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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