USC School of Medicine - Asklepiad Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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JOSEPH RAVENNA This good-looking, intelligent, debonair. New York born Italian fortunately hod the opportunity to write several of the biographies including his own. After leaving the land of skyscrapers where it all began on October 6, 1936, he migrated to this land of sun- shine went to Whittier High School and then on to Loyola University. This versatile Nu Sig ' s interests include designing homes, the Warsaw Concerto and his fiancee Joan. Having worked in physical medi- cine, child psychiatry, externing at St. Vincents, and after interning at Long Beach Memorial Hospital, plans may include either Radiology or Forensic Medicine. t CHARLES E. REED Charlie, referred to as Good ole ' Charlie , because of his willingness to volunteer, was born 25 years ago in Salt Lake City, Utah and moved soon to Ventura County in California which he now calls home. Pre-Med. training was token at U.C.L.A. after which he came to U.S.C. where he met Gwen and married her in December, 1959. His hobbies include hiking and camping as well as fixing Buicks and taking thyroxine. In the summer of 1960 he received a research fellowship for studies of Pulmonary physiology. Charlie will intern at Fresno County Hospital and plans on a General Practice residency thereafter at Ventura, California. RICHARD R. RIDDELL A native Angeleno, Dick attended Flintridge, Pomona College and USC — obtaining his B.A. in Zoology from the latter school in 1957. After spending his first two years at George Washington Medical School, Dick returned to USC for the final two years. A Phi Chi and avid participant in the game of squash eye, Dick plans to take an internship at LACGH with a residency and future practice in Orthopedics to follow. Skiing and home brewing (for medicinal use only) are his hobbies while surf- ing is his addiction. Wife Sharon and three little Riddells, Tom, Cathy, and Jim, keep Dick buying station wagons. . SC ■ .A ' -

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HOWARD E. OTTO Tardy as usual, Howard was born — 11 lbs. 13 oz. — 28 years ago in Southside Chicago. This well- nourished young man came West and graduated from UCLA — after SVi swingin ' years — with a B.S. in Chemistry??? Before entering medicine he mar- ried an Armenian card-player and completed his ROTC commitment to the USAF. A transfer student from SUSD School of Medicine, this Phi Chi ' s intern- ship plans center around Cedars where he hopes to take a residency in Pathology. His hobbies include sleeping, eating, and flying kites with his 3 children. ROBERT W. PETERSON This German-speaking 27 year old young man hail- ing from Phoenix, Arizona, received his B.A. degree in Chemistry after three years at the Brigham Young University. After a long distance courtship he married Bette and promptly placed her in a strategic position in Dr. Nerlich ' s office. A recent addition was the birth of his daughter Kristi. He had summer research fellowships for 1959 and 1960 in Thyroid Physiology under Drs. Franz Bauer, Donald Petit, and Boris Catz. Presently the Queen of Angels Hospital is making use of his abilities as an extern. He has also served as Senior Honor Council repre- sentative. Bob will be interning at Los Angeles County Hospital and plans for an E.N.T. residency afterwards, and eventually a practice in Arizona or California. RICHARD A. PIHL An eligible bachelor at 25, Dick is a native Cali- fornian from Glendole. After John Muir high school he migrated to U.C.L.A. for his premedical studies. This Nu Sig as of his sophomore year remains high in the race for the most dates per week. Rumor has it, though, that a young lady named Sally may be putting an end to this. An avid skier, skin diver, he changed pace and sojourned to Europe during Xmas vacation his senior year. After an Air Force intern- ship, his plans include general practice.

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RICHARD L. RILEY, JR. After receiving his undergraduate training at Comp- ton College, El Camino College, and UCLA, and seeing 4 year ' s worth of the world via U.S. Navy, Richard entered the Duke School of Medicine. Here he stayed two years and then transferred to USC joining our class as a junior. His accomplishments include an attractive wife, Carol, two sons, a daugh- ter, and a poker facies. This 28 year old affiliate of Phi Chi plans to intern at L. A. Children ' s Hospital, take residency training in endocrinology, and be ready for a professorship at the U. C. Medical School of La Joija circa 1965. OSCAR SALVATIERRA, JR. Oscar is the first person in the history of USC Medi- cal School to matriculate at the age of 14. Contrary to all rumors, Oscar ' s fontanelles ore completely closed but one can detect a slight degree of over- riding of the suture lines. This stocky, amiable fellow has hod a rocky course in medical school which has included: commuting from Arizona in a Renault, maintaining a constant state of expiration (Take a deep breath Oscar.), straining his back hold- ing off a football team attacking a sorority house, getting his first social disease (Infectious Mononucle- osis), playing his cards wrong, and trying to prove he could blow a tire up even with a car above it. He is supposedly myopic but he can see a girl at any distance. Oscar got his premedical training at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. but plans to return to smog-free air in Tucson after his internship at LACGH and a possible residency. PULAK N. SANYAL Born in India, this 34 year old Phi Chi came to Cali- fornia ten years ago for graduate training and re- ceived a PhD in Pharmacology before starting his medical education. Pulok has continued his research as well as externing at St. Vincent ' s. He and Dorothy are the proud parents of three. Turning away from his natural calling into Psychiatry and the problem of Tardiness , Pulak ' s future plans are clinical re- search in Pharmacology after internship at Santa Fe.