A life in medicine In Memoriam: Nov. 12, 2015 View the names of recently deceased osteopathic physicians. Nov. 12, 2015Thursday The DO Staff Contact The DO Staff Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Topics In Memoriam The following list of recently deceased osteopathic physicians and a supporter of the profession includes links to obituaries and online memorials if they’re available. Readers can notify The DO of their deceased colleagues by sending an email to thedo@osteopathic.org. View a list of past In Memoriam columns here. Jay Chuck, DO, 82 (ATSU-KCOM 1961), of University Park, Florida, died Nov. 2. Visit Dr. Chuck’s online guest book. Kenneth P. Cicuto, DO, 64 (PCOM 1976), of Portland, Maine, died Oct. 25. Visit Dr. Cicuto’s online guest book. Robert L. Evans, DO, 74 (ATSU-KCOM 1968), of Micco, Florida, died Sept. 23. Visit Dr. Evans’ online guest book. William F. Morris, DO, 75 (UNECOM 1992), of Smithfield, North Carolina, died Nov. 4. Visit Dr. Morris’ online guest book. Georgia Ann Walter, 91, of Kirksville, Missouri, died Aug. 8. She wrote many books about the osteopathic medical profession. Robert Leroy Williams, DO, 63 (KCUMB-COM 1978), of Independence, Missouri, died Nov. 5. Visit Dr. Williams’ online guest book. Previous articleOpioids in palliative care: 5 tips for reducing side effects Next articleDOs partner with Erikson Institute to promote early childhood development
Although she was not a DO herself, Georgia Ann Walter devoted her life to osteopathic medicine. Her father served as the dean of what is now the A.T. Still University-Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine. She served for years as the head librarian in the college’s A.T. Still Library. And she was in the first class of the AOA’s Great Pioneers in Osteopathic Medicine. She came to her Great Pioneer interview extremely prepared, having written down detailed answers to the questions she received in advance. Her book on the history of the Kirksville college is full of interesting pieces of information. For example, she wrote that as early as the 1930s, The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association called on the profession to use the term “osteopathic medicine” instead of “osteopathy” to highlight that DOs were full physicians. And according to her book, the fathers of actors Robert Montgomery and Alan Hale Jr. graduated from osteopathic medical school. In the latter case, Alan Hale Sr. gave up osteopathic medicine to become an actor and director in Hollywood, frequently starring as Errol Flynn’s sidekick. Nov. 16, 2015, at 6:11 pm Reply
Thank you for the wonderful comments about my mother in law Georgia Walter. She was also one of the sweetest nicest persons you would ever meet. Dec. 2, 2015, at 9:33 pm Reply
Besides being the stepson of former “Tonight Show With Johnny Carson” bandleader Carl “Doc” Severinsen, William F. Morris, DO, was the founding chair of the osteopathic manipulative medicine departments at both the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in New York City and the Campbell University Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine in Buies Creek, North Carolina. He also taught at three other osteopathic medical colleges. Dr. Morris was in his late 40s when he became a student at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine in Biddeford, Maine. Before that, he served as a paratrooper in the U.S. Army. He also was a photographer, and one of his photos was featured on the cover of Life magazine. Additionally, while serving as a senior policy analyst for the Social Security Administration in Washington, D.C., Dr. Morris helped to create the first low-income energy-assistance program. For more on Dr. Morris, see the December 2015 issue of AAO Member News at http://digital.turn-page.com/i/611514-december2015news/22, Dec. 16, 2015, at 9:02 am Reply