Class Notes

1975 Patrick Bastow (D) has released a book, My Heroes and Their Stories of Survival (Bookbaby) about the memories and emotions shared with him by his patients who were World War II combat veterans. He writes, “The veterans suggested that something meaningful be done with this information. This labor of love was completed in recognition of their sacrifices.” Patrick practiced dentistry at the Canandaigua, New York, VA Medical Center for 38 years.

1977 James (Jim) Powers (MD) has published a book, Value Driven Healthcare and Geriatric Medicine: Implications for Today’s Changing Health System (Springer). Jim is a geriatrician and professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University.

1982 Howard (Randal) Woodward (Flw) retired after 38 years practicing medicine in Omaha, Nebraska. Randal was a founder and president of Nebraska Spine and Pain Center, as well as founder and chairman of the board of the Nebraska Spine Hospital.

1988 James Musser (MD/PhD) has been named president of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. The federation represents 130,000 members in 30 societies nationally, and is the main policy advocacy voice of biological and biomedical researchers.

2017 Victoria DiMarco DiTramontos (Res) (see ’08 College).