Fwd: Yearbook Stuff

[Stephanie Aamodt St. Pierre]

Hi everyone!

 

Kate Graham has made the request below.  Is there someone who knew Dean Horowitz very well, and who would like to write the dedication on her behalf? If no one feels that they are the right person to do it, I do have a couple of other people in mind from the class who might like to do it.

 

Steph

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From: <grah...@umn.edu>
Date: Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 9:43 AM
Subject: Yearbook Stuff
To: "Stephanie Aamodt St. Pierre" <stephanie....@gmail.com>


Steph,
 Shirlee and I were hoping you could write a brief something to the class for the yearbook. Past editions have had a note from the class president...kind of like a graduation blurb...and we were planning on doing one this year. Basically they usually say thank you and congrats on graduation. Also, we were hoping someone in student government who knew Dr. Horowitz a bit better might be willing to write her dedication page. We have the format set up, but just need someone to write about her education, history with the med school, etc. and why she was so important to us as students. Let me know your thoughts on this and I hope interview season is going well for you!

Best,
Kate

--
Stephanie Aamodt St. Pierre
President, Class of 2009
University of Minnesota Medical School
651.336.2029

[Nathan T. Chomilo]

Hey Steph,

 

This was just sent out to all the deans on the AAMC listserve, I think it has a good portion about her history if someone can perhaps write a bit more about what she meant to students I think that would be great. Let me know if you have trouble finding someone to write as I knew her fairly well through discussions we had about OSR and at the AAMC meetings, however I feel someone who had a more personal interaction with her would probably be best. Thanks.

 

Chomilo

 

 

Dear colleagues,
 
Helene Horwitz, associate dean for student affairs, passed away Friday, Oct. 24, following treatment for a brain tumor. She will be greatly missed by all of us in the University of Minnesota Medical School and throughout the University who worked closely with her. Above all, our medical students and the many graduates whom she encouraged feel the loss of their champion Helene.
 
Well-educated and fiercely intelligent, Helene devoted her career to aiding medical students, first at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, then at the Minnesota Medical Foundation and, from 1989 on, at our Medical School. She advised the Medical School Student Council and the leaders of the Student National Medical Association. Helene was involved with our chapter of the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society as well as the more recently established chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society. She also helped those students at risk, in collaboration with other members of the Committee on Student Scholastic Standing. Among our current medical students, those who have taken advantage of the Flexible M.D. are grateful to her for her guidance.
 
It was noted in her Minneapolis Star Tribune obituary that Helene felt lucky to have such a rewarding job; we, too, are fortunate that she served the Medical School and our students with such dedication. In her honor, the Helene and Charles Horwitz Scholarship Fund for Altruistic Medical Students has been set up at the Minnesota Medical Foundation.
 
Helene is survived by her husband, Charles; children Karyn, Martin (Stacy), and Michael; and four grandchildren, Kelli, Adam, Xavier, and Quinn.

 

 

Nathan Chomilo, MS4

OSR National Liaison to the GSA-MAS, AAMC

University of Minnesota Medical School

chom...@tc.umn.edu