a com- Reverse heart disease
prehensive medical evaluation by one of our physi- Renew immune systems
cians. After we review your current health status, you Reduce neuropathy
will receive a customized program that considers all Overcome depression
of your lifestyle needs. This includes: Shed pounds
Personal monitoring and consultation by a physi- Increase energy
cian Lower cholesterol
Enhance vitality
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munity service activities within the greater Sacramento area. The transcript, easing transfer of credits for students moving to a non-
health education component of the curriculum focuses on Adventist institution. Currently, Weimar College offers four-year
improving both physical health and emotional intelligence. programs in religion and health.
3. Evangelistic Emphasis – Weimar College is committed to The religion department provides a Christ-centered, Bibli-
preparing young people for God’s service and for expanding the cially-based, and uniquely Adventist education. Students learn
work of the Seventh-day Adventist church. Each faculty member soul-winning techniques through visitations, Bible studies, and
and student is actively involved in soul-winning activities in the public evangelism. They also receive practical training in health
area and/or in missions abroad. Additionally, our partnership with evangelism techniques so they can tap into the power of “the
Amazing Facts provides an exciting avenue for evangelism right arm of the gospel.” Two four-year degrees are offered: a
through the Amazing Facts Center of Evangelism, which is BA in religion and a BA in theology. A two-year AA in personal
located on the Weimar campus and allows our students to share ministries provides students the essentials in Bible knowledge
many activities with AFCOE students. These powerful team asso- and doctrine and prepares them to be well-equipped Bible
ciations help to make evangelism a focal point at Weimar College. workers and lay leaders.
Weimar College 4. Practical Training – Our work-study program provides The Health Sciences department seeks to train health care
students with practical skills and opportunities for earning tuition. professionals who are passionate medical missionaries. Students
By Randy Siebold, PhD Our faculty regularly join students in their physical work allowing take the preparatory courses necessary for medical, nursing or
Vice President of Education for the formation of deep, mentoring relationships that lead to allied health programs as well as courses in natural healing
Weimar College seeks to discover and implement Biblical better communication and understanding. This work-study pro- modalities. They obtain clinical experience in Weimar’s lifestyle
principles of education. Through strategic planning, and a prayer- gram is part of our strategy for better learning based on the har- programs and learn the best health evangelism techniques in
ful study of the Bible and Spirit of Prophecy, we have developed monious development of the whole person. outreaches to area residents. We offer a pre-medical/pre-pro-
The Core of Four, a framework for expressing our educational With this framework and the addition of highly qualified fac- fessional program (BS in health eciences), pre-nursing/pre-
philosophy and focus. These four concepts guide everything from ulty, we have begun the seven-year process of becoming accredited allied health, and a one-year medical missionary certificate
curriculum development to recreation. through the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. Cur- program.
1. Excellent Academics – Weimar College is striving for the rently, many of the college’s classes transfer directly to Adventist Weimar College administration is in conversation with Loma
highest level of academic standards. We recruit highly qualified universities in the North American Division and we are working to Linda University School of Medicine leadership about our health
faculty who are deeply committed to a Biblical educational model. ensure all our credits transfer easily. This is an extensive process that sciences programs. The feedback they are giving us is helping us to
Our faculty are committed to attaining excellence through con- will require a clearly defined mission as well as systematic processes hone our programs so that our
stant improvement of teaching methods, contributing to growth and evidence that our mission is being lived out in our students. graduates will have the needed
in their field of study, and, most importantly, building up the We think it is a good thing to be able to do these things well. academic preparation, in addi-
kingdom of God. Our faculty emphasize whole person education In fact, going through the accreditation process itself will tion to gaining Weimar’s unique
and strive to help the students find a context for their academic strengthen and refine Weimar College’s focus and enhance our perspective on lifestyle medicine.
knowledge by developing their own personal ministry. school’s ability to impart true education to our students. Until We believe that through the
2. Health Education – Weimar’s natural surroundings and that process is complete, we are pleased to have good working rela- application of Biblical princi-
historic commitment to lifestyle medicine provide an environ- tionships with many Adventist colleges and universities where ples of education found in the
ment where students can learn the best of health evangelism and many of our students and graduates have gone for further train- forward-thinking educational
cultivate their whole being. Our students study natural health ing. writings of Ellen G. White, the
principles, then learn to share these principles as medical mis- The college has also had an articulation agreement with Griggs college will develop into a
sionaries in our NEWSTART® Lifestyle program and in com- University that allows many of our classes to be listed on a Griggs model of whole person educa- Randy Siebold, PhD
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calaureate or associate degrees from Weimar College.
A School for Alumni have gone on to fill positions of trust in God’s
work, bringing Gospel truth to the unreached in many
Weimar Academy
Health Evangelists parts of the world. They are accomplishing their appointed
tasks—bringing glory to God and finishing His work on
By Chad Bernard, MA, principal
By Shenalyn Page this earth.
Early on Weimar College chose not to seek accredita- Weimar Academy began in 1980 to help prepare the youth
In January 1978 sixteen Adventist educators prayerfully tion, feeling that the quality of the education received for God’s work. Yearly mission trips, leadership training, weekly
laid plans for the development of Weimar College. They spoke for itself. This decision, combined with a high outreach, and a special focus on health have made the Academy’s
planned for a curriculum that would provide a balance of turnover among staff, financial woes, changing demo- education life transforming for many. Our graduates are serving
academic study, work education, and practical Christian graphics among Adventist young people, and internal God in a variety of ways around the world.
witness. Health evangelism was also to play a central role in struggles, started the college on a downward path in the We aim to be a school where young people fall in love with
the new college. mid-90s. Enrollment dropped from a high of 120 to a mere Jesus, are equipped to thrive as soul winners, and are prepared to
Forty-five eager students joined 15 dedicated faculty to 20 by 2007. Faculty and administrators worked hard to excel academically and vocationally. Jesus is coming very soon and
initiate the bold experiment on September 25, 1978. The turn things around, but had to close the school in 2008. we are privileged to work with Him in raising up this generation of
first year provided general study courses for freshmen and God had other plans though. In April, 2008, Weimar young people to sound the final call before He comes.
sophomores. Junior and senior level courses were added Institute of Health and Education officially joined with Our 450-acre campus allows us to give our students an educa-
over the following two years. Two young men became the Amazing Facts. The union brought renewed vision, re- tion that uniquely combines the academic, physical and spiritual
college’s first graduates on June 13, 1981. sources and hope to the Institute. That summer, Neil A. aspects. Our students develop a solid work ethic through vocational
Weimar College has offered a handful of carefully se- Nedley ’86 became president of Weimar. Dr. Nedley has trades and agriculture. They learn how to take care of their body by
lected degrees through the years. Chosen for their ability to devoted his medical career to health evangelism and is pas- being given plenty of opportunities to exercise on our trails, as well
equip graduates for God’s service, these have included: pas- sionate about training young people for this important as eating food that is great tasting and nutritious.
toral ministries, health science, elementary education, work. Our staff is highly trained in their content areas and eager to
metro ministries, and business administration. Certificate He envisions a school that provides an education par ex- assist the students in their academic journey. We strive to instill in
programs in massage and hydrotherapy, agriculture, and cellence which combines the best of modern medical prac- our students the concept of being lifelong learners, looking to grow
vegan culinary arts have also been offered. tices with the proven every day in the ways that the Master has taught us.
The college’s health degrees have been offered in col- wisdom of God’s natural, If you are looking for a school for your child which seeks to
laboration with the NEWSTART® Lifestyle Program. healing modalities so that implement God’s principles in education, visit our website at
These degrees have been evangelistic in focus and brought students will graduate
together the science of salvation with the science of health. equipped to provide physi-
Coursework has covered natural remedies, vegan nutrition cal, emotional and spiritual
and cooking, health reconditioning, cardio-vascular screen- healing to their patients. His
ing, 5-day stop smoking plans, hydrotherapy, massage, and vision has inspired a new
home-nursing care. Students have obtained practical expe- faculty and administration
rience at the NEWSTART® Lifestyle Center, through to set an aggressive course
local community outreaches, and through Health Expo, a toward finding innovative
community awareness health education program based at ways of implementing God’s
Weimar and used around the world. methods within the 21st
Through June of 2008, 348 students have received bac- Shenalyn Page century context. K
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Timothy K. Arakawa ’09 Ron Giannoni learned a new lifestyle. Within three days I was able to stop
taking my diabetes medications. Three more days later I
My first introduction to Weimar and its unique vision I grew up on the streets of San Francisco. I drank freely, put aside my anti-hyertension pills. By the end of the eight-
took place when I enrolled as an academy student during did drugs, and then through my connections with several een days, I had lost twenty pounds. I am now seventy
my junior year of high school. underground groups, many things happened in my life. I pounds lighter and have lots of energy.
I soon grew to appreciate the caring Christian atmos- look back now and feel blessed I didn’t end up in jail, Everywhere we went on campus, people offered to pray
phere that allowed me to grow both scholastically and spir- killed, or overdosed. with us. The staff genuinely cared about us and they had a
itually. Weimar Academy not only featured a solid At age sixty-two I was diagnosed with clogged arteries joy we envied. Before we left we asked our NEWSTART®
academic foundation but also a balanced practical educa- and underwent a five vessel bypass. It didn’t take long for doctor about it. He recommended Bible studies. So we
tion, including such programs as agriculture began studying with an Amazing Facts Cen-
and missionary outreach. ter of Evangelism (AFCOE) student and at-
Unfortunately, I quickly became so en- tended a “Revelation Promises Hope”
grossed in my own world of studies and stu- seminar with evangelist Brian McMahon. We
dent activities that I did not fully appreciate were surprised by what we didn’t know about
the tremendous work that Weimar Institute the Bible. We realized God was calling us to
was doing through its NEWSTART® a new life and were baptized after the seminar.
Lifestyle Program and innovative college cur- Cindy and I have had the privilege of
ricula. working at Weimar Center of Health and
Fours years later, I felt a calling to study Education for the past several years. Cindy
medicine at Loma Linda University School manages the Weimar Inn. I wear several
of Medicine. As I read through the Ministry hats. I am the director of development, di-
of Healing and Medical Ministry by E. G. rector of the Reversing Diabetes and Obe-
White, I began to understand the purpose sity Program, host of our NEWSTART®
behind medical missionary work and the Now TV program, research assistant to
true role of lifestyle medicine. Only then did Richard H. Lukens ’73-A, and sometimes a
I see the ground-breaking path which Weimar had been pi- me to return to drinking, and about a year later my wife backup massage therapist.
oneering for years. Cindy found me crying on the side of our bed. “I can’t go We have been blessed in our association with Weimar
In 2009, I graduated from Loma Linda University School on living like this,” I told her. I was scared to death with my Center. Our lives are not the same as they were just five
of Medicine with a degree in medicine diabetes, high blood pressure, and my obesity. I couldn’t short years ago. Our health has
as well as a PhD in physiology. I am sleep. I was angry most of the time, and drinking far too improved dramatically. Losing
currently completing a residency in in- much. seventy pounds has resulted in
ternal medicine with the goal of be- We had learned about Weimar Institute earlier, and now my having more energy than I
coming an endocrinologist. I would decided to call. We visited the same day, and then used the had as a young man. Cindy and I
like to be able to integrate lifestyle med- money we had saved for our twenty-fifth wedding an- have learned to communicate ef-
icine with medical missionary work. niversary celebration to attend the eighteen-day Lifestyle fectively and our marriage is far
I am deeply indebted to Weimar Program. On August 14, 2005, we checked into our room happier. Best of all, we have em-
for the large part it played in shaping in the NEWSTART® Lodge and began a new life. I braced Jesus’ gospel in our lives.
my life goals. K stopped drinking alcohol and eating animal products and We are forever grateful. K
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APC Homecoming 2010 salutes
Silver Anniversary at the Riverside Mission Inn
Class of 1985 Host: Penny Kimball-Jones
John McCracken Doug Eaton Greg Saunders Steve Yegge Jim LaMar Steve Hardin Cinna Toy- Joseph Tang
Wohlmuth
Front row, from left: Cheryl Tan-Jacobsen, Laureli Erick, Sonya Hintz, Judy Broekel, Angie Fourth row, from left: Brian Will, Do Case, Dave Duncan, Paul Marks, Karlen Bailie, Jeff
Huang, Euly Langga, Karin Covi, Lisa Holmes, Penny Kimball-Jones, Anita Borrowdale. Sec- Price, Jerry Rittenhouse, Charles Pumphrey, Sam Harboldt, and Shizen Miyagi. In attendance,
ond row, from left: Brian McCorckel, David Betat, James Akamine, Dale Kunihara, Perry but not in group photo, and pictured in the insets: John McCracken, Doug Eaton, Greg Saun-
Chu, Ben Vassantachart, Peggy Gurrad, Cheryl Hickethier, Debbie Marks. Third row, from left: ders, Steve Yegge, Jim LaMar, Steve Hardin, Cinna Toy, and Joseph Tang. Photo of Doug Van
John McCracken, Gerald Wareham, Ron Hebard, Matt Farson, Jim Pappas, Raleigh Unterse- Putten is not available.
her, Ray Yip, Ryan Zane, Alix Vincent, Frank Yaminishi, Bryan Oshiro.
Alumni JOURNAL ONLINE • October – December 2010 • 9
I have been in practice with the Upland Anesthesia
Medical Group in Upland, California, since 1989. I am
the current chief executive officer of this group, which
consists of eighteen full-time and seven part-time
MD/anesthesiologists. I am also the founder and chief
executive officer of San Antonio Ambulatory Surgical
Center, a six-room outpatient facility, also in Upland. I am
also currently a delegate to the California Medical Associ-
ation and to the California Society of Anesthesiologists. I
am married to Celia Chu and have three children, Everett
(17), Erik (14), and Emily (12).
– C. Perry Chu ’85
Since I was unable to attend the reunion, I would like
to tell all my classmates that they look great in the pic-
tures published in the Alumni JOURNAL April-June,
2010. My wife and I, along with our four children, have
been living in Orlando, Florida, for the last eight years
after spending seventeen in the Chicago suburbs. It was
my honor to be the residency director of the family medi- James S. Akamine, Caleb Perry Chu, Alix L. Vincent, Prasit B. Vassantachart, Raymond A. Yip, Bryan T.
cine residency at Florida Adventist Hospital until this year. Oshiro, Jun Frank Yamanishi, Ryan E. Zane
Now I am back in private practice in Winter Park, Florida.
I really look forward to being able to attend a future home-
coming weekend.
– Kristen D. Gray ’85
[kgray6@me.com]
My family and I have lived in West Virginia since
1988. My husband, Mark ’83, and I practice family med-
icine with three other LLUSM graduates. God truly led us
here. Our parents and other family members have also set-
tled near us. We are blessed with a wonderful daughter and
future son-in-law. We live in the country on a farm near a
big lake. We have a wonderful church family with multiple
outreach programs. God blesses us all wherever we are.
We are looking forward to His soon return. God bless you
all. Peggy E. Gurrad, Angeline H. Huang,
Gerald D. Wareham Jerry R. Rittenhouse, Jeffrey H. Price, Charles D. Pumphrey
– Margaret Suzanne Wantz ’85
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APC Homecoming 2010 salutes
at the Wong Kerlee International
Gold Anniversary Conference Center
Class of 1960 Host: George D. Chonkich
Howard V.
Gimbel
(obscured in
above
photograph)
From left, seated: Stanley L. Mundall, William W. Robinson, Richard K. Hamamura, Harvey E. Moran, George M. Grames, Wilton H. Bunch, H. Eugene Shakespeare, Ronald E. Krum, Virchel
Heidinger, Jay R. Sloop, Charles L. Wical, P. Terry Westlake, Charles A. Sims, and Dennis I. E. Wood Jr., Richard H. Paul, Louis W. Kang, John S. Wang, Weslley E. McNeal, Eldon D. Keeney,
Inaba. From left, standing: A. Richard Graham, Arthur G. Falk, Clifton D. Reeves, Donald D. Delvin L. Zopf, Harry A. Danielson, H. Vincent Mitzelfelt, Charles T. Tam, James K. Yeo, Roger
Weaver, James T. Pipers, Vernon C. Bohr, George D. Chonkich, John J. Ruffing, Donald M. C. Van Arsdell, Carl R. Bankes, Robert M. Roaney, John E. Chen, and C. Ian Nelson.
Alumni JOURNAL ONLINE • October – December 2010 • 11
The following are random excerpts from entries submitted by background, but feel that I have outgrown it. As Saint Paul I frequently recall many fond memories of our time in
members of the Golden Anniversary Class of 1960 for their com- said, “Now that I am not a child, I have put away childish Africa.
memorative e-book. Please go to to peruse things.” – Harvey E. Heidingerr / Pediatrics & Public Health
the book and read the complete accounts. – Vernon C. Bohr / Psychiatry
From 1963 to 1965 I taught third year medical students
My greatest accomplishment is my arrival to the ripe old In the spring of 1956 a list of students was posted on the orthopaedic surgery at the Los Angeles County Hospital.
age of eighty-five. As an adolescent in Normandy, luck spared bulletin board at La Sierra College. The names were those who From 1965 to 1972 I was an LLUSM faculty member and
me during an artillery bombardment. In subsequent years, I had been selected to attend medical school was an attending physician at the White
have emerged unscathed from a plane crash, miraculously sur- at Loma Linda. Seeing that I was on the list Memorial Hospital where I was privileged
vived a horrendous auto accident, and eluded the charge of a was one of the happiest moments of my life to work with Alonzo J. Neufeld ’35. Since
wounded Cape buffalo. While helicopter skiing, I had to ex- – when school began. then I have engaged in private practice, aca-
tricate myself from a deep tree well and Then for me it was study, study, study. I demic medicine, and business ventures.
schuss down the mountain with four bro- quickly found out that I was in the com- My other major outside interest has been
ken ribs and a punctured lung. Marsha and pany of brilliant students. Not one but music. I sang professionally with the
I have been stopped at gunpoint in Burundi, many. They were truly the cream of the crop and I felt like the Mitzelfelt Chorale (under the direction of
and held against our will by tribesmen in tail’s end. – Richard K. Hamamura / Anesthesiology classmate H. Vincent Mitzelfelt ’60), the Roger Wagner
Tibet. Fate has often smiled upon us. Chorale, and the Los Angeles Master Chorale. Our perform-
I was a product of the great American Following internship I fulfilled my military obligation with ances have included singing at the Dorothy Chandler Concert
Depression and raised in a simple and con- two years in the United States Public Health Service in An- Hall, and the Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philhar-
ventional environment. All of this changed in my teenage chorage, Alaska. Tending to native Alaskans was an introduc- monic Orchestra and the Sinfonia Orchestra. I have also
years. Through the courtesy of the United States government, tion to mission work. We conducted many field trips and radio served as a director of the Los Angeles Music Center and the
I received a tour of Europe with all expenses paid. I spent the medical clinics for remote villages. In Master Chorale.
summer of 1944 amongst the bloody hedgerows of Nor- Ethiopia, I worked two years at our large – Louis W. Kang / Orthopaedics
mandy. Subsequently, my unit participated in every major hospital in Addis Ababa, but enjoyed the
campaign in northern Europe, including the Battle of the next five years of service in field hospitals I enjoyed every rotation during internship and was urged
Bulge. I am certain that my interest in medicine partly arose much more. by the attending physicians to take residencies in almost every
from my war experiences as a medic. I later returned to LLUSM for an MPH one of their specialties. I therefore chose general practice so
Returning from the War, I pursued my educational activi- degree which was followed by twenty-two that I could be involved in each.
ties with a vengeance. Armed with a brand-new PhD at age years as a faculty member in the School of My least satisfying memory was when I
twenty-seven, I embarked on a career of teaching and research. Public Health. I enrolled as a pediatric resident sixteen years got a call at 3:00 a.m. and my patient said,
As a result, I was inaugurated into the honorary scientific so- after completing medical school and this was not a pleasant “I need something for my toothache, and I
ciety, Sigma Xi. Finding that a scientific career was not per- experience. Being on call every third night was like internship didn’t want to wake up my dentist; and I
sonally satisfying, I completed my medical studies with the all over again. I taught maternal and child health and primary thought that you would probably be awake
Class of 1960. Prior to graduation, I was admitted to the hon- health care at LLUSM. anyway.”
orary fraternity, Alpha Omega Alpha. It was a privilege to return to Africa again – this time to Another interesting experience was
The many years of my practicing psychiatry as well as an ex- Tanzania – from 1976 to1978 to serve in the Ministry of when I was in Guam doing a circumcision at the govern-
tensive study of world religions has led me to be more sympa- Health on a USAID program. Our work was to develop cur- ment hospital where the nursing service and administra-
thetic with a variety of beliefs. I treasure my religious ricula and teach nurse tutors. tion was provided by the Catholics. A Filipino nurse
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remarked. “Isn’t this ecumenical – a Seventh-day Adventist
doctor doing a Jewish procedure on a Chamorro baby, in
a government hospital run by the Catholics?” I had to agree
with her – it was indeed ecumenical.
– William W. Robinson / General Practice
In the 1980s I became interested in third-world medicine,
setting up an eye clinic in the island country of St. Vincent. I
later took a sabbatical from my practice and worked with the
World Health Organization and the Seva Foundation in their
attempt to diminish blindness in Nepal. The program was under
the auspices of Drs. Nicole Gasset and Larry Brilliant, both
Nobel Prize nominees. Ruth and Richard K. Hamamura; Dennis I. Inaba; Charles T. and Ruby Tam Elden D. Keeney and Wesley E. McNeal
When the war was on in Nicaragua, I volunteered with Presi-
dent Reagan’s Humanitarian Aid Program and operated at a
MASH type hospital on the Honduran / Nicaragua border. We
treated Contras, Sandinistas, and displaced lo-
cals suffering war wounds. Our only rule was
no AK 47s in the operating room.
When the eastern bloc countries began
rebelling against Russian oppression and oc-
cupation, Dr. McDermott, a fellow resident
with me at USC, set up a private clinic in
the city of Riga, Latvia. I don’t think the communists knew
what to do with us. Learning from the prior difficulties in
maintaining quality care in developing countries, we elected to
bring many of the Latvian ophthalmologists to work with us
in Colorado and California, and then return to their practice Clifton D. Reeves; George D. Chonkich Richard H. Paul and Dennis I. Inaba
in Latvia. The program has been extremely successful and con-
tinues to expand. After forty years of exciting and fulfilling
medical practice, I have retired and am looking forward to a
new and exciting agenda.
I will be forever thankful and appreciative of my training
at Loma Linda. Our religiosity may change but our spiritual-
ity has grown. I hope and pray that I have been able to give
back to my patients and colleagues what has been so gener-
ously given to me. Jean and William W. Robinson, Crystal and Charles L.
– Delin L. Zoph / Ophthalmology James T. Pipers, James K. Yeo; Virchel E. Wood H. Vincent Mitzelfelt Wical, Sandra and Clifton D. Reeves
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Alumni Activities
In the 2010 Queen’s Birthday Honours, Dr Herbert (Bert) Clifford was appointed Member of the ORDER
of AUSTRALIA (AM) for Services to Hospital Administration, and to Clinical Practice at the Sydney Advent-
ist Hospital.
Bert Clifford graduated with distinction from the University of CapeTown in 1954. Following internship
in the Professorial unit, Groote Schuur Hospital, Bert entered Mission Hospital service, first at the Adventist
Hospital in the infamous racially-segregated Johannesburg suburb of Sophiatown (3 years), then at Maluti
Hospital, Lesotho (10 years), where he joined Warren Staples (UCT ’50). Both he and Warren took up spe-
cialties during this time, Bert in general surgery, Warren in ophthalmology. For a number of years, Bert and
Warren were the only specialists in their fields in Lesotho with a then population of over a million people.
ophthalmic work, trauma and gynecology comprised significant components of an inclusive practice. Among
LLU visitors, Roger Barnes (on holiday!) advised on surgery technique and performed a series of demanding
operations including closure of childbirth-related vescico-vaginal fistulas.
In 1968, Bert accepted appointment to Australia as surgeon-administrator at the Sydney Sanitarium, a 185-bed pri-
vate hospital on Sydney’s North Shore. Following rebuilding to 300 beds, the renamed Sydney Adventist Hospital set
new precedents and standards for the private health industry in Australia.
Today the institution is an advanced general hospital, involved in research and teaching, and is affiliated with
Sydney University. It is a leader in outreach to underdeveloped countries through an extensive specialist visitation
program.
Among the influences in the development of Sydney Adventist Hospital Bert has mentioned foremostly the Ad-
ventist Health System in America. Hospital Administrators Robert Willet (Kettering) and Mardian Blair (Hinsdale)
were generous with advice on rebuilding. A number of Health System consultants spent time in Sydney; one group
headed by Harry Janke and Emmord Ropke (Eastern Mid-America Adventist Health System) helped with the setting
up of Information Systems, leaving Mark Hagensicker (Moberley Regional Medical Center) to head up the depart-
ment. Other American associates have accepted leadership appointments – Ethel Carlson with volunteers, Mrs Gwen
Border and William Fields in food services.
Among visitors, LLU consultants in bioethics participated in a popular series of national conferences convened by
Sydney Adventist Hospital. Jack Provonsha visited three times, attracting large audiences. Other guests were David
Larson, Gerald Winslow, James Walters, Sandra Nehlsen-Canarella, and from the Kennedy Institute, Roy Branson.
Over the years Sydney Adventist Hospital has also contributed to our US Health Systems. Exports to LLU in-
clude Jeanette Whittaker-Allen (Intensive Care), John Whittaker (School of Dentistry) and Kathy Raethel, a nursing
administrator presently at Castle Memorial Hospital, Hawaii.
Bert Clifford’s lifelong partner is Doreen (nee Staples). They have two sons, Anthony, chief of head and neck sur-
gery at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, whosr graduate training included time at Johns Hopkins Medical Cen-
ter and Lester, dentist-periodontist, also in Sydney.
Bert’s hobbies are reading in history, philosophy and ethics; cabinetmaking and astronomy. K Herbert E. Clifford ’54-aff
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The Order of Australia
The Order of Australia is an Order of Chivalry established by Queen Elizabeth II in 1975
for the purpose of according recognition for achievements or for meritorious service. Before
the establishment of the Order, Australian citizens received British honors.
Of note
In addition to Herbert Clifford ’54-aff being
awarded the Order of Australia in the 2010
Queen’s Birthday Honours list, LLUSM alum-
nus Edward H. Hon ’50, had also been similarly
honored in 1999.
Dr. Hon’s Sydney-born mother was visiting
relatives in Shekki, Guangdong Province, China,
when little Ted arrived. Upon their return to Aus-
Sydney Adventist Hospital, New South Wales, Australia tralia, he was required to carry a Chinese passport
as a citizen of China. He spent his early years in
As a not-for-profit health care facility, 2,200 staff and 700 accredited medical officers Glenn Innes and later, Tenterfield, in New South
provide services for more than 50,000 inpatients and 160,000 outpatients each year, sup- Wales. He dropped out of high school to help in
ported by state-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment facilities and innovative services in- his father’s general goods store.
cluding Hospital in the Home and Cancer Support Services. After the Hons joined the Seventh-day Ad-
Sydney Sanitarium opened in Wahroonga in 1903 with a bed capacity of 70 and was ventist Church, he began to re-focus his life Edward H. Hon ’50 (1917 – 2006)
known as a “home of health” and as a place where people learned to stay well. The original goals. He became impressed with doing medical
hospital building was designed by Dr. Merritt Kellogg, brother of Dr. John Harvey Kel- missionary work in China. He began by taking the government high school metriculation
logg. The Sanitarium became widely known as “The San”, and today, many years after its exam as a challenge test. He came in second place among the high school candidates in the
1973 official name change to Sydney Adventist Hospital, it is still fondly referred to as “The State of New South Wales that year and was granted a place in the University of Sydney
San” Hospital. school of medicine. He turned this offer down and instead came to Union College, Ne-
The Hospital was rebuilt in 1973 and became an acute care institution. Today, with 352 braska, for pre-medical studies, and then to LLUSM.
licensed overnight beds, it is the largest single campus private hospital in New South Wales, He graduated at the top of his medical school class in 1950. He next trained in OB/Gyn
and is the first private hospital in the state to be accredited by the Australian Council on at Yale University, where he was first introduced to academic medicine. His appetite whetted,
Healthcare Standards. he would spend some 31 years in teaching and research, variously at Yale University, LLUSM,
In 1986 the Hospital formalized its outreach work in third world countries among dis- and the University of Southern California.
advantaged sick men, women and children by launching the Health Care Outreach program He held positions as department chair and professor of OB/Gyn and perinatology. He be-
with the Operation Open Heart inaugural trip to Tonga. Since then over 89 HCO trips to came best known for inventing the first workable fetal heart monitor, which is still used in de-
nine countries have been made with over 2,500 surgeries performed. livery rooms around the world today.
In 2006 “The San” won the prestigious national Australian Private Hospital Award for The Order of Australia would be just one in a myriad array of awards he received in Aus-
Clinical Excellence. K tralia, Great Britain, and the United States. K
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Departments. They also drew up plans for hospital ex- undergraduate programs at Walla Walla University. Ginger
50th Wedding Anniversary pansion, nursing education, and staff nationalization. A then obtained a master’s degree in administration and lead-
By Don A. Roth new surgical wing was designed and built under the guid- ership from Loma Linda University. Her subsequent PhD in
General Conference Representative, Loma Linda University ance and construction supervision of Dr. Sam, who had education was done at Claremont College (California). Their
attended Erasmus University (Rotterdam) studying elec- son, Case, graduated from the University of Washington
Samuel ’60 and Effie Jean Potts ’54 Ketting cele- trical engineering. Penang Adventist Hospital grew to 140 School of Medicine in 1990, and then completed a residency
brated their 50th wedding anniversary on June 5th, 2010, beds. in radiology, and a fellowship in radiation oncology at Loma
in their present hometown of College Place, Washington. In 1981 the Kettings returned Stateside to rejoin their Linda School of Medicine. He returned to the University of
Their daughter, Dr. Ginger Ketting Weller (vice president children who were now in Walla Walla University. They Washington as a senior research fellow, prior to establishing
for academic administration at Walla Walla Univeristy), then set up private practice in Kennewick, Washington, a practice in Orange County, California.
hosted the event. The gathering was well-attended by a until retirement in 1996. The family takes occasional trips to the Netherlands,
good crowd of family and friends. Their mission service, however, was not completed as yet. Dr. Sam’s birthplace, to see the tulips, many relatives, and
On completing their tertiary education, the Kettings On eight separate occasions they responded to the General old friends of so long ago. K
were invited by the General Conference of SDA to join Conference of SDA and
Paul Watson ’59 in the medical work of the Far Eastern did relief work in Andrews
Division. They accepted the call and began what would Memorial Hospital (King-
turn out to be a twenty-year term of mission service ston, Jamaica); Lilongwe
there. Medical Clinic (Malawi,
The Kettings arrived in Bangkok Sanitarium and Hos- East Africa); Heri Mission
pital in 1961. Three years later, they were assigned to Hospital (Heri Kigoma,
Phuket (south Thailand) to design and build a new 30- Tanzania); Blantyre Adven-
bed hospital. Much of the equipment (including labora- tist Hospital (Blantyre,
tory and surgical instruments) was donated by the Potts Malawi); Ile Ife Adventist
family. The U.S. Military Air Transport System delivered Hospital (Ile Ife, Nigeria,
some 25 tons of these supplies and beds to the new West Africa); Atoife Mis-
building. sion Hospital (Solomon Is-
In 1967, the Drs. Ketting transferred to Penang Mis- lands); Medical Lecturing
sion Hospital in neighboring Malaysia. It was here that Community (Johor Baharu
they would work for the next 14 years. Their children, and Kuala Lumpur, Malay-
Rena Maria (Ginger) and Case Henri, born in Bangkok sia); and Koza Adventist
in 1961 and 1962 respectively, came with them. A school Hospital (Cameroon, West
for missionary children had been started and they at- Africa).
tended this. The Kettings are
Dr. Sam was staff physician and surgeon until 1970 presently located in Col-
when he became medical director of the hospital, a post lege Place, Washington,
he would fill until 1981. Dr. Effie Jean simultaneously where their daughter
directed both the Pathology and Obstetrics-Gynecology lives. Both finished their Samuel ’60 and Effie Jean Potts ’54 Ketting
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On June 17, Sherman A. Nagel ’40 attended a sur- ice to his community; and transplantation service in the division of general surgery
prise birthday party for his 95th birthday. There were Whereas, a man of extensive medical expertise with and organ transplantation and co-director of the Center
probably 200 or more folks in attendance. The major- a long history of providing compassional care, Dr. for Organ and Cell Transplantation at the Scripps Green
ity were CHIP alumni, for the party was sponsored by Henderson lived in Sabble, Washington, before moving Hospital.
Hans Diehl, DrPH, and some of Dr. Nagel’s immedi- in 1959 to Lawrenceburg where he practiced medicine, Previously, Dr. Marsh was associate professor of sur-
ate family. Others in attendance were friends of his and until his retirement in 2000, with acumen and alacrity gery and urology, director of the kidney / pancreas
fellow workers in medical missions in Africa. and earned the respect of his peers and patients alike transplantation program and associate head of the divi-
A delicious plant-based meal had been prepared and due to the exemplary quality of his work; and sion of organ transplantation at the University of Wash-
during this time scores of individuals gave testimony Whereas in addition to his work in medicine Dr. ington Medical Center in Seattle. He completed a
on how the Nagels had touched their lives. But what Henderson still finds time to lend his extraordinary tal- urologic residency at Loma Linda University and a
topped out the evening, according to Dr. Nagel, was ents and expertise to such notable causes as the Board transplantation fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in
the certificate made out to Dr. Nagel by the Alumni of God’s Storehouse, the Lawrenceburg Lions Club, Rochester, Minnesota.
Association of Loma Linda University. the Lawrence County Health Department, and the Dr. Marsh has also served as president of the Urologic
Near the end of the event, the microphone was anti-smoking program, “Tar Wars”; and Society for Transportation and Vascular Surgery. He has
given to Dr. Nagel where he thanked the audience for Whereas, his many accomplishments aside, Dr. written more than 100 articles, chapters, or abstracts and
all the kind words that were spoken. “It is with a heavy Norman Henderson is most grateful for the love and has held various positions on national and regional trans-
heart that I tell you Mrs. Nagel was not present. She companionship he shares with his wife, Barbara, and plantation and organ procurement committees.
went to her rest in November of last year. God gave us their daughter, Terri; and Dr. Marsh’s active research activity includes clinical tri-
almost 70 years together.” Whereas. Dr. Henderson is an extremely giving per- als using new immunosuppressive drug regimens in liver
son who reaches out with compassion to people who and kidney transplants, pioneered steroid-free immuno-
Norman L. Henderson ’56 received the rural are sick and hurting, and he epitomizes the ideal of the suppression in organ transplantation and helped initiate
health association of Tennessee’s 2009 Rural Health consummate physician, dedicated public servant, and new protocols in islet transplantation for the treatment of
Practitioner of the Year Award and for being honored reliable friend and neighbor; and diabetes requiring insulin. He has expertise in liver, kidney,
by the 2010 Tennessee General Assembly. The house Whereas the general assembly finds it appropriate pancreas and pancreatic islet transplantation. K
joint resolution 720 reads as follows: to pause in its deliberations to acknowledge and ap-
A resolution to honor and commend Dr. Norman plaud Dr. Norman Henderson for his dedication to the
Henderson upon being named the 2009 Rural Health state of Tennessee and to its citizens; now, therfore, Plan now to attend the
Physician of the Year; Be it resolved by the House of Representatives on 79th Annual Alumni Postgraduate
Whereas, it is fitting that the members of the gen- the one hundred sixth general assembly of the state of
eral assembly should salute those citizens who, through Tennessee, the senate concurring, that we herby honor Convention
their extraordinary efforts have distinguished them- and commend Dr. Norman Henderson upon being
March 4–7, 2011.
selves as community leaders of whom we can all be named the 2009 rural health physician of the year, offer
proud; and our gratitude for the many significant and meteorous
Whereas, one such noteworthy person is Dr. Nor- contributions he has made to this great state, and ex- Meet old friends
man Henderson, who has been honored by the Rural tend to him our best wishes for every future success.
Health Association as the 2009 Rural Health Physician
and make new friends!
of the year in homage to his many years of public serv- Christopher L. Marsh ’80-A is chief of the organ
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In Memoriam
Floyd Joseph Watts ’41 died just two months after his Johnson. They were married on August 2, 1937. Linda University and taught pathology from 1971 to 1986.
94th birthday. He volunteered in the U.S. Army Medical Re- Without time for a real honeymoon and with Art’s brother Finally, following a long-time interest, she became board
serve before World War II and after his graduation in 1941. He Elmer ’42 as a border, then newlyweds moved to California certified in psychiatry and worked at the Pettis Memorial Vet-
served at Fort Ord Hospital for one year before he was sent to where the brothers enrolled in medical school and both grad- erans Administration Medical Center as chief of the outpa-
the South Pacific. uated from Linda Linda University. tient psychiatry clinic from 1990 until retirement in 1997.
As a First Lieutenant in the medical corps, he set up an aid Art was an active member of the White Memorial Seventh- She married James Sadoyama ’57, a classmate from both
station on Guadalcanal, and later on the Russell Islands where day Adventist Church for nearly 70 years, serving as an elder, Walla Walla College and Loma Linda University in 1959. The
he went up another aid station. Serving as battalion surgeon member of the finance committee, and “chief” of the sound Sadoyamas were noted for their hospitality to students and
for one-and-one-half years where he developed a serious in- system. For many years he was the chair of the school board at friends, often having groups of 50 or more.
fection, and was returned stateside, disabled, and unable to re- San Gabriel Academy, and a member of the Loma Linda Uni- In 2001, the couple moved to Walla Walla where Dr. Thais
turn to his regiment. versity Councilors. became a member of the Walla Walla Symphony Board and a
After separation from the Army, he moved to northern At the age when he should have been thinking about re- Woman’s Study Club and was a loyal supporter of various
California, in January 1944, where he served the community tirement, he began a new career working at Martinsound, the town and church projects. She was a lifelong member of the
and surrounding towns. He practiced in Willows, California, company which he helped his son establish. He was the vice Seventh-day Adventist Church.
for over 38 years a physician and surgeon, and was always president of finance at Martinsound for almost 30 years until She is mourned by her husband, four nieces, three nephews
proud to have been a graduate of Loma Linda. his health began to decline. and numerous Loma Linda and local friends. She was pre-
When his wife, Irene, could no longer provide care for Art, ceded in death by her sister, Lois T. Dunlop ’50 and brother
Arthur Joseph Martinson ’42 was born on August 29, he was moved to the Atherton Baptist Home where he re- Neil R. Thrasher ’48.
1915, in Stillwater, Minnesota. He died on April 8, 2010. His ceived loving care from its staff and from Irene in her daily vis-
father, Carl ’24, was a teacher for several years until he de- its. He leaves his devoted wife, Irene, of 73 years, and a host of L. Arno Lejnieks ’58 was born in Latvia on November
cided to change careers and become a physician. The family family and friends. 18, 1928. He passed away on February 2, 2010.
then moved to California for Carl’s Dr. Lejnieks escaped communism by going with his par-
medical training, thus Art’s early ele- Thais Thrasher Sadoyama ’57 was born on July 25, ents and family at the end of World War II to Germany. The
mentary education was in Loma Linda 1930, and died on April 22, 2010. She graduated cum laude Samuel ’60 and Effie Jean Potts ’54 Ketting family then im-
and Los Angeles. with a chemistry degree from Walla Walla College, College migrated to the United States
Believing in Christian education, Place, Washington, in 1952. He attended Pacific Union College and then took medi-
Art’s parents sent him off to Maple- She then attended medical school at cine at Loma Linda. He practiced internal medicine in Sacra-
wood Academy for his high school ed- Loma Linda, followed by an internship mento, California, including helping residents at David
ucation, where he graduated in the class at Los Angeles County General Hospi- Medical Center.
of 1932. Unsure of his career plans, he Arthur Martinson ’42 tal and a pathology residency at Loma A couple of years ago, he greatly enjoyed attending his 50
worked for one year as a clerk in the local drugstore, but by Linda and Glendale Adventist Hospi- year medical school reunion and catching up with classmates
that year’s end had decided to follow in his father’s footsteps tal. After additional education in breast and other attendees. He was a lifelong champion of God and
and become a physician. Thus, he enrolled in Union College, and gynecologic pathology and a gyne- Christianity who actively explored, challenged, and regularly
Lincoln, Nebraska. He completed his pre-medical require- cologic pathology residency at Colum- Thais Thrasher ’57 affirmed his beliefs. He nurtured a study hope for the second
ments as well as meeting his future wife and companion, Irene bia Presbyterian Hospital in New York, she returned to Loma coming and went to rest knowing he would see his family and
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friends again. civic leader as a member of Kiwanis and the YMCA. University) and a master degree in archeology studies from
Dr. Lejnieks is survived by his wife Jean (Rittenhouse) One of Don’s greatest achievements was becoming chief Adventist Theology Seminary (now An-
Lejnieks, SN’58; three daughters and sons-in-law, John, of staff at Glendale Adventist Medical Center in 1978. He was drews University).
SPH/MHA’86; and Laurie (Lejnieks) Hicks SPH, MHA’85; also active at Verdugo Hills Hospital and also Glendale Me- At age 35 he began studying medi-
Monti and Dianne (Lejnieks) Reynolds; and Lisette Lejnieks morial. He was also one of the Dodger Stadium Doctor’s cine graduating from Loma Linda Uni-
and Steve Cormier; his brother Olav Lejnieks as well as nu- under the O’Malley ownership and this continued for many versity School of Medicine. He
merous other relatives. years over hundreds of Dodger games. practiced family medicine in San
In 1979 he married his second wife, Judith Young. Along Bernardino until his retirement in
Donald Deane Doty Sr. ’59, was born in Detroit Michi- with her two children, Jennifer and Marc, they continued to 1997. He was a member of the Loma
gan, on May 29, 1933, and passed away on May 14, 2010, in live in the Glendale area. Together, they became avid golfers, Linda University Church for over 50 Svein Nilsen ’62
Rancho Cucamonga. enjoying memberships at Oakmont Country Club in Glen- years and the Scandinavia Club of Southern California.
Dr. Doty was beloved husband, father and family practice dale, PGA West in La Quinta, California, and Lake Arrow- Survivors include his wife, Mildred, of 57 years; daughters
physician, most recently of the Lake Arrowhead, California, head Country Club in Lake Arrowhead. Joyce Benefield, Karen Soderblom, Linda Harty; six grand-
area passed away at the age of 76. He died from medical com- In 1996, Don retired and left Glendale and moved to Lake children; and two sisters.
plications resulting from an aggressive blood infection. Arrowhead and in 2000, decided to open a new practice called
He was the eldest of three siblings, with his two younger Doty Family Medical. When asked why he did not want to Raymond Orville Shearer ’62 was born on April 11,
sisters, Carolyn and Bonnie. stay retired, he replied, ”It is hard to stop a career when you are 1933, in Seattle, Washington, and died July 15, 2010, in Walla
The young Don and his family involved in so many ways with these patients, who become Walla, Washington.
moved out to California during World like family and they depend on you.” His legacy as a physician He is survived by his father Francis William Shearer ’33
War II and settled in North Hollywood for 50 years, is solidified in the minds of the thousands of pa- (age 105), daughters Donna Ray Spencer, Barbara Jo Dunlap,
where he attended Glendale Union tients he has both brought into and kept healthy in this world. and Renee Marie Shearer Scroetlin ’03, all of Walla Walla,
Academy, class of 1951. He then went Don is survived by his wife Judy Doty and her children, Washington, and son Jeffrey Paul Shearer of West Richland,
on to his pre-med studies at La Sierra Jennifer Koolhoven of Portland, Oregon, and Marc Young of Washington. He was predeceased by his mother Bernace Alice
College in Riverside, graduating in Tujunga, California; his son’s Donald Deane Doty Jr. of Al- Shearer and son Brent Raymond Shearer.
1955. He was then accepted into the Donald Doty Sr. ’59 buquerque, New Mexico; Curt Doty of La Canada, Califor-
Loma Linda School of Medicine, then known as the College nia; and Richard Doty of Grants, New Mexico; his Timothy Sylvester Greaves ’63 was born on January 16,
of Medical Evangelism, whereby he graduated in 1959. grandchildren Spencer, Ryder, Hunter, Weston, Sam, Chloe 1935, in Bridgetown, Barbados, and died on May 8, 2010, at
Don married his college sweetheart, Shirley May Fowler and Grace; and his sister Carolyn Bohman of Riverside, Cal- Kindred Care Hospital in West Covina, California. From
and had 3 children, Deane, Curt and Rick. ifornia. birth, this new baby seemed to have a lot of energy and a zest
Don began his medical career in Glendale, California, join- for living. He was always pleasant and had a ready smile for
ing Drs. Westphal and Taylor, in 1960. He was a board certi- Svein R. Nilsen ’62 was born in Oslo, Norway, and died everyone.
fied family practice specialist. Over the course of his career, he on August 27, 2010, after a second stroke. After graduating from Caribbean Union College (now the
delivered over 3,000 babies. Dr. Nilsen immigrated to the United States when he was University of the Southern Caribbean) in Trinidad, he at-
Don was very active in the Glendale City Adventist 27. He trained in Norway as a physical therapist. He earned tended Emmanuel Missionary College, (now Andrews Uni-
Church choir, singing every week, and also was an original his bachelor of arts in elementary education in 1951 from versity) in Berrien Springs, Michigan. In 1957 he graduated
member of the Robert Herr Chorale. Don was also a strong Washington Missionary College (now Washington Adventist with a major in chemistry and enrolled at the College of Med-
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ical Evangelists, (now Loma Linda University School of Med- ethic that they pleaded with him to stay. However, due to in- a member of San Bernardino County Medical Society for
icine), to pursue his life’s ambition of becoming a medical doc- sufficient help to cater to his physical needs, it was no longer 42 years.
tor. Tim loved learning and did well in medical school. convenient for him to remain, so he returned to Los Angeles. A 1963 alumnus of Loma Linda University School of
However, on May 16, 1959, at the age of 24, and at the end In 1981 he married Thelda nee VanLange SPH’79, a gradu- Medicine, Carl trained with a pioneer in the use of comput-
of his second year in medical school, he was involved in a ate of Loma Linda University School of Public Health, the ers in diagnostic medicine. He participated in building a nu-
motor vehicle accident which left him a quadriplegic. young woman he always loved during his high school days. clear reactor and founded the first department of nuclear
The hope of completing his medical course seemed lost, Dr. Greaves loved his job and the people he worked with. medicine in Columbia. An accomplished flyer and a member
but he gave God thanks he was yet alive. The encouragement He considered them his second family and was always inter- of LIGA International, he set up clinics in remote locations in
and support given to him by his parents, relatives, colleagues, ested in their concerns. He worked at LAC+USC from 1969 Mexico and read x-rays for indigent pa-
Loma Linda University faculty and friends helped him to cope, to 2008, and retired in March of that year, but returned to tients on the Navajo Reservation.
and after rehabilitation at Belle View Rehabilitation Center in volunteer three days a week. He seemed to obtain satisfaction Dr. Jansen was a former director of
New York, he returned to Loma Linda University where he in his work, and held his work colleagues close to his heart. radiology at Loma Linda University
was readmitted to medical school in 1961. It now seems providential in hindsight, as prior to Dr. Medical Center and the radiology de-
In 1963 he was given a standing ovation at the graduation Greaves’ hospitalization on February 3, 2010, his wife Thelda partment of the San Bernardino
exercises when he was wheeled on stage to receive his medical and close friends, organized a surprise 75th birthday celebra- County Medical Center, where he also
degree. Dr. Greaves then did a residency in pathology at Loma tion at the Castaway Restaurant in Burbank on January 17, was medical director. He continued to
Linda University and a fellowship at 2010. It was an occasion befitting the life and work of Dr. chair the department at Arrowhead Re- Carl Jansen ’63
Los Angeles County hospital and the Greaves, as his friends and close associates reveled in the testi- gional Medical Center where his forward thinking was re-
University of Southern California. After monials and personal memories of their illustrious affiliation sponsible for a filmless radiology department on the leading
completing his fellowship, he was asked with him. It was a celebration of thanksgiving to God who edge of technology. He was chief of imaging service at the Vet-
to remain and work at LAC+USC, blessed him with success for almost 51 years since his injury. erans Administration Loma Linda Healthcare System from
where he later became a professor in He lived a full and happy life, and his God saw fit to give November 2001 until his recent retirement on October 31,
pathology at the university, holding him a final rest on God’s holy day of rest on Saturday May 8, 2010.
membership in numerous organiza- at 1:15 in the afternoon. At the time of his passing he was the In 2008, the SBCMS honored Dr. Jansen with the Out-
tions in that field, and receiving cita- Timothy Greaves ’63 President of the California Alumni Chapter of the University standing Contribution to Medicine award for his lifetime of
tions from his alma mater, Loma Linda University and USC. of the Southern Caribbean, his alma mater in Trinidad, West service to medicine and the people of San Bernardino County.
Dr. Greaves, who had a great sense of humor, enjoyed life Indies, who awarded him an honorary doctorate at its gradu- His dedication to the progress and improvement of his spe-
to the fullest. He was always willing to help others and assume ation exercise on May 9, 2010. He leaves to mourn his loving cialty was recognized and appreciated throughout our county
responsibility, yet he was humble, avoiding attention-seeking wife, Thelda his adoring siblings Norma and Dr. Donn by his colleagues and patients. He exemplified the well-trained
behaviors. Being with his friends and family was his greatest Greaves, a host of caring cousins, other relatives, and loyal radiologist skilled in the state-of-the-art application of diag-
joy. He loved people and was beloved by his acquaintances. friends. nostic methods and tools. He was also an honored alumnus of
Dr. Greaves always wanted to serve the people of the Loma Linda University School of Medicine and a recipient of
Southern Caribbean. He served a year Sabbatical in 1978 at Carl Jansen ’63 was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, a San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors Resolution,
the University of The West Indies, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, on January 29, 1932, and died on November 19, 2010. dated April 2, 1979.
Barbados, in the pathology department. The pathology de- The San Bernardino County Medical Society lost one of Survivors include his wife Marguerite and their daughters
partment was so impressed with his professionalism and work its finest members when Dr. Jansen passed away. He was Sharon Marie and Jan Carla; and son, Paul Wayne. K
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Dean’s Page Redux
[From the July–September 2010 Alumni JOURNAL]
It Happened Again!
By H. Roger Hadley ’74, dean, School of Medicine
I
t happened again. The School of Medicine graduated Following the processional and opening prayer, each rying the nearly born baby in utero…and received a cup
another senior class just like it has for the past ninety- child was awarded what has become a traditional silver with a name to be etched later. The child, Audry Lanai,
seven years. Over 9,900 successfully educated physi- baby cup, etched with their name and birthday. This year was born just eight days after this service.
cians have received a diploma from either the College of we went one step further with graduate Michael Lock- Among the parents participating in the hooding of
Medical Evangelists or Loma Linda University. The abil- their family graduate were 28 previous graduates of our
ity for the school to accomplish this task is clearly because School of Medicine. The following are anecdotes of some
of the guidance of God and the undying support of its of these parent/child alumni.
students, faculty, staff, alumni, and the Seventh-day Ad- There were two husband and wife alumni with grad-
ventist church. uating children. Ashley Hardesty Van Ginkle ’10 was
During the graduation weekend, the Friday night serv- hooded by both her father and mother Robert A. Hard-
ice features the hooding ceremony and the time we set esty ’78-A and Marti Baum Hardesty ’79-B. Drs.
aside to focus on the importance of family for the gradu- Robert C. ’79-B and Joyce ’80-A Mills hooded daugh-
ates. Spouses, parents, siblings, friends and/or mentors ter Christina ’10.
are asked by the graduate to place the ceremonial hood on Dr. and Mrs. Manoucher Manoucheri ’76-A,
their shoulders as they kneel on the provided kneeling hooded two children in the same graduating class—Nate-
bench. While the hood is donned, words of thanks, com- sha Manoucheri Ambs ’10 and her brother Cyrus
posed by the graduate, are read to the audience. Manoucheri ’10. Shizen Miyagi ’85 and his wife Mari,
A touching part of the Friday evening service occurs traveled from his home in Japan to assist their daughter-
during the processional. We invite the graduates who in-law, Nozomi, hood their son and husband Shishin
have had children born during their clinical teaching ’10. Brian Larson ’10 was hooded by his father Ray Lar-
years to carry or march beside their little ones at the end son ’73-A and grandfather Robert Shearer ’43. Jessica
of the processional line. While holding the young chil-
dren, the graduates appear sequentially with the oldest
children first. Seemingly, each year the last child in line is Erratum
a neonate with his/her dazed parent shuffling along, but H. Roger Hadley ’74 As for those who noticed the blanks in the Dean’s page of the
filled with unspeakable joy just hours after delivery. I will July-Oct. 2010 AJ, I can only say that each of our copy readers
say the obvious—this is compelling and a bit entertain- wood ’10 and his glowingly pregnant wife MeeRa. Al- thought the other would fill them in before going to press. You
ing! This year the youngest child, Owen Parker, was just though they had hoped to march with a newborn, nature and Dean Hadley have our apologies.
92 hours old when he was carried in line. Owen is the decided to delay partition. At our invitation, however, The Editor
son of Paul Wright ’10 and his wife Lindsey. Michael and MeeRa did march in as the final couple car-
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Claridge ’10 was hooded by her father Eugene Eddle- who received their PhDs while wearing the regalia blue ministry of Jesus Christ” continues 101 years after the
mon ’85. Jessica had played a key leadership role in the colors of basic science degree. Immediately upon receipt founding of the School of Medicine.
Class of 2010’s extraordinarily successful Haiti project. of that degree, he sprinted around the stage, changed his Leonard S.Werner ’81-Res, recipient of the School
Drs. Eddlemon and Larsen had volunteered their profes- regalia to the green hood of the medical degree, found his of Medicine’s Teacher of the Year numerous times, was
sional time to accompany the class during their first trip alphabetical place in the medical degree line, and received asked by the class to deliver the commencement address.
to Haiti in June of 2008. his second doctorate for the morning. Dr. Werner teaches pathophysiology to the second year
Mary Ann Schaepper ’96 hooded Heidi Schaepper During the ceremony, distinguished service awards medical students. His passion for teaching, for excellence,
Eiseman ’10. Heidi’s grandfather is former alumnus of were given to alumni Drs. Ernest S. Zane ’56 and for preparing the students to take and successfully pass
the year, George Harding ’53-B. Earlier in the evening Thomas E. Godfrey ’57 who had served 45 and 40 years Part I of the LCME boards, and for instilling “positive
Heidi received two baby cups for the two children she respectively on the faculty of the School of Medicine. The personal regard” for each patient that the students come
bore during her medical school clinical training years. To dedication demonstrated by these two physicians em- in contact with, make Dr. Werner a pillar of the educa-
many of us, we could not conceive having two children bodies what makes Loma Linda University unique and tional process at our school.
during medical school. Heidi did. successful. At the end of graduation as I reflect on what tran-
Two graduates whose parents are alumni became en- Scott C. Nelson ’96 was given the University’s alum- spired, I am again reminded of the quality of students we
gaged during their senior year. Brittany Brockmann ’10, nus of the year award for his untiring work in Haiti be- have, the loyalty of the alumni, the dedication of the likes
daughter of Doug Brockmann ’78-B and David Pen- fore and after the earthquake in January 2010. Although of Ernest Zane and Tom Godfrey, the mission spirit of
ner ’10, son of Gregory Penner ’83 were married the his wife and children were physically present to receive the class of 2010 and Scott Nelson, and those who teach.
day after commencement in the Campus Hill Church the award, Scott was present via video feed from Haiti to . . . and I am humbled and feel hugely blessed. I ask your
with the reception on the lawn of the historic cottages on thank the University for the award. Again, it is because of prayers for these new graduates as they go out and for
the hill of our campus. the work of alumni like Dr. Nelson, that Loma Linda those who teach and nurture the future graduates of our
New to Sunday’s commencement ceremony was the University’s motto, “to further the teaching and healing school. K
ability for the graduates, who traditionally wait separately
from their families prior to the processional, to send text
messages that were displayed on the big screen in front
the awaiting parents (many were there early to save seats)
to read. The onslaught of scores of short texts sent from
the graduates ubiquitous cell phones intrigued the await-
ing audience.
Although most MD/PhD students in the school of
medicine will finish their degrees metachronously,
Frankis Almaguel ’10 timed his curriculum to finish the
defense of his dissertation AND his fourth year of med-
ical school synchronously. Traditionally the graduate stu-
dents of the School of Medicine’s Basic Science Program
are awarded their degrees first. Frankis was among 12
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