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

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DEDICATION JOHN STODDARD WAY, PH.D. Most of us in the class of 1997 will remember hearing Dr. Way’s famous question. Are you asking me or are you telling me? , in his booming voice with a great big smile on his face. Bom John Stoddard Way in Elmhurst. Illinois on December 14th. 1928, to a father who was a life insurance agent and mother a homemaker, as the 3rd of five children, he spent his childhood in Wheaton. Illinois, hunting, fishing, building huts and doing projects around their home Band and orchestra were his main interests as a drummer from junior high through college. High school was at Wheaton Community. He spent his first two years of college at Dubuque University in Iowa (1946-1948) majoring in psychology and sociology then being an adventurous type hitchhiked to Provo. Utah where he transferred to Brigham Young University in 1948. He left in January 1949 when he was accepted into the University of Iowa, where he graduated in June 1950 with a degree in Psychology. He worked as a research assistant in anatomy at Northwestern University School of Medicine in Chicago for around one year where he fell in love with the nervous system and anatomy in general. This opened the door to what would become his career. His stay was cut short by the Korean War when he was drafted, but promptly released following a physical examination which revealed an old knee injury incurred in gym class. Dr. Way describes this event to me as he laughs to himself. A fellow classmate had jumped on his back in gym class and at that instant he heard and felt the famous pop which indeed turned out to be w hat most medical students will immediately recognize as a meniscal tear. He returned to his job at the university and remained there until September. 1951. In September 1951. he returned to the University of Iowa and completed a Masters Degree in Special Education of the Physically Handicapped. Concurrently, he look another course in anatomy in which he excelled and enjoyed immensely. He found he preferred leaching, and the year after he obtained his Masters Degree he taught a class of physically handicapped grade school students. However, this was not completely fulfilling for him. Dr. Way then applied to the department of anatomy at the University of Iowa for admission to their doctoral program. He fulfilled his premed courses in a record amount of time and went on to start his Ph D. in 1951 and obtained his doctorate in I960. During this time he was a teaching assistant to occupational therapy, physical therapy and med students in anatomy. He continued on as a Post doctorate and joined the faculty in 1962. In the meantime. he developed a strong interest in the field of comparative ncuroanatomy investigating brains of armadillos, opossums, and anteaters. During his time as a postdoc he met Dr. David Allbrook, who at the time was head of the department of anatomy at the University of Makerere Medical School in Kampala, Uganda. He managed to keep in touch with him, and found himself in Australia teaching a course in neuroanatomy to medical students for two months in the summer of 1966. He enjoyed this experience immensely and returned home to the U.S. and proclaimed to his wife that they were going to Australia in March of the following year. Unfortunately. due to the death of a faculty member in the department at the University of Iowa, their journey was postponed until June 1967. His 26 month stay in Australia was very enjoyable and he returned to the U.S. with mixed feelings in 1969. He then joined Temple University’s Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology in the Pall of 1969. when recruited by-friend and colleague Dr. Ray Truex. Dr. Way had met Dr. Truex in conferences and had kept in touch by sending him “hearts” from different native Australian animals for research. Dr. Way taught medical, dental, occupational therapy and physical therapy students and continued his research in ncuroanatomy until his retirement in January. 1994. He was well liked by the students and faculty and w ill always be remembered by the students who were fortunate enough to be taught by him. He always looked for a way to make students enjoy their learning experience in neuroanatomy and general anatomy with his enthusiasm, humor and easy demeanor. Dr. Way is a well-travelled man who has been to almost every continent. Some of the places that he has been privileged to visit include the Amazon. Australia. Austria. Bali, the Central African Republic. China. Fiji. France. Germany. Holland. Italy, the Philippines. Poland and Thailand. He recounts many tales of his travels.

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10 FACULTY 92 STUDENT LIFE 166 SENIORS 334 RESIDENCIES 342 PATRONS AND ADVERTISEMENTS

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5 Janet Quiz and John prior to marriage. The Ways (1957)