University of Maryland School of Medicine - Terrae Mariae Medicus (Baltimore, MD)

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SOLOMON COHEN Erudite Solomon, whose mental capacity in no way belies his namesake, also possesses a warm, engaging personality and a trenchant wit. A lover of the open spaces as well as books and music, he accumulated some of his undergrad- uate credit at Denver where he was graduated B.A. and elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Extra- scholastic experience was gained at the West Virginia Medical Center, and his education gen- erously broadened by the Air Forces in which he served as bombardier. Asked his aspirations, Sol modestly remarked, graduation, but his class could testify that he could have listed more noble feats with excellent chance of realizing them all. RAYMOND RALPH CURANZY Big Ray, a well developed, well nourished white male considerably younger than his hair line indicates, came down from the hills to learn medicine after trying every other available means of earning an honest living. He has mined coal, assisted his father in maintaining electrical equipment, ran a drill press in Pitts- burgh, a lathe in Detroit, a bulldozer in the construction of the Turnpike. For three years the Army maintained him in the South Ameri- can jungles. Despite the variety, he found time to jaw Juniata College out of a B.S., and now will return, with his bride, a graduation present, to General Practice in Pennsylvania. 23

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RAYMOND LEOPOLD CLEMMENS With the 103rd Infantry Division during World War II Ray saw France, Germany, Austria, Italy and Czechoslovakia. Last year he revisited France to review the sites of conquest, see first hand the post-war reconstruction, have a vaca- tion. Always on the move, Ray has sojourned at four different universities and one college, emerged with a B.S. In addition to his Euro- pean tour, he has externed at St. Joseph ' s, car- ried membership in Phi Beta Pi, of which he has been an officer, and been a member of the Newman Club. He deems his future uncertain. KAOHLIN MINER COFFMAN Curley not too quietly marched, more properly rotated, into Waynesboro, Pa., in 1923 and then on to an A.B. at Western Maryland College. Hunting and fishing have occupied part of our taciturn lad ' s time and the game was big when he hoofed it across France in 1944 and 1945. He made a trip to the altar in 1947 and passed out cigars for Douglas K. in the spring of 1949. Curley is a member of Phi Beta Pi, externed at Williamsport Hospital, Williamsport, Pa., and now has his sights set on a future of General Practice. 22

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JOSEPH DECKELBAUM Although Deck considers his birthplace, Brook- lyn, New York, to be the garden spot of the U.S.A., he has lived in Baltimore for many years. Before coming to medical school Joe received a B.S. from the University of Maryland and helped many of his present classmates through organic chemistry when he was an instructor at College Park. Despite his activities at school and as secretary for Phi Delta Epsilon, Deck also has time to be a family man. He was mar- ried June, 1947 and now has a fifteen-month-old daughter. Deck will devote his attention to In- ternal Medicine and family life. ERNEST ALBERT DETTBARN Professional Magic, which he distinctly differ- entiates from medicine, and painting, which he calls Art, are the part-time hobbies of Ernie. Magic has earned him membership in the So- ciety of Osiris Magicians, Incorporated, and dur- ing college days at Randolph-Macon earned him pin money. In June 1948, he married Helen and they now have a little trick, Ernie Jr. Five summers he has donated to the Camp of the Maryland League for Crippled Children; anoth- er was spent at Frederick Memorial while still another he made money— as a Good Humor Man. He ' ll take his bag of tricks to a small town for General Practice. 24