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The Uniformed Services University
of the Health Sciences
Commencement Exercises
Saturday, the twentieth of May
Nineteen hundred and ninety-five
eleven o'clock
Concert Hall
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing A rts
The Mace
The mace was a weapon of war originating with the loaded club and stone hammer of primitive man. It continued to be used as a weapon through the Middle Ages, but during this period it also became symbolic as an ornament representing power. Sergeants at anns, who were guards of kings and other high officials, carried maces to protect their monarch during processions. By the 14th century, maces had become more ceremonial in use and were decorated with jewels and precious metals, losing their war-club appearance. lhree hundred years later, the mace was used solely as a symbol of authority. Maces are used during sessions of legislative assemblies such as the U.S. House of Representa· lives where the mace is placed to the right of the Speaker of the House. However, maces are most often seen at university commencements and convocations, exemplifying knowledge as power.
The USUHS mace will be used for the first time at the 1995 commence-ment ceremony. The mace being used today is handcrafted in sterling silver and carries the seal of the University along with the emblems of the Army, Navy, Air Forceand the U.S. Public Health Service. The University seal and service emblems are superimposed. on the globe of the earth to symbolize the world·wide mission of the University and its graduates.
The USUHS mace is a gift from Sam A. Nixon, M.D., and his wife, Elizabeth. Doctor Nixon was Chairman of the Board of Regents from 1988 Wltil 1992.
The USUHS Banners
The USUHSbanners were commissioned for the 1995commencementby Nancy E. Gary, M.D., Dean, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine and Executive Vice President of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. The banners are carried by the Faculty Marshals for the School of Medicine and the Graduate School of Nursing. They announce the arrival of faculty members from each school during the processional and unite the faculty and graduates during the recessional.
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PROGRAM OF EVENTS
Prelude
• Academic Processional
Faculty Marshals
F. Edward Hebert Scllool of Medicine Randall K. Hoimes, M.D., Ph.D.
William R. Drucker, M.D.
Graduate Selwa/ a/Nursillg Lt Col Regina C. Aune, USAF, NC
• Presentation of Colors
COL James L. Collins,' Sr., Me, USA Commandant
Armed Forces Color Guard
• National Anthem The Dermatones
• Invocation
Marian L. McKee Senior Graduate Fellow
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
• Introduction of Commencement Speaker
Nancy E. Gary, M.D., Dean F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine
Executive Vice President Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
• Commencement Address Richard C. Reynolds, M.D. Executive Vice President
Robert Wood. Johnson Foundation
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Presentation of Honorary Degrees Dean Gary
James A. Zimble, M.D. President
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
• Graduate School a/Nursing
Award Presentation Faye G. Abdellah, Ed.D., Sc.D., FAAN, RN
Dean (Acting)
Presentation of the Graduating Class Dean Abdellah
Conferring of G raduate Degrees The Honorable Everett Alvarez, Jr., J.D.
Chairman USUHS Board of Regents
• F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine
Graduate Students
Graduate Student Farewel1 Alan H.D. Lindquist, Ph.D.
Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics
Award Presentation Dean Gary
Presentation of the Graduating Class Michael N. Sheridan, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Gradua te Education
Conferring of Graduate Degrees Mr. Alvarez Dean Gary
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Medical Students
Presentation of Awards
Board of Regents Award for the Outstanding Medical Officer Candidate Recipient: 2LT James Alton Sebesta, MS, USAR
Society of Medi ca l Consultants to the Armed Forces Award
Recipient: 2nd Lt Jon Bently Woods, USAFR, MSC
Association of Military Su rgeons of the United States Award
Recipient: 2LT Neil E. Page, MS, USAR
U.S. Army Surgeon General's Award Recipient: 2LTDavid Allen Dorsey, MS, USAR
U.S. Navy Surgeon General's Award Recipient: ENS Margaret T. Dupree, Me, USNR
U.S. Air Force Surgeon General's Awa rd Recipien t: 2nd Lt Robbie Clark Ridd le. USAFR, MSC
U.S. Public Health Serv ice Surgeon Ge ne ral 's Award Recipient: ENS Patricia Anne Berry, USPHS
USUHS Esprit de Corps Award
William P. Clements, Jr., Award for the Outstanding Uniformed Serv ices Educator
Recipient: COL John P. Fogarty, MC, USA
USUHS Outstanding Civi lian Educator Award Recipient: DOIU1a M. Waechter, Ph.D .
• Farewell of the Class of 1995
2LT Brien Windus Tonkinson, MS, USAR President of the Class of 1995
• Presentation of the Graduating Class
COL Barry W. Wolcott, MC, USA (Retired) Commandant of USUHS, 1990 - 1993
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Conferring of Medical Degrees Mr. Alvarez Dean Gary
• Service Songs
Organist Mr. John Knapp
• Administration of the Hippocratic Oath
Dean Gary
• Commissioning Ceremony
MG Ronald R. Blanck, Me, USA Commander
Walter Reed Army Medical Center (Representing the Army Swgeon General)
VADM Donald F. Hagen, Me, USN Surgeon General
Lt Gen Edgar R. Anderson, USAF, MC Surgeon General
RADM Audrey Manley Acting Swgeon General
U.S. Public Health Service
• Benediction
The Dennatones
• USUHS Alma Mater
The Dennatones
• Academic Recessional
Faculty Marshals
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Alma Mater
Hail to thee, our Alnul Mater, Guardian of our nation's health,
Help us always thee to honor, And contribute to thy wealth:
Wealth of knowledge, service, virtue, And compassion towards all Men,
As we seroe the Sons and Daughters, Sworn our country to defend.
Guide us as we go forth from thee, Serving on air, land, and sea,
As we stanch the wounds of freedom, And serve public health in peace.
Let thy motto be engraven, On our hearts and in our minds,
While devoting self to others, Working "For our nation's lives."
Lyrics: 2LT Vincent J. Barnhart, MS, USAR (Oass of 1995) Music: SSG William Denton, USA
2LT Judith Kalita Denton, MS, USAR (Class of 1995)
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Richard C. Reynolds, M.D.
Dr. Reynolds graduated from Rutgers University with a Bachelor of Science deg ree in 1949, and received his M.D. degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1953. His post-graduate education was on the Osler Medical Service of Johns Hopkins Hospital from 1953 through 1955. He then spent two years as Senior Assistant Surgeon with the U.s. Public Health Service Indian Health Service in Alaska. In 1957, Dr. Reynolds returned for a year as Assistant Resident on the Osler Medical Service and then spent an additional year as a Fellow in Medicine (Allergy and Infectious Disease) at Johns Hopkins Un iversity School of Medicine.
In 1959, Dr. Reynolds entered the private practice of internal medicine in Frederick, Maryland. In 1968, he was appointed Director of the Division of Ambulatory Medicine and Community Programs at the Universityof Fiorida College of Medicine in Gainesville. In 1971, he became the founding Chairman of the Department of Community Health and Family Medicine.
In 1978, Dr. Reynolds was named Acting Dean of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. One year later he was named permanent dean. In 1984, Dr. Reynolds was named Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs of UMDNJ. In 1987, Dc. Reynolds joined the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as the Executive Vice President.
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GRADUATE SCHOOL OF NURSING
Master of Science in Nursing
LT Victoria Lynn Anderson, USPHS
CDR Helen Jean Golden, USPHS
The first Graduate School of Nursing Outstanding Student Award will be accepted by CDR Helen Golden for both of this year's graduates. This award is given for overall outstanding achievements in academics, clinical practice, and nursing research, having achieved the highest level of professional competence in fulfilling one's responsibilities in caring fo r patients. Both students will also receive "Charter Student" certificates in recognition of their participation in the firs t class of the Graduate School of Nursing.
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1994195 ACADEMIC YEAR GRADUATE DEGREES IN THE BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
DOCTORAL GRADUATES
Jing Zhang Doctor of Philosophy Physiology Thesis Title: "Platelet-derived growtll factor-BB stimulates ftbronectin gene expression in fibroblasts isolated from rat tlloracic aorta" Major Advisor: Chu-Shek Lo, Ph .D.
Chun Zhao Doctor of Philosop hy Biochemistry Thesis Title: "Suppressors (scsl-scs7) oleSGl, a Celie Required by S. cerevisiae for Growlll in Media containing lOmM Ca2+, Jden tify Genes Required for Spllillgo/ipid BiosYlltlJesis" Major Advisor: Teresa M. Dunn, Ph.D.
Allen Albright Doctor of Philosophy Microbiology Thesis Title: "Further CltaracteriZil tion of tile UL37 Protein of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 and its Interaction with 1CPS, ti,e Major DNA-Binding Protein of Herpes Simplex Virl/s" Major Advisor: Frank Jenkins, Ph .D.
Wannee Kantakamalakul Doctor of Philosoph y Microbiology Thesis Title: "Van'cella Zoster Virus Promoter Sequences" Major Advisor: lain Hay, Ph.D.
Linda Nebel Doctor of Philosophy Medica! and Clinical Psychology Thesis Title: "Tile Circadian Variation of PsycJlOpllysiological Reactivity to Stress: A Stlldy of Individual Differences" Major Advisor: David S. Krantz, Ph.D.
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Lorenzo Cohen Doctor of Philosophy Medical and Clinical Psychology Thesis Title: "The Efficacy of Preparation, Distraction, and Information, on Decrensing the Stress Response" Major Advisor: Andrew Bawn, Ph.D.
Alan Lindquist Doctor of Philosophy Preventive Medicine and Biometrics Thesis Title: "Studies o/Giardia lamblia" Major Advisor: John Cross, Ph.D.
Laura Schneidennan Doctor of Philosophy Medical and Clinical Psychology Thesis Title: "The Relationship Between Betn-Adrenoreceptor Density and Immune Function Before and Affer Stressor Exposure" Major Advisor: Andrew Bawn, Ph.D.
Jun Li Doctor of Philosophy Preventive Medicine and Biometrics Thesis Title: "Developmentally regulated rDNA genes in Plasmodium vivax: Biological implication and practical application" Major Advisor: Thomas McCutchan, Ph.D.
Tina Mcintyre Doctor of Philosophy Pathology Thesis Title: "Cytokine Regulation 0/ Immunoglobulin Isotype Production" Major Advisor: Cliff M. Snapper, M.D.
Zhaoxi Wang Doctor of Philosophy Microbiology Thesis Title: "Identification and cMracferimtion of the functional domains of diphtheria toxin repressor (DtxR)" Major Advisor: Randall K. Holmes, M.D., Ph.D.
Carrie Craig Doctor of Philosophy Medical and Clinical Psychology Thesis Title: "Intrusive Thought and Reactivity Associated with Task Performance Major Advisor: Andrew Bawn, Ph.D.
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Timothy Schoen Doctor of Philosophy Anatomy Thesis Title: "TI,e E.xpression and Characterization of fnsulinlike Crowth Factor Binding Proteins (lCFBPs) and lCFBP2 mRNA in the developing ellicken eye" Thesis Advisor: David Beebe, Ph.D.
Jinhua Lu Doctor of Philosophy Microbiology Thesis Title: "The Role of fhe MHV Receptor and Related Glycoproteins in Mouse Hepatitis Virus Infection of Marine Cell Lines" Thesis Advisor: Kathryn V. Holmes, Ph.D.
Marian L McKee Doctor of Philosophy Microbiology Thesis Title: "Adherence of E.nterohemorrllUgic Escherichia coli to Human Epithelial Cells: The Role of lnlimin" Major Advisor: Alison O'Brien, Ph.D.
MASTER OF SCIENCE GRADUATES
Sara Cohen Garson Master of Science Med ical and Clinical Psychology Thesis Title: "Life CllUl/ge as a Predictor of Cat echola mines, Cortisol, Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms" Major Advisor: David S. Krantz, Ph.D.
Douglas Delahanty Master of Science Medical and Clinical Psychology Thesis Title: "Time Course of Immune Activity in Response to Two Acute Stressors" Major Advisor: Andrew Baum, Ph.D.
Donna Posluszny Master of Science Medical and Clinical Psychology Thesis Title: "Construction and Validation of an Ad Hoc Questionnaire to Measure Vital Exhaustion" Major Advisor: David S. Krantz, Ph.D.
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PREVENTIVE MEDICINE GRADUATES
MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH
CAPT James Allen, M e, USN
LCDR John Ba[eix, Me, USN
LT Jan Beaujon, Me, USN
Judith Chamberlin, A.B., B.s.
CDR Marlene Colc, ve, USPHS
CDR Mauea Emerson, Me, USN
Emily Florio, Ph .D.
Beverly Gallauresi, B.s.
Tomoko Hooper, M.D.
MAJ David Jones, Me, USA
LCDR Trevor Jones, MSC, USN
LCDR Joseph Karitis, IX, USN
Susan Lange, B.s.
Maj Peter Mapes, USAF, Me
LeDR Wayne McBride, Me, USN
Carolyn McCloskey, M.D.
Col Jacqueline Morgan, USAF, Me
LCDR Sterling Sherman, Me, USN
April Smith, B.s.
LCDR William Swartworth, Me, USN
Cynthia Towle, B.s.
MAJ Terry Waiters, Me, USA
LTC Sandra Wilcox·Riggs, Me, USA
April Yancy. D.V.M.
CDR Alan Yund, Me, USN
MASTER OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE
MAJ Niranjan Kanesa·thasan, Me, USA
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CLASS OF 1995 OFFICERS
President 2LT Brien Wind us Tonkinson, MS, USAR
Vice President 2LT Neil E. Page, MS, USAR
Secretary 2LT Troy Rohert Johnson, MS, USAR
Treasurer 2LTShawn F. Kane, MS, VSAR
Academic Representative 2LT James Alton Sebesta, MS, USAR
Honor Representative 2LT Kurtis R Holt, MS, USAR
Sodal Representative 2nd Lt Darlene Peggy Schultz, USAFR, MSC
Army Representative 2L T David Allen Dorsey, MS, USAR
Navy Representative ENS Chad Michael Baasen, Me, USNR
Air Force Representative 2nd Lt Teresa M. Skojac, USAFR, MSC
Public Health Service Representative ENS Stephanie Elizabeth Markman, USPHS
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Class 0[1995 Internship Assignments
United States Army
CPT Michael Todd Adams, MC, USA Surgery, Walter Reed Army Medical Center (AMC), Washington, IX
• CPT Vincent John Barnhart, MC, USA Family Practice, Womack AMC, North Ca rolina
• CPT John Patrick Barrett, Me, USA Family Practice, Madigan AMC, Washington
CPT James David Barry, MC, USA Transitional, Brooke AMC, Texas
CPT Anthony Adam Beardmore, MC, USA Transitional, Fitzsimons AMC, Colorado
• CPT Patrick James Bennett, MC, USA Transitional, Madigan AMC, Washington
CPT Jeffrey Godfrey Blue, MC, USA Transitional, Eisenhower AMC, Georgia
CPT Paul Charles Burney, MC, USA Psychiatry, Eisenhower AMC, Georgia
CPT Victoria Wheeler Cartwright, MC, USA Pediatrics, Madigan AMC, Washington
CPT Scott Michael Croll, MC, USA Transitional, Walter Reed AMe, Washington, DC
CPT Erik Alan Dahl, MC, USA Transitional, Walter Reed AMC, Washington, IX
CPT Judith Kalita Denton, MC, USA Psychiatry, Eisenhower AMC, Georgia
CPT Maria Renee Doria, MC, USA Transitional, Eisenhower AMC, Georgia
• CPT David Allen Dorsey, MC, USA Internal Medicine, Madigan AMC, Washington
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CPT J. Scott Earwood, Me, USA Family Practice, Womack AMC, North Carolina
CPT Mary Ellen Earwood, MC, USA Family Practice, Womack AMC, North Carolina
CPT Karen Christine Evans, MC, USA Surgery, Madigan AMC, Washington
CPT Edward Michael Falta, MC, USA Surgery, Eisenhower AMC, Georgia
• CPT John Wade Faught, MC, USA Family Practice, Martin Army Community Hospital (ACH), Georgia
• CPT Roger Keith Fincher, MC, USA Internal Medicine, Madigan AMC, Washington
CPT Dominic Rudolph Gallo, MC, USA Surgery. Walter Reed AMC, Washington, DC
CPT Joseph Michael Gobern. MC. USA OB/GYN, Brooke AMC, Texas
O'T James D. Grady, MC, USA Transitional. Fitzsimons AMC, Colorado
CPT Scott Douglas Greenwald. USA Transitional, Fitzsimons AMC, Colorado
CPT Melanie Lynne Guerrero, MC, USA Internal Medicine, Eisenhower AMC, Georgia
CPT Leonard L. Hall, MC, USA Family Practice, Womack AMC, North Carolina
CPT Kurt Samuel Hensel, MC. USA Transitional, Tripier AMC, Hawaii
CPT Kurtis R. Holt, MC, USA Transitional, Madigan AMC, Washington
CPT Michael David Huber, MC, USA Internal Medicine, Tripier AMC, Hawaii
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CPT Troy Robert Johnson, MC, USA Fam ily Practice, Martin ACH, Georgia
• CPT Shawn F. Kane, MC, USA Family Practice, Womack AMC, North Carolina
CPT Sean Keenan, MC, USA Transitional, Tripier AMC, Hawaii
CPT Anthony Charles Littrell, MC, USA Transitional, Fi tzsimons AMC, Colorado
CPT Jamil Ayub Malik, MC, USA Internal Medicine, Fitzsimons AMC, Colorado
CPT Melissa Ayn Meyer, MC, USA Family Practice, TripIer AMC, Hawaii
CPT Michael Scott Meyer, MC, USA Family Practice, Tripier AMC, Hawaii
• CPT Kevin E. Moore, MC, USA Family Practice, Eisenhower AMC, Georgia
CPT Kimberly A. Moran, MC, USA Internal Med icine, Walter Reed AMC, Washington, DC
CPT Joseph Anthony Munaretto, MC, USA Family Practice, Madigan AMC, Washington
CPT Elisabeth G. Beyer Nolen, MC, USA OB/CYN, William Beaumont AMC, Texas
CPT Neil E. Page, MC, USA Transitional, Walter Reed AMC, Washington, DC
CPT Mary Virginia Parker, MC, USA Transitional, William Beaumont AMC, Texas
CPT Theron Mark Pettit, MC, USA Internal Mcdicinc, Madigan AMC, Washington
CPT Maximilian Psolka, MC, USA Transitiona l, William Beaumont AMC, Texas
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CPT Stephanie Denise Redding, MC, USA Transitional Madigan AMC, Washington
CPT Dana Kay Renta, Me, USA Family Practice, Martin ACH, Georgia
CPr David E. Ristedt, Me, USA Family Practice, Martin ACH, Georg;.
CPT George Richard Scott, Sr., MC, USA Family Practice, WomackAMC, North Carolina
CPT Stephen Roger Sean;, MC, USA Intema1 Medicine, Eisenhower AMC, Georgia
• CPT James Alton Sebesta, Me, USA Surgery, Madigan AMC, Washington
• CPT Elizabeth C. Shanley, MC, USA Family Practice, DeWitt AClL Virginia
CPT Darrell E. Singer, MC, USA Transitional, TripIer AMC, Hawaii
CPT Steven. James Tanksley, Me, USA Transitional, William Beaumont AMC, Texas
CPT Steven Kenneth Tobler, Me, USA Transitional, Fitzsimons AMC, Colorado
CPT Brien Windus Tonkinson, Me, USA Surgery, William Beaumont AMC, Texas
CPT Rolan~o Torres, Me, USA Emergeocy Medicine, Damell ACH, Texas
• CPT Ladd Alex Tremaine, Me, USA Pediatrics, TripIer AMC, Hawaii
CPT Dawn Cheri Uithol, Me, USA Family Practice, Tripier AMC, Hawaii
CPT David M Wallace, Me, USA Family Practice, Martin ACH, Georgia
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CPT Paula M. Wallace, MC, USA Family Practice, Martin ACH, Georgia
CPT Michael J. Waits, MC, USA Psychiatry, Walter Reed AMC, Washington, DC
CPT Robert Brian Wenzel, MC, USA Family Practice, Womack AMC, North Carolina
CPT Bradford P. Whitcomb, MC, USA OB/GYN, Brooke AMC, Texas
CPT Jason Scott Wieman, MC, USA Transitional, Eisenhower AMC, Georgia
CPT Ronald Norman Wool, MC, USA Transitional, William Beaumont AMC, Texas
United States Navy
LT Vanita Ahuja, MC, USN Surgery, Naval Hospital (NH) Portsmouth, Virginia
LT Chad Michael Baasen, MC, USN Transitional, National Naval Medical Center (NNMC) Bethesda, Mary land
LT Joseph Pacifico Barrion, MC, USN Surgery, NNMC Bethesda, Maryland
LT Frank Michael Bishop, MC, USN Transitional, NH San Diego, California
LT Jeffrey Warren Bitterman, MC, USN Surgery, NH Portsmouth, Virginia
LT John F. Bogard, MC, USN Transitional, NH San Diego, California
LT Lisa Maria Cartwright, MC, USN Surgery, NH Portsmouth, Virginia
LT Alexander B. Chao, MC, USN Surgery, NNMC Bethesda, Maryland
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LT Michael E. Compeggie, Me, USN Transitional, NNMC Bethesda, Maryland
LT john Anthony Craddock. MC, USN Pediatrics, Walter Reed AMC, Washington, DC
• LT Margaret T. Dupree, MC, USN Medicine, NNMC Bethesda, Maryland
LT Elizabeth Ferrera, MC, USN Pediatrics, NH San Diego, California
LT Stephen L. Ferrera, MC, USN Surgery, NH San Diego, California
LTMan: H. FogeJson.MC, USN Surgery, NH San Diego, California
LT jerry Richard Foltz II, MC, USN Transitional, NNMC Bethesda, Maryland
• LT Quentin James Franklin, MC, USN Surgery, NH San Diego, California
LT Michael Roger Gauron, MC, USN Family Practice, Camp Pendleton, California
LT James L. Hancock, Me, USN Family Practice, NH Pensacola, Florida
• LT James M. Harris, MC, USN Family Practice, NH Jacksonville, Florida
LT Kurt H. Hildebrandt, Me, USN Surgery, NH San Diego, California
LT Kimberly L james, MC, USN OB/GYN, NNMC Bethesda, Maryland
LT Rex Allison Kiteley, TI, Me, USN TransitionaL NNMC Bethesda, Maryland
LT Susan Marie Krizek, MC, USN Internal Medicine, NNMC Bethesda, Maryland
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LT William David Leona rd, MC, USN Transitional, NH San Diego, California
• L T Gregory S. lepkoWSki. MC, USN Surgery, NH San Diego, California
LT Kristen Anne Overstreet, MC, USN Transitional, NH San Diego, California
L T Eric L. Pagenkopf, MC, USN Surgery, NH Portsmouth, Virginia
LT Pierre Alfred Pelletier, MC, USN Transitional, NH San Diego, Ca lifornia
LT David P. Regis, MC, USN Pediatrics, NNMC Bethesda, Maryland
LT Douglas Jay Rowles. MC, USN Surgery, N H Portsmouth, Virgin ia
LT Eric Scott Sawyers, MC, USN Internal Medicine, Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, Texas
LT Colette Klce Scheurer, MC, USN Transitional, NH San Diego, Californ ia
LT Mark Matthew Scheurer, MC, USN Surgery, N H San Diego, Cali forn ia
LT Ga rry Harold Simons III, MC, USN Transitional, NNMC Bethesda, Maryland
L T Gregory Robert Spurling, MC, USN Surgery, NH San Diego, California
LT Alexander Edward Stewart, MC, USN Surgery, NNMC Bethesda, Maryland
LT Joseph Gabriel Thomas, MC, USN Transitional, NNMC Bethesda, Maryland
LT James Frederick Verrees, MC, USN Surgery, NNMC Bethesda, Maryland
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LT Peter WechgeIaer, MC, USN Transitional, NNMC Bethesda, Maryland
• LT Jeffrey Scott Weiss, MC, USN Surgery, NNMC Bethesda, Maryland
LT Perry N. Willette, MC, USN Family Practice, NH Jacksonville, Florida
United States Air Force
Capt Saket Kumar Ambasht, USAF, MC Internal Medicine, 59th Medical Wing, Lackland AFB, Texas
Capt Eric Joseph Ashman, USAF, MC Neurology, 59th Medical Wing, Lackland AFB, Texas
Capt Matt Alan Baptista, USAF, MC Transitional, 89th Medical Group, Andrews AFB, Maryland
• Capt Todd Mitchell Bertoch, USAF, Me Anesthesiology, 59th Medical Wing, Lackland AFB, Texas
Capt James Edwin Boyd, USAF, MC Transitional, 375th Medical Group, Scott AFB, Illinois
• Capt Thatcher Royal Cardon, USAF, MC Family Practice, 60th Medical Group, Travis AFB, Califomia
Capt Steven L. Clark, USAF, Me Transitional, 89th Medical Group, Andrews AFB, Maryland
Capt Christine Geral Sandaal Clarke, USAF, MC Surgery, 81st Medical Group, Keesler AFB, Mississippi
Capt George Andrew Oarke, USAF, MC Surgery, 81st Medical Group, Keesler AFB, Mississippi
Capt Jim Duane Crowley, USAF, MC Surgery, 59th Medical Wing, Lackland AFB, Texas
Capt William Howard Dunn Jr., USAF, MC Transitional, 89th Medical Group, Andrews AFB, Maryland
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Captjeffrey J. Freeland, USAF, MC Transitional, 89th Medical Group, Andrews AFS, Maryland
Capt John David Hallgren, USAF, MC Family Practice, 89th Medical Group, Andrews AFB, Maryland
Capt Scott Alan Hartwich, USAF, MC Surgery, 81st Medical Group, Keesler AFB, Mississippi
Capt Derek Gary Hebert, USAF, MC Transitional, 375th Medical Group, Scott AFB, Illinois
Capt Mark Allan Hinton, USAF, MC Psychiatry, 59th Medical Wing, Lackland AFB, Texas
Capt Jay Daniel Kerccman, USAF, MC Pediatrics, 81st Medical Group, Keesler AFB, Mississippi
Capt Thomas Edward Kolkebeck, USAF, MC Transitiona l, 375th Medical Group, Scott AFB, IUinois
Capt Kristopher E. Kordana, USAF, MC Internal Medicine, 60th Medical Croup, Travis AFB, California
Capt Michael R. Koteles, Jr., USAF, MC Internal Medicine, 81st Medical Group, Keesler AFB, Mississippi
Capt Jenniffer Lynn LaPointe, USAF, MC Family Practice, 375th Medical Group, Scott AFS, Illinois
Capt Jessica Temple Mitchell, USAF, MC Family Practice, 646th Medical Group, Eglin AFB, Florida
Capt Robert Matthew Monberg, USAF, MC Transitional, 89th Medical Group, Andrews APS, Maryland
Capt Anthony Brian Ochoa, USAF, MC Internal Medicine, 74th Medical Group, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
Capt Steven Leonard Olsen, USAF, MC Pediatrics, 81st Medical Group, Keesler AFS, Mississippi
• Capt Mark Dee Packer, USAF, MC Surgery, 74th Medical Group, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
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Capt Steven Enium Rasmussen, USAF, MC Transitional, 60th Medical Group, Travis AFB, California
• Capt Robby Oark Riddle, USAF, MC Family Practice, 375th Medical Group, Scott AFS, lllinois
Capt Scott Alan Riise, USAF, MC Family Practice, 89th Medical Group, Andrews AFB, Maryland
Capt Douglas Michael Rouse, USAF, MC Psychiatry, 59th MedicalWing, Lackland AFB, Texas
Capt Elizabeth Lee Aldrich Rouse, USAF, MC Pathology, 59th Medical Wing, Lackland AFB, Texas
Capt Larry R. Schatz, USAF, MC Surgery,6Oth Medical Group, Travis AFB, California
Capt Darlene Peggy Schultz, USAF, MC Family Practice, 60th Medical Group, Travis AFB, California
Capt Jon Robert Shereck, USAF, MC Transitional, 89th Medical Group, Andrews AFS, Maryland
Capt Peter Randolph Silvero, USAF, MC Transitional, 60th Medical Group, Travis APB, California
Capt Teresa M. Skojac, USAF, MC Family Practice, 646th Medical Group, Eglin AFB, Florida
Capt Daniel Thomas Smith, USAF, MC Transitional, 89th Medical Group, Andrews AFB, Maryland
Capt Michael D. Stevens, USAF, MC Pediatrics, 60th Medical Group, Travis AFB, California
Capt Maureen Hefferan Swezey, USAF, MC OB/GYN, 59th Medical Wing, Lackland AFB, Texas
Capt Anthony Andrew Terreri, USAF, MC Family Practice, 375th Medical Group, Scott APB, lllinois
Capt Charles Albert Tujo, USAF, MC Transitional, 89th Medical Group, Andrews AFB, Maryland
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• Capt Bonnie Carol Van Oer Sluys, USAF, MC Family Practice, 89th Medical Gro up, Andrews AFB, Maryland
Capt Charles Nephi Webb, USAF, MC Transitional, 60th Medical Group, Travis AFB, California
• Capt Matthew Paul Wonnacott, USAF, MC Family Practice, 60th Medical Group, Travis AFB, Cali forn ia
• Capt Jon Bentley Woods, USAF, MC Pediatrics, 74th Medical Group, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
• Capt Randall Curtis Zemzach, USAF, MC Pediatrics, 60th Medical Group, Travis AFB, California
UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
• LT Patricia Anne Berry, USPHS Family Practice, St. Joseph's Hospital, Syracuse, New York
• LT Christine Georgian Casey, USPHS Medicine - Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego Medical Center
LT Stephanie Elizabeth Markman, USPHS Medicine - Psychiatry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
LT Michael Edgar Toedt, USPHS Family Practice, Frank1in Square Hospital, MO
LT Catherine LaDina Woodhouse, USPHS Medicine - Ped iatrics, Medical Center Delaware Newark
• Elected to Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
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BOARD OF REGENTS
ChairmRn The Honorabl~ Everett Alvarez, Jr., J.D.
Vice Chairman The Honorable Carol}. Johns, M.D.
Mem/Nm; The Honorable Clarence S. Avery, M.D.
The Honorable John E. Connolly, M.D.
The Honorable Alan M. Elkins, M.D.
The Honorable George T. Harding, IV, M.D.
The Honorable Gopal S. Pal, D.D.S., M.S.
The Honorable W. Douglas Skelton, M.D.
The Honorable T. Burton Smith, M.D.
Ex Officio Members The Honorable Stephen C. Joseph, M.D., M.P.H Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
James A. Zimble, M.D., President Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Nancy E. Gary, M.D., Dean F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine
Executive Vice President Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
LTG Aldde M. LaNoue, USA . The Surgeon General
VADM Donald F. Hagen, Me, USN Surgeon General
Lt Gen Edgar R. Anderson, USAF, Me Surgeon General
RADM Audrey Manley Acting Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service
Executive Secretary Bobby D. Anderson
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The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
President of the University James A. Zimble, M.D.
Executive Vice President Nancy E. Gary, M.D.
Vice President for Administration and Management Mary A. Dix, B.S., M.S.
Vice President jor Minority Affairs LTC Jeannette E. South-Paul, MC, USA
Vice Presiden t for Resource Management John E. Dexter, B.A., M.s.
Brigade Commander COL Ernest L. Hepler, MS, USA
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Graduate School of Nursing
Acting Dean afGraduate School of Nursing Faye G. AbdeUah, Ed.D., Sc.D., RN, FAAN
Acting Associate Dean Lt Col Regina C. Aune, USAF, NC
Acting Chair, Department of Family Nurse Practitioner Marilyn E. Edmunds, Ph.D., ANP
Acting Chair, Department of Nurse A nesthesia CAPT E. Jane McCarthy, USPHS
Acting Chair, Department of Nursing Research Lt Col Regina C. Aune, USAF, NC
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F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine
Dean of the School of Medicine Nancy E. Gary, M.D.
Associate Dean for Clinical Affi liates COL Emmanuel C. Cassimatis, Me, USA
Associate Dean for Graduate Education Michael N. Sheridan, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education Howard E. Fauver, Jr., M.D.
Associate Dean for Studen t Affairs Richard M. MacDonald, M.D.
Associate Dean for Teaching and Researcll Support CAPT Vernon D. Schinski, MSC, USN
Assistant Dean for Admissions and Academic Records Peter J. Stavish, M.B.A.
Assistant Dean for Clinical Sciences COL DonaJd L. Steinwcg, MC, USA
Assistant Dean for Executive Affairs Mary A. Dix, B.5., M.5.
Assistant Dean for Medical Education Donna M. Waechter, Ph.D.
Commandant COL James L. Collins, Sr., MC, USA
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Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology Chair: David C. Beebe, PhD.
Department of Anesthesiology Chair: Sheila M. Muldoon, M.D.
Department of Biochemistry Chair (Acting): Randall K. Holmes, MD., Ph.D.
Department of Dermatology Chair (Acting): Stephen I. Katz, M.D.
Department of Family Practice Chair: COL John P. Fogarty, MC, USA
Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology Chair: Jerome E. Singer, Ph.D.
Department of Medicine Chair: James J. Leonard, M.D.
Department of Microbiology and Immunology Chair: Randall K Holmes, M.D., Ph.D.
Department oj Military and Emergency Medicine Chai r: Craig H. Llewellyn, M.D., M.P.H.
COL, MC, USA (Retired )
Department of Neurology Chair: COL Carl H. Gunderson, MC, USA
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Chair: CAPT William HJ. Haffner, USPHS
Department oj Pathology Chair: Robert M. Friedman, MD.
CAPT, USPHS (Retired )
Department of Pediatrics Chair: Val G. Hemming, M.D.
Col, USAF, MC (Retired)
Department of P/larmaco[ogy Chair (Acting): Brian M. Cox, Ph.D.
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Department of Pllysiology Chair: Peter H Abbrecht, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Preven tive Medicine and Biometrics Chair: Llewellyn J. Legters, M.D., M.P.H.
COL, MC, USA (Retired)
Department of Psychiatry Chai r: Robert 1. Ursano, M.D.
Col, USAF (Retired), MC
Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Chair (Acting): Sherry l . Pulaski, M.D.
COL, MC, USA (Retired)
Department of Sllrgery Chair: Norman M. Rich, M.D.
COL, Me, USA (Reti red)
Seelion on Medical History Chair: Robert 1.T. Joy, M.D.
COL, MC, USA (Retired)
Molecular and Cell Biology Director: William Gause, Ph.D.
Neuroscience Director: Cinda J. Helke, Ph.D.
Faculty Senate President: CAPT Jerry A. Thomas, MSC, USN
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Nalley E. Gary, M.D.
The University community would like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to Nancy E. Gary, M.D., Dean of the F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, and Executive Vice President of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. She came to the University in August, 1992, from her position as Senior Medical Advisor to the Administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration, DepartmentofHealthandHumanServices. Prior to this very p restigious position, Doctor Gary was Associate Dean at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Med ical School from 1981-1987 and Executive Associate Dean from 1987-1988. Doctor Gary served as Dean of the Albany Medical College from 1988-1990.
Doctor Gary has led a distinguished career. She has served on numerous national committees and is curren tly a Board Member of the National Board of Medical Examiners. Doctor Gary is also on the Advisory Board of the Generalist Physician Initiative Program, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and is Deputy Chair of the Editorial Board of Academic Medicine. Most notably, Doctor Gary is a Master in the American College of Physicians.
One of Ooct9r Gary's first major d uties as Dean at our University was to oversee the reaccreditation processes of the Liaison Committee on Medical Education and the Conunission on Higher Education of the Middle States A'>Sociation. As a result, the F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine was reaccredited to the maximum levels by both organizations.
Dean Gary was instrumental in the expansion of the School of Medicine graduate education programs to include neuroscience and molecular and cell biology degree tracks.
Ouring her tenure at USUHS, Dean Gary was presented with the Women in Medicine Leadership Development Award from the Association of American Medical Colleges, in addition to the American Society of Internal Medicine Public Service Award. She also received the Alunmi Achievement Award and a Doctor of Medical Science, Honoris Causa, from the Medical College of Pennsylvania.
The 1995 commencement will be the last over which Dean Gary will preside. As of June, 1995, she will assume her new position as President of the Educational Commission for Foreign Medica l Graduates. Doctor Gary's leadership has touched all members of the University community. We all wish her continued success in her life's endeavors.
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The Unifonned Services University · of the Health Sciences
Honorary Degree Recipients
JAMES STROM THURMOND Doctor of Medical Jurisprudence
Honoris Causa
SAM A. NIXON, M.D. Doctor of Military Medicine
Honoris Causa
RICHARD C. REYNOLDS, M.D. Doctor of Science
Honoris Causa
I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know; the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to seroe.
-Albert Schweitzer
RICHARD C. REYNOLDS, M.D.
DOCTOR OF SCIENCE HONORIS CAUSA
Richard C. Reynolds, physician, scholar, educator and humanitarian, you have devoted your professional life to the care of the ill, the education of medical students and physicians, and to bettering the health care of Americans. As a USPHS surgeon, you cared for the Fskimos in the Alaskan tundra, practiced in rural clinics, and made major conbibutions to academic medicine. As a foundation leader, you have used your wisdom, knowledge and judgement to guide projects that will benefit all Americans through enhancement of medical education, improvement of medical care to the ill, and betterment of the lives of the disadvantaged. Throughout your life, you never lost focus of direct health care delivery to the very needy. William Carlos Williams, poet laureate and New Jersey physician, describes in his essay, The Practice, the essence of medicine, "the calling on people at all times and under aU conditions, the coming to grips with the intimate conditions of their lives, when they were born, when they were dying, watching them get well when they were ill, has always absorbed." Your life's work shows that you, too, are absorbed by the practice of medicine. Your personal values and ideals and your professional integrity and conduct are an inspiration to your many patients, students, friends and colleagues whose lives you have touched. You serve as a scholar·physician for our students to emulate, and we therefore take pride in awarding you the degree of Doctor of Science Honoris Causa.
-Dr. Reynolds' biogmphy is loaded on pagt 7 of the program.
Strom Thurmond
Strom Thunnond was born on December 5,1902 in Edgefield, South
Carolina, the son of Judge John William and Eleanor Thurmond. He is a 1923
graduate of Clemson University and he received his law degree by studying
at night under his father's supervision, eventually being admitted to the
South Carolina Bar in 1930. His long and distinguished professional career
includes time spent as a teacher and athletic coach, COlmty superintendent of
education, city attorney, county attorney, state senator, circuit judge,
Governor of South Carolina from 1947 to 1951, and Presidential candidate.
His military service includes tenure as a reserve officer for 36 years. While
serving as a judge, he volunteered for active duty in World War U, the day
the War was declared against Gennany. He served with the Headquarters
Fust Army from 1942-1946, participating in the American, European, and Pacific theaters. He participated in the Normandy invasion with the 82nd
Airborne Division and landed on ~Day. He was awarded five battle stars
and 18 decoration medals with the awards including the Legion of Merit
with Oak Leaf duster, Bronze Star Medal with V, Purple Heart, Belgium
Order of the Crown, and French Croix de Guerre. He holds the rank of
MajorGeneral, United States Anny Reserves. He is a past national President
of the Reserve Officer's Association of the United. States.
SenatorThurmond has endowed 52 scholarships al4S colleges and
universities. He established. the Strom Thunnond Foundation which as&sts BO to 100 needy, worthy students annually. He was first elected to the United.
States Senate on November 2. 1954 as a write-in candidate, being the first
person in u.s. history ever elected to major office in this manner. He
resigned as U.S. Senator Apri14, 1956 to place the office in a primary
pursuant to a promise he made to the people during his 1954 campaign. He
was re-nominated and re-elected to the Senate in 1956 and has been with the
Senate since then, serving now as President Pro Tempore of the United
States Senate and Chairman of the Senate Anned Services Conunittee.
Senator Thurmond has been a strong advocate of the Unifonned Services
University of the Health Sciences and unifonned military medicine. It is with
pride that the Unifonned Services University of the Health Sciences bestows
the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Medical Jurisprudence on Senator
Strom Thurmond.
SENATOR JAMES STROM THURMOND
DOCTOR OF MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE HONORIS CAUSA
Senator Thurmond, over 7U years ago you unselfishly answered your nation's call for service. Since that time, your commitment to patriotism and conrem for those who serve their nation has won you the undying respect 01 all Americans. Tens of thousands 01 soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marire; have benefited from your uncompromising commitment to excellence in military service and in particular, military medicine. To provide the care to those who serve when called is sometimes more perilous in the legislature than on the battlefield. You are a lwninary of health care delivery and support of those who serve. Your vision has been tested and proven from the battlefields of Vietnam, Grenada, lebanon, Panama, Haiti, Somalia, and the i'er.;ian Gulf to the dinia; and health centers that serve the American people. Your spirit and humanity, together with your legislative acumen, have left a legacy for this nation whkh is unmatched and truJy enviable. Through your efforts, this University is now a part of that legacy. Doctors, nurses, and scientists are now serving their nation because of your vision and commitment to pwpose. Your nation's health care University take; great pride in awarding you the degree 01 Doctor 01 Medical Jurisprudence Honoris Causa.
SAM A. NIXON, M.D.
Sam A. Nixon, M.D. received his bachelor of science degree from Texas A&M (1946) and IUs medical degree from The University o!Texas Medical Braruh al Galveshn (1950), receiving the Ashbel Smith Distinguished Alumnus Award from UIMB in 1982. After completing a rotating internship at Fordham Hospital in New York ely, he served in the US Anny Medical Corps hum ~9, 1950, to J..,.30, 1954, '" 11th Meld ArtiIIeJy Battalicn Surgeon in Korea and 24th o;v;.;on ArtiIIeJy Surgeon in Japan and Korea
He spent twmty three years as a family physician in rura1 south Texas (Nixon and Floresville) before moving to Houston al the behest 01 Dr. Truman B10cker in 1977 to join the University of Texas Medical School as professor in the IRpartmmI of Family Practice and Community Medicine. A o;plcmate of the American Board ofFami1y _(19?O, 1976, 1982. 1989),hewas Dinrlmof the Division of Cmtinuing Education of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houstoo (1977-1992) and Assistant Dean for Cocttinuing Education at The University 01 Texas Medical School al Houston (1985-1992). Alter retiring from lJfHSCH.he was Associate Medical IJirecto', Southeast Texas Region, Blue Cro!;s Blue SIUeId of Texas, Inc. (Septernbe< 1992-July 1994).
He has been active in the HanisCoonty Medical Society, Texas Medical _lion, and the American Medical Association. Alter being appointed to the AMA CoundI <Xl "wira.renta1, Ocrupatiooal and Public Health (1974-75) and the CoWldl on ililtinuing Physidan Educatiro (1~1), he was elected to the Council on Medical Education of the AMA in June 1985, reelected in 1988 and 1991, elected Vice-Olair in 1m, Chair in 1991 and 1992 and was an AMA represmtative to the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Educatial (1985-1991). He w", appointed by theAMA Board ofTrus_ to the Uaison Committee on Medical Educatiro asCo-OWr (1991-94). A past presidenl 01 the Texas Academy of Family Physicians (1968) and the American Academy 01 Family Physicians (1980), he is currently serving on the Board 01 C"",1ots of the Archives of the AAFP Foundatioo. He is Chair of the State Rural Medical Educatiro Board (1975-) and on the Board ofTrustoos of the Family Medicine Foundation oITexas, having served on the Board of the Family Health Fowldatioo of America.
Named by Presidenl Reagan in ~ 1985 asa mernbe.c of the Board of Regents of the Uni!onned Services University of the Health Sciences and as Chair of the Board (198S-92), he has a1so...ved on the Natiooal AIIel-gy and Infectious Disease Council of the National Institutes of Health. He has served as a coosuItanl to the em"",!OI' DiseaseContro1, US. Public Health Semce, and asa member of the Venereal Disease Advisory Committee to theCOC. He is a member of the Society of Medical Consultants to the Anned Forces, se1Ving as Gvilian ConsuItanl in Family Practice to the Surgeon GenemI of the Air Forre (1979-1994). It is with pride thai the USUHS bestows the Honor.uy Degree of Doctor of Militaty Medicine on Doctor Sam A. Nixon.
SAM A. NIXON, M.D.
DOCTOR OF MILITARY MEDICINE
HONORIS CAUSA
Sam Nixon, you are a pillar of modem medicine. For more than half a century your zeal, vision, and commitment to the highest ideals of excellence, have irrevocably shaped the medical community in which we live. You have unselfishly given of your time to numerous professional medical organizations, and that effort has resulted in countless improvements in the quality of the medical care rendered to our patients as well as true efficiency in medical education. You wove an intricate tapestry of medical innovation and efficiency with principles of service and commitment of purpose. As Chairman of the Board of Regents, you have been a luminary to aU of us and the course that you charted brought us through some of the most trying times in the history of this University. We are today at the threshold of a new era in medical delivery. Through your leadership, military medical systems are now strong and at the forefront of this medical revolution. Today, healthcare providers serving our
nation around the world do so as a direct result of your commitment to excellence in education and purpose. We are unique in our purpose and unique to have Sam Nixon, a true medical Visionary, as our mentor. Your University takes great pride in awarding you the degree of Doctor of Military Medicine Honoris Causa.
