30 JEFFERSON MEDICAL COLLEGE ALUMNI BULLETIN
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Warren C. Herrold, 91, died Jan. 27, 2012, on his farm in York Haven, Pa. Herrold was a U.S. Army and Navy veteran and a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. He worked as a family practitioner in Mount Wolf, Pa., for 43 years before retiring in 1990. He and his brother, Lewis C. Herrold, MD, established the Northeastern Medical Center, from which they provided medical care for residents of rural York County. Herrold is survived by five children, eight grandchildren and one greatgrandson.
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John W. Davis, 94, of Hickory, N.C., died March 16, 2012. Davis served in the U.S. Army and was discharged as captain in the U.S. Army Medical Corps in 1949. He practiced internal medicine before retiring in 1989. Davis is survived by his wife of 68 years, Lucy, four sons and two daughters.
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Thomas J. McBride, 88, of Wallingford, Pa., died April 26, 2012. After serving as a U.S. Army physician during the Korean War, McBride opened a private practice in internal medicine and cardiology. He served as chief of medicine at the former Sacred Heart Hospital in
Chester, Pa., from 1959 to 1973. He is survived by his wife, Olga, four sons and one daughter.
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Robert E. Karns, 86, of Beachwood, Ohio, died in December 2011. Karns spent 31 years as chief of radiology at Manchester Memorial Hospital in Manchester, Conn., where he also served as chief of staff in 1983. He eventually moved to Beachwood, a suburb of Cleveland, where he worked part time as a radiologist for six years before retiring. He later maintained ties to medicine by volunteering at the Cleveland Health Museum. At his 50th JMC reunion in 2000, Karns established the Robert E. Karns, MD, Research Fund for Radiology — an invaluable gift that has supported advances in radiology research at Jefferson. Karns is survived by a son, a daughter and three grandsons. His wife, Cleo, preceded him in death.
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Thomas S. Lynch, of Barnegat, N.J., died Feb. 20, 2102. During his career, he practiced family medicine in Illinois and New Jersey. He was a pioneer in the field of emergency medicine in Illinois, Maryland, Louisiana and New Jersey. Lynch is survived by three daughters, two sons and two grandchildren.
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Joseph D. Cionni, 82, of Cincinnati, died Feb. 2, 2012. Cionni immigrated to the United States from Italy in 1947. He spent the majority of his life in Cincinnati, where he worked as a pediatrician for 21 years. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Peggy.
Richard N. Smith, 83, of Jenkintown, Pa., died March 12, 2012. Over the years, he worked with children and their families in numerous psychiatric venues throughout the Philadelphia region. One of his proudest accomplishments involved helping to create the city’s first psychiatric unit for children in 1991 at Albert Einstein Medical Center. Smith is survived by his wife, Doranne, two sons, a daughter, five grandchildren and his loyal golden retriever, Golda.
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Charles K. Gorby, 83, of Havertown, Pa., died March 4, 2012. Gorby was a fellow of the Academy of Psychosomatic Illnesses and a member of the Legion of Honor of the Chapel of the Four Chaplains. He served as a lecturer in pharmacology at Fitzgerald Mercy Hospital Nursing School, Sacred Heart School of Nursing, Villanova
University, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, the University of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann Medical College and was an assistant professor of clinical medicine at Jefferson. He was a staff member at Lankenau and Fitzgerald Mercy Hospitals for more than 50 years, served as a delegate to the Pennsylvania Medical Society and was president of the Delaware County Medical Society in 1986. Gorby is survived by his wife, Louise, three children and seven grandchildren.
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E. Stephen Emanuel, 75, of Broomall, Pa., died Jan. 26, 2012. Emanuel had a private obstetrics and gynecology practice for 33 years and delivered more than 3,000 babies. After his retirement, he was a political activist for healthcare reform measures and was frequently quoted in the media. He also became involved with the Red Cross, assisting at blood drives. He is survived by his wife, Beverly, three children and four granddaughters. Leon Mironoff, 82, of San Clemente, Calif., died Jan. 26, 2012. Mironoff practiced family medicine. He is survived by his wife, Joy, and two children, George and Linda.
James W. Stratton, Longtime TJU Board Member James W. Stratton, emeritus trustee of Thomas Jefferson University, died April 18, 2012, in Florida. Stratton served as chairman of the TJU board of trustees from 1990 to 1994. An emeritus trustee since 2005, Stratton was one of the longest-serving members of the current board, having joined in 1970 at age 34. He held various leadership positions on the board, including chair of the Development Committee, founder of the Global Advisory Board and member of the Investment Committee. In 2005, he established The Paul C. Brucker, MD, Scholarship, which supports students from Pennsylvania State University in the Penn State–Jefferson Medical College accelerated degree program. He was also a major donor to the Dorrance H. Hamilton Building and the Bodine Center for Cancer Treatment. For these contributions and for his dedicated service to the University, he was given Jefferson’s Award of Merit in 2006.