Deaths
Dr.
Dickson,
Jr., Environmental
Med
Dr.
James Gillespie
Dickson, Jr.,
formerly the
assistant director
and dive director
of the pressure/altitude
chamber complex
at the Institute
for Environmental
Medicine died
June 9, at the
age of 77. Dr.
Dickson was
living in Portland,
Maine.
Dr.
Dickson was
a 1960 graduate
of the School
of Medicine
and completed
a residency
in anesthesiology
here. He was
also a clinical
anesthesiologist
at HUP and Millville
Hospital, now
South Jersey
Hospital Systems/Millville
Division. He
accepted a position
at Boston University
Hospital, now
Boston University
Medical Center,
in 1985 and
retired from
there in 1995.
He moved to
Maine in 1998.
He
is survived
by his wife,
Nancy Struble;
daughter, Linda
Dickson Barth;
two sons, Robert
Pickett Dickson
and James Langley
Dickson; and
one grandson.
Memorial
donations may
be made to the
American Cancer
Society, High
Point Professional
Building, 700
Horizon Circle,
Suite 201, Chalfont,
PA, 18914.
Dr.
Elliott,
Neurology
Dr.
Frank Abercrombie
Elliott, emeritus
professor of
neurology, died
on May 28 at
the age of 92
of complications
from a stroke.
Dr.
Elliott graduated
from the University
of Capetown
Medical School,
South Africa
in 1934 and
trained at the
National Hospital
of Neurological
Disease in Queen
Square, London.
He was chief
consultant of
neurology to
the British
military overseeing
services in
Scotland, Ireland
and India from
1940-1947. In
1948 he became chief
of neurology
at Charing Cross
Hospital, University
of London.
In
1959 Dr. Elliot
joined Pennsylvania
Hospital and
established
the department
of neurology.
His research
focused on stroke
prevention and
the treatment
of episodic
rage disorders.
He developed
one of the first
stroke risk-analysis
clinics in the
U.S. in the
1960s. In 1960
Dr. Elliott
became a professor
of neurology
at Penn's School
of Medicine.
He retired in
1974.
Dr.
Elliott is well
known for his
textbook Clinical
Neurology, originally
published in
1964, updated in
1974. It was
considered the
classic reference
book for students
and doctors
alike.
Dr.
Elliott is survived
by his daughters,
Sally Ridley-Day
and Gillian
K. Elliot; stepsons,
Joshua and Jonathan
Marvel; six
grandchildren;
and three great-grandchildren.
Memorial
donations may
be sent to Frank
A. and Gwladys
H. Elliott Fund,
Pennsylvania
Hospital, Development
Office, No.
2 Pine East,
800 Spruce St.,
Philadelphia,
PA, 19107.
Dr.
Haselgrove,
Biophysics
Dr.
John C. Haselgrove,
director of
the MRI Research
Facility at
CHOP and adjunct
professor of
physics and
astronomy, died
June 21 at the
age of 59.
Dr.
Haselgrove,
was born in
Dorchester England
and graduated
with a degree
in physics from
King's College,
London in 1965.
He earned a
Ph.D. in biophysics
from King's
College, Cambridge,
in 1971. In
1977 he became
a research associate
at the Johnson
Research Foundation
and he joined
Penn's department
of biochemistry
and biophysics
in 1978 as a
research assistant
professor. He
became research
associate professor
of biochemistry
and biophysics
in 1985 and
in 1994 became
the director
of the MRI Research
Facility at
CHOP.
He
is survived
by his wife,
Birgitte; daughter,
Annemarie; a
son, Christian;
a sister, Susan
Hourisi; and
two nephews.
Memorial
donations may
be made to Guillan-Barre
Syndrome Foundation
International,
PO Box 262,
Wynnewood, PA,
19096.
Dr.
Hoenigswald,
Linguistics
Dr.
Henry M. Hoenigswald,
emeritus professor
of linguistics,
died on June
16, at the age
of 88. Dr. Hoenigswald
had been a resident
of the Quadrangle
in Haverford
since last year.
Dr.
Hoenigswald
earned his academic
degrees in the
classics and
Indo-European
studies from
the University
of Munich, the
University of
Padua and the
University of
Florence before
fleeing Europe
in 1939 to escape
the Nazis. After
immigrating
to the U.S.,
Dr. Hoeingswald
taught at Yale
University and
the University
of Texas. He
also worked
for the Foreign
Service Institute
of the U.S.
State Department.
He
joined the Penn
faculty in 1948
and was appointed
professor of
lingustics in
1959. He was
a Guggenheim
Fellow in
1950 and received
a fellowship
form the Center
for Advanced
Study in the
Behavioral Sciences
in 1962. Dr.
Hoenigswald
retired from
Penn in 1985.
He
was a former
president of
the Linguistic
Society of America
and the Philadelphia
Classical Society.
Additionally,
he was a member
of the American
Philosophical
Society, the
National Academy
of Science,
and the American
Academy of Arts
and Sciences.
Dr.
Hoenigswald
is survived
by his daughters,
Frances and
Ann; a half-sister;
and two grandsons.
Memorial
donations may
be made to the
Gabriele Hoenigswald
Fund at the
Swarthmore Public
Library, 121
Park Ave., Swarthmore,
PA, 19081 or
in the name
of Henry Hoenigswald
to Amnesty International,
322 Eighth Ave.,
New York, NY,
10001.
Dr.
Marden,
Otorhinolaryngology
Dr.
Philip Ayer
Marden, emeritus
professor of
otorhinolaryngology,
died on June
4, at the age
of 91.
Dr.
Marden grew
up in New Hampshire
and graduated
from Dartmouth
College. He
earned his medical
degree from
Penn and became
a specialist
in otorhinolaryngology,
dealing with
the diseases
of the ears,
nose and throat.
He joined the
Penn medical
school faculty
in 1940, and
served as the
chairman of
the department
of otorhinolaryngology
from 1959 to
1972. He continued
to see patients
until 1992.
Dr. Marden served
as an army physician
during World
War II in India.
He
received an
award for 50
years of service
from the School
of Medicine
in1998.
Dr.
Marden is survived
by his nephew
Philip W. Marden;
and a grandniece.
Memorial
donations for
medical research
may be made
to the UPHS,
3400 Spruce
St., Philadelphia,
PA, 19104.
Dr.
Sayen, Medicine
Dr.
John Joyce Sayen,
associate professor
emeritus of
medicine and
pathology, died
on June 4 at
the age of 89
of complications
from a stroke.
Dr.
Sayen earned
a B.A. in English
from Princeton
and graduated
from Penn's
School of Medicine
in 1939. He
completed his
residency at
Penn in 1942
and then served
in the Army
being discharged
at the rank
of captain in
1945. While
in the Army,
he served as
head of a typhus
ward in the
Assam region
of India at
a base hospital
organized by
the University
of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Sayen was
awarded the
Bronze Star
for his research
work on scrub
typhus, a tropical
disease causing
casualties among
military personnel.
Dr.
Sayen returned
to HUP after
the war, where
he was the principal
investigator
on research
studies on the
treatment of
heart disease.
He was a fellow
of the American
College of Physicians
and of the American
Cardiology Society.
He served on
several boards
of the Philadelphia
County Medical
Society and
led the group's
AIDS division.
He retired in
the early 1990s.
He
is survived
by a daughter,
Catherine Sayen
Ravenel; two
sons, John J.
Jr. and George;
and six grandchildren.
Dr.
Sloviter, Surgery
Dr.
Henry Alan Sloviter,
emeritus professor
of surgery,
died on May
28 at the age
of 88.
Dr.
Sloviter earned
his bachelor's
and master's
degrees from
Temple University
and earned a
Ph.D. in chemistry
from Penn in
1942. During
World War II
he worked at
the Naval Shipyard
as a chemist
and physicist.
After the War
he graduated
from Penn's
medical school
in 1949. He
worked at the
National Institute
for Medical
Research in
London for three
years before
retuning to
Penn as a professor
of biochemistry
and biophysics.
He remained
at Penn teaching
and conducting
research on
brain metabolism
and artificial
red blood cells
until his retirement
in the early
1990s.
He
is survived
by his wife,
Dolores Korman
Sloviter, a
judge on the
U.S. Court of
Appeals for
the Third Circuit;
a daughter,
Vikki; two grandchildren;
and a sister.
Memorial
donations may
be sent to the
Henry Sloviter
Student Fund
in Chemistry,
Temple University,
Office of Development,
1938 Liacouras
Walk, Philadelphia,
PA, 19122.
Dr.
Stumacher,
Medicine
Dr.
Russell J. Stumacher,
a former clinical
associate professor
of medicine,
died on June
10, at the age
of 60.
Dr.
Stumacher earned
his bachelor's
degree from
Penn and was
the play-by-play
voice of Penn
basketball and
baseball at
WXPN-FM during
his undergraduate
career. He graduated
from Thomas
Jefferson University
Medical School
in 1968 and
completed an
internship at
Cornell-North
Shore Hospital
and a residency at
Montreal General
Hospital. He
also served
on Naval hospital
ship in Saigon
Harbor. From
1975 until his
retirement in
2001 Dr. Stumacher
was chief of
infectious diseases
and an epidemiologist
at Graduate
Hospital. He
taught at MCP-Hahnemann
School of Medicine
for three years
and was clinical
associate professor
at Penn's School
of Medicine
for 22 years
from 1976 until
1997.
Dr.
Stumacher is
survived by
his wife, Sharon
Ganzfried Stumacher;
a daughter,
Alison; a son,
Roger; and
a brother.
Memorial
donations may
be made to Dr.
Russell J. Stumacher
Prize Fund,
University of
Pennsylvania
School of Medicine,
3535 Market
St., Suite 750,
Philadelphia,
PA, 10104.
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