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“They gave of themselves so we could learn.”
—Joseph Dougherty, Class of 2006
Washtenong Memorial Park was the setting on September 15 for the annual memorial
service held by the U-M Anatomical Donations Program for those individuals whose
gifts of their bodies for anatomical study form the foundation of medical education
for students in their first and second years. More than 600 family members and
friends attended the service, which featured remarks from medical students,
and commemorated all anatomical donors buried during the past year. Washtenong
Memorial Park is located two miles north of Ann Arbor, on Whitmore Lake Road.
“It amazes me that a perfect stranger would choose to play such a vital role in molding me as a physician. These people were my teachers.”
—Karen Fauman, M.D., Class of 2004, U-M resident in pediatrics
“Family members and friends can take heart in knowing that their loved one is ever-present in the knowledge carried by the medical student…”
—Tom Gest, M.D., director, U-M Anatomical Donations Program
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