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In Memoriam: July 2024

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The following list of recently deceased osteopathic physicians includes links to obituaries and online memorials if they’re available. Readers can notify the AOA of their deceased colleagues by sending an email to [email protected]. You may also view a list of past In Memoriam columns.

Orlin F. Callicoat, DO, 88 (KCU-COM 1969), of Mexico, Missouri, died Nov. 20, 2023.

Elwood Cohen, DO, 88 (DMU-COM 1961), of Lake Arrowhead, California, died Dec. 9, 2023.

David R. Dunkin, DO, 67 (OU-HCOM 1982), of Marysville, Ohio, died Dec. 31, 2023.

Claude E. Foreit, DO, 89 (MWU/CCOM 1959), of Munster, Indiana, died June 22.

Harvey A. Harris, DO, 82 (PCOM 1966), of Rydal, Pennsylvania, died Dec. 14, 2023.

Trenton A. Janda, DO, 53 (MSUCOM 1999), of Suttons Bay, Michigan, died Dec. 10, 2022.

Ret. Col. Algirdas A. Juocys, DO, 77 (MSUCOM 1977), of Rochester, Michigan, died Dec. 10, 2023.

Charles A. King II, DO, 82 (KCU-COM 1967), of Flint Township, Michigan, died Dec. 29, 2023.

Richard L. Kulick, DO, 87 (DMU-COM 1962), of Waterford, Michigan, died June 29.

Vaughn R. Long, DO, 98 (DMU-COM 1956), of Mercer, Pennsylvania, died Dec. 15, 2023.

Jerold Maer Lynn, DO, 85 (DMU-COM 1965), of Weston, Florida, died Jan. 12.

Richard C. MacDonald, DO, 88 (ATSU-KCOM 1965), of Rockport, Maine, died Nov. 25, 2023.

Randall “Randy” S. Reust, DO, 56 (OSU-COM 1994), of Tulsa, Oklahoma, died June 15.

Walter O. Willoughby Jr., DO, 92 (PCOM 1957), of Pittsburgh, died Dec. 21, 2023.

Editor’s note: If you’d like to honor a colleague with a memorial contribution to the American Osteopathic Foundation, you can do so online.

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2 comments

  1. Michael E Fitzgerald, CAE, former AOA director of publications and former staff liaison to the AOA Bureau of Osteopathic History

    “The DO’s” July issue would have been an appropriate issue to honor former AOA staff member Ann M. Wittner, CMP, who passed away at the end of June. For decades, Wittner played an integral role in organizing and executing the meetings of the AOA House of Delegates and the AOA Board of Trustees, as well as the AOA’s annual conference.
    Wittner began working at the AOA in the 1950s as a secretary and ended up retiring in 2008 as one of the AOA’s associate executive directors. She continued serving the AOA for a few more years in her long-term role of secretary to the AOA Bureau of Conventions.
    Wittner was the first non-DO to have been named an AOA honorary life member. The AOA’s 1996–1997 president, John P. Sevastos, DO, bestowed this honor on Wittner in part for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the AOA staff between the tenures of executive directors Robert Draba, PhD, and John B. Crosby, JD.
    In 2004, Wittner became one of only about a dozen AOA staff members to receive the AOA’s highest award, the Distinguished Service Certificate.
    “Every year, our convention and meetings of our House and Board improve greatly in large part because of Ann,” 2004–2005 AOA President George Thomas, DO, said in bestowing that certificate on Wittner. “Ann has stuck by the AOA in good times and bad. She persevered through the AOA’s struggles and helped set the stage for the AOA’s successes.” (See
    https://lnkd.in/gSXkZgTj for a photo of Wittner receiving her certificate.)

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