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Photo Album: Stephens Institute Was a Highlight of Medicine Alumni Reunion  

JULY 11, 2003 | Alumni of the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) reunited last month for a weekend of memories from a half-century ago as well as glimpses at the future of medicine.

The Arkansas Caduceus Club, the official organization of alumni, honored “golden graduates” of 1953 in a special ceremony; presented its Distinguished Faculty Award to John P. Shock, M.D.; and toured the new Jackson T. Stephens Spine and Neurosciences Institute – where UAMS neurosurgeons hope paraplegics will one day walk.

UAMS photographers Kevin Christensen and Keith Moore recorded the weekend June 13-14 for this UAMS Today photo album:







 

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These 1953 graduates were so busy renewing old friendships that they found it difficult to stand still for a group photograph on the grand staircase of the Capital Hotel in   Little Rock. Click on photo for larger view.

These 1953 graduates were so busy renewing old friendships that they found it difficult to stand still for a group photograph on the grand staircase of the Capital Hotel in Little Rock. Click on photo for larger view.

Margaret Ann Morgan, Ann Chudy, Virginia Kutait, and Joan Smith enjoyed reminiscing about the days they spent together while their husbands were in medical school. Their husbands all were graduated 50 years ago with the Class of 1953. Click on photo for larger view. Hank Foster, M.D., head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Meharry Medical College and a member of the Class of 1958, talked with UAMS Chancellor I. Dodd Wilson, M.D., before the Alumni and Faculty Banquet. Click on photo for larger view.
Margaret Ann Morgan, Ann Chudy, Virginia Kutait, and Joan Smith enjoyed reminiscing about the days they spent together while their husbands were in medical school. Their husbands all were graduated 50 years ago with the Class of 1953. Click on photo for larger view. Hank Foster, M.D., head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Meharry Medical College and a member of the Class of 1958, talked with UAMS Chancellor I. Dodd Wilson, M.D., before the Alumni and Faculty Banquet. Click on photo for larger view.
Left to right: Dean E. Albert Reece, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., and his wife, Professor Sharon Reece of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law, congratulated neurologist Larry Embree, M.D., of Shreveport, Louisiana (Class of 1957), and his wife, Gertrude Embree. Dr. Embree received the 2003 Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Arkansas Caduceus Club. Click on photo for larger view. Brad Shock and Eliza Wessinger snapped his father, John P. Shock, M.D., as he received the Distinguished Faculty Award at the Alumni and Faculty Banquet. Click on photo for larger view.
Left to right: Dean E. Albert Reece, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., and his wife, Professor Sharon Reece of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law, congratulated neurologist Larry Embree, M.D., of Shreveport, Louisiana (Class of 1957), and his wife, Gertrude Embree. Dr. Embree received the 2003 Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Arkansas Caduceus Club. Click on photo for larger view. Brad Shock and Eliza Wessinger snapped his father, John P. Shock, M.D., as he received the Distinguished Faculty Award at the Alumni and Faculty Banquet. Click on photo for larger view.
Retired faculty members Bernard Thompson, M.D. (Class of 1949) (center), and John Pauly, M.D. (right), had a lively discussion with Margie Scott, M.D., after her presentation on bioterrorism at the scientific sessions. Everyone in the   College of  Medicine  was saddened to learn of Dr. Thompson’s death a few days later. Click on photo for larger view.  Nicholas Lang, M.D. (right), course director for the scientific sessions, talked with retired College of Medicine faculty member, Roger Bost, M.D. Click on photo for larger view.
Retired faculty members Bernard Thompson, M.D. (Class of 1949) (center), and John Pauly, M.D. (right), had a lively discussion with Margie Scott, M.D., after her presentation on bioterrorism at the scientific sessions. Everyone in the College of Medicine was saddened to learn of Dr. Thompson’s death a few days later. Click on photo for larger view. Nicholas Lang, M.D. (right), course director for the scientific sessions, talked with retired College of Medicine faculty member, Roger Bost, M.D. Click on photo for larger view.
Left to right: Retired faculty member, Fred O. Henker, M.D., Chancellor Wilson and Richard Wheeler, M.D., executive associate dean for academic affairs. Click on photo for larger view. T. Glenn Pait, M.D., associate professor of neurosurgery and director of the Jackson T. Stephens Spine and Neurosciences Institute at UAMS, gave alumni a tour of the institute's new 12-story building.  During the bus ride across campus, he chatted with Larry Embree, M.D. Click on photo for larger view.
Left to right: Retired faculty member, Fred O. Henker, M.D., Chancellor Wilson and Richard Wheeler, M.D., executive associate dean for academic affairs. Click on photo for larger view. T. Glenn Pait, M.D., associate professor of neurosurgery and director of the Jackson T. Stephens Spine and Neurosciences Institute at UAMS, gave alumni a tour of the institute’s new 12-story building.  During the bus ride across campus, he chatted with Larry Embree, M.D. Click on photo for larger view.
Tom Wortham, M.D. (left), and Thomas Ashcraft, M.D., both in the Class of 1953, took in the amazing view of the UAMS campus from a balcony of the new Jackson T. Stephens Spine and Neurosciences Institute.  Click on photo for larger view. The water therapy pool was just one of the many highlights of the tour of the Stephens Institute. Click on photo for larger view.
Tom Wortham, M.D. (left), and Thomas Ashcraft, M.D., both in the Class of 1953, took in the amazing view of the UAMS campus from a balcony of the new Jackson T. Stephens Spine and Neurosciences Institute.  Click on photo for larger view. The water therapy pool was just one of the many highlights of the tour of the Stephens Institute. Click on photo for larger view.

Links on This Page

John P. Shock: http://www.uams.edu/today/2003/062503/shock.htm
UAMS Caduceus Club Trustee: http://www.uams.edu/today/2003/041703/Storeygard.htm
Photo Album: Dedication: http://www.uams.edu/today/2003/040303/Stephens_photo_album.htm
College of Medicine Founders Society: http://www.uams.edu/today/2002/111402/founders.htm
Medicine Alumni Met: http://www.uams.edu/today/2002/080102/com_alumni.htm



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