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993

Memorials

William

L. CaIdwell,

1929-1979 chief

the

of

Radiology

Service

at Rodriguez

cer

U.S. Army Hospital in San Juan, P.R., and he did research at the Puerto Rico Nuclear Center. Here he began his lifelong interest in the

side

concern

effects

of radiation,

for the problem

with

special

of radiation

nephri-

tis.

As a special Health

fellow

Service,

of the

he spent

U.S.

1 963-1

Public

964

at the

Royal Marsden Hospital in Sutton, Surrey, England and the Institute of Cancer Research in London, England. While there he developed an interest in the relation between time and dose of irradiation with xrays or fast neutrons to survival and the development of side effects. He returned to Stanford in 1 964; then in 1 966

he

became

Director

and Radiation versity Dr. William tal

L. CaIdwelI

carbon

while vacationing was born November He

died

monoxide

received

from

acciden-

poisoning

in Ontario, 1 2,

a BA.

Canada.

1 929

Radiology

He

icine.

at Vanderbilt

in Nashville.

Associate

21

in the

Science

sity

Hospitals

to

Vanderbilt

School

came

Madison,

in

He

Professor

In 1 971 , Dr. Caldwell

in Honolulu.

in Premedical

Hospital

from

May

of Radiotherapy

Research

Uni-

also

rose

Professor

of

of Med-

to the Univer-

Wisconsin

as di-

with

thermia

hyperthermia treatment

American of Alpha

Omega

of Thera-

Alpha,

tion

and

including

training work

facilities

for

Physics.

from

1 955

Stanford 1 959.

pers

to

practice

1 956,

University During

this

demonstration

of

spinal problems. American Board and

Nuclear

From

1 959

at Ft. Knox,

and

in radiology

Hospitals period,

in the Stanford

from

1 956

he published

Ky.

director

to

Training

pa-

on the

dislocations

and

He was certified by the of Radiology in Radiology

Medicine to

in 1960. 1 963,

Dr.

Therapy

at

Bulletin

Medical fracture

Stanford

guide the

was

He

Radiation

Oncology

program. for

He

planning

American

in integrating

methods

involved

for

cancer the in the

helped

became

the

various

treatment

with

He

recently

patients. possibilities

radiology,

National

Cancer

In-

diology in 1 976. as an Associate

American

Since Editor

College 1 978

of

Ra-

he had served

of the International

Oncology,

Biology,

and

He was cancer

sin Clinical

a

facilities

and searched

the

A memorial scholarship in radiation oncology will be established in Dr. CaIdweIls honor. Gifts for this can be sent to the Radiation Oncology Division of the Wiscon-

Resident develop

of Radiology.

treatment to improve

also

radiotherapy

College

interested

bidity CaIdwell

of the

Technology.

in therapeutic with

the

tion

in general

from

Society

stitute, Veterans Administration, American College of Radiology, American Society of Therapeutic Radiologists, and American Board of Radiology. Dr. CaIdwell wrote a textbook, Cancer of the Urinary Bladder; wrote chapters for two other medical texts; served as editor for the proceedings of two international conferences; and contributed 62 publications to scientific journals. He assisted in the preparation of a guide for planning radiotherapy

resident

in 1955

American

peutic Radiology, Radiation Research Society, Radiological Society of North America, American Radium Society, and Wisconsin Society of Radiation Oncologists. From 1 967 to 1 979 he served on numerous important committees concerned with educa-

JournalofRadiation

an M.D.

hyper-

U.S. and

Dr. Caldwell was a Fellow ofthe College of Radiology, a member

University. After interning at San Francisco General Hospital, he became a member of the U.S. Army Medical Corps, serving as a

and

visited in the

Australia.

rector of the Radiation Oncology Division. In 1 973, he became associate director of the newly formed Wisconsin Clinical Cancer Center. He established the School of Radia-

in 1951

and facilities

for

Cancer

Center.

for ways less

of treating

mor-

became can-

Dorothy

J. Buchanan-Davidson Madison,

WI 53706

MEMORIALS

994

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Jean

Louis

Bouchard,

AJR:133,

During

this

time,

capacities

with

diologists

of the

he

the

functioned

local

in

many

Association

Province

of Ra-

of Quebec,

serv-

sity

with

in Medicine distinction.

Robert

from After

Laval

a short

Ayella,

prominent

therapy, tumors.

particularly

ident

Therapists.

partment

In 1 964,

of

field

1 960s,

International

sor and Chairman of

in the

of radiation

for his interest

In the early

of the

tion

Univer-

period

finally

nationally

Society

Pres-

of Radia-

he became

of the newly

Radiation

in brain

he became

Therapy

at

where

this

capacity

until

. During

1 971

his

ac-

period

many

papers

for

concerning

various

radiation

malignant

conditions,

and

culminating

diation

Therapy

the Nervous

in his

in Tumors

therapy

nonmalignant

Ra-

textbook,

and

Diseases

of

in 1 968.

This text was therapy of nerv-

System,

a milestone in the radiation ous system tumors. Dr. Bouchard was a compassionate sician

who

expertly

of

medicine

blended

phy-

the

in the

art

clinical

and

care

of

a tireless worker, always ready to help in any capacity, and his advice was frequently sought by many physicians from all corners of the globe. Poor health forced an early retirement in 1971 resulting in a serious loss to the radiation oncology community locally, nationally, and his

patients.

He

was

Joseph

DeMontreal,

he belonged

to Alpha

Omega

sistant

evaluation

pital

Dr. Robert J. Ayella died September 28, 978 at the age of 53 after a brief illness. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he received his medical degree from the Univer1

of

Medicine

in

and was soon

icine of

chief

of radiology

and

Radiology

School

in in

as Radiation Therapist-in-Chief in the Royal Victoria Hospital from the early 1 940s until 1 971 , Dr. Bouchard published

tive

Alpha. This was followed by an internship at the Cooper Hospital in Camden, N.J. He received his training in radiology at the Brooke Army Hospital as well as a fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. He also received a Master of Science degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1953. Early in his career he was on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania and later as-

practice

Pennsylvania

served

retirement

McGill

at the Presbyterian

Hospital in Philadelphia, Pa. Dr. AyelIa subsequently entered

of

and

early

H3A

J. Hazel

1A 1, Canada

1925-1978 1 948,

sity

his

internationally.

Profes-

created

University

science

as President of this Society, and also President of The Canadian Association of Radiologists. Dr. Bouchard became inter-

ing

graduating

1979

1910-1979 practice, he received postgraduate training in the then new specialty of radiology. He completed his training in Cambridge, England and in France with emphasis on radiation therapy. In 1 938, he joined the Department of Radiology, Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal, McGill University as a general radiologist, and then devoted full time to radiation therapy He fostered a Department of Radiation Therapy at the Royal Victoria Hospital and saw it grow to a major size.

Dr. Jean Louis Bouchard died January 30, 1 979. He was born in Quebec in 1910. He received his education in Quebec City,

November

in

was

chief

of the

at the

J.C.

Blair

Huntingdon,

Memorial

private of

1 2 years

of private

He

cedures pital

as

well

was chief at the

and

promoted to professor as professor of anatsection of Special Pro-

University

became

of Maryland

chief

of

the

Hos-

radiology

branch at the newly formed and now famous Maryland Institute of Emergency Medicine. He became an expert in the radiologic management patient,

of the and

his

massively

of the severely

is well

traumatized

contribution

toward

the

traumatized

pa-

recognized.

Dr. AyeIla management

was a pioneer in radiologic of the trauma patient, an ex-

Hos-

cellent

from

warm family man. He is survived by his wife, Betty; his two sons, Robert J. Ayella, Jr. and Richard James AyeIla; his two daughters, Nancy J. Walz and Elizabeth M. AyeIIa; his brother, Alfred S. Ayella; and his four grand-

1 957 through 1 969. He was also chief of staff of that hospital, as well as president of the medical staff. He was also elected president of the Huntingdon County Medical Society.

Completing

omy.

tient

Department

Pennsylvania

radiology

teacher,

a dedicated

clinician,

and

children.

practice,

he then obtained an academic appointment at the University of Maryland School of Med-

John Baltimore,

N. Diaconis MD

21201

a

William L. Caldwell, 1929-1979 .

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