Stan Roman (one) saw needs in Harlem Hospital early in medical school. He's particularly proud of a summer project he did with other medical students. Their award-winning report stimulated the NYC Health Department to start providing contraceptives. His career has included eight years as a Dean at Dartmouth Medical School (1980-1987), Dean of Morehouse School of Medicine (1987-1990), Trustee of the College (1992-2002) and Dean of the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education (1990-2009). Before 1980 Stan started to lose his sight from hereditary glaucoma and by 1988 he could no longer drive. He transitioned to administrative positions with increasing responsibility. He had to memorize speeches and sharpen his other senses, especially listening. His accomplishments include increasing entry of qualified minorities into medical school and improvements in primary care. His daughter Mawiyah is a psychologist. Stan and wife Norma Dabney live in Philadelphia.
Don Schwartz was in physical diagnosis class when his partner noticed something unusual about Don's eyes, confirmed by the professor as retinitis pigmentosa. That didn't stop Don from completing medical school, residency in pediatrics, research in the USPHS at the National Cancer Institute and a fellowship in hematology-oncology. For ten years he was director of pediatric hematology-oncology at San Diego Children's, where he started the bone marrow transplant program and one of the first Ronald McDonald Houses. By 1984 he could not drive or work, so retired. While learning to wind-surf, he met his second wife, Sonia. In retirement Don cares for their dogs, cooks, uses email and listens to the Washington Post regularly. He has two sons, Daniel '94 and Jonathan and two grandsons. Don and Sonia live in Holiday, Florida.
Both of these classmates are extraordinarily positive, interesting individuals. Make your day, call Stan or Don.