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

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THE TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE CLASS OF 1986 IS PROUD TO DEDICATE THIS YEARBOOK TO J T bert Trajier, P j.D. Dr. Troyer: Way back in the fall of 1982, when our medical careers were barely in the early stages of development, you were present as a primary inducer who helped to mold and shape the growth of our education. As Chairman of the Department of Anatomy and as Course Coordinator of Embryology, Histology, Gross Anatomy and Neuroanatomy, your impact on our backbone of fundamental knowledge (and Trivia) is incomparable. We remember your lectures, labs, review sessions, and above all, your demonstrations. Three and a half years later, after countless hours in Kresge, weeks in other institutions, and months across the street in Temple Hospital, we honor your achievement and excellence. You have been an outstanding teacher, a motivator, and a friend. We can now fully appreciate how, in your own words, To be a doctor means to be a teacher, and to be a teacher means to know how and when to listen. 4

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Dedication to Dr. J. Robert Troyer, Ph.D...............p. 4 The Denver Developmental for Temple Medical Students p. 8 Trivial Elections CT Predictions.......................p. 9 Administration CT Staff...............................p. 12 Pre Clinical Years....................................p. 22 The Clinical Years....................................p. 56 Affiliated Hospitals.....................................p. 102 Leisure CT Activities................................p. 114 The Class of 1986........................................p. 140 Residency Appointments...............................p. 321 Our Patrons £7 Advertisers...........................p. 326 £oms fiunus glory, grs.atns.il fame.; Otfisn juit a (iumJj[s [oot. iBut fsuj in oar fizofsuLon can. lag . . . DLy ( £ rsiiitsd tks gams of ZJxiuiat '[PuxiuLt.

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Robert Troyer was born in Princeton, Illinois in 1928. His first exposure to the medical field came while living in Columbus, Ohio. There, Robert fell down the basement steps and landed head first in a pot of boiling starch. Although only six at the time, says Troyer of the incident, “I only wanted to study the effects of thermal polysaccharides on cutaneous re—epithelialization. A budding scientist; pleuripotential undifferentiated. Dr. Troyer studied as an undergraduate at Syracuse University. Initially he was pre-med, but was influenced greatly by his Comparative Anatomy professor, Dr. Parke Struthers. He then pursued Zoology and graduate work in Histology and Embryology at Cornell. His doctoral thesis entitled A Biochemical and Histological Study of Liver Glycogen in a Hibernating Bat”, never made the New York Times 'Best Seller List'. Copies are available however, as Dr. Troyer adds, and would make an excellent graduation gift. Dr. Troyer started as an Instructor at Temple in 1954 when Dr. Huber was department chairman. He came to Temple because of the integrated teaching program; at that time, all 6 faculty taught every course. It was an exciting challenge but didn't leave him any free time. Lectures were given six days a week because the basic philosophy of the department was that 'Learning should take place in school'. Ultimately he found enough free time to marry and start a family. Now he has four children: Dave 27, Susan 25, Mark 23, and Karen 21 -all of whom studied at Temple. Of course, they could have gone anywhere. 5