University at Buffalo School of Medicine - Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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of malice aforethought. Ed Penn's summer experience statistically with infant mortality enabled him to put a deadly bite into his experience account. John Perry has the golden touch, the kind of fellow who can fall into a privy and come up with a diamond-studded internship. Dan Phillips: versatile medi- cal student from 8:00 to 3:00, mother from 3:00 to Tl:00, and sleeping beauty the rest of the time. Don Pinkel acquired an assistant residency and began his career soon after with the advent of a baby daughter. Discerning is the word for Marve Pleskow, no one will ever sell him anything he doesn't want to buy. Melvin Reinhard features a high R.P.M. with a heavy governor, or perhaps he uses low octane fuel. Milton Robinson is the man with the iingling shoes. The only licit medical student in the whole class is Thomas Rodenberg. Hubert J. Rubenstein has the uncanny ability to say the wrong thing at the right time, i. e. per se. This can be said of Robert Secrist, he has borne the world upon his shoulders. Ed Shanbrom is coiner par excellance of mutilated mottoes, e. g., if you yell loud enough and long enough, right or wrong, somebody else will finally do it for you. Robert Shapiro's analytic mind compelled him to admit ego satis- faction was the raison d'etre of his MD plates. Will Shaw is in on the ground floor-janitor at the alcoholic clinic. Joseph Sieracki remains ambitious in his desire to get Al Volkmann under the electron microscope. The only student that learned his hemotology at the l9th hole with the Assistant Dean is Adolph Smith. Bernard Smolens-vir- tuoso, non troppo on the stethoscope. Eugene Teich will be remembered as a vocalist and for his activity in renal re- search. We are quoting that gay philosopher, Verdccchia: We have created a Franken- stein. James Weigel's great gift is that he can present a case on the grounds of most pretense. Lester Wolcott is our home owner, cheerful tax-

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i l class of '51, Howard l Grossman, originator of the teaching ques- tion and slight-of- hand artist, still has Dr. Jordan puzzled about the Dermatol- ogy book he swal- lowed. Though few, as you see, we do have our failures. One of these is Mark Heerdt, unsuccessful in driving Howard Grossman into a psychotic state. Of the more rare properties in this section of humanity is the daring diplomacy of Bertram Halfaer. Marvin Kaplan, advocate of the good life, has contributed his confirmatory results on the propagation of duodenal ulcer by repeated administration of coffee and use of cigarettes. Harry Krueger, self-supporting student, worked his way through school learning what becomes of therapeutic failures. Perseverance abounds in our class, but Tiger Danzig has such that he will without a doubt attain his goal-THE ANSWER. The ability to see things through together, and equilibrium, are fine traits. Our example of these is thai' combo that has the balance of a well-worn fly wheel, Whirl-away Ploss and While-away Koukal. Perspective and doggedness, excellent character- istics are displayed by Jonathan Leopold. Those who know him will heartily testify to his persevering ability to pursue an elusive point. Strength of character is truly a noble property, and fortunate is Eugene Leslie in having such strength as was needed to carry three incumbents through gross anatomy. Now Art Michalek has the outstanding quality of having a capacity, the same increases in direct proportion to the number of hours since mealtime. Luis Munoz' gul- libility has made life entertaining for Practical Martin, i. e. practical ioker. Mimicry among animals is a protective mechanism, but the Musser and Murphy imitations have the additional quality

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payer, new fofher and future pcriner of Heerdf. Ed Zehler will be remem- bered os CI member of The Olympic diod of Smith ond Zehler, The deccxih- lon champions of 1951. As for anchor mon, Don Zimmerman- Georgey, Porgey, Pucldin' cmd Pie, et cetercf' if U ZN3 .K-:gf 'fz ', Cx 'EsTing i out - Two'