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

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Robert Brarens, DPM Metropolitan State College Denver BS Biology Chemistry My Wife Michele, the Love of My Life Where to begin. First, for providing me with o family that I love more that life itself, as well as providing our sons with motherly love and guidance I could not imagine a better mother for my children. Second, for all the long nights, all nighters. and hard work that you put in to keep our family sheltered and fed In a job that I wished you could hove left much sooner. Thank you for sacrificing your occupational happiness for my own Third, for the endless and unconditional support that you gave me throughout my education, to include ail of the lonely nights spent apart from each other, the road trips without me so that I could study, and listening to me talk about Podiatry agnosium However, most importantly. thank you for being such a loving, caring and intelligent wife. You truly complete me in every way I look forward to growing old with you by my side You are my sunshine, my life, and my love My Sons: The other of my fife's loves. Parker and Tanner I want to thank you for bringing a smile to my face and immeasurable warmth to my heart, even during the times that I felt it to be impossible You are both such wonderful people already, a father could only hope to be so lucky. I want to thonk you both for understanding, as much as you could, that I had to be away from you from time to time to accomplish my tasks for our future family goals I want you to know that there was never a minute that you and your mother were not in my thoughts while we were ODart I promise to do my best to ensure that our time apart in the future is limited, and only os essential. I love you both uncondi-fionaBy and completely Thank you for being yourselves Kieth Goss I have to say that knowing you has made me a better person Our relationship has been a truly enlightening experience You are a person of unmatched depth of character and personal sacrifice I have found you to be inspirational, and In truth, a true role model that I have came to depend on and look up to through out my education. I consider you one of my closest, dearest, and best friends I sincerely hope that we are able to maintain our communications. and bring our dreams of Po-diatric care to culmination in the future I wish you and Kavitha the very best In life. love, and marrioge. and look forward to seeing the little Gosses soon Thank you for everything Austin Sedicum My friend, you are a person of untold intelligence and insight. I thank you for sharing even a little bit of that with me. I know that whatever if is that you finally decide to put you energy into. It will be a great success. I feel very fortunate to know such a giving, friendly, and intelligent person. Your view on life is at times ostentatious, and controversial. but has helped me see things from a different prospective and helped me grow as an individual. You have helped me out In my life in so many ways. I find it hard to consoli date them here. You have been one of my closest friends over the lost five years. I cannot imagine having gone through this without you. I hope we are able to keep in touch and take those wild vacations that we have talked about I wish Indra and yourself the very best in everything you do. Thonk you agotn for everything. Jim and Elizabeth Kutchback: It has truly been wonderful meeting two such warm and friendly people. You both embody the definition of southern hospitality to the tenth degree Jim. your sense of integrity and honor is inspiring I want to wish you three the very best, and look forward to many conversations and skiing trips m the future Good luck in everything you do. Scott and Rhaul I want to thank you both for introducing me to the Friday afternoon buffet It was definitely the best I hove found I also wanted to wish you both much success in medicine and life You are both great people and it is a pleasure knowing you I hope that our paths cross In the future The Class of 2001:1 wish you all good luck in business and life 27

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Marilyn Suzanne Boyuka, DPM These past 4 years have been quite a journey for me Along the way I have encountered many twists and turns, hills and bumpy roads, but looking bock I om grateful for the experiences I om especially thankful for the people I've met along the way my classmates. close friends, and my personal angels. AB of you have helped me through these past few years and allowed me to become the person I am today I will always remember you and the times we've shared I look forward to the years ahead and I know that many of you will still be on important part of my life no matter where life takes us. Best wishes and fond memories of our years together go out to my classmates. Thanks for the many laughs and good times we've shored To my friends In the class of 2002 good luck with the craziness of your 4th year and enjoy the rollercoaster ride J Always keep your perspective ond remember to keep in mind what is realty important in life To my angels I could not have arrived to this point without your love and support, and of course kicking S.U.N.Y. Ceneseo BA History me n the butt when I needed itl vou have helped make this place a home for me these past few years and l will always be grateful for your friendship when I needed it the most. I love you all To Kathy and Alissa thank you for reminding me who l was when this place made me forget The unconditional support and understanding you have given me has meant more than you'll ever know K-who would have thought senior seminar would bring us to where we are today. A-after freshman year isn't this a surprise! Ying. Yang and Whatootsie. forever J To Mom and Dad. Paul. Grandpa and Grandma can you believe this day is finally here7 Thank you for putting up with the crazmess of the last four year$(and for the millions of phone calls too) I did not know what to expect when I began this journey. I now know that I could not have done this without an of you. I am blessed by my family ond the unconditional love and support you have always shown me Thank you for always making sure i knew you would still love me. no matter what. 26

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Merribeth Bruntz, DPM University of Colorado BA, MS Applied Mathematics Mom and Dod. Wen. I'm about to become a doctor! How did I do it? I worked hard and took pride in my work. I persevered, in spite of the obstacles thrown in my path I did my best You taught this to me. You both work hard, in foct. you work too hard You take pride in your work and you have overcome every obstacle thrown your way. You've always done your very best! I love you both very much! Jean If someone would have tokj me when we were kids that I would someday love and respect my sister. I would have said they were nuts! I guess I'm the nut. because I do love and respect you and I wouldn't trade you for any other sister on the planet! Dean: I wouldn’t trade you for any other brother-in-law on the planet either! Chris: You are the best nephew an aunt could ever have! You've appreciated the power of knowledge since you were o child and because of it your future is limitless Ashley: You are the best niece an aunt could ever have! You are entirely too determined to not be successful In life. Becky: It's hard to believe that 25 years ago we met at Ft Meade and became the best of friends. We've both had our ups and downs and somehow our friendship has survived through It all — I guess 'everything happens for a reason Thank you for being there when I needed you most, end thank you for being my friend! To my friends in the class of 2001 You know who you are - you've seen me through the good, the bad. ond the ugly. You celebrated my victories and you picked me up when i fen down. I consider myself extremely fortunate to have all of you os my friends and your patients should feel the same about having you as their doctors. May God bless each of you! 28