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

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DEDICATION Wallace P. Richie, Jr., M.D., Ph.D. To Dr. Wallace P. Ritchie. Jr., a man of many accomplishments, a dedicated physician, mentor, academician and leader, wc. the Class of 1994, dedicate our yearbook. A native of St. Paul, Minnesota. where winter temperatures below zero are not uncommon. Dr. Ritchie grew up wanting to be a history teacher It didn't matter that there were generations of physicians in his family; that his great grandfather, an obstetrician was the first chairman of the department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Minnesota and later went on to become the school's second dean; that his grandfather was a plastic surgeon and his father, a neurosurgeon. In fact. Dr. Wallace P. Ritchie. Jr., tried to avoid becoming a physician. He saw first-hand the dedication and devotion that a career in medicine demanded of his father. Although his two brothers found their success in law and banking. Dr. Ritchie could not resist his true calling. After receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Yale University in 1957, he found himself entering medical school at The Johns Hopkins University. His M.D. degree in hand. Dr. Ritchie remmed to Yale for two years of surgical internship and residency. Soon after, he landed back in Sl Paul, where he served as Chief Surgical Resident and pursued post-graduate training at the University of Minnesota, a premier place to train. After he received his doctorate, duly called and he joined the military. He served his country as a lieutenant colonel and Chief of the Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery at Walter Reed in Washington. D.C. Dr. Ritchie then became a professor at the University Virginia and left ten years later to join Temple’s faculty in 1983. To list Dr. Ritchie’s professional memberships, honors, awards, recognitions and publications would fill the pages of this book. Highlights of his many professional activities include membership in the American Surgical Association, the Association for Academic Surgery (for which he has served as president), and an active role as a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He has received many honors and awards for his research, including the Established Investigator Award given by die American Heart Association, and the Arthur H. Shipley award for best paper by a new member of the Southern Surgical Association. He has well over 100 published articles and abstracts on his research in gastrointestinal disease. He has also authored numerous textbook chapters and currently holds positions on several editorial boards. Dr Ritchie has served as a moderator and or participant on dozens of panels and symposia and has lectured as a visiting professor to physicians at countless universities over the last decade. But of all these major accomplishments, lire thing that holds Dr. Ritchie close to his students and residents is his dedication to teaching. His commitment to our education has been recognized on many occasions. Dr. Ritchie has been the recipient of such prestigious awards as the W. Emory Burnell Award and the Wallace P. Ritchie. Jr.. M.D.. Ph D. Award, both given by Temple residents and the Golden Apple Award, given by Temple medical students. Most recently, in 1993. Dr. Ritchie was presented with the Lindback Foundation Distinguished Teacher Award. On a more personal level. Dr. Ritchie heads a family of three children with his wife. Barbara, of 33 years. Jessica, the youngest daughter, currently works in a law firm in northern Virginia; Stephanie is pursuing a career in the arts in fast-paced New York City, while his son. David, has established himself on the west coast in California. In his spare time (a rare commodity these days). Dr. Ritchie continues to pursue his love of history and architecture, and is a member of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. He frequently i finds himself ambling in his own backyard, doing yard work at his wife’s insistence. When asked about the changing front of medicine. Dr. Ritchie admits that no one really knows what the practice of medicine will be like in the future. , Certainly the style of practice will change, the physician's ability to direct patient care will be altered to some degree, and the sense of autonomy physicians now share continued on page 8 6 Skull

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EDITORS IN-CHIEF Nancy Lewis • Dawn Zapotok • Ann Marie Hendrzak PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR Kevin King FINANCIAL ASSISTANTS Arnold Advinculc • Saurabh Das LAYOUT STAFF Joe Burke • Linda Grossman • Rob Catania • Jim Rowland Andy Myers • Jeanne Rozwadowski • Linda Ke'iy Nancy Komalahiranya • Mike Russo • Sherry Schcib CONTRIBUTING STAFF Tony Bianchclta • Chris Micheiti Tim Nunez • Mr. Joseph Zapotok CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS The Class of 1994 SENIOR PORTRAITS AND DEVELOPING Mciin Studios Inc. TYPES ETr INC. Cheryl Arthur ( Beacon in the Storm”) PUBLISHER Cooke Publishing Company The staff of the 1994 Skull would like to recognize the students, faculty and staff of Temple University School of Medicine for their many contributions toward the production of this book. Without your time, energy and inspiration, this endeavor would not have been possible. Special thanks to Ms. Cheryl Arthur. Mr. Otto Lehmann. Mi Jerry Pcurlman. Dr. Sally Rosen, the Dean's Office Staff, Mr. Lou Guarricri. Ms. Virginia Smith, ami Mr Larry Sterling. SKULL 1994 the staff From the Editors' Drawing Board - Dear fellow classmates: Congratulations on your achievements! We’ve been tltrough four tough years of medical school and our long-awaited graduation day looms near. Looking back, our time together seems to have flown by. but we've shared many unforgettable moments with each other. Some were great limes, like class picnics and post-boards celebrations. and some were not so great like 3:00 AM blood draws. Now it’s lime to close this chapter in our lives and move on. Pulling together this memorial of our time spent at Temple has been ajol of hard work, but certainly a labor of love. We'd like to thank the entire senior class for their creative senior pages and those students who contributed photos for use in the other sections of the book. We'd also like to thank everyone who gave up their valuable tunc helping with photography, layouts, artwork and ad campaigning. Completing this project has been one of the most challenging tasks we've undertaken here at Temple and there arc certain people without whom this book would not get published. We'd like to give a special thank you to Ms. Cheryl Arthur, our “typesetter extraordinaire.” who came through for us many times and enabled us to meet impending deadlines. We’d also like to show our gratitude to the Cooke Publishing Company, especially Lou Guarricri and Virginia Smith, for their talents, guidance and patience. A special thanks goes to those parents, faculty and businesses who have supported the Skull financially by purchasing an advertisement. The editors would like to take this opportunity to welcome Dr. Kenneth Cundy as next year’s yearbook advisor. Unfortunately, we were not able to benefit from his guidance this year, but will do everything possible to pass on our words of wisdom to the staff of Skull '95 so that they may avoid some of the pitfalls we encountered. Lastly, we'd like to thank Dean Rosen for all her support and her efforts at improving our office space. We wish each and every one of our classmates best wishes in their future endeavors. We hope you will remember the good limes we’ve shared, the friendships made, and the outstanding medical education you received at Temple University. We encourage you to become supportive alumni so that generations of Temple medical students can continue to get the high quality education that makes us all Temple proud. Opening 5

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