Temple University School of Medicine - Skull Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Remembrance It seems that no matter where I do my clinical rotations, no matter what service I'm on, I meet people that knew my father. After seeing my name tag and asking me if I am related to Dr. Brigham, they proceed to tell me what a wonderful person he was. This means a great deal to me because I am very proud to be his son. I also think this means a great deal to Temple because of what he came to represent. My father influenced many policies at Temple, particularly those concerning admissions and student affairs. Through these policies Temple has gained a reputation of producing doctors who are not only of high academic quality, but are also of high human quality He truly cared about people and he wanted doctors who truly cared about people. Because of that type of thinking. Temple maintained a strong and unique program that placed a high priority on human values. Many of these values were displayed to us by my father in our dealings with him. He was thoughtful and honest, and always willing to listen whether we were first in our class or applying for the third time. We learned from him what helping someone meant because we often needed help ourselves We were made to feel important by him because he treated us as individuals. By being exposed to this type of attitude, we were presented with the opportunity to incorporate it into our own system of values. Unfortunately my father died our freshman year and we were not able to further benefit from his presence at a critical time in our education. We can be comforted, however, knowing that his hand has so deeply touched Temple and everyone who knew him, and that his presence will always be a part of us and of those we teach. M. Prince Brigham, M.D Mark P. Brigham, M.D. Class of 1983

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Mary Wiedeman, The Class of 1983 first met Dr. Mary Wiedeman during the micro-circulatory lectures in Physiology, but it was my good fortune to work closely with her as a research assistant during the summer following our freshman year. During that preciously brief time I came to know her as professor, world famous researcher, mentor, and most importantly, friend. Shespokeat great length about engendering a professional attitude in the student, a duty she considered sacred. Dr. Wiedeman certainly exemplified the term professional-her sense of dedication and service that permeated her career. Stricken by an incurable respiratory disease. Dr Wiedeman refused to give up. It would have been easy for her to return to her beloved Kentucky the last months of her life, but that was not the Wiedeman way. There was research to supervise, articles to write, and microcirculatory lectures to prepare. Dr. Wiedeman certainly possessed the will to live. One gains a flavor of her dedication and courage by the following example. In the last months of her life, the progression of her disease necessitated the use of high dose steroids and oxygen twenty—four hours per day. Dr. Wiedeman continued compiling data, publishing articles, and gave microcirculatory lectures to the freshman while receiving oxygen by nasal Ph.D cannula. Dr. Wiedeman's obituary in the Philadelphia Inquirer stated she had no survivors. This could not be further from the truth. Surviving Dr Wiedeman are her family in Kentucky, her numerous research articles, textbooks, and her fantastic microcircu— latory movies. Also surviving is the knowledge she placed in our minds and the love she placed in our hearts — a unique contribution to the Class of 1983 and to the entire Temple community. 23 Joseph McKeown. M.D. Class of 1983