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Vanderbilt pediatricianand amateur astronomerDonna Hummell, M.D.

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House Organ is the magazine for the staff, faculty, volunteers, and students of Vanderbilt Uni-versity Medical Center. It is published monthly, with a combined December/January issue,by the Office of News and Public Affairs of VMC. News stories, ideas, and suggestions arewelcome, and should be sent to House Organ, CCC-3312 Medical Center North, Nashville,Tenn., 37232-2390. E-mail: Wayne.Wood@Vanderbilt.Edu.The paper used to print House Organ is recycled and recyclable.Vanderbilt University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action university.

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Photography contestSend in your best shots, as well asyour best pet photos and videos.

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Service awards 2011A list of Medical Center staff andfaculty who are being honored thisyear. How many do you know?

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Looking up Donna Hummell is awed by the sights of the night sky, and wants to introduce others to astronomy.

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COVER PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY DANIEL DUBOIS

Remembering herhusband’s smileBY WAYNE WOOD

Eileen Johnson is a soft-spokenfourth-grade teacher whojust lost the love of her life,

and she wanted to talk about him. She knocked at my door one

recent afternoon, introduced her-self, and said that she had come bythe Office of News and Communi-cations and asked to speak with aneditor, and somebody directed herto me.She told me that her husband

of 30 years, Kenneth Johnson,(“Kenny” in her words, and mem-ory) died in June, a few weeksafter a car wreck in which both heand Mrs. Johnson were injured. He had severe injuries, she said,

but seemed to be recovering atfirst. He was treated at VanderbiltUniversity Medical Center, alwayswith Mrs. Johnson by his side,sometimes in a wheelchair herselfas she recovered from seriousinjuries she suffered in the acci-dent. She had hoped for his recov-ery, but despite the best efforts of his doctors and nurses, Kennydied. “It was the other driver’s fault,”

Mrs. Johnson said quietly. Notwith evident anger, but with noeffort to gloss over the fact that theworld can turn on something asrandom as a stranger making abad decision in your vicinity on aneighborhood road.As she talked about her late

husband, and the cruel turn theirlives had taken this year, Mrs.Johnson moved between smilingfondly at a favorite memory andtearing up when the reality of theloss came to her again. She remembered how Kenny

had encouraged her career, urgedher to continue her education, andhad researched master ’s degreeprograms for her. With her years ofservice to Metro Schools and hereducation, and with the degree hecheered her on to complete, that

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This is the one time each year to review your insurance andspending account coverage and make choices for the upcom-ing calendar year. The benefit elections you make continuethrough the plan year (beginning Jan. 1, 2012), and cannot bechanged unless you experience a qualifying life event.Even if you plan to keep the same coverage in 2012, this is

an active enrollment, which means you’ll need to log on to theonline benefits enrollment tool and make your elections. Ifyou don’t enroll, you will have the following default benefitsfor 2012:

• Medical Plan—Aetna Standard, employee-only tier (even ifyou currently waive medical plan coverage)

• Dental Plan—no coverage

• Vision Plan—no coverage

• Accidental Death and Dismemberment—no coverage

• Flexible Spending Accounts—no spending accounts

Note: Your current Short-term Disability election will not change

Important Notes for 2012

Health Plan

• The same health plans will stay in place for 2012: AetnaStandard, Aetna HealthFund and Blue Cross Select.

• Deductibles, copays and out-of-pocket maximums willremain the same.

• We’ve been able to keep premium increases lower thanmany other employers and continue to have cost based onsalary level.

• NEW: Preventive care is expanding and you won’t have acopay for most routine or wellness services.

• Your child(ren) by birth, marriage or adoption—up to age26—can now be covered by your health plan, regardless oftheir access to other health insurance coverage.

• Navitus will remain the prescription provider (prescriptioncoverage is included with your health plan, no matterwhich plan you select). Copayments for tier three (non-pre-ferred) drugs will increase by $5. Specialty drug 90-dayprescriptions will no longer be covered, but 30-day sup-plies may still be obtained through the Vanderbilt Outpa-tient Pharmacies.

Dental Plan

• NEW: BlueCross BlueShield DentalBlue PPO will replacethe CIGNA PPO, resulting in lower premium costs.

• The CIGNA DHMO plan will remain the same, but premi-ums have increased.

Vision Plan

• NEW: Superior Vision Services replaces VSP as the newplan provider for 2012.

• The plan’s rates are lower than the 2011 vision rates.

• Superior Vision offers a more convenient network ofproviders, including Vanderbilt Eye Institute, WalMart, Tar-get and LensCrafters.

Short-term Disability If this is your first time enrolling in Short-term Disability,you’ll need to complete the Hartford’s “proof of insurability”process. This means that the Hartford requires applicants torespond to questions about health and any existing conditionson their online enrollment site. If you already have Short-termDisability insurance through the Hartford, this does not applyto you.

Make an informed decisionHow can you ensure you get the coverage you need for 2012?

• Attend the Employee Health Fair at VUMC (all VUemployees encouraged to attend) on Thursday, Sept. 8,from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., in the Student Life Center. Ben-efits staff, as well as plan representatives, will be availableto answer questions.

• Mark your calendars for October’s Information Sessions,which will be held in Light Hall on Monday, Oct. 3, andTuesday, Oct. 4, and at One Hundred Oaks on Monday,Oct. 10.

To visit the HR website, go to http://hr.vanderbilt.edu/oe/

Questions? Contact the Employee Service Center7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday-Friday(615) 343-7000Human.resources@vanderbit.eduHR Express: 2525 West End Ave, 2nd floor

Open Enrollment is October 1-14EMPOWER. EDUCATE. ENROLL.

Do you know yourVUnetID and ePassword?

You’ll need your VUnetID and ePass-word to access the online benefitsenrollment tool. If you have forgottenyour VUnetID or ePassword, ITS has awebsite (http://its.vanderbilt.edu/epassword)with resources to help you reset (or create)your VUnetID or ePassword.

Open Enrollment, the annual opportunity to take charge

of your benefits and elect the coverage that fits your

needs for the coming year, begins at 8 a.m. on Oct. 1 and

ends at 5 p.m. on Oct. 14.

BY WAYNE WOODPHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY DANIEL DUBOIS

There is a list, famous among astronomers,

of 110 faint objects in the night sky, first

cataloged by French astronomer Charles

Messier in the 18th century. A “Messier marathon”

is when astronomers begin at dusk and work until

dawn, hoping to locate every single one, searching

amid the field of stars for each elusive light source,

be it a distant galaxy or an ancient supernova.

Vanderbilt pediatrician Donna Hummellis one of the most accomplished amateurastronomers in the region. She is intenton passing that knowledge on to others.

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Donna Hummell, M.D., knows the nightsky so well she has seen every Messierobject, participated in four marathons,and once sighted 103 of the 110 in a sin-gle night, foiled in the elusive remainingseven objects only by the horizon andthe light of the sun.“Not many have done that, especially

by hand,” says Rocky Alvey, programmanager of Vanderbilt’s Dyer Observa-tory, with obvious admiration.Hummell, associate professor of Pedi-

atrics and Clinical Director of PediatricAllergy and Immunology, examines chil-dren for a living and the cosmos for fun.She is an amateur astronomer who hasachieved some notable accomplishments,including serving as vice president of theBarnard Seyfert Astronomical Society(BSAS), the organization for Nashvillianswho are interested in the cosmos. Her interest in astronomy as an adult

was kindled on a trip with her then-middle-school-age son Hunter to Van-derbilt’s Dyer Observatory to observean eclipse of the moon.“That was really my first trip to Dyer,

and it was incredible to see the lunarsurface in that kind of detail,” she says.

It wasn’t long after that the family,including daughter Rachel and Hum-mell’s husband, Noel Tulipan, M.D.,professor of Neurological Surgery,bought a small telescope and Hummellbegan scanning the sky for fun. Later, as her interest grew, she bought

a larger telescope that allows her to seemore distant and faint objects, but, sheis quick to note, amateur astronomy ismore about the enjoyment of the skythan the hardware.“Just using binoculars to look up at the

night sky can be eye-opening,” she says.Hummell says she enjoys the observa-

tional aspect of astronomy; her sonHunter was more interested in thephysics—so much so, in fact, that he isnow a physics major at Washington Uni-versity in St. Louis. Rachel stuck closer toher mom and dad’s biomedical careers—she is studying to be a veterinarian.

A desire to know the world“My interest in science started when Iwas a young girl,” Hummell says. “Mygrandfather was a self-taught naturalscientist. He got me interested in rockcollecting. I really enjoyed that a lot.

“My mother and grandmother wereavid gardeners and knew a lot aboutplants. I think that’s how I got interestedin science.”Rather than geology or botany,

though, her interests turned towardmedicine. She was a chemistry major incollege and decided to focus on pedi-atric immunology for a career.But choosing a career path in one sci-

ence doesn’t take away interest from allothers. The night sky is big enough foreverybody, from poets to physicists topeople who just want to know whatthey’re seeing—and Hummell says shefell into that latter category.“[For a long time] I enjoyed the sky,

but I didn’t know what I was lookingat,” she says. Now, it’s fair to say, she does. In addi-

tion to viewing the Messier objects, sheis engaged in making her way throughthe Herschel 400, a list of deep spaceobjects that are even more challengingto find with a telescope.She has observed a transit of Venus

across the sun in Hungary, and on afamily visit to Argentina managed toconnect with a local astronomy groupand was able to observe Eta Carinae, astar system with a surrounding nebulathat is a highlight of the skies of theSouthern Hemisphere.When somebody asks her what her

favorite sight in the night sky is, shesays quietly, “I never get tired of theOrion Nebula”—a brilliant cloud ofinterstellar dust where stars are stillbeing born. She says she thinks the wellspring of

both astronomy and medicine are adesire to know the world.“I entered medicine through the sci-

ence side,” she says. “I’ve always beeninterested in the way things work. Math and science are tools to understand the world.”

Sharing knowledge Hummell has high standing in the com-munity of Middle Tennessee amateurastronomers. “She is very knowledgeable about

astronomy, and is willing to share herknowledge and leadership with every-

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When not scanning the cosmos, Hummell sees patients at Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks (thiswas move-in day). She is Clinical Director of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology.

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body,” says local attorney Joe Boyd, atwo-term president of the BSAS who hasworked with Hummell on projects ofthe society. Alvey, the Dyer Observatory program

manager, also praises her willingness to

help out by serving the astronomy soci-ety. “The survival of the BSAS dependson getting people like her involved,” he says. And while nobody gets involved in

something like an astronomy societybecause of a deep desire to sit throughcommittee meetings, Hummell says shefinds value in helping provide theadministrative framework to allow theclub to meet its goal of service to scienceand to the community.She has taught at public star parties

hosted by the astronomical society, and isa counselor for Boy Scouts seeking meritbadges related to science or astronomy.“The members have a passion for

teaching,” she says. “I consider myself ateacher in the medical field, and I seethat a lot in the members of the BSAS.”

Sometimes, she says, she thinksabout her grandfather with love andgratitude for interesting her in rock col-lecting when she was a young girl.

“I believe I studied and majored inchemistry in college because he was aself-taught chemist and metallurgist,”she says. “He died of lung cancer whenI was 16 years old. I never got a chanceto discuss chemistry seriously with him,and I missed his loving encouragementwhen the college courses becametougher.“It is so important to put that spark of

interest in a young person,” she says. She doesn’t add, because she doesn’t

have to: because sometimes, if theyoung person learns to live with anopen mind, that spark never goes out.

To find out more about Vanderbilt’sDyer Observatory, go tohttp://www.dyer.vanderbilt.edu/

To find out about the Barnard SeyfertAstronomical Society, go tohttp://www.bsasnashville.com/

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Rocky Alvey, program manager at Vanderbilt’s Dyer Observatory, is an admirer of Hummell’s knowledge of the night sky.

Knowing how to use her 10-inch Orion Intellis-cope reflecting telescope allows Hummell to findfaint objects in the dark sky.

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honored at annual celebration

STAFF

10 yearsBarbara AdamsLakisha AikensBarbara AldridgeRobin AlexanderMaria AlexanderAdrienne AmesChristine AndersonAngela AndersonMelanie AndrewsSharon ArmstrongMelissa ArsenaultAmanda AtkersonMark BaileyRebecca BaileyMaria BalincaRhonda BarfieldRandal BarnetteLinda Bates

Fannie BeanStanley BeasleyRichard BelcherAnn BencoBrenda BensonVirgil BentleyKristen BeruttiAnnette BessStacy BlackCrystal BlackJeffery BlackThomas BlackwellCalvin BlairCatrina BledsoeFelicia BoakyeRenee BoggsDebora BohlenSarah BoldenHeather BondieLeah BowenDebbie Bowers

Sharon BoydRiley BoydRebecca BoyerCindy BraceyDeborah BraySandy BreedenRebecca BridgmanSusanne BrinkleyLynn BrooksKathy BrooksWilliam BroslatLaura BrownMarissa BrownKristi BrownCindy BrownClifford BrownValorie BroxtonMarsha BuntleyJean ButlerLaura ButlerJohn ButoracAadam CabdisalamDeborah CampbellTiny CampbellEmily CampbellDebra CarltonDevin CarrAllyson CarrollSean CarrollKellie CartelliScott CarterBeverly CarterAndre CasaVernon CashSheri ChapmanAmanda CharltonLixin ChenMelinda CherryCynthia ChildressQunyotta ChunnStephen Clark

Carey CliftonMary ClineKathleen ClowerRobert CobinMaruja ColemanCarol CollettNancy ColowickConnie CombsJoy CoomesWendy CooperRegina CooperJames CooperMeeshon CottonRobert CoxJack CrawfordLinda CrippsCathy CrossNancy CrossRuth CurrieOmecca DaleSheila DaltonCynthia DaltonBrandy DaltonMariah DalyRebecca DancerAthena DanforthThomas DanielRobin DaSilvaArunima DattaTammy DavisSherie DawsonDenise DeanJonathan DeesRebecca DeLeonguerreroLisa DeMossXinqing DengPat DewaratanawanichSami DietrichRuthie DillonLei DingCharles DonohoLuisa DoromalSheldon DreaddyTroy DriverLauren DuckworthScott DudekMary EdwardsLaura ElginJoAnn EmerichKathy EmmonsHusamettin ErdemCarolyn FarrellDiane FawkesCheryl FeldnerCarly FeldottBrenda FeltsMariam FerrelTracey FerrellNancy FigueroaMelissa Finney

Chrystal FizerPatricia FordRobert FrancisAnthony FrazierCharles FreemanNanalane FreyFelica FutrellDrea GaffneyMichele GamblePatricia GammonCarolyn GarlitsLesa GassPhillip GauvinFadi GejjoRaed GejjoRafed GejjoEliya GejjoSheree GerebenJennifer GetsayPatricia GibsonTonja GibsonMarilyn GibsonDalphine GilcreaseStephany GlennValerie Grady-ShawSandra GreenoEric GriffinTodd GrinerPatricia GronesMary Grubbs CohnWande GuoRichard HaddenMark HaffeyMaribeth HaganKaren HaggartySherri HailsAmy HallWei HanJennifer HandDora Haney-SniderJing HaoStacy HarrillTerri HartmanRonald HatchAmber HawkinsAngela HayesStacia HedrickMary HellersonCarolyn HepburnSusan HerefordPatti HergenrederSalisha HillJames HollenderJoselyn HollinsRichard HoltChris HoltLyndi HopkinsRebekah HufhamAmber HumphreyCharles Hunley

The combined Medical Center and University Service Awards

will be held Tuesday, Sept. 13, from 3 to 5 p.m. in Langford Audi-

torium. Those being honored this year are staff with five, 10, 15,

20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55 and 60 (!) years of service. Those with

20 years or longer of service will be recognized at the celebration.

Here’s a list of Medical Center employees who will be honored

this year, arranged by years of service and beginning with 10

years. The faculty list follows the staff list.

Cumulative centuries of dedication

Years of service

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Mary HunterTamika HurtNicole HutchersonJennifer HutchinsonAndrew HutchinsonAntoinette Inmon-GarnerMary JacksonMisti JacksonCorey JacksonVikas JainLaura JarosemichAngela JenkinsJoann JenkinsTrudie JenningsMary JeskeyTammy JessenMichelle JohnsonCamelia JohnsonDevonne JohnsonKeith JohnsonDavid JohnstoneMary JonesMelanie JordanAmy KarnsKathleen KayeJabada KempLeverette KendrickKimberly KingDouglas KinseyVicki KivettLaura KlepperZachary KlintMargaret KniffenAlaina KnightAndrew KoepkeQinghua KouAnne LacySusan LaFeverChester LamingKevin LanaghanOlivia LanierLaura LarkinJames LawsonJames LeeLatanya LeeJanell LeesCindy LefflerMary LemleyWendy LeutgensRui LiDan LiangYolanda LockeHeather LodenJames LongLioudmila LoukachevitchHarold LoveWilliam LundJoAnn LundySharon LyonsMary MagestroVeena MahadevappaSharon ManloveTreva MarshMeredith MarwillCynthia MayberryLetriae MayfieldLaura McBrideGregory McCoyMontagne McDonaldRandall McFarlandDenise McKinnieDelores McKinnieThomas McLaurinSherrie McneilJessica McNeilEllen McNishAngela McWilliamsBeverly MeadowsTeresa MeltonMelanie MengerinkCharles Mengerink

Dana MerrittSandra MertesSusan MeynNebojsa MihicMartin MillerJennifer MillerLora MitchellJames MizellCarol ModosMark MontgomeryAmelia MontgomeryTerri MoorePaul MooreGwendolyn MooreMary MorganPamela MorrisRoy MorrisSpring MorseTracy MortonJennifer MortonTammy MossKimberly MoyersNancy MuldowneyPaula MullensShannon MullensCynthia MurphyAndrea MurraySue MuseDeborah MyersSteven NashJudith NelsonVan NguyenJames NicholDana NicholsLaShonta Nichols-NewbornPatricia NielsenJason NormanDeborah O LearyMarilyn O'DellLana OlsonShannon OntiverosJoyce OreficeRosalie O'RourkeNancy OwenKelly OwensDeborah OwensAnnette PacettiLeanna PaleyIrish ParkDarren ParkerDeborah ParkerTerrill ParksTracy ParsonsStephanie PattersonWilliam PattersonCynthia PaynePatricia PeekDawn PembertonChristye PerkinsLinda PerryTracy PhillipsStephanie PhiloLarry PierceRoy PilkintonKim PlemmonsUrsula PowellTeresa PradhanRatna PrasadEmily PrestonDiana PridgenTapeka PrimmTimothy PritchardChristy PuenteShirin PulousXiaofeng QiJeffrey QuinnRonda RamseyJennifer RayShirleen RaymerTeresa ReddenDarryl Reece

Monica ReedHerbert RichardDelores RichardsonM RichardsonKristina RigsbyEdward RitchisonLina RobertsJeffrey RoeSusan RolstenJack RosenMindy SaccoCari SaffordMicah SandersSusan SchultzJulie ScottKimberly SeaySusan SefersDouglas SelphJudy SeltzerChristian ShafferAmir ShamounDorothy ShearonMarcia SheegogCheryl ShelleyPatricia ShepherdJennifer ShepherdLaura ShortTara ShrumPeggy ShusterCarrie SimpsonRitchie SimsBrandy SirlesCindy SiscoKaren SmithGeri SmithDonna SmithTimothy SmithWanda SmithKarin SmithDonte SmithPaul SmithYvonne SmithVickey SmothermanSharon SparksSuzanne SpeedBrady SpencerJennifer SpicerFred SpruytenburgMargaret Stanton-SnortenJoan StarcMartha StarrAngela SteeleJennifer StephensChristopher StewartRenee StilesGretchen StocktonKatherine StroupRegina SturgesLorraine SuttonMiriam SwihartJanet SykesMildred TalleyLianhong TangSuchitra TangchittrongMarcia TapiaMarian TaylorSusan TaylorDorothy TempletonJames TenpennyCarol TerrellElizabeth ThielkeMargaret ThomasMaxine ThomasKatie ThompsonAngelene TimbsTerry TinsleyLori TobinLinda ToddFranchelle TruettLeigh VaughanVicki Viar

Carol VickKelli VinsonMartin WalkerYuanfang WangRandall WardDexter WebbRuby WelchMary WestReather WestbrookJeffrey WhiteTammy WhitfieldPamela WilliamsRifka WilliamsJennifer WilliamsConnie Williams-DixonKatherine WilsonFelicia WiltPaula WoodLeslie WoodardFreda WoodrichErica WoodsidePatricia WrightDeborah WrightPaula WrightKerri WyattJingping XieZhou YanHua YeTiffany YellingAmanda YoungIrene Zagol-IkapitteMaria ZamoranoDavid ZerbstAmira Zukanovic

15 yearsKaren AdamsonStephanie AddingtonAmy AndersonJan BachmanDennis BagwellEmad BakriWilliam BarkerRhonda BartineTerry BatesCarla BealsHeidi BeanLinda BeardDianne BennettSheryl BoleyjackJack BooneGordon BorckVivian Bowen-AdamsRuth BransonMatthew BruckseJanice BuchananGeorgia BurdickMartha BurnsSharon BurysekKimberly ButlerLinda CampbellMonica CatlettJeana ChaseKimberly ChunnEdith ColeTia ColemanJason ColesJean CoppinHarold CorlewDeborah CrawfordDavid CrosbyAnn CrossDebra CunninghamJin DaiRebecca DavisChris DavisApril DeMersSusan DenglerTraci DentonKarl DierkingLi Ding

Ellen DowlingRosaline DozierPatricia DurchsprungEmily DuvallTammy EdmondsJennifer ElksGlenda FendleySandra FerguesonJennifer FergusonLaura FilingoAlayne FordTammy FreehlingHeather FreemanJanet FryAnne GallowaySteven GambillDonna GardnerMarian GardnerLinda GarnerGeraldine GhizCatherine GoldenSusan GoldmannWynemia GordonJonathan GrandeLajander GreenReginald GreenPaula GriffinShaunna GudinoMin GuoJulia HackettChristy HagewoodDorenda HaltemanCheryl HarrisJill HarrisTanya Hart-DavidsonApril HayesJohn HaynesRamona HelmsSusan HernandezCristella HerreraRobert HeskettJoan HickersonDavid HillerBeverly HoadleyDiane HolmanTheresa HolmesAnna HoneycuttSommer HornbergerMark HortianBeverly HosseWilliam HuffmanLinda JamesRonald JannettaKaruna JayathilakeSharon JohnsonVicki JonesTatiana JoukovaLinda KendallPatsy KingFrancisca KingDonna KingChristopher KleymeerSusan Krauser LupearJames KrusbeJeffrey KulasKristie LeeBeverly LeePatricia LeeBeverly LevineSylinda LittlejohnCynthia LoflinLawanda LoveCrystal LoweJulia LuterPamela LynesPamalee MacarthurToni MaluginSuzanne MangrumDavid MartinPatsy MasonWendi Mason

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Monroe McCordTerry McHollinClarence McKinneyRyan McNewLinda McVayMary MeredithRobert MerrittMynette MichaelsFrances MillerJune MillsJanet MorrisMarilyn MossAmy MotleyAmanda MouveryCandace MurphyAnn NapierKimberly NelsonEdith NewberryQuintin NewsomMyron NormanDonna OffschankaEarnestine OldsMildred OrozcoJanet OsborneMichael OvertonJulie OzierSachin ParanjapeJohn ParkerTeresa ParkerStacy ParksDebbie PattersonKathleen PattersonKathleen PolisCarol PopeCatosha PrimmKevin RayRachel ReaganJames RedikerDeborah Reid-JonesPatti ReillyMichelle RiggsMichele RileyLaQondia Robbins-WeaverJackie RobertsonMary RobertsonKarla RomanSusan RoseBlair SasserCharles SharbelBridget SharpMartha ShonePatricia SiddonNovella SimmonsBeverly SimmsJacqueline SimpsonElizabeth SingletonJennifer SkeltonBillie SledgeDorothy SmithEllen SmogurGeneine SnellLaura Stackhouse

Stephanie StaedSharon StinsonLavonna StoneburnerMaria StringerGreggory TaggardElizabeth TaketaniLinda ThayerCynthia VaughnSusan WallaceSamuel WarrenEarl WarrenStefanija WeaverPaula WebbWendi WelchCarla WestJerry WestbrookTina WilliamsYvonne WilliamsSherry WilliamsHollie WilsonTanika WilsonCathy WilsonElizabeth WinklerSherimal WrightJialing Yuan

20 yearsBruce AbramMichael AllenEuneese AndersonDebra AndrewsGary ArgoDebra ArnowCarolyn AronsonShelley AtkinsonJammie BaberAmanda BaileyLanita BakerJoanne BallTeresa BarnesJames BarnettCarolyn BartkusBethany BeaudryGayle BellAlice BernsteinCarol BondsChristy BottsSandra BradleyDenise BrownZelda ButtreyDebra CampVeronica CampbellElizabeth CanfieldStacey CarpenterKathy CarterLinda ChaffinJanet ClaboughSusan ClantonDorothy CobbMary ColeVirginia Collier

Mary ConnersDonna ConsacroMary CopelandConnie Crawford-KoonceCathy CunninghamFloremil DacpanoDianne DavidsonDewain DavisDaxa DesaiZannette DodsonDominic DoyleElizabeth EarlsSharon EtterNorma FairDarla FarrisPatrice FosterGreta FowinkleDenise GamaryPatricia GideonDerenda GoldKimberly Gray-WrightMalinda GreerLisa GrunwaldDiane GuptonElizabeth HaddoxMark HawkinsSusan HoganDeborah HoltonBichthu HorsleyLise HoyChrys HulbertCynthia HullAnn HurleyDahl IrvinDeborah IrvinAlexandra JarisCynthia JettLisa JohnsonDebbie JohnsonCarol JohnsonPamela JonesYolanda JonesLou KaelinZafer KarabulutRobin KentValerie KiblerKaren KingMargaret-Ann KoontzBrenda LaneTamara LasakowAnita LewisLiying LiStella LilesSandra LongabergerMargaret LovettKaren LumpkinPamela LynnIan MacdonaldMary MaloneGary MaluginJanet MandevilleSandra MartinGary McCollumLoretta McGowanKim MeadowsSusan MillsJohanda MormanPatricia MorrowGerdine MorrowSusan MoseleyBarbara NashKelly NewmanJanet NicoteraMichael O'NealShirley OteyChristina ParisTanya ParrishNicola PattersonMonica PattonAngela PernellJudith Phillips

Connie PollardNatalie PooleTondaleyo RiceKaren RobinsonEllen RochelleJohnetta RoperMary RorickStefanie RushingDarin RutledgeBarbara SammonsPatsy ShepherdDebora ShiflettClara ShoemakeDonna SikaSusan SlayCarolyn SmithAmy SmithCabrini SmithRosaline SmithDonnie SmithLaTonia StaffordMichael StanfillConnie StenquistLinda StewartMargaret SurvantLeonard ThicklinSherry ThomasLa-Sean TrotterNancy WaldenSherri WalkerSharon WardConnie WeaverSidney WebbRandee WhiteHenrietta WhitePauline WigginsGlenda WilderDarrell WilliamsPeggy WilsonTeresa WilsonGlenda WilsonRoberta WinfreyBarbara Woodard

25 years Susan AmbergLita BaldwinMary Lee BatesMartha BennettCarol Ann BonnerBrigitta BrannonVicki BrinskoBeverly BrownNancy CardwellRose CassidyPamela ChandlerBeverley CocciaJanet CollettLeslie CollinsKelly CollinsPeggy ConnollyBrian DaughertyLuEllen DavieDavid DipersioMaria DonofrioKim DorrisTerri EdwardsAnnette EhrhartCynthia FacemireSue FloydLinda FranklinAmy GentryRhonda GibsonNeicy GilbertTim GilfilenLinda GleavesDonna GoochLisa GreenRowena HatchDeeDee HollisRandy James

Audrey JenkinsDenise JohnsonTricia JohnsonDiane JohnsonRenata JonesElla JonesDebbie JonesDixie JoslynStephen KellyBarb KellySusan KeltonMelanie KilpatrickPat LigonPat LovinAngie LynnBecky ManesLori MartinGail MayoConnie MurphyMary Ellen NilandCathey NortonJanice OdomManik PaulManisha PaulJerita PayneCathy PayneAnita PhillipsDonna PinkeltonJoyce PoeBharathi PolavarapuSharon PomeroyPenny PowersChris PriceGeorge Anne RainesTeresa RobertsGeorge RoccoLynda ShaverKelly SimsJerrie SmithJohn SparksJanet StaleyPam SteeleJennifer SteinhauerGreg SwineaMichael ThompsonThresa VanZantDawna WagonerWillola WaldenBrenda WallaceMark WatsonJoe WestFrances WilliamsMarilyn Young

30 yearsDolores BatemanLenys BigaBetsy BondMillie BrownJudy BurgerCharlotte ChaneyBarbara ClintonLisa ConyerGeorge CottonBarry CulbertsonCharisse DillreeLinda FellwockLinda FenoglioJoAnn FieldsCharles FloydLori GravesCarolyn HallShirley HardinLillian JacksonMary JohnsonPatricia A. JohnsonKim JohnsonShirley Johnson-CrookAngela JonesHazel JordanBarbara Krispin

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Pat Strobel, 50 years

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Pete LeffertsDonna LonguevanSheryl MangrumKim MangrumPeter MarshallMelodee MartinCherril McAlmontDawn McBrideErnest McDonaldMarcia MullinsSara NashBelinda PerkinsRacy PetersDale PlummerBrenda PlunkettStan PooleKaren PraterDonna PutnamEsther RaineySharon ReederJohn RiceDonna SabashEdith SannellaSandra SheltonDeborah ShieldsLinda SmothersJoyce StallworthSarah StampsRebecca StoweMissy SullivanJulia SummerlinDebra SwagertyPenny WelchSara WilhoitRamona YoungBrenda Zarth

35 yearsBetty AkersMaureen ArbuckleSharon BasketteJerry BatteLynne BlackJohn BobbittJanet ColeMarilyn DubreeSusan ElliottRonnie FieVicky GregoryStephen HuffinesCarol MaclachlanDianne MaitlandJim McCulleyLinda NicholsonDebbie PhillipsNancy PittmanNancy ProctorLorenza ShortDaniel SneedBeverly SteeleRochelle StrattonJulia StricklandAngela SullivanRhonda TullyKenneth WhiteDonna WilsonLora Yando

40 yearsLonnie AndersonNancy DoyleVicki FinneyClementine HorneBill KarasEd MitchelCarolyn SmallSharon TollefsonEdie Vaughn

45 yearsMary CartwrightEdmund LaganCarolyn LoveLinda Sparks

50 yearsPat Strobel

60 yearsMargurite Douglas

FACULTY

10 yearsSari AcraGovindaraj AnumanthanJoseph AulinoTyler BeruttiSwati BiswasWilliam BlotJeffrey BoordTravis BowlesPeter BreamStephen BruehlChang ChungAlison CohenGenea CrockettJulie DampRichard D'AquilaEric DawsonMaria DePasqualeLiping DuMartha DudekAlistair FinlaysonRobert FitchJay FowkeDavid FriedmanSteven GoertzDavid GordenWilliam GreggAndrew GregoryEugenia GurevichVsevolod GurevichDavid HagamanNatasha HalasaAlyssa HastySimon HaywardJoan HenningStanley HerrellJennifer HicksAndrea HoneycuttBenjamin HornsbyJames JacksonWalter JeromeRen JinAsha KallianpurPrince KannankerilChangquing KaoHerman KaplanAdetola KassimAnne KenworthyShannon KilkellyPhilip KingsleySusan KroopRobert LabadieIra LandsmanWentian LuoJames LutherRobert MacdonaldPierre MassionAddison MayNipun MerchantRobert MillerAlison MillerElaine MooreJames MoorePaul MooreJames Muldowney

Anne O'DuffyAsli OzdasLeon ParksJason PereiraMark PetersAnita PreiningerJames RamseyVidya RaoMichelle ReyzerElizabeth RiceTodd RiceSergey RyzhovPablo SaavedraMelinda SandersJohn ScottDavid ShafferAndrew ShinarAyumi ShintaniAndrew SmithJeffrey SosmanChristy SparkmanEli SteigelfestJ SummittEric SumnerCraig SussmanPatricia Temple GabbeUyen TranDeborah Van SlykeSergey VishnivetskiyJeffry WatsonAnne WillifordGuanqing WuYajun YiDavid ZhaoChongbin ZhuJozef Zienkiewicz

15 yearsColin ArmstrongVladimir BabaevArna BanerjeeLeonard BradshawMichael BubserJustin CalabraceSusan CalderwoodDavid CarboneJiankang ChenAnthony CmelakSheila DawlingRonald DerrAriel DeutchJohn DixonBrian DonahueEdwin DonnellyLetitia EasdownShelley EllisElliot FielsteinAmy GannMaureen GannonRalf HabermannDavid HaynesDaniel HimesMichael HolzmanTracy HunleyWaleed IraniBarry JarnaginPeggy KendallJordanka KourtevaLynda LaneKirk LaneWilliam LawsonMyung LeeBenita LynchRobert MatusikWilliam MaynardMark McClainHerbert MeltzerRaymond MernaughSusan OpalenikMias PretoriusGeraldine Reeves

Albert ReynoldsSamuel RosenbloomSusan SamarasPatricia ScottPaul St JacquesBradley StancombeTakamune TakahashiJohn TarpleyAnne TharpeMary WashingtonMarilee Weingartner

20 yearsBan AllosRonald ArildsenMaryann ArildsenRobert AtwoodRandy BarrettPaul BockRichard BreyerMin ChangThomas ClevelandThomas DavisMary DeesJan DelozierMark DenisonRonald EmesonMary Fino-SzumskiWilliam HewlettEric HustedtRaymond JohnsonBenjamin JohnsonLynne McFarlandJeffry McKinzieGregory MencioDouglas MilamPaul MootsLinda NormanDavid RaifordLawrence SchevingGary SchwartzBih-Hwa ShiehMohammed SikaJoseph SmithBennett SpetalnickKurt SpindlerWilliam SteadLucinda StewartPaul ThomasSong-Yi Yao

25 yearsVickie BairdItalo BiaggioniNancy BrownJorge CapdevilaRoger ChalkleyRobert CoffeyRoger ColbranJeffrey DavidsonDominique Delbeke

James DuncavageMaria GiroMarie GriffinStephen HannRaymond HarrisShannon HerseyJoyce JohnsonLani Kajihara-LiehrValentina KonPeter MartinLynn MatrisianMichael MayJames MayJames NettervilleRobert OssoffDonald PierceJohn PietschJamie PopeAgnes ReadLinda SealySamuel SellsRoland SteinPeter WeilDavid Zealear

30 yearsJames AtkinsonGordon BernardAlbert BethBrian ChristmanMaralie ExtonAgnes FogoHoward FuchsDouglas KernodleCheryl MajorBarbara Meyrick-ClarryWallace NeblettDavid PickensDan RodenJames Sheller

35 yearsFred BessStephen BlanksLonnie BurnettMelinda CohenTerri CrutcherArthur FleischerNeil GreenStanley Higgins

40 yearsG DunnJoan KingLarry SwiftKenneth Wallston

45 yearsTadashi InagamiWilliam Mitchell

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12 HOUSE ORGAN

step is within reach. “He wanted meto become a principal,” she said. “Hewould say, ‘Always be looking toadvance.’”Mrs. Johnson showed me the pro-

gram that she had designed for herhusband’s memorial service. Shewrote the text for the inside cover,which included: “Kenneth walked theworld with a loving, beautiful smile,and a kind heart each day. Anyonewho knew Kenneth would always sayto him, ‘Kenneth, your smile can lightup a room.’”The Rev. Marcy Thomas, a chaplain

at VUMC, is one of those who knowsabout that smile:“I was one of the fortunate ones

who will always carry with me theremembrance of that beautiful smileand Kenny’s accompanying greatheart,” she said. “As hospital chap-lain, it was my privilege to get toknow both Kenny and Eileen whenthey were hospitalized at the sametime in 2007. In succeeding years, andmost recently after their accident, ourfriendship deepened. “I knew Kenny to be curious and

smart—a lifelong learner,” she con-

tinued. “As several people com-mented at his memorial service, hewas a great encourager, sincerelyinterested and invested in the livesof his family and friends. And, Ihave never seen a couple who caredfor one another as wholeheartedly asdid Kenny and Eileen. I marveled attheir devotedness.”One of the last things Mrs. Johnson

told me was she and Kenny had cele-brated their 30th wedding anniver-sary last year. Their 31st would havebeen this past July 31. Follow Wayne on Twitter: @woodw

w a t c h i n g t h e w h e e l s c o n t i n u e d

n This is the 30th year that House Organhas called on Vanderbilt staff, students,volunteers and faculty to submit pho-tographs to the House Organ PhotographyContest, the winners of which will be fea-tured, one per month, in the 2012 HouseOrgan Calendar, to be included in thecombined December/January issue.We are also asking for pictures of your

pets. Selected pet pictures will be featuredin the February 2012 issue in a “Pets ofthe Medical Center” feature.We also invite the Vanderbilt commu-

nity to send us links to pet videos thatyou have posted online, so that we mayshare those links as part of the February2012 “Pets” issue.For the first time this year, we are

using the popular online photo sharingsite Flickr to collect the photo entries.Video entries will be submitted by send-ing links to a dedicated Vanderbilt emailaddress.

Details:

Calendar Photography Contest: Open toall subject matter. Twelve winners will beselected on the basis of interest, technicalproficiency and suitability, and printed inthe House Organ Calendar.

Pet Photography Division: Photographsof pets of Vanderbilt staff, faculty and stu-dents are welcomed. Photographic skillmatters less than pictures that show thepersonality of the pets. It’s OK for peopleto be in the pictures, too. At the discretionof the judges, pet pictures may be consideredfor the calendar.

Those who want to include some infor-mation about their pets, such as age, orthe fact that she was picked up as a stray,or that he howls when a fire truck goesby, are encouraged to do so in the body ofthe Flickr email. At the very least, tell usthe pet’s name and the names of others inthe pictures.

Pet Videos: Post your pet video to a sitethat hosts video, such as YouTube (Do notsend the video as an attachment. Post it toa host site.) Then send the URL to thevideo entry address below, and some ofthe best videos will be linked to from theHouse Organ website as part of the 2012Pets issue.

General rules (please read and followcarefully to avoid the disqualificationof your entry):

How to enter

1. Go to the House Organ website athttp://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/houseorgan/and click on the button to enter, or godirectly to the House Organ Photo Con-test site on Flickr, per37began@photos.flickr.com Please read over Flickr’s termsof use before entering.

2. Please attach only one photo per email.

3. Your name, department or school,phone number, and email address mustbe included in the body of the email.Please note, Flickr does not post notifi-cation that your images have beenreceived. Entries go into a gallery view-able by the judges.

How do I send a pet video? Post yourfavorite videos of your pet or pets to avideo hosting site, such as YouTube, thensend an email with the URL link tohouse.organ.photo@vanderbilt.edu

Who may enter: The contest is open to Van-derbilt staff and faculty, volunteers andstudents of graduate programs, includingnursing and medical students. Peoplewho work in News and Communicationsare not eligible for the calendar competi-tion. The photo must have been taken bythe person entering it.

What type of photography is suitable? Any-thing—studio portraits, still lifes, land-scapes, art photographs, aerial photogra-phy, pictures of children, pictures ofadults and pictures of pets—have all wonin the past.

What formats are acceptable? The imagesmust saved as .jpg images. Please notethat cell phone photos or other low-reso-lution images won’t work for print.

What information should be included witheach entry? Your name, department orschool, an email address and a phonenumber should be in the body of theemail. With the pet photographs, includethe name of the pet and the names of anypeople in the photograph with the pet.

When is the deadline? Midnight on Friday,Oct. 14. No entries received afterwardwill be considered.

House Organ Photo Contest wants pet photos, videos, moreEnter photos using Flickr and videos via email through Oct. 14