Class of 1970 Commemorative Biographical Book

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The timing was fortunate since David had left his tenured position at Cornell Medical College and with friends from Columbia P & S established New York Physicians (NYP), a multispecialty private practice group on the East side of Manhattan. This was the first time that David and I had worked together since I was a third-year student and he was an intern at Hopkins. While at NYP, I mainly did internal medicine and preventive care for 13 years. I retired in 2014 at the age of 70. After 50 years of marriage now, we have two sons, Thayer and Nelson, each of whom is happily married and grandchildren Azalea, now 14 and Oliver, 4. After living in NYC and Tuxedo Park initially, we moved to Bronxville, NY where we lived for 33 years. Eight years ago, we moved to The Saint Andrews Club in Hastings-on-Hudson. We are fortunate to have traveled extensively over the years and continue even now. We spend our time skiing (we have a place in Vail), playing golf, biking, kayaking, and the opera. Recently, I am beginning training to become a backstage tour guide at The Metropolitan Opera. David has enjoyed a successful career and now is busy as a fine artist and serving on several boards including the HealthCare Chaplaincy.

Narrative: I am really looking forward to our reunion and seeing so many classmates whom I have not seen in so many years. Both David and I have retired now for several years but keep fairly busy with other activities. After graduation, I did my medical internship and residency at St Luke’s Hospital/Columbia University in New York and then a fellowship in rheumatology at the University of Washington in Seattle while David served in the military out there. We returned to New York City and I began a private practice of internal medicine and rheumatology and had our first son. The opportunity to move to occupational medicine with Exxon Corporation was very attractive and allowed better family time. I became the first woman medical director of Exxon’s Bayway refinery and chemical plant. From there, I was recruited to Merck and Company in Rahway as associate medical director for five years. From there, I was recruited to be worldwide medical director of Union Carbide (now Dow) having responsibility for the health and wellness of employees worldwide. I also took the boards in Occupational and Preventive Medicine. My job involved extensive travel to Asia, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and South America. At that time, David was off the travel circuit and was home with the boys. When Union Carbide/Dow planned to move their head offices to Michigan, I planned my transition back into practice, just after 9/11/2001.

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