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Lorraine F. Lake was a member of the last class of 12 students to graduate from the Barnes Hospital School for Physical Therapy in 1948. She then joined the faculty of Washington University as an assistant in the Program in Physical Therapy. Lake continued her education, receiving a bachelor’s of science in 1950, a master’s degree in 1954, and a Ph.D. in 1962 from Washington University.

Dr. Lake held joint appointments in the Program in Physical Therapy and the Department of Anatomy, first as instructor and, beginning in 1958, as assistant professor. She also joined the Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health as an assistant professor in 1971. From 1961 until 1979 Lorraine Lake served as the associate director of the Irene Walter Johnson Institute of Rehabilitation. In 1980, Lake retired as assistant professor emeritus. The Washington University Program in Physical Therapy established a scholarship fund in Lake’s name given to a second-year student who exemplifies the highest professional and personal values, promise and performance. Lake died in December 2000.

Robert J. Hickok (1926-2018) earned his bachelor's degree from the Washington University School of Physical Therapy in 1953. He began 20 years of service as a registered physical therapist at Jewish Hospital, where he eventually became Director of Rehabilitation . In 1971, Hickok earned a masters of science degree in health administration from Washington University. He was promoted to Vice Chancellor of Medical Affairs at Washington University School of Medicine in 1976. Concurrently, Hickok was a part-time faculty member of the programs in Physical Therapy and Health Administration for almost thirty years. He was promoted in to Chief Facilities Officer and Assistant Dean in 1984.

*Source: WU Record, October 4, 1984 and WU Record, July 6, 1989.

Beatrice F. Schulz was in the first class to graduate from the Barnes Hospital School for Physical Therapy Technicians in 1942. Before her switch to physical therapy, she was an occupational therapist who graduated from the St. Louis College of Occupational Therapy in 1934. With the P.T. faculty and staff called to active duty in World War II, she became technical director and chief physical therapist the day after she graduated from the Barnes Hospital program.

Schulz remained technical director when the Barnes School's certificate program was replaced by Washington University's baccalaureate course in Physical Therapy in 1948. That year, she also joined the faculty of the Washington University School of Medicine where she had enormous influence with physical therapy students for the next 30 years. Schulz served as director of the Physical Therapy department from 1955 until her retirement in June 1977.

Marshall Conrad received his MD from Washington University School of Medicine in 1945.
He earned an A.B. at Westminster College in 1942; M.D. By 1956, he was clinical assistant in orthopedic surgery at the Washington University School of Medicine. in 1967 He was clinical instructor. In 1972, when he was assistant Professor, he testified in hearings on Emergency Services Act he had been a practicing orthopedic surgeon involved with emergency services for more than twenty years.

Stephen Morris Highstein MD, PhD (1939-2014) was an animal physiologist and professor Washington University School of Medicine for 25 years (1983-2009) in two different departments: Anatomy and Cell biology (later Neurobiology) and Otolaryngology. Before his tenure at Washington University, he rose from assistant professor to full professor at The Albert Einstein College of Medicine from 1974-1983. He then moved to the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole to serve as Senior Scientist in 2009.

Highstein studied the efferent nerve of the toadfish at the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole in the summers from 1980 to 1987 because the toadfish embodies a near perfect anatomy for studying how the brain controls its own sensory perception. This research grew out of his 20 year study of the vestibular or equilibrium systems of mammals. He earned is B.S. in Engineering in 1961 from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, his M.D. from the University of Maryland in 1965, and PhD in physiology from the University of Tokyo in 1976.

*Source: Outlook Magazine, Fall 1987, page 16-19; and American Men and Women of Science, 2003, v 3. page 691.

Robert K. Royce, MD, was a Washington University urologist who led the Division of Urology as interim chief from 1973 to 1975. Royce, a native of Mississippi, spent his first two years of medical school at the University of Mississippi before transferring and completing his training at Washington University School of Medicine in 1942. After a year of rotating internship at the University of Chicago and two years in the Army Medical Corps, Royce began his surgical training at Barnes Hospital. He completed his urologic residency under chief Dalton K. Rose, MD, in 1949. The Robert K. Royce Distinguished Professorship in Urologic Surgery was established in 2009.

Lawrence W. O'Neal was a 1946 graduate of Washington University School of Medicine, obtaining his degree in three years in the wartime accelerated program. His post-graduate training in surgery was at Barnes Hospital, after which he remained on the staff at Barnes. He has contributed to medical literature as author, editor and reviewer. In addition to practicing surgery he engaged in clinical research, chiefly on endocrine subjects. He and Marvin Levin, MD, established and edited a volume on diabetic foot problems in 1973. This work has gone into seven editions and has been published in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. He received the Alumni Achievement Award from Washington University in 1991.

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Palmer H. Futcher (1910-2004) was assistant professor of medicine at Washington University School of Medicine from 1946-1948. He earned his M.D. from Johns Hopkins in 1936 in the same class as Washington University faculty member Barry Wood. Wood hired him in the spring of 1946, and he had other appointments in medicine at Barnes Hospital and as chief of the diabetic & endocrine clinic at Washington University Clinics.

In 1948, Futcher moved to Johns Hopkins as associate professor of medicine and physician in charge of the private outpatient service of Johns Hopkins Hospital. He held a number of posts at Johns Hopkins including assistant dean. From 1967 to 1975 he was the executive secretary of the American Board of Internal Medicine.

Lee Robins was born Fannie Lee Nelken in New Orleans. She earned a Ph.D. in sociology from Harvard University's Radcliffe College in 1951 after training in the 1940s under Talcott Parsons. During grad school at Harvard, she met and married Eli Robins, one of the leaders of the new biological psychiatry who joined the faculty of Washington University School of Medicine in 1949.

Robins joined the faculty of Washington University School of Medicine in 1954 as research assistant in psychiatry and by 1966 had risen to full research professor of sociology in psychiatry. From 1987-1997, she led the master's program in psychiatric epidemiology at the School of Medicine. She was also professor of sociolgy on the Danforth campus. A prolific writer, she authored almost 250 papers and enjoyed nearly continuous grant funding throughout her career. She was the recipient of nearly 30 awards including top honors in the fields of addiction, criminology and public health.

Her first major study in the middle 1950s was a long term follow-up of children and adolescents treated in the Saint Louis Child Guidance Clinic. She and psychiatrist Patricia O"Neal saved the clinic's patient records from destruction and together they located 95% or 524 men seen at the clinic as children from 1924-1929 along with 100 controls from the same neighborhood. The resulting book, Deviant children grown up, helped move behavioral science from speculation based on anecdote into empirical science based on objective patient records.

The Nixon White House selected her as principal investigator on a report on heroin and narcotics use and addiction among Vietnam veterans in the early 1970s. She followed a large random sample of returning soldiers. She found drug use and addiction remained constant at about 1% and that 'most of the kids who used heroin in Vietnam, ...came home, didn't use it anymore and had no problems.'

Late in the 1970s, Robins and her colleagues in the Department of Psychiatry developed the Renard Diagnostic Interview, a assessment tool based on the Feighner psychiatric criteria. Darrell Regier of the National Institute of Mental Health asked her to develop a similar structured interview for the Epidemiologic Catchment Area Surveys (ECA) based on the DSM-III criteria. The result was the Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS). The goal of the ECA was to assess the mental health of large population samples and the very structured DIS allowed trained non-clinicians to do the interviews effectively. St. Louis was selected as one of five interview sites. The high visibility of the ECA study encouraged epidemiologists world wide to replicate ECA in their own countries. These replications allowed more precise cross-national comparisons and encouraged Robins and others to develop the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI).

*Source: Helzer, John, "Lee Nelken Robins: 29 August 1922-25 September 2009," Addiction, Volume 105, Issue 10, pages 1856-1858 (October 2010).

Ada E. Perry worked with her husband, H. Mitchell Perry, Jr., as a research assistant at Washington University School of Medicine. She later went into local politics, serving as the mayor of Town and Country from 1989-1993 and on the Board of Alderman from 1984-1989.

Horace Mitchell Perry, Jr., graduated from Washington University School of Medicine in 1946. A specialist in hypertension and stroke, H. Mitchell Perry continued his research at Washington University School of Medicine after retiring as director of the hypertension division in the early 1990s. He served as a physician coordinator for the national Veterans Administration Hypertension Program and as director of the Hypertension Screening and Treatment Program for the Department of Veterans' Affairs in Washington DC, until his death.

In the early 1950's, Perry was a member of the first American group to succeed in medically treating hypertension. In collaboration with foundations such as the World Health Organization, Perry traveled the globe with his wife, Betty, to determine whether environmental factors in different cultures may influence the risk of hypertension and stroke.

*Source: Outlook Magazine, Spring 2002.

Born on April 21, 1925, in Berlin, Michel Ter-Pogossian was the only child of Armenian parents who had settled in Germany after escaping ethnic persecution in their homeland following World War I. The family moved to France when Michel was a young child. His fascination with science began as a youngster and was fueled by experiments involving his toy physics and chemistry kits. He later earned degrees in science from the University of Paris and from the Institute of Radium in 1943 and 1946, respectively. It was in 1946 that Ter-Pogossian came to the United States to further his education, an outgrowth of his father's concern about young Michel's involvement with the war resistance efforts in France.

Ter-Pogossian was drawn to Washington University in large part by the reputation of Arthur Holly Compton, a physicist and a Nobel laureate, who was the university's chancellor. In 1946, while studying for his degree, Ter-Pogossian worked in the Department of Physics as a research assistant. He received a master's degree in 1948 and a doctoral degree in nuclear physics in 1950. He joined the faculty of Mallinckrodt Institute in 1950 and was appointed as professor of radiation sciences in 1961. He also held a joint appointment as professor of biophysics in physiology. In 1973, he was named head of Mallinckrodt Institute's Division of Radiation Sciences, but the self-professed 'research junkie' missed devoting his full time to laboratory work. In 1990, he stepped down from his administrative duties to return to his first love: research. Ter-Pogossian assumed emeritus status in 1995. The following year, while visiting Paris, he died suddenly of a heart attack.

Among his many accomplishments, Michel Ter-Pogossian will foremost be remembered as the 'father of PET.' In the early 1970s, he led a collaborative research team of physical scientists, chemists, and physicians who developed the concept of positron emission tomography (PET). A major contribution, PET displays actual metabolic activity within different regions of organs and tissues, thereby extending scientists' and physicians' understanding of basic biological processes and providing a basis for the improved diagnosis of diseases. He played a major role in developing the concept of short-lived isotopes and in designing and constructing the first PET scanner as well as the first multislice and the first time-of-flight PET scanners.

During a career that spanned more than four decades, he earned numerous accolades for his achievements in nuclear science, including France's Gold Medal Award of the Soci't' Francaise de M'decine Nucl'aire et de Biophysique, Canada's prestigious Gairdner Award, St. Louis' Peter H. Raven Lifetime Award of the Academy of Sciences, as well as the Society of Nuclear Medicine's Georg Charles de Hevesy Nuclear Medicine Pioneer Award and the Paul C. Aebersold Award. Ter-Pogossian was a member of many professional societies. He was elected in 1987 to the Institute of Medicine and served on the editorial boards of major scientific journals, including the American Journal of Roentgenology, the Journal of Nuclear Medicine, and the Journal de Biophysique & M'decine Nucl'aire.

Dr. Ter-Pogossian was a prolific author, with more than 250 papers and book chapters to his credit, and was a charter member of the American Nuclear Society and a fellow of the American Physical Society. In addition, he was a past trustee of the Academy of Sciences of St. Louis and served as an advisor for several Department of Energy and National Institutes of Health committees.

Donald C. Shreffler was an immunogeneticist, conducting pioneering studies into the structure and function of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC). Sheffler was born in Kankakee, IL and attended elementary school in a building built by his grandfather. After finishing his elementary education went to high school in Reddick, IL, 15 miles away while still working on the family farm. In 1954 he graduated from the University of Illinois College of Agriculture with honors. He was drafted during the Korean War and spent two years overseas. After his time in the service he returned to University of Illinois to pursue a masters degree. He went to the California Institute of Technology to study technics in biochemical genetics. He earned his Ph.D. in genetics at the California Institute of Technology in 1962, conducting studies on the mouse serum substance (Ss) protein under Ray Owen. He continued his studies on the mouse Ss protein as a research associate in the Department of Human Genetics at the University of Michigan Medical School for the next three years.

From 1965 to 1975, Shreffler rose from assistant professor to professor of genetics at Michigan. In 1975, he was offered the opportunity to build the genetics department at Washington University. Shreffler accepted the invitation and was appointed professor and the founding chairman of the Department of Genetics at Washington University School of Medicine. He stepped down as chairman in 1984 and continued to research and teach as a professor of genetics at Washington University until his death.

*Source: National Academy of Sciences biography, 2003.

William S. Coxe received his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University. He moved to St. Louis in 1957 and served on the faulty of Washington University School of Medicine until he retired as an emeritus professor in neurological surgery in 1997. Coxe received the School of Medicine's Distinguished Service Award in 2002.

Coxe, Mary "Polly" Gessner

Our beloved Aunt, Mary "Polly" Gessner Park Coxe, age 84, passed away peacefully May 9, 2020 after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. She was born June 17, 1935 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She married her longtime friend and love, Dr. William S. Coxe in August of 1984, who preceded her in death in 2012.

Polly moved with her family to St. Louis in 1952 and graduated from Mary Institute in 1953. She attended Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History in 1957. Later, she received a Master's of Fine Arts degree from Washington University.

Polly spent a year teaching in England and traveling Europe on a Fulbright Fellowship. Upon returning to St. Louis, she taught for many years as a traveling art teacher for the St. Louis Public Schools. In the early 1980's she directed the National Museum of Medical Quackery in St. Louis. She loved the St. Louis Art Museum, where she worked from 1988 to 1998 in the library and volunteered from 1987 to 2007.

A love of the arts in St. Louis became Polly's lifelong passion. She was devoted to the St. Louis Art Museum, the Opera Theatre of St. Louis, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, and the Missouri Botanical Garden where she served on the Members' Board. She volunteered with Oasis teaching young children to read, the Wednesday Club, and many other organizations. She spent hours walking in Forest Park and watching the seasons pass in her wonderful condominium that overlooked the park.

Polly was preceded in death by her parents, Howard F. Park Jr, Mary Reed Gessner Park, and her brother the Rev. Howard F. (Helen survived) Park III. She is survived by her nieces and nephews, Howard F. Park IV, Catherine I. Park, Nathaniel C. (Kelly) Park and grandnieces Ellen and Caroline Park all of St. Louis, Missouri, Joseph W. (Barbara) Coxe, Margaret S. Coxe and Anne Coxe Jones, of Virginia, and her devoted friends. She will be missed by all.

Published by Post - Dispatch on May 17, 2020. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/stltoday/name/mary-coxe-obituary?pid=196204065

Frank J. Lutz played a significant role in advancing the field of surgery in the state of Missouri. A St. Louis native, Lutz was born on May 24, 1855, and earned his BA from St. Louis University in 1873. He received his MD from St. Louis Medical College in 1876. Shortly after completing his studies, Lutz became an instructor in clinical surgery at St. Louis Medical College and then professor of surgical pathology and dean at Beaumont Medical College. He later joined the faculties of St. Louis University School of Medicine as chair of surgery and Washington University School of Medicine as chair of clinical surgery. In addition to his academic appointments, Lutz served as chief of surgery at Alexian Brothers Hospital and Josephine Hospital in St. Louis and as a staff member at the Barnard Free Skin and Cancer Hospital.

Lutz's service to the state of Missouri stemmed from a number of important appointments. During his tenure with the Missouri State Board of Health between 1893 and 1897, he strove to elevate the standard of Missouri medical education. Lutz was appointed surgeon general of the state of Missouri from 1886 until 1904 and president of the Missouri State Medical Association in 1887. Back in St. Louis, he was the catalyst behind the 1899 establishment of the St. Louis Medical Library, for which he served as librarian and trustee until 1913. In addition, he organized the St. Louis Surgical Society and in 1889, headed the St. Louis Medical Society. Lutz was also a prominent member of the American Medical Association and served as a trustee of that organization from 1910 until his death in 1916 from heart disease.

Edmund V. Cowdry Jr. (1921-1982), born on 24 January 1921 in Washington, D.C. to Alice Hanford Smith Cowdry (1892-1974) and Edmund V. Cowdry (1888-1975) . He earned bachelor's degree from Princeton University in 1942 and his M.D in 1945 from the Washington University School of Medicine. He practiced as a psychiatrist in St. Louis, MO until 1975, when he moved to Asheville, North Carolina, where he was chief of psychiatry at the Veterans Administration Hospital. Before starting private practice in St. Louis in ?, he was surgeon for the U.S. Public Health Service for 11 years (1948) . He was former president of the St. Louis Country Medical Society and was on the staffs of Barnes Deaconness, St. John's Mercy and Missouri Baptist hospitals during his time in St. Louis.

He married Jean Cowdry, born Vivian Jean Echols, cadet nurse at Washington University School of Nursing on September 11, 1944. He was survived by his second wife, Nancy Byassee Cowdry of Asheville, N.C.; two sons, Edmund II of St. Peters and Jeffrey C. of Fenton; two daughters Margaret Ellen of St. Charles and Karen C. Castelman of Orlando, Fla. He was also survived by two sisters, Alice C. Luten and Margaret C. Park, both of St. Louis.

Sources: 1) Dr. Edmund V. Cowdry Jr. dies; was psychiatrist here."St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Wed. Sept 1, 1982. 2) Puerto Rico, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1901-1962 for Edmund Vincent Cowdry A3533-Arriving at San Juan, Puerto Rico, 22 Feb 1936. Graham, Evarts A., Jr. "Dr. Edmund Vincent Cowdry, Professor of Anatomy, " Some of the Men of Science at Washington University. St. Louis: Washington University, 1948, pages 16. 4) Cowdry, E. V., Jr., 1963. FC008-S45-B154-F11 Folder, Part of E. V. Cowdry Papers. 5) Social Activities, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1923-2003); St Louis [St Louis]11 Sep 1944: 13.

Helen A. Kaiser worked 52 years for the Administration Department at the Washington University School of Medicine. Early in her career she was Assistant Registrar (School of Medicine), Later she was Administrative Assistant to the Dean.

Washington University School of Medicine bulletin, 1934. Central Administration, Publications. Bernard Becker Medical Library Archives. Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri. https://digitalcommons.wustl.edu/med_bulletins/36 page 28