Can You Guess the Medical School Alum?
If you think you can identify the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health alum pictured below, send your best guess to quarterly@med.wisc.edu.
To make the contest as equitable as possible, we will collect all entries received during the first month following the mailing of Quarterly and draw one from that group. We'll announce the winner in the next issue.
Hints
This alum studied under Drs. Ovid Meyer and William Middleton. He was a member of one of the first groups to perform in a student skit at Memorial Union. He waited tables at Piper's Cafe on Capitol Square, and as a resident, he donated gastric juice to Robert Schilling (below) for his studies on vitamin B-12.
Last Issue's Answer
More than 50 people identified our last mystery alumnus, Robert Schilling, MD '43.
Many people sent in comments, some of which follow:
"Bob is a skilled outdoor sportsman, a devoted family man and my dear friend." - William Gilmore, MD '43
"The man was an island of calm in a stormy faculty period under a new dean in the mid to late '50s." - Theodore Eckberg, MD '58
"The cheerful, athletic, bow-tied baseball star and future academic leader has been a mentor in so many ways to generations of UW students and faculty." - Paul Sondel, MD
"Generations of students, residents and fellows at UW are fortunate to have been guided by Bob's wisdom and knowledge." - Peter Raich, MD '64
"He taught me how to do careful, concise lab work, maintain records and at the same time learn in a fun environment. He was a brilliant researcher, excellent clinician, terrific teacher and above all a compassionate person." - Bob Lederer, MD '67
John Ouellette, MD, was the winner of the prize.
Says John, "I rounded with Bob and played ball and hunted with him. I canoed with him when he was in his 80s. He carried an 80-pound canoe over a quarter mile all by himself. He refused help and caught more fish than the rest of us!"
Ouellette was a resident in internal medicine at UW-Madison from 1960 to 1964. He retired from clinical medicine in 2003. But he's not been idle.
"I'm currently working mostly on my Richland County tree farm and was named 2010 Wisconsin Tree Farmer of the Year."