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

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ANTHONY JOHN DIGIOVANNI Tony first exhibited his musical talents to those who cared to listen on April 22, 1918, in Baltimore, his present residence. Despite the rugged environment afforded by Highland- town, where he was reared, Tony nevertheless managed to reach adulthood without any per- manent traumatic residuals and without alter- ing his congenial disposition. After an interval of fifty combat missions as navigator on a B-17 in the ETO, this amiable accordionist continued his academic explorations, attaining an A.B. from Johns Hopkins University in 1948. Music has served not only as a diversion, but also as a financial supplement for his wife, Lottie and two children — Tony Jr., and Denise Rose. Upon completion of internship, Tony Sr. plans to do General Practice, prob- ably in this city. ROBERT ARNOLD DOUGLAS His friends call him “Doug,” but in order to obviate confusion, his classmates prefer “R.A.”. Doug hails from DeLand, Florida, the home of Stetson University, his Alma Mater, “The University the hats made fa- mous.” Doug has spent his summers working in Dr. Sack’s lab and working at Bethlehem Steel in industrial medicine. Bob’s devotion to Florida can readily be demonstrated by the mere mention of the California Navel orange. He was honored this past year by being elected president of the Christian Medical Society. His ambition is to be a good general prac- titioner in a small town where he can take Michael, Alice Lee and Beth Ann to a ‘western’ movie every Saturday and spend his spare time playing with snakes or fishing. 25

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ANDREW MONROE DIGGS Veering sharply from the usual habits of other flag-waving Confederates, soft-spoken Monroe invariably remai ns noncommital or even silent on pertinent issues. Even though his outbursts of spontaneous verbalizations are rare, he will confirm that he was born in Charlotte, N.C. on May 18, 1926, that he spent two years in the U.S. Navy and that he attended U. of N.C. Monroe’s defenses seem to recede in the environment of wine, women and song; in these moments he attests to special in- terests in photography, travel, and a 1951 vacation in Europe. Medically speaking, he is quite certain of eventually specializing in Sur- gery and has supplemented his medical school work with an externship at Lutheran Hospital; still evasive, Monroe commits himself no fur- ther than to state that he will practice in the Southland. ANDREW JOSEPH DEVLIN They call him “The Champ” and rightly so. For Andy has the biggest family in the class — four little girls who are the pride and joy of the Devlin household. But bouncing babies on his knees didn’t prevent him from graduat- ing from Gonzaga University in 1948 or going through four years of medical school. He’s come a long way from Spokane, Washington where he was born and has lived most of his life. Most, that is, except for the three years in the Army Medical Corps where he saw service with the 75th and 2nd Infantry Divis- ions in the European Theater of Operations. A Nu Sigma Nu, Andy is indefinite concerning future ambitions, but sometimes one can hear him mumbling something about “beating Ed- die Cantor .” 24

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WILLIAM STANLEY DUNFORD, JR. Bill says “you can’t have hair and brains too; that’s why I’m so well endowed.” He longs for the day when, with degree in hand, he and Bernice can pack up Kristene, 6, and Nancy 3, and drive back to the Rockies where they hope to settle down. Born in Salt Lake City and educated at Brigham Young University, which, he claims, has a good basketball team, Bill came to Maryland with a B.S. degree in Zoology. He externed one summer at the Utah State Mental Hospital and spent another at Bethlehem Steel Company working in industrial medicine. Nineteen months of his three and one-half years of service with the Army Med- ical Corps were spent in General Patch’s hidden army at Fort Lewis, Washington. Aspirations such as Internal Medicine or General Surgery will test his tenacity and capacity. ROBERT CORL DOUGLASS, JR. “R.C.” — to be differentiated from “R.A.” — came to the University of Maryland from Ohio with a B.S. degree from the University of Toledo — which, he claims, has a good bas- ketball team. The war years found Bob on the German-Czech border doing top secret work as a special agent in Army Counter Intelligence Corps, and he still shows evidence of the C.I.C. training in his interrogation of patients for medical histories. Nu Sigma Nu, classical music, history of medicine, and Stan Kenton were his hobbies until this year when his time has been devoted to (1) Eleanor Seiter, whom he married in June 1951, and (2) co- editing this yearbook. “R.C.’s” professional aspirations for the moment are either General Practice or Internal Medicine in the Mid-West. 26