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Brandt, J. Leonard, West Hartford, Conn.; State University of New York Downstate Medical School, 1943, internal medicine. Died June 18, 2003, aged 83. “Dr. Brandt was a US Army veteran of World War II. He was senior physician and chief of medicine at the Jewish General Hospital in Montréal from 1959 to 1979. He was also a faculty member at McGill University School of Medicine for 2 decades, with research accomplishments in kidney disease and the artificial kidney, and in geriatrics. From 1979 to 1989 he was director of medical services at the Hebrew Home & Hospital in Hartford, and he was also director of geriatrics at Mount Sinai Hospital in Hartford and a professor of medicine at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. When he retired in 1989 he remained active in teaching and was an inspiration to many for years afterward. Among other accomplishments, he was instrumental in the initiation of an academic division of geriatrics in the Travelers Center on Aging. Dr. Brandt was a member of the American College of Physicians, the American Physiological Society, the American Geriatrics Society and the New York Academy of Sciences. He was also a member of Congregation Beth Israel, West Hartford. His hobbies included golf and writing a book about Brooklyn. Throughout his medical career he was best known and loved for his devotion to teaching, his admiration for all involved in patient care, his outstanding diagnostic skills and his unique bedside manner. He was a profoundly compassionate physician. He was the beloved husband of Irma (née Silver), devoted father of Dr. James D. Brandt (Karen) and Dr. Stephanie A. Brandt, and brother of Selma Schecter.”
Couture, Joseph Pierre-F., Sainte-Thérèse, Que.; Université Laval, 1960. Died Nov. 16, 2006, aged 74.
Luk, Peter, Framingham, Mass.; China, 1956, general pathology. Died Mar. 25, 2006, aged 73.
Lynn, Ralph Beverley, Westbrook, Ont.; Queen's University, 1945, cardiovascular and thoracic surgery. Died Dec. 1, 2006, aged 85. “Dr. Lynn graduated from Queen's University as a Gold Medalist. After discharge from the army, he did postgraduate work at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Montréal; the Postgraduate Medical School, London; the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh; the Cleveland City Hospital, Cleveland; Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore; and the Southampton Chest Hospital, England. In 1955, he was awarded a Markle Scholarship and was appointed assistant professor of surgery, University of Saskatchewan. Dr. Lynn left Saskatchewan as an associate professor to assume leadership of cardiovascular and thoracic surgery at his alma mater. He was promoted to professor in 1962 and was division chairman for 18 years. Dr. Lynn was past president of the Ontario Thoracic Society, the Canadian Thoracic Society and the Kingston Academy of Medicine. He served as secretary–treasurer of the Canadian Association of Clinical Surgeons, and was a member of the examining board of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Dr. Lynn co-authored 1 text book on surgery, contributed chapters to several other books, published over 100 scientific and clinical papers and was a pioneer in the development of the heart–lung machine. This remarkable man was adored by his patients and revered by his colleagues. “The Doc” was also widely respected by the community of antique dealers in southern Ontario and Quebec. He was respected for his appreciation of good carpentry, his eye for a good line and his shrewd sense of value — bettered only by his wife, Blanche, his inseparable companion. Blanche also passed away on Dec. 1, 2006, aged 86. They are deeply missed by colleagues, friends and family.”
Mirehouse, Orville Jonathan, Dundas, Ont.; University of Western Ontario, 1948, plastic surgery. Died Aug. 21, 2007, aged 82.
More, Robert Hall, Kingston, Ont.; University of Toronto, 1939, anatomical pathology. Died Aug. 5, 2003, aged 90. “Robert (Bob) had a distinguished academic career. He was a professor and head of the Department of Pathology at Queen's University from 1951 to 1967 and chairman of pathology at McGill University from 1967 to 1976. He was a renowned teacher and researcher in atherosclerosis and a tireless volunteer in his profession and for his church. He was president of the Ontario Association of Pathologists, president of the International Academy of Pathology, founder and honorary president of the Canadian Atherosclerosis Society, professor emeritus of McGill University, elder at Collins Bay United Church, chairman of the New Church Feasibility Committee at Edith Rankin Memorial United Church and elder at the Marintown United Church. An annual research award in his name is established at McGill University. The Library at Queen's University Pathology Department was named in his honour. He will be sadly missed by his family, son, David (Donna) and daughter, Patricia, (Richard); friends and colleagues, but he is now united with his beloved wife, Dorothy and his cherished son, Christopher.”
Parkin, Herbert Garfield, Marmora, Ont.; Queen's University, 1949. Died July 15, 2007, aged 91.
Yeh, Chi-Sun, Etobicoke, Ont., National Defense Medical Center, Taiwan, 1959, general pathology. Died Aug. 18, 2007, aged 76. “Dr. Yeh was the pathologist in Timmins, Ont., for 18 years.”