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Preface The Past Presidents Committee is comprised of the Past Presidents of the Association. 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 99. 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 formative years of the NAME with photographs of the NAME Presidents. In 200, 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, Inspection 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 50 pages on hand from NAME members, who have submitted their autobiographies. The Committee would like to publish all the Past Presidents’ 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 966-70 Deceased Dr. Joseph Spelman 970-7 Deceased Dr. Leslie Lukash 97-72 Deceased Dr. Charles Larson 972-73 Deceased Dr. Ali Hameli 973-75 Dr. Joseph H. Davis (Rose Marie) 975-76 Dr. Frank Cleveland 976-77 Dr. Jerry Francisco (Carol) 977-78 Dr. William Sturner 978-79 Dr. John Coe (Myrtle-deceased) 979-80 Dr. William Eckert 980-8 Deceased Dr. David Wiecking (Mary Ann) 98-82 Deceased 2011 Dr. Thomas Noguchi (Hisako) 982-83 Dr. Robert Stein 983-84 Deceased Dr. Elliot Gross 984-85 Dr. Eleanor McQuillen (James) 985-86 Page Dr. James Spencer Bell 986-87 Deceased Dr. Donald T. Reay (Judy) 987-88 (filled unexpired term of Dr. Bell) Dr. Thomas Hegert 988-89 Deceased 200 Dr. Marcella Fierro (Robert) 989-90 Dr. John Butt 990-9 Dr. Sandra Conradi (Edward-deceased) 99-92 Dr. Lawrence Harris (Camille) 992-93 Dr. Charles Stahl (Ellen) 993-94 Dr. Boyd Stephens 994-95 Deceased Dr. Ross Zumwalt 995-96 (Actually wrote more about Adelson Dr. James Frost 996-97 Dr. John Pless (Lois) 997-2/3/98 (Change in term of Office, prior to 1997, terms of Presidents expired at the Annual Meetings) Dr. Edmund Donoghue (Judy) 999 Dr. Garry Peterson (Mary Ann) 2000 Dr. Randy Hanzlick (Mary) 200 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) 200 The guiding questions are as follows: NAME Memoir Message from NAME Approach: For now, as an initial project, we ask everyone to complete a memoir if they have: • Practiced forensic pathology for 25 years or more • Served as a Chief Medical Examiner in at least one office A generally applicable outline for the memoir: . Why I selected forensic pathology as a career 2. Places and times I served as Chief Medical Examiner 3. Major accomplishments as Chief Medical Examiner 4. Efforts on behalf of forensic pathology and the forensic sciences 5. Recollections of places I trained and worked at 6. Comments about people who trained me and from whom I have learned 7. Recollections about people I have trained 8. Major controversies and frustrations in completing my responsibilities 9. Academic involvement through research, education, and training Page 2 0. Legislative change in which I was involved 11. My contributions to the field of forensic pathology 2. Perspectives I gained as a Medical Examiner 13. Difficult cases I have managed How I dealt with job-related stresses, anxiety, personal performance issues Other recollections 14. Advice for forensic pathologists entering the field 5. How my work experience changed me, changed my life, and what I learned from my work 6. How has forensic pathology changed during my career, for the better and for the worse? 7. Knowing what I do now, would I “do it again” under the same circumstances as when I began, or under today’s circumstances? 8. Personal information such as family, hobbies and interests (optional)” On the occasion of the 45th Anniversary Meeting in Alaska on August 6 -3, 2011, the meeting will be held on the board the Ms. Westerdam of the Holland American Lines. The Committee is prepared to present a half hour program of the oral History of the National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME). This is our future plan. Instead of trying to complete the Memoir eBook in one year, we will continue this project for subsequent years. Those who had intended to submit your memoirs, but did not do so whatever reason, you have more time to finish it and submit it, which we very much encourage you to do. We prefer to have a narrative description, rather than in bullet form or CV form. We have only five more years until the 50th Anniversary Meeting in 2016. We hope to bring the history of the NAME, and further, we would like to compile information on the early history prior to the establishment of the NAME in 966. This project will continue, so please submit for future publication, if you have not done so already or have added material for your memoirs. 1) The narrative description of your current office and staff with stories with photographic collection, 2) Recollections of the founding members and pioneers in mediolegal investigation, 3) Memoirs from Affiliated Members. Members of the Editorial Board for the NAME MEMOIRS read all the Memoirs submitted, made some minor changes and corrections to fit a standard format. I would like to express my personal appreciations to the past presidents and to participate in this program, and to the members who responded to call for the memoirs. My special appreciation to two past presidents Jeffrey M. Jentzen, M.D., Ph.D. and Randy L. Hanzlick, M.D. who coordinated the collection of memoirs, and served as members of the Editorial Board and Jeff Jentzen for his proof reading and edit the submitted memoirs. Thomas T. Noguchi, MD Chairman, Past Presidents Committee Page 3 Table of Contents You may click the chapter or the name of author to go directly to that memoir. iPad compatible Chapter I Joseph H. Davis, M.D. Chapter 2 Jerry T. Francisco, M.D. Chapter 3 William Q Sturner, MD Chapter 4 John I. Coe, M.D. Chapter 5 Thomas T. Noguchi, M.D. Chapter 6 Donald T. Reay, M.D. Chapter 7 Marcella F. Fierro, M.D. Chapter 8 Sandra Conradi, M.D. Chapter 9 Charles J. Stahl, III, M.D. Chapter 0 Garry F. Peterson, M.D. J.D. Chapter 11 Randy Hanzlick, M.D. Chapter 2 Joni L. McLain, M.D. Chapter 3 Michael D. Bell, M.D. Chapter 4 John C. Hunsaker, III, M.D. J.D. Chapter 5 Joseph A. Prahlow, M.D. Chapter 6 Jeffrey M. Jentzen, M.D. Chapter 7 Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran, M.D. Page 4 Chapter 1 Joseph H. Davis M.D. NAME President 975-76 Chief Medical Examiner, Dade County, Miami, Florida 966-2000 Why did I select forensic pathology as a career? In June, 954 my U S Public Health Service career was ending in New Orleans. I joined the Louisiana State University Department of Pathology faculty. Some pay was derived from autopsies performed for the Coroner of Orleans Parish. Extremely interesting was anatomic pathology of fatal untreated natural diseases, trauma and intoxications. The role of alcohol in traffic fatalities was striking. None of these had been my experience in prior pathology practice. Stanley H. Durlacher, M.D. was the LSU faculty director of the Laboratory of the Coroner’s Office. In late 1955 he was chosen to become the first Chief Medical Examiner of a new Dade County Medical Examiner Office (Miami). He appointed me as an Assistant Medical Examiner. The office initially opened at Noon of March 5, 956 in a former funeral home ambulance garage until an existing former laboratory animal building could be altered. This was adjacent to county operated Jackson Memorial Hospital which received clinical services from the University of Miami School of Medicine. Both Dr. Durlacher and I were granted faculty appointments. Dr. Durlacher was thirteen years my senior, had formerly been with Dr. Russell Fisher in Baltimore and held a faculty appointment at the University of Maryland.