Keefer Society
Chester S. Keefer, M.D. Society
The Chester S. Keefer, M.D. Society was established as a means of recognizing the dedication and loyal support of individuals who have provided major assistance to Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. The society is named in honor of Dr. Chester S. Keefer, whose foresight and determination in roles as chairman of the Department of Medicine, dean of Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, and director of the Medical Center were responsible for laying the foundation for Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine.
In memory of his spirit, we honor those donors whose total lifetime contributions to the Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine have reached $50,000 or more.
Keefer Society Members
Current as of 4/7/2023. (∞=Deceased)
Platinum
Anonymous (2)
Barbara W. Alpert and Joel J. Alpert ∞
Edward Avedisian ∞ and Pamela W. Avedisian, DDH
Merwyn Bagan, MD ’62 and Carol J. Bagan
Howard D. Buzzee ∞
Shamim A. Dahod, MD ’87 and Ashraf M. Dahod
Richard H. Egdahl, MD ∞ and Cynthia Taft
Alan Gerry and Sandra Gerry
Jonathan P. Gertler, MD and Jane Rogers Clark, MD
Albert M. Ghassemian, MD ∞
Lewis Heafitz and Ina B. Heafitz
Stephen R. Karp and Jill E. Karp
Sarkis J. Kechejian, MD ’63
Stanley H. Konefal, MD ’47 ∞ and Catherine M. Konefal ∞
Sherry M. Leventhal and Alan M. Leventhal
Inez Lopez ∞
Frank J. Miselis, MD ’45 ∞ and Theodora T. Miselis ∞
Carl A. Olsson, MD ’63 and Mary D. Olsson
Peter T. Paul
Jerome S. Serchuck ∞ and Joan S. Serchuck
Richard C. Shipley
Wesley R. Skinner ∞ and Charlotte A. Skinner ∞
Jack N. Spivack ∞
Christine E. Stiefel
Helen L. Tarlow ∞ and Sherwood J. Tarlow ∞
Diane Tauber and Laszlo N. Tauber, MD ∞
Gold
Anonymous
Norman W. Alpert and Jane Alpert
Dean Karen Antman, MD and Elliott Antman, MD
Nancy Baler
Anita B. Barkan ∞ and Donald B. Barkan, MD ’45 ∞
Elizabeth C. Dooling, MD ’65
George A. Finley, III and Phyllis A. Finley
John L. Hall, II and Ann T. Hall
Rod F. Hochman, MD ’79 and Nancy J. Hochman
Paul F. Nace, Jr.
Joelyn Rohman and Michael Rohman, MD ’50 ∞
Paul Rothbaum and Jean Rothbaum ∞
Elayne Russek ∞
Thomas J. Ryan, MD ∞ and Nancy T. Ryan
Robert E. Schiesske ∞
Lee B. Silver, MD ’82 and Rachelle L. Silver
Martha Skinner, MD and Sumner Stone, MD ’58
Andrew Yee, MD and Mirta Yee
Silver
Erika Ebbel Angle, PhD ’12 and Colin Angle
William Y. W. Au, MD ’55 and Beverly N. Au ∞
Douglas E. Barnard, MD ’65 and Donna R. Barnard, MD ’65
Gerald Besson, MD ’50 ∞ and Eleanore S. Besson ∞
Mary Ann Blount and James A. Blount, Jr.
Paul C. Burke and Gloria Burke
Helen L. Burr ∞ and George Burr ∞
David J. Caron and Susan M. Caron
Lin Castre and Abraham D. Gosman ∞
Richard J. Cavell, MD ’61 and Bonnie Cavell
Ann C. Cea, MD ’67 and Anthony Tedeschi
Aram V. Chobanian, MD and Jasmine Chobanian ∞
Mary Lou Cohn and Arthur B. Wein, MD ’39 ∞
Andrew B. Crummy, Jr., MD ’55 and Elsa E. Crummy ∞
Jodi Dome Linger, D.O. and Nicholas T. Linger
Idea S. Fiering ∞
Frederick L. Fox, MD ’68 and Gail P. Fox
Laurie Girand and Scott McGregor
Burton P. Golub, MD ’65 and Lee Golub
Robert C. Green, MD and Sally E. McNagny, MD
Hideo H. Itabashi, MD ’54 ∞ and Yoko O. Itabashi ∞
Donald M. Kaplan, MD ’73 and Edna E. Kaplan
Reshma Kewalramani, MD ‘98 and Abhijit R. Kulkarni, PhD
Joseph J. Konefal, MD ’77 and Karen G. Konefal
Lenore Larkin and Harold S. Larkin ∞
Patricia McLellan Leavitt, MD ’58
Susan E. Leeman, PhD
Henry T. Lew, MD ’62 and Winifred Lew ∞
Douglas N. MacInnis, MD ’46 ∞
Barry M. Manuel, MD ’58 and Patricia D. Manuel, PhD
Rita Z. Mehos
Steven A. Miller, MD ’70 and Jacqueline H. Miller, PhD
Joseph B. Mizgerd, MD and Ann F. Mizgerd, MD ∞
John H. Nichols, Jr. ∞
Simon C. Parisier, MD ’61 and Elaine Parisier
Peter E. Pochi, MD ’55
M. Douglass Poirier, MD ’76 and Jeffrey D. Tripp
Ronald L. Ragland, MD ’82
Alexander M. Rodger ∞
Richard D. Scott, MD and Mary D. Scott, MD
Louis W. Sullivan, MD ’58 and Eva G. Sullivan
Mary U. Taylor ∞
A. Raymond Tye ∞
Martin L. Vogel, MD ’53 and Phyllis M. Vogel
Madeline Wikler and Joseph M. Wikler ∞
Deborah W. Wilson, PhD and John Wilson, D.MD
Amber Wong
Arnold Wong, Jr.
Jeremiah O. Young, M.D ’62 and Beverly A. Young
Bronze
Anonymous (4)
Carmela R. Abraham, PhD and Menachem E. Abraham
Winston D. Alt, MD ’80 and Deborah Gribbon
Rahul S. Anand, MD ‘01 and Meredith Anand
Gerhard R. Andlinger ∞ and Jeanne D. Andlinger
Michael L. J. Apuzzo, MD ’65
John T. Avellino and R. Ellen Avellino
Ruth M. Batson ∞
Robert M. Beazley, MD
Melvin R. Berlin ∞ and Randy L. Berlin
Jag Bhawan, MD and Pratibha G. Bhawan, MD
David G. Bradley and Katherine B. Bradley
Yvonne K. Brockman and Stanley K. Brockman, MD ’55 ∞
Alan J. Brody
Elizabeth R. Brown, MD, FAAP
Richard J. Catrambone, MD, D.MD, ’92 and Sophia Catrambone
Robert D. Champion and Marjorie Champion
Harold N. Chefitz and Charlotte M. Chefitz
Hsi Pin Chen, MD ’96 and Kenneth E. Hancock, PhD
Yi-Chuan Ching, MD ’58 and Helen Yu-Ching ∞
David J. Chronley, MD ’74 and Marianne J. Chronley
Michael J. Critelli and Joyce M. Critelli
Suzanne Cutler, PhD
Clare L. Dana, MD ’69
R. Gordon Darby
Paul R. Dooling ∞ and Sandra A. Danussi
E. Elaine Erbey
Joseph S. Fastow, MD ’70 and Ellen K. Fastow
Maurice R. Ferré, MD ’92 and Maria D. Ferré
Joseph T. Ferrucci, MD and Brenda Ferrucci
Samuel Finkielsztein and Gala Finkielsztein
Charles N. Freed ∞ and Marlene Freed
Patricia L. Freysinger
Ronald S. Gabriel, MD ‘63 and Pamela Hobbs
Ralph G. Ganick, MD ’67 and Lois B. Ganick
Shahram S. Gholami, MD ’96 and Neda Gholami
Godley Family Foundation
Malcolm Gordon, MD ’48 ∞ and Nan Miller
Donald J. Grande, MD ’73 and Elena M. Grande
David T. Greenleaf, MD ’65 and Katherine O. Greenleaf
Jack C. Guden ∞
Haynes Family Foundation
Ian Highet and Lea Highet
Marvin J. Hoffman, MD ’47
Michael F. Holick, MD, PhD and Sally A. Holick
Thomas R. Insel, MD ’74 and Deborah J. Insel
Jeffrey R. Jay, MD ’83 and Mary Ellen A. Jay
Denise S. Katsaros and Arthur T. Katsaros
Earl G. Kendrick, Jr. and Randy Kendrick
The Kessler Family
Nasir A. Khan, MD ∞
Elaine B. Kirshenbaum ∞ and Howard D. Kirshenbaum, MD ∞
Shirley P. Klein, MD ’68
Rose Ann Kornfeld and Lewis F. Kornfeld, Jr. ∞
Lawrence E. Langsam and Hannah S. Langsam
Estella I. Leach ∞
Richard S. Leghorn ∞
Ruth R. Levine, PhD ∞ and Martin J. Levine ∞
Rita E. Loos ∞
James H. Lowell, II and Susan W. Lowell
Lillian A. Luksis, MD ‘49 ∞
Jules N. Manger, MD ∞ and Janis G. Manger ∞
Rocco S. Marino, MD ’42 ∞
Allan P. Markin and Patricia Markin
JoAnn McGrath
Robert B. Melikian ∞
Ruth A. Moorman and Sheldon N. Simon
Charles Mosesian ∞
Peter J. Mozden, MD ’53 ∞
Carolann S. Najarian, MD ’80 and George Najarian
John Noble, MD ∞ and Ewa Kuligowska, MD
Wilson Nolen
Zein E. Obagi, MD and Samar A. Obagi
Paul I. Ossen, MD ’43 ∞
William Patty and Eliot Patty
Louise E. Penta and P. A. Penta, MD ’51 ∞
Carol C. Pohl, MD ’67 and Alan L. Pohl, MD
Theodore Polos, MD ’47 and Jean Polos
Allen Questrom and Kelli Questrom
Martin S. Rifkin and Judy A. Rifkin
Elihu Rose, PhD and Susan W. Rose
Doris M. Russell and Robert F. Russell, MD ’46 ∞
Ralph L. Sacco, MD ’83 ∞ and Scott Dutcher
David J. Salant, MD and Anne Salant
Paulette Samowitz
The Schulze Family
Charles L. Schwager and Evelyn C. Schwager
Honorable Richard Seeborg
Ira L. Seldin ∞ and Florence Seldin ∞
Leslie K. Serchuck, MD ’90
Muriel Shapiro and Arnold Shapiro ∞
The Shooshan Family
Stuart E. Siegel, MD ’67
John R. Silber, PhD ∞ and Kathryn U. Silber ∞
Charles W. Smith and Hazel Smith ∞
Gordon L. Snider, MD ∞
Judith K. Spindell ∞ and Edward Spindell, MD ’53 ∞
Eliot Stewart and John M. Stewart ∞
Elliott H. Sweetser, MD ’43 ∞ and Aileen B. Sweetser ∞
Nevart Talanian
Gloria P. Talis ∞ and George J. Talis, MD ’50 ∞
Alfred I. Tauber, MD and Paula Fredriksen, PhD
Gerald Treece and Patricia Treece
Yolande Tsampalieros and Gabriel Tsampalieros ∞
Burton White, MD ’61 and June S. White
Marcelle M. Willock, MD ∞
Henry R. Wolfe, MD ’45 ∞ and Grace A. Wolfe ∞
Herbert H. Wotiz, PhD ∞
Sam S. Wu, MD ’92 and Patricia C. Tsang, MD ’92
Lawrence A. Yannuzzi, MD ’64 and Julie Yannuzzi
Larry C. Young
Lily Moo Young, MD ’65 and John G. Johansson
The Family of Alan Ziskind, MD, MPH
Mercury
Anonymous (3)
Lawrence D. Ackman ∞ and Ronnie Ackman
Noubar B. Afeyan, PhD and Anna Afeyan
Gerald Ajemian and Lucille Ajemian
Dwight M. Akers, MD ’53 ∞ and Beverly R. Akers ∞
Max M. April, M.D ’85 and Pamela T. April
Jeanne F. Arnold, MD ’61 ∞ and Peter F. Jeffries, MD ’60 ∞
Richard K. Babayan, MD and Sonya Nersessian, Esq.
Shirley Baker ∞ and Steven Baker ∞
Elizabeth Day Barnett, MD ’85 and Suleiman N. Mustafa-Kutana, MD
Paul C. Barsam, MD and Joyce L. Barsam, PhD
Howard C. Beane, MD ’57 ∞ and Shirley T. Beane
John H. Bechtel, MD ’50 ∞ and Shirley F. Bechtel
Franklyn D. Berry, MD ’41 ∞
Betty E. Bishop ∞ and David W. Bishop, MD ’46 ∞
Elsa C. Bodon, MD ’41 ∞
James F. Bopp, Jr.
S. Arthur Boruchoff, MD ’51 ∞ and Anna Silverman-Boruchoff, MD ’49 ∞
Robert A. Cameron ∞
Robert J. Carey, MD ’54 ∞ and Mary E. Carey
Russell K. Carney and Geraldine Carney
Lisa B. Caruso, MD, MPH
Edmond E. Charrette, MD ’62 and Maria T. Charrette ∞
Jeremy Chess, MD ’70
Frank Citrone, Jr. and Carol Citrone
John P. Cloherty, MD ’62
John F. Cogan, Jr. ∞ and Mary L. Cornille
Alan S. Cohen, MD ’52 ∞ and Joan P. Cohen
Patricia A. Connolly, MD ’84
Marian M. Cook
Ronald B. Corley, PhD and Janice Corley
Sidney Covich ∞
Brit d’Arbeloff and Alexander V. d’Arbeloff ∞
David P. DiChiara, MD ’84 and Maria J. DiChiara
Paul E. Dixon, Jr. and Rebecca K. Dixon
Thomas J. Dowling, MD ’81 and Rosemary Dowling
Hilda Ratner Dressler, MD ’34 ∞
Carol A. Dyer and Gene Gordon, MD ’46 ∞
David R. Edelstein, MD ’80 and Eve L. Edelstein
Alan M. Edelstein, Esq. ∞ and Sybil Edelstein
Alvin N. Eden, MD ’52 ∞ and Elaine R. Eden ∞
Mary Jane R. England, MD ’64
Michael J. Esposito, MD ’49 ∞
Geraldine L. Feldman, MD ‘69
Judith N. Feldman
I. Howard Fine, MD ’66 and Victoria Fine
Bertha Offenbach Fineberg, MD ’36 ∞ and Nathan L. Fineberg, MD ’30 ∞
Nicholas J. Fiumara, MD ’39 ∞
Daphne H. Foster and Lawrence S. Foster
Beverly R. Franklin ∞ and William E. Franklin, MD ’46 ∞
Carl Franzblau, PhD and Myrna Franzblau
Monte Friedkin and Skeets Friedkin ∞
Ray A. Garver ∞ and Donna L. Garver ∞
Marion L. Gendron ∞
George E. Ghareeb, MD ’62 ∞ and Nancy B. Ghareeb
Arnold Goldenberg, MD ’54 and Bernice Goldenberg ∞
Gloria Goldenberg ∞ and Philip T. Goldenberg, MD ’46 ∞
Dorothy A. Gottlieb and Leonard S. Gottlieb, MD ∞
Doris Grabosky and Jack Grabosky
Ellen R. Grass ∞
Robert E. Griffin and Cathleen Griffin
Morton S. Grossman ∞ and Sylvia Grossman ∞
Kenneth M. Grundfast, MD and Ruthanne Grundfast
Fritz Grunebaum ∞
Robert W. Healy, MD ’67 and Bonnie M. Healy
Juan De J. Hernandez Batista ∞ and Maria A. Tavarez-De Hernandez
Arnold S. Hiatt
George L. Hines, MD ‘69 and Helene A. Hines
Ann S. Hintlian ∞ and Deran Hintlian
Michael G. Hirsh, MD ’63 ∞ and Carol N. Hirsh
Betsy Horen
Arline Housman ∞ and Herbert E. Housman ∞
Charles Housman
Edward L. Housman ∞ and Charlotte Housman ∞
James B. Howell, MD ’65 and Marlene A. Howell
Bernard L. Huang, MD ’62 ∞ and Ann M. Huang
Richard E. Hunter, MD ’44 ∞ and Minta Hunter ∞
David Ingall, MD ’57 ∞ and Carol Ingall
Patricia Kennedy Issarescu, MD ’61 ∞
Joseph A. Izzi, Sr., MD and Barbara A. Izzi
Clinton W. Josey, Jr. and Betty Josey
Lori A. Jurado and Xavier Jurado
Esther B. Kahn ∞
Charlotte A. Kaitz ∞ and Louis L. Kaitz ∞
Honorable Damon J. Keith ∞
The Kibrick Family
Burton I. Korelitz, MD ’51 ∞ and Ann Z. Korelitz
Conan Kornetsky, PhD ∞
Bernard E. Kreger, MD, MPH
Edward E. Krukonis, MD ’63 ∞ and Priscilla J. Krukonis
Saul Kurlat ∞
Cecelia Lance
Charna C. Larkin and Alan B. Larkin ∞
Robert E. Leach, MD and Laurine Leach
Brian Levine and Beth Levine
Brigitte Lonner and Joseph J. Lonner ∞
Thomas A. MacLean, MD ’64 and Colleen K. MacLean
William I. Malamud, MD ’54 ∞ and Camille C. Malamud ∞
William M. Manger, MD, PhD and Lynn S. Manger
Richard C. Marcus
Stella C. Martin, PhD and Clive R. Martin
Ronald P. McCaffrey and Maureen McCaffrey
John F. McCahan, MD and Kathleen B. McCahan ∞
Dr. and Mrs. Edward J. McDonald, Jr.
Hubert W. McDonald and Ann S. McDonald
Jean E. McPhail ∞
Robert F. Meenan, MD ’72
Mark S. Michelman, MD ’67 and Susan F. Michelman
Daniel E. Moalli, MD ’61 and Glenna M. Moalli
Jordan Monocandilos
Rodney A. Montag and Sally A. Montag
Sanford R. Montag and Nancy L. Montag
Thomas J. Moore, MD and Mary C. Moore
Merel G. Mountain
Sunit Mukherjee, MD ’89 and Sumeeta Mukherjee
Michael F. Mullarkey, MD ’70 and Dawn Mullarkey
G. Vijaya Naidu, MD
The Newton Family Fund
Dawn B. Norcia and David J. Norcia
N. Stephen Ober, MD ’86
John F. O’Brien, MD ’59
Anne W. O’Connor and John F. O’Connor, MD ’57 ∞
Hytho H. Pantazelos, MD ’63 and Peter G. Pantazelos ∞
Dianne M. Parrotte, MD ’79
Edward F. Parsons, MD ’65
Jordan Paul and Valerie Paul
Lita Perkins ∞ and John S. Perkins ∞
Jona A. Perlmutter, MD and Donna Perlmutter
Astrid O. Peterson, MD ’77 ∞
N. N. Pike, Esq. ∞
John I. Polk, MD ’74 and Mary C. Nugent Polk
Helen S. Ratner ∞ and Frank Ratner, MD ’47 ∞
Iver S. Ravin, MD ’40 ∞
Nancy E. Rice, MD ’65 and Millard J. Hyland, MD
Joel A. Roffman, MD ‘75 and Nancy C. Roffman
Bessie Rosenfield ∞ and Louis I. Rosenfield ∞
Gerald L. Ross ∞
Melanie Rothbaum and David Rothbaum, MD ’82 ∞
Richard A. Rudders, MD ∞
Stephen W. Russell, MD ’55 and Gail D. Russell
Pedram Salimpour, MD ’00 and Stacy Weiss, MD
Hannah E. Sandson and John I. Sandson, MD ∞
Francis P. Saunders, MD ’58 and Lydia M. Saunders
Frank J. Schaberg, Jr., MD ’68 and Monica J. Schaberg, MD ’68
Alan L. Schechter, MD ’78 and Genevieve Schechter
Harold S. Schell, MD ‘70 and Antoinette M. Schell
Rocco Schelzi ∞
Herman Selinsky, MD ’24 ∞
Richard J. Shemin, MD ’74 and Susan H. Shemin
Claire Sherman and Norton L. Sherman ∞
William F. Shields, MD ‘94
Barry E. Sieger, MD ‘68 and Margarete Sieger
Richard L. Simmons, MD ‘59
Simon L. Strong and Sarah A. Strong
Lois N. Talis ∞
Tony Tannoury, MD and Viviane Tannoury
Stephen M. Tringale, MD ’90
Sanford W. Udis, MD ’44 ∞
Marian A. Vita
Franz Waldeck, MD, PhD ∞
Carl W. Walter, MD ∞ and Margaret H. Walter ∞
Murray Weinstock, MD ’65 and Gloria Weinstock
Sue Rosenwasser Weiss and Seymour Rosenwasser, MD ∞
Anthony Weldon
Judith F. Wellington and Peter S. Wellington ∞
Jerrold A. Wexler and Joan Wexler
Robert H. Wexler ∞ and Joanna B. Wexler ∞
Alan Winters and Hope Winters
Robert A. Witzburg, MD, ’77 and Lorraine Westphal Witzburg
Peak Woo, MD ’78
Earle G. Woodman, MD ’58 ∞
Moshe Yanai and Rachel Yanai
Frances W. Young ∞
Marion L. Young ∞ and Charles R. Young, PhD ∞
Barry Zuckerman, MD and Pamela Zuckerman, MD
Honorary Members
Dorothy C. Keefer ∞
Ishbel K. Lyle ∞ and Carl Lyle ∞
Keefer Society Levels
· Mercury members ($50,000 to $99,999) receive an invitation to the spring Chester S. Keefer, M.D. Society Dinner and an honorary plaque
· Bronze members ($100,000 to $249,999) also receive an invitation and preferred seating, when available, for select events throughout the year
· Silver members ($250,000 to $499,999) also receive a personalized tour of the research/clinical area of your choice at BU Medical Campus
· Gold members ($500,000 to $999,999) also receive direct communication with the recipients of your generosity (students, faculty, researchers)
· Platinum members ($1,000,000 or more) also receive a private lunch with the dean and other leadership of the Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine