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NAME E-Book 2012 THE HISTORY OF THE NAME National Association of Medical Examiners Past Presidents History eBook 2012 EDITION Published by the Past Presidents Committee on the Occasion of the 46th Annual Meeting at Baltimore, Maryland Preface to the 2012 NAME History eBook The Past Presidents Committee has been continuing its effort of compiling the NAME history for the occasion of the 2016 NAME Meeting’s 50th Golden Anniversa- ry Meeting. The Committee began collecting historical materials and now solicits the histories of individual NAME Members in the format of a guided autobiography, i.e. memoir. Seventeen past presidents have already contributed their memoirs, which were publish in a eBook in 2011. We continued the same guided autobiography format for compiling historical ma- terial, and now have additional memoirs to add also. This year, the book will be combined with the 2011 material, and some previous chapters have been updated. The project is now extended to all the NAME members, who wish to contribute their memoirs. The standard procedure is also to submit your portrait with your historical/ memoir material. Some of the memoirs are very short, and contains a minimum information, however the editorial team decided to include it in the 2012 edition, since it can be updated at any time. The 2012 edition Section I – Memoir Series Section II - ME History Series – individual medical examiner or state wide system history Presented in an alphabetic order of the name state Section III – Dedication Series - NAME member written material dedicating anoth- er member’s contributions and pioneer work, or newspaper articles on or dedicated to a NAME member Plan for 2013 edition The Committee is planning to solicit material for the chapters dedicated to specifi- cally designated subjects, such as Women in the NAME, Standard, Inspection and Accreditation Program. The original article on the NAME Standards by Leslie Lukash should also be published, added to the material on current developments on the standard of forensic autopsy, history of the Name Journal, etc. We will continue to solicit materials for historical articles on each ME offices, and review of history from the beginning of statehood. We will also like to continue soliciting authors for articles dedicated to the pioneers. The production team consists of three past presidents, Randy Hanzlick, Jeffrey Jentzen and myself. We would like to express our sincere appreciation to those who contributed articles for the eBook. The 2012 edition is now also readable on iPad, thanks to graphic designer Raul Vergara. Of course, you can still read it on your computer. The Committee would also like to express our appreciation to Denise Mc- Nally for her continuous dedication to the tedious coordinating work. Past Presidents Since the preface to the 2011 NAME History eBook was written, we had two more Past Presidents join the Past Presidents Committee, Mary Ann Sens, M.D. (2011) and Andrew M. Baker, M.D. (2012). This past year, we lost our Past President Frank P. Cleveland (1976-1977). Thomas T. Noguchi September 2012 Preface 2011 Edition The Past Presidents Committee is comprised of the Past Presidents of the Associa- tion. The Past Presidents Committee may make recommendations to the Board of Directors regarding the activities and future direction of the Association. The Chair shall be elected annually by the membership of the Past Presidents Committee. Over the past 20 years, the Committee has been accumulating historical materials on the NAME as well as on related history prior to the establishment of the NAME in 1966. The first history poster presentation was exhibited in the ship gallery during the 25th Anniversary Meeting on the American Hawaii Cruise Ship in 1991. The celebration banquet for that meeting was held on the Island of Kauai. This earlier history of the NAME presentation resulted in two posters, one dealing with the forma- tive years of the NAME with photographs of the NAME Presidents. In 2001, on the occasion of the 35TH Anniversary Meeting at Richmond, the Committee presented two large history posters that updated the earlier posters, showing the Founders and early formative years of the NAME, and added another on the NAME Standards, In- spection and Accreditation Program. During the Annual Past Presidents luncheons, discussions were devoted to the documentation and archiving the historical materials of the NAME. In preparation for this 45th Anniversary Meeting, our efforts were devoted to the gathering and publication of the Memoirs of the NAME members. This is a part of the Committee effort for the preparation of the 50th Anniversary publication of the definitive History of the NAME. This idea on collecting memoirs stemmed from my enrolment with my wife, Hisako in the USC Emeriti College course, “Guided Autobiography” three years ago. Guided Autobiography was presented as a technique of writing your biography by answering set questions, and putting your answers together to form your biography. From time to time, such biography can be reviewed and updated or you may wish to add more photographs. We have now close to 150 pages on hand from NAME members, who have submit- ted their autobiographies. The Committee would like to publish all the Past Presi- dents’ memoirs this year. The NAME web site lists the following Past Presidents: Red indicates their memoirs are included in this edition and brown is member whose memoirs are deferred for future edition. Dr. Milton Helpern 1966-70 Deceased Dr. Joseph Spelman 1970-71 Deceased Dr. Leslie Lukash 1971-72 Deceased Dr. Charles Larson 1972-73 Deceased Dr. Ali Hameli 1973-75 Dr. Joseph H. Davis (Rose Marie) 1975-76 Dr. Frank Cleveland 1976-77 Dr. Jerry Francisco (Carol) 1977-78 Dr. William Sturner 1978-79 Dr. John Coe (Myrtle-deceased) 1979-80 Dr. William Eckert 1980-81 Deceased Dr. David Wiecking (Mary Ann) 1981-82 Deceased 2011 Dr. Thomas Noguchi (Hisako) 1982-83 Dr. Robert Stein 1983-84 Deceased Dr. Elliot Gross 1984-85 Dr. Eleanor McQuillen (James) 1985-86 Dr. James Spencer Bell 1986-87 Deceased Dr. Donald T. Reay (Judy) 1987-88 (filled unexpired term of Dr. Bell) Dr. Thomas Hegert 1988-89 Deceased 2010 Dr. Marcella Fierro (Robert) 1989-90 Dr. John Butt 1990-91 Dr. Sandra Conradi (Edward-deceased) 1991-92 Dr. Lawrence Harris (Camille) 1992-93 Dr. Charles Stahl (Ellen) 1993-94 Dr. Boyd Stephens 1994-95 Deceased Dr. Ross Zumwalt 1995-96 (Actually wrote more about Adelson Dr. James Frost 1996-97 Dr. John Pless (Lois) 1997-12/31/98 (Change in term of Office, prior to 1997, terms of Presidents expired at the Annual Meetings) Dr. Edmund Donoghue (Judy) 1999 Dr. Garry Peterson (Mary Ann) 2000 Dr. Randy Hanzlick (Mary) 2001 Dr. Joni McClain 2002 Dr. Michael Bell (Tanis) 2003 Dr. Michael Graham (Irene) 2004 Dr. Fred Jordan 2005 Dr. John Hunsaker (Brenda) 2006 Dr. Joseph Prahlow (Tamara) 2007 Dr. Jeffrey Jentzen (Dorianne) 2008 Dr. John Howard (Marjan) 2009 Dr. Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran (Vijay) 2010 Section I Memoir Series Howard Adelman, M.D. I was the Deputy Chief Medical Examiner (I don’t know if that counts) under Sid- ney Weinberg in Suffolk County New York from 1971-1979. Sidney was my mentor although I studied Forensic Pathology at the University of Basel, Switzerland for one year under Professor Jurg ImObersteg (1962-1963). I also worked at the New York City Medical Examiner’s Office under Milton Helpern (1968) and I would also count John Devlin as one of my mentors. At the Suffolk County Medical Examiner’s Office there were two cases that stand out: The murders of the DeFeo Family (which later became involved in the “Amityville Horror”) and the case of Karen Pomroy which was a landmark case in the legal definition of the term “death” (led to the acceptance of the term “brain death”). Not officially working as a Medical Examiner, I was a consultant to the Coroner’s Office in Warren Ohio (1979-1989) and one of my cases was so brutal (and was the first case in that jurisdiction that involved bite mark evidence) that I was awarded a plaque from the police department and a mayoral proclamation naming one day after me. Michael D. Bell, M.D. NAME President 2003 Chief Medical Examiner, Palm Beach, Florida 20005-Present Why did I select forensic pathology as a career? I think it was an inevitable outcome. I have always sensed that my curiosity about death went beyond most people’s interest. I was determined to be a physician since I was a child, if for no other reason than to be one. In college, Dr. Wimsat, whose research involved bats, introduced me to histology and organology. I loved it. Now if only I could get a paying job where I could do this all day. In medical school, I de- cided to be a pathologist and after listening to a medical examiner (actually he was a coroner) for two hours, I knew that is what I wanted to do every day. Places and times I served as Chief Medical Examiner I have been the Chief Medical Examiner of Palm Beach County in Florida for six years, since 2005. This is the longest I have ever held a single job in one place. I have never been a Chief anywhere else, although I did apply for the Chief position in Massachusetts in 2004. I am so glad I didn’t get that job! Major accomplishments as Chief Medical Examiner Remaining employed! Let’s face it. When things go wrong, you are the target. But seriously, I am proud of the people who work in my office. They make all the dif- ference and are the reason why I will stay.
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