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

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Georfie Rirhurd Fiiiikliuiiser George, born in 1927. at Hagerstown. Mary- land, lias lived here all his life except for a two year tour with the arni . Follow itiji his service life, he attended Franklin and Marshall (College, graduatinj; with a Bachelor of Sci -ii(f. Along with his medical school studies. Gccirfic has ex- terned for one and a half cars in the Xray department at University Hospital and fur twn ears iti Surfjcrv and Medicine at I.utlicran Hos- pital. During the suninier of lU.i.i. he worked as a member of the Public Health Service. George ' s interests outside of medicine lie in himliuf; and fishing. Follov ing internship, he will settle down in Hagerstown as a encral itractitioncr. Walter DeLay Gable ' •Walt was born a Georgian. Jul 2.i. 1928, at Canton. Georgia, but claims Mt. Rainier. Maryland, as home. He graduated from the I Di- versity of Maryland with a B.S. degree. His interests include fishing, reading, and formerly railroading. Walt will be well trained for his internship having externed at South Baltimore General Hospital. St. Joseph ' s Hospital, and Pen- insula General Hospital at Salisbury. He is a loyal member of the Nu Sigma Nu Medical Fra- ternity. Following internship and residency train- ing, the specialty practice of orthopedics awaits. 25

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George Suppes Fritz George was sent to us in 1950 from College Pa rk as the lad with the photographic mind. He was born in 1929 in Johnstown. Pennsylvania, but emigrated to Maryland at age 17 to begin his collegiate life. George is one of the foremost anglers in our class. In school he is well known for his excellent academic record and was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha in the junior year. He and Ann Merritt were married during George ' s hitch at Cilv Hospitals this year. Plans for the future are internship in Florida, then on to a general practice in some quiet small town. Richard Lawrence Friith Dick came to us from Charleston, West Vir- ginia. He went to Johns Hopkins University on a scholarship, but after two years he received an urgent call from his Uncle Sam. After his dis- charge, he returned to collegiate life at West Vir- ginia University. He married Doris Connoley while there, and Comiie Louise was born to them while Dick was struggling with freshman anat- omy. Dick is well known among his classmates for the caustic comments he writes to instructors on exam papers. Dick plans to practice anesthe- siologv in a small town in the south. 24

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John Monroe Gerwig, Jr. John was horn in Baltimore in 1928. He was heard from twenty two years later when he re- ceived an A.B. from the Johns Hopkins Lniver- sity. He entered the medical school at Univer- sity of Maryland in 1950. For four years he has been a member of the Nu Sigma iVu Fraternity. In the summer following his junior year, John externed at St. Agnes Hospital. After an intern- ship at Bon Secour ' s Hospital; a general prac- tice in Baltimore awaits this member of the class of 1954. John Edward Gessner John, born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, in 1927, graduated with a B.S. degree from Loyola College in Baltimore. In medical school, he was an active member of Alpha Omega Alpha and Phi Beta Pi Fraternties. He has been president of the Student Council. Additional medical knowl- edge was obtained with an externship at Bon Secour ' s Hospital. John gave up his single status in 1953 with his marriage to Jeanne. An excel- lent musician, he has played a clarinet with a dance band for several years. Following an in- ternship at Bon Secour, John will enter general practice. 26