Alumni

Frederick S. Gillett (M.D. 1944, Residency 1951), 87, of East Grand Rapids, Michigan, died on November 7, 2008. For two years following medical school, he served in Japan and South Korea as a member of the U.S. Army. Gillett practiced at St. Mary’s Mercy Medical Center in Grand Rapids for 38 years, and held positions including chair of surgery and chief of surgery. He was active with the Frederick A. Coller Surgical Society at the U-M Medical School, named for the chair of surgery under whom Gillett trained while in medical school. He enjoyed traveling with his wife, Joan, and playing golf.

John Paul Harm (M.D. 1952) died on November 9, 2008. He was 81. Harm resided in Southfield, Michigan, for 43 years, and practiced pediatrics and neonatal medicine at Hutzel Hospital and Children’s Hospital of Michigan. In 1972 he established the neonatal intensive care unit at Beaumont Hospital. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and the Korean War, and later was a member of the Naval Reserves. Harm enjoyed reading and playing golf.

Alan D. Hilgenberg (M.D. 1969) died on December 25, 2008, of pancreatic cancer. He was 64. Hilgenberg was an accomplished cardiac surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital, and co-director of the Thoracic Aortic Center there. He served from 1971-73 with the U.S. Army Medical Corps at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He was an avid cook and wine connoisseur, and enjoyed music and sailing.

Frank J. Hull (M.D. 1953), of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, died on October 13, 2008, at age 79. A radiologist, Hull previously worked at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Mt. Clements, Michigan, and at the Professional X-Ray Clinic in Grosse Pointe, Michigan.

Edward J. Klopp Jr., M.D. (Residencies 1950 and 1956), died December 17, 2008, at age 86. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Klopp had a private practice in thoracic surgery in Battle Creek, Michigan, and spent eight years in Africa as a general surgeon. At the time of his death he resided in Brevard, North Carolina.

John G. Milliken, M.D. (Residency 1950), 88, died on September 16, 2008, in Traverse City, Michigan. A Traverse City native, Milliken practiced internal medicine for 54 years. He was a captain in the U.S. Army for two years during World War II. With his wife, Elnora, he founded the Milliken Medical Orchestra, comprised of area physicians who played instruments; Milliken himself played violin. He enjoyed downhill skiing, tennis and golf. He was an avid boater and sailed regularly in his younger years with his brother, former Michigan governor William Milliken.

Michael W. Prior, M.D. (Residency 1975), 66, died on August 25, 2008. Prior was a thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon who served on the staff of Roger Williams General Hospital, Miriam Hospital and St. Joseph’s Health Service, and served as consulting staff for South County Hospital, Westerly Hospital and Memorial Hospital, all in Rhode Island. He was a partner in the Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgical Center in Providence until his retirement a decade ago. He enjoyed sailing and belonged to the Edgewood Yacht Club.

George E. Reynolds (M.D. 1950), 89, died on October 28, 2008. In addition to his medical degree, Reynolds received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the U-M, in 1940 and 1942, respectively.

Rolfe Salin, M.D. (Residency 1957), died on July 12, 2008, at age 92. Salin moved to California from Denmark with his parents in the 1930s. He attended Stanford University and Boston University School of Medicine, and completed residencies in internal medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and in dermatology at the U-M. A pilot and flight surgeon with the U.S. Army Air Force, Salin served in World War II and the Korean War, and performed medivac duty during the Vietnam War. During his career he practiced in Walnut Creek, Santa Cruz and Monterey, California. He retired in 1976, but continued working for five years as a dermatologist, and with the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.

Walter G. Scheuerman (M.D. 1942) died December 10, 2008. He was 90. Scheuerman was a neurosurgeon in Trenton, New Jersey, for many years. He was a veteran of World War II, serving with the U.S. Army Medical Corps. Scheuerman was a former grand knight of the Knights of Columbus of Morrisville, Pennsylvania, and a past president of the American Medical Society in New Jersey.

Oscar Schwartz (M.D. 1934), 97, of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, died on November 22, 2008. He was a dermatologist who practiced primarily in the Detroit area. Schwartz was a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Medical Corps from 1942-46. For many years he served on the board of the Fresh Air Society and worked as a tutor for the Literacy Volunteers of Detroit.

David B. Sloan Jr., M.D. (Residency 1967), 71, died on December 19, 2008. Sloan served as a physician with the U.S. Navy in Guam for two years during the Vietnam War. He practiced ophthalmology for 30 years, and co-founded Eye Associates of Wilmington, Pennsylvania, in 1975. During his career, Sloan served as president of the New Hanover County Medical Society, chief of staff of the New Hanover Regional Medical Center and chair of the Section of Ophthalmology of the North Carolina Medical Society. He was an avid golfer, sportsman, weekend farmer and devoted fan of the University of North Carolina Tar Heels.

Faculty

David F. Bohr (M.D. 1942), professor of physiology and expert on hypertension, died November 4, 2008, in Ann Arbor at the age of 93. Born in Zurich, Switzerland, Bohr earned his undergraduate and medical degrees from the U-M and interned at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit before being assigned by the U.S. Army to a Dutch hospital ship from 1943-46. Bohr returned to the U-M after a research fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco, and, in 1957, achieved the rank of professor. Internationally known for his work on the role of vasculature in the development of hypertension, Bohr served as president of the American Physiological Society from 1978-79, and served many scientific societies, including the National Institutes of Health and the National Academies. Gifts may be made to the David F. Bohr Quasi Endowment, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, 1301 E. Catherine, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109.

David G. Dickinson (M.D. 1945, Residency 1950), professor emeritus of pediatrics and communicable diseases, died at the age of 87 on December 22, 2008, in Ann Arbor. Born in Blissfield, Michigan, Dickinson graduated from nearby Adrian College before enrolling in the U-M Medical School. Following service in the U.S. Army, he returned to Michigan to complete his residency in pediatrics. During a career spent entirely at Michigan, Dickinson’s contributions included directing one of the nation’s first three polio respirator centers — precursors to today’s intensive care unit. Dickinson also served as chief of clinical affairs at University Hospital, as well as acting director. After his retirement, a professorship in his name was established in the Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases. Memorial gifts in Dickinson’s name may be directed to the New Children’s Hospital Fund, 300 N. Ingalls, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109.

Professor Emeritus of Medical Education Ted Dielman, Ph.D., died June 29, 2008, in Green Valley, Arizona. He was 68. After serving in the U.S. Army, stationed in Germany, Dielman earned his Ph.D. from the University of Hawaii. He came to the U-M in 1972, and in 1978 joined the Medical School’s Office of Educational Resources and Research in the Department of Postgraduate Medicine and Health Professions, eventually becoming professor and assistant director. Dielman was internationally known for his contributions to multivariate analysis of health behavior research, particularly adolescent health behaviors.

Joseph Elmer Hawkins Jr., Ph.D., professor emeritus of otolaryngology, died in Ann Arbor on October 6, 2008. Hawkins attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, earning a bachelor’s degree in 1937, and received his doctorate in medical sciences in 1941 at Harvard. Later in his career he returned to Oxford to complete a master’s degree and D.Sc. In 1963, Hawkins joined the U-M faculty and the newly founded Kresge Hearing Research Institute. Memorial gifts may be made to the Merle Lawrence/Joseph Hawkins Lectureship Fund, Kresge Hearing Research Institute, 4605 Medical Science II, 1150 West Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109.