Class Note 1946
Issue
Sep - Oct 2017
Jack Howard, our class president, is making sure that we will all be in shape to attend our 75th reunion in 2021. He has emailed to many of us medical advice from a Mayo Clinic cardiologist stressing the importance of frequently consuming glasses of water to avoid stroke and heart attacks as well as taking a daily baby aspirin. He also included details on how to recognize the varied symptoms of a heart attack, including painless attacks, as well as what to do during a heart attack. As a practicing physician, I heartily (no pun intended) concur with this advice and hope we will take it all to heart (again, no pun intended).
Our class is saddened by the recent death of Dr. Milton Cooper on April 29. Despite serious medical issues, Milt continued to practice medicine in Fairfield, Connecticut, until the last month of his life. He was valedictorian of his high school class and graduated summa cum laude from Dartmouth. After completing a hematology fellowship at the Mayo Clinic he served as chief of the department of hematology and later as chief of the internal medicine department at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in the Fairfield area, where he practiced for more than 65 years. Milt attended all class reunions, including our full 70th reunion this past fall. He organized our mini-reunion tailgate parties prior to football games. He purchased extra annual subscriptions to Dartmouth football games in order to include his family and friends as his guests at games. I was fortunate enough to be included at the last two mini-reunion games. We sat together at the last mini-reunion game during the pouring rain, but decided to keep dry by watching last year's night game on TV at the Hanover Inn. My wife, Susan, and the class send our deep sympathy to Milt's wife, Lilla, and their family.
We also offer class condolences to the family of Donald E. Millians, including his wife, Helga, and daughter Penelope. Donald, who died on February 15, devoted time to travel and antique and classic cars after a career representing Servicemaster Ltd. in Connecticut. We also offer our sympathy to the family of Mark Byrne, who died June 8, 2009. He was a member of the Navy V-12 class.
Don’t forget to take your water and aspirin. See you at the 75th.
—John L.E. Wolff, M.D., 1160 Fifth Ave., Suite 105, New York City, NY 10029; (212) 772-1700; (212) 772 9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com
Our class is saddened by the recent death of Dr. Milton Cooper on April 29. Despite serious medical issues, Milt continued to practice medicine in Fairfield, Connecticut, until the last month of his life. He was valedictorian of his high school class and graduated summa cum laude from Dartmouth. After completing a hematology fellowship at the Mayo Clinic he served as chief of the department of hematology and later as chief of the internal medicine department at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in the Fairfield area, where he practiced for more than 65 years. Milt attended all class reunions, including our full 70th reunion this past fall. He organized our mini-reunion tailgate parties prior to football games. He purchased extra annual subscriptions to Dartmouth football games in order to include his family and friends as his guests at games. I was fortunate enough to be included at the last two mini-reunion games. We sat together at the last mini-reunion game during the pouring rain, but decided to keep dry by watching last year's night game on TV at the Hanover Inn. My wife, Susan, and the class send our deep sympathy to Milt's wife, Lilla, and their family.
We also offer class condolences to the family of Donald E. Millians, including his wife, Helga, and daughter Penelope. Donald, who died on February 15, devoted time to travel and antique and classic cars after a career representing Servicemaster Ltd. in Connecticut. We also offer our sympathy to the family of Mark Byrne, who died June 8, 2009. He was a member of the Navy V-12 class.
Don’t forget to take your water and aspirin. See you at the 75th.
—John L.E. Wolff, M.D., 1160 Fifth Ave., Suite 105, New York City, NY 10029; (212) 772-1700; (212) 772 9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com