{"id":93781,"date":"2021-04-20T13:03:53","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T17:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm\/?page_id=93781"},"modified":"2026-09-10T11:08:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T15:08:43","slug":"keefer-society","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/giving\/who-gives\/giving-societies\/keefer-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Keefer Society"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Chester S. Keefer, M.D. Society<\/h1>\n<p>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 &amp; 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 &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine, and director of the Medical Center were responsible for laying the foundation for Boston University Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine.<\/p>\n<p>In memory of his spirit, we honor those donors whose total lifetime contributions to the Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine have reached $100,000 or more.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Keefer Society Inductees: 9\/17\/2026<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gold Level:<\/strong><br \/>\nA. David Mangelsdorff, PhD, MPH<br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bronze Level:<\/strong><br \/>\nChung-Mao Chen<br \/>\nM. Cornelia Cremens, MD, MPH &#8217;88<br \/>\nJoseph P. McEvoy, MD \u201973 and Shirley A. McEvoy<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Keefer Society Members<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><em>Current as of 9\/9\/2026. (<\/em><strong><em>\u221e=Deceased<\/em><\/strong><em><span>)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>Platinum<\/u><\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nAnonymous (2) \u221e<br \/>\nBarbara W. Alpert and Joel J. Alpert \u221e<br \/>\nKaren Antman, MD and Elliott Antman, MD<br \/>\nEdward Avedisian \u221e and Pamela W. Avedisian, DDH<br \/>\nMerwyn Bagan, MD \u201962 and Carol J. Bagan<br \/>\nJag Bhawan, MD and Pratibha G. Bhawan, MD<br \/>\nHoward D. Buzzee \u221e<br \/>\nRichard J. Catrambone, MD, DMD, \u201992 and Sophia Catrambone<br \/>\nShamim A. Dahod, MD \u201987 and Ashraf M. Dahod<br \/>\nRichard H. Egdahl, MD \u221e and Cynthia Taft<br \/>\nRalph G. Ganick, MD \u201967 and Lois B. Ganick<br \/>\nAlan Gerry and Sandra Gerry<br \/>\nJonathan P. Gertler, MD and Jane Rogers Clark, MD<br \/>\nAlbert M. Ghassemian, MD \u221e<br \/>\nHarold M. Ginzburg, MD\u201968 and Jenny Boyer<br \/>\nLewis Heafitz and Ina B. Heafitz<br \/>\nRod F. Hochman, MD \u201979 and Nancy J. Hochman<br \/>\nStephen R. Karp and Jill E. Karp<br \/>\nSarkis J. Kechejian, MD \u201963<br \/>\nStanley H. Konefal, MD \u201947 \u221e and Catherine M. Konefal \u221e<br \/>\nMonita Lam<br \/>\nSherry M. Leventhal and Alan M. Leventhal<br \/>\nInez Lopez \u221e<br \/>\nFrank J. Miselis, MD \u201945 \u221e and Theodora T. Miselis \u221e<br \/>\nCarl A. Olsson, MD \u201963 \u221e and Mary D. Olsson<br \/>\nPeter T. Paul<br \/>\nTania J. Phillips, MD and Jeffrey S. Dover, MD<br \/>\nJerome S. Serchuck \u221e and Joan S. Serchuck<br \/>\nRichard C. Shipley<br \/>\nWesley R. Skinner \u221e and Charlotte A. Skinner \u221e<br \/>\nJack N. Spivack \u221e<br \/>\nChristine E. Stiefel<br \/>\nHelen L. Tarlow \u221e and Sherwood J. Tarlow \u221e<br \/>\nDiane Tauber and Laszlo N. Tauber, MD \u221e<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>Gold<\/u><\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nAnonymous<br \/>\nNorman W. Alpert and Jane Alpert<br \/>\nNancy Baler and G. Robert Baler, MD \u201950 \u221e<br \/>\nAnita B. Barkan \u221e and Donald B. Barkan, MD \u201945 \u221e<br \/>\nPaul C. Burke \u221e and Gloria Burke<br \/>\nElizabeth C. Dooling, MD \u201965 \u221e<br \/>\nGeorge A. Finley, III and Phyllis A. Finley<br \/>\nJohn L. Hall, II and Ann T. Hall<br \/>\nDonald M. Kaplan, MD \u201973 and Edna E. Kaplan<br \/>\nJoseph J. Konefal, MD \u201977 and Karen G. Konefal<br \/>\nHenry T. Lew, MD \u201962 and Winifred Lew \u221e<br \/>\nJoseph B. Mizgerd, MD and Ann F. Mizgerd, MD \u221e<br \/>\nPaul F. Nace, Jr.<br \/>\nJoelyn Rohman and Michael Rohman, MD \u201950 \u221e<br \/>\nPaul Rothbaum and Jean Rothbaum \u221e<br \/>\nElayne Russek \u221e<br \/>\nThomas J. Ryan, MD \u221e and Nancy T. Ryan<br \/>\nRobert E. Schiesske \u221e<br \/>\nEthan M. Shevach, MD\u201967 and Ruth S. Shevach<br \/>\nLee B. Silver, MD \u201982 and Rachelle L. Silver<br \/>\nMartha Skinner, MD and Sumner Stone, MD \u201958<br \/>\nDeborah W. Wilson, PhD and John Wilson, D.MD<br \/>\nAndrew Yee, MD and Mirta Yee<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>Silver<\/u><\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nErika Ebbel Angle, PhD \u201912 and Colin Angle<br \/>\nWilliam Y. W. Au, MD \u201955 \u221e and Beverly N. Au \u221e<br \/>\nDouglas E. Barnard, MD \u201965 and Donna R. Barnard, MD \u201965<br \/>\nGerald Besson, MD \u201950 \u221e and Eleanore S. Besson \u221e<br \/>\nMary Ann Blount and James A. Blount, Jr.<br \/>\nMackenzie N. Boedicker and Deborah D. Boedicker<br \/>\nHelen L. Burr \u221e and George Burr \u221e<br \/>\nDavid J. Caron and Susan M. Caron<br \/>\nLin Castre and Abraham D. Gosman \u221e<br \/>\nRichard J. Cavell, MD \u201961 and Bonnie Cavell<br \/>\nAnn C. Cea, MD \u201967 and Anthony Tedeschi<br \/>\nAram V. Chobanian, MD \u221e and Jasmine Chobanian \u221e<br \/>\nLarisa E. Connors, MD \u201998 and John M. Connors, III<br \/>\nAndrew B. Crummy, Jr., MD \u201955 \u221e and Elsa E. Crummy \u221e<br \/>\nJodi Dome Linger, D.O. and Nicholas T. Linger<br \/>\nIdea S. Fiering \u221e<br \/>\nFrederick L. Fox, MD \u201968 and Gail P. Fox \u221e<br \/>\nLaurie Girand and Scott McGregor<br \/>\nBurton P. Golub, MD \u201965 and Lee Golub<br \/>\nRobert C. Green, MD and Sally E. McNagny, MD<br \/>\nDavid T. Greenleaf, MD \u201965 and Katherine O. Greenleaf<br \/>\nMarvin J. Hoffman, MD \u201947<br \/>\nHideo H. Itabashi, MD \u201954 \u221e and Yoko O. Itabashi \u221e<br \/>\nDenise S. Katsaros and Arthur T. Katsaros<br \/>\nReshma Kewalramani, MD \u201898 and Abhijit R. Kulkarni, PhD<br \/>\nShirley P. Klein, MD \u201968<br \/>\nLenore Larkin and Harold S. Larkin \u221e<br \/>\nPatricia McLellan Leavitt, MD \u201958<br \/>\nSusan E. Leeman, PhD<br \/>\nDouglas N. MacInnis, MD \u201946 \u221e<br \/>\nBarry M. Manuel, MD \u201958 and Patricia D. Manuel, PhD<br \/>\nRita Z. Mehos<br \/>\nSteven A. Miller, MD \u201970 and Jacqueline H. Miller, PhD<br \/>\nJohn H. Nichols, Jr. \u221e<br \/>\nSimon C. Parisier, MD \u201961 and Elaine Parisier<br \/>\nPeter E. Pochi, MD \u201955<br \/>\nM. Douglass Poirier, MD \u201976 and Jeffrey D. Tripp<br \/>\nAllen Questrom and Kelli Questrom<br \/>\nRonald L. Ragland, MD \u201982<br \/>\nMartin S. Rifkin and Judy A. Rifkin<br \/>\nAlexander M. Rodger \u221e<br \/>\nPaulette Samowitz<br \/>\nRichard D. Scott, MD and Mary D. Scott, MD<br \/>\nLeslie K. Serchuck, MD \u201990<br \/>\nWilliam F. Shields, MD \u201894<br \/>\nLouis W. Sullivan, MD \u201958 and Eva G. Sullivan \u221e<br \/>\nMary U. Taylor \u221e<br \/>\nA. Raymond Tye \u221e<br \/>\nMartin L. Vogel, MD \u201953 and Phyllis M. Vogel<br \/>\nArthur B. Wein, MD \u201939 \u221e<br \/>\nMadeline Wikler and Joseph M. Wikler \u221e<br \/>\nAmber Wong<br \/>\nArnold Wong, Jr.<br \/>\nJeremiah O. Young, M.D \u201962 \u221e and Beverly A. Young<br \/>\nLily Moo Young, MD \u201965 and John G. Johansson<br \/>\nThe Family of Alan Ziskind, MD, MPH<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>Bronze<\/u><\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nAnonymous (4)<br \/>\nCarmela R. Abraham, PhD and Menachem E. Abraham<br \/>\nWinston D. Alt, MD \u201980 and Deborah Gribbon<br \/>\nRahul S. Anand, MD \u201801 and Meredith Anand<br \/>\nGerhard R. Andlinger \u221e and Jeanne D. Andlinger<br \/>\nMichael L. J. Apuzzo, MD \u201965<br \/>\nJohn T. Avellino and R. Ellen Avellino<br \/>\nRuth M. Batson \u221e<br \/>\nRobert M. Beazley, MD<br \/>\nMelvin R. Berlin \u221e and Randy L. Berlin<br \/>\nDavid G. Bradley and Katherine B. Bradley<br \/>\nYvonne K. Brockman and Stanley K. Brockman, MD \u201955 \u221e<br \/>\nAlan J. Brody<br \/>\nElizabeth R. Brown, MD, FAAP<br \/>\nMary C. Buletza, CPA and Reverend Gary J. Breton<br \/>\nLisa B. Caruso, MD, MPH and Walter F. Bostian<br \/>\nRobert D. Champion and Marjorie Champion<br \/>\nHarold N. Chefitz and Charlotte M. Chefitz<br \/>\nHsi Pin Chen, MD \u201996 and Kenneth E. Hancock, PhD<br \/>\nYi-Chuan Ching, MD \u201958 and Helen Yu-Ching \u221e<br \/>\nDavid J. Chronley, MD \u201974 and Marianne J. Chronley<br \/>\nPatricia A. Connolly, MD \u201984<br \/>\nRonald B. Corley, PhD and Janice Corley<br \/>\nMichael J. Critelli and Joyce M. Critelli<br \/>\nSuzanne Cutler, PhD<br \/>\nClare L. Dana, MD \u201969<br \/>\nR. Gordon Darby<br \/>\nPaul R. Dooling \u221e and Sandra A. Danussi<br \/>\nDavid R. Edelstein, MD \u201980 and Eve L. Edelstein<br \/>\nE. Elaine Erbey<br \/>\nJoseph S. Fastow, MD \u201970 and Ellen K. Fastow<br \/>\nMaurice R. Ferr\u00e9, MD \u201992 and Maria D. Ferr\u00e9<br \/>\nJoseph T. Ferrucci, MD and Brenda Ferrucci<br \/>\nSamuel Finkielsztein and Gala Finkielsztein<br \/>\nCharles N. Freed \u221e and Marlene Freed<br \/>\nPatricia L. Freysinger<br \/>\nRonald S. Gabriel, MD \u201863 and Pamela Hobbs<br \/>\nShahram S. Gholami, MD \u201996 and Neda Gholami<br \/>\nThe Ginwala Family<br \/>\nGodley Family Foundation<br \/>\nMalcolm Gordon, MD \u201948 \u221e and Nan Miller<br \/>\nDonald J. Grande, MD \u201973 and Elena M. Grande<br \/>\nJack C. Guden \u221e<br \/>\nHaynes Family Foundation<br \/>\nIan Highet and Lea Highet<br \/>\nMichael F. Holick, PhD, MD and Sally A. Holick, PhD<br \/>\nBetsy Horen<br \/>\nThomas R. Insel, MD \u201974 and Deborah J. Insel<br \/>\nJeffrey R. Jay, MD \u201983 and Mary Ellen A. Jay<br \/>\nEarl G. Kendrick, Jr. and Randy Kendrick<br \/>\nThe Kessler Family<br \/>\nNasir A. Khan, MD \u221e<br \/>\nElaine B. Kirshenbaum \u221e and Howard D. Kirshenbaum, MD \u221e<br \/>\nRose Ann Kornfeld and Lewis F. Kornfeld, Jr. \u221e<br \/>\nLawrence E. Langsam and Hannah S. Langsam<br \/>\nEstella I. Leach \u221e<br \/>\nRichard S. Leghorn \u221e<br \/>\nRuth R. Levine, PhD \u221e and Martin J. Levine \u221e<br \/>\nRita E. Loos \u221e<br \/>\nPhilip H. Lovett and Beatrice Liu<br \/>\nJames H. Lowell, II and Susan W. Lowell<br \/>\nLillian A. Luksis, MD \u201849 \u221e<br \/>\nJules N. Manger, MD \u221e and Janis G. Manger \u221e<br \/>\nRocco S. Marino, MD \u201942 \u221e<br \/>\nAllan P. Markin and Patricia Markin<br \/>\nHubert W. McDonald and Ann S. McDonald<br \/>\nJoAnn McGrath \u221e<br \/>\nRobert B. Melikian \u221e<br \/>\nRobert Miselis and Cynthia Miselis<br \/>\nRuth A. Moorman and Sheldon N. Simon<br \/>\nCharles Mosesian \u221e<br \/>\nPeter J. Mozden, MD \u201953 \u221e<br \/>\nCarolann S. Najarian, MD \u201980 and George Najarian<br \/>\nJohn Noble, MD \u221e and Ewa Kuligowska, MD<br \/>\nWilson Nolen<br \/>\nZein E. Obagi, MD and Samar A. Obagi<br \/>\nPaul I. Ossen, MD \u201943 \u221e<br \/>\nTim R. Palmer and Lynne L. Palmer<br \/>\nWilliam Patty and Eliot Patty<br \/>\nLouise E. Penta and P. A. Penta, MD \u201951 \u221e<br \/>\nCarol C. Pohl, MD \u201967 and Alan L. Pohl, MD<br \/>\nTheodore Polos, MD \u201947 \u221e and Jean Polos<br \/>\nDr. Helmuth Josef Resch<br \/>\nRonda A. Rockett, MD \u201998 and Sean E. Rockett, MD<br \/>\nElihu Rose, PhD and Susan W. Rose<br \/>\nDoris M. Russell and Robert F. Russell, MD \u201946 \u221e<br \/>\nRalph L. Sacco, MD \u201983 \u221e and Scott Dutcher<br \/>\nDavid J. Salant, MD and Anne Salant<br \/>\nThe Schulze Family<br \/>\nCharles L. Schwager and Evelyn C. Schwager<br \/>\nHonorable Richard Seeborg<br \/>\nIra L. Seldin \u221e and Florence Seldin \u221e<br \/>\nMuriel Shapiro and Arnold Shapiro \u221e<br \/>\nThe Shooshan Family<br \/>\nStuart E. Siegel, MD \u201967<br \/>\nBarry E. Sieger, MD \u201868 and Margarete Sieger<br \/>\nJohn R. Silber, PhD \u221e and Kathryn U. Silber \u221e<br \/>\nCharles W. Smith and Hazel Smith \u221e<br \/>\nGordon L. Snider, MD \u221e<br \/>\nJudith K. Spindell \u221e and Edward Spindell, MD \u201953 \u221e<br \/>\nEliot Stewart and John M. Stewart \u221e<br \/>\nElliott H. Sweetser, MD \u201943 \u221e and Aileen B. Sweetser \u221e<br \/>\nNevart Talanian \u221e<br \/>\nGloria P. Talis \u221e and George J. Talis, MD \u201950 \u221e<br \/>\nAlfred I. Tauber, MD and Paula Fredriksen, PhD<br \/>\nGerald Treece and Patricia Treece<br \/>\nYolande Tsampalieros and Gabriel Tsampalieros \u221e<br \/>\nMarian A. Vita<br \/>\nDavid L. Walton, MD \u201883 and Machiko Nakatani<br \/>\nBurton White, MD \u201961 \u221e and June S. White<br \/>\nMarcelle M. Willock, MD \u221e<br \/>\nHenry R. Wolfe, MD \u201945 \u221e and Grace A. Wolfe \u221e<br \/>\nHerbert H. Wotiz, PhD \u221e<br \/>\nSam S. Wu, MD \u201992 and Patricia C. Tsang, MD \u201992<br \/>\nLawrence A. Yannuzzi, MD \u201964 and Julie Yannuzzi<br \/>\nLarry C. Young<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>Mercury<\/u><\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nAnonymous (3)<br \/>\nLawrence D. Ackman \u221e and Ronnie Ackman<br \/>\nNoubar B. Afeyan, PhD and Anna Afeyan<br \/>\nGerald Ajemian and Lucille Ajemian<br \/>\nDwight M. Akers, MD \u201953 \u221e and Beverly R. Akers \u221e<br \/>\nMax M. April, M.D \u201985 and Pamela T. April<br \/>\nCarola A. S. Arndt, MD\u201978<br \/>\nJeanne F. Arnold, MD \u201961 \u221e and Peter F. Jeffries, MD \u201960 \u221e<br \/>\nAmin Ashrafzadeh, MD \u201997 and Christine Ashrafzadeh, MBA \u201996<br \/>\nRichard K. Babayan, MD and Sonya Nersessian, Esq.<br \/>\nShirley Baker \u221e and Steven Baker \u221e<br \/>\nGary J. Balady, MD and Rosemary Mehl, MD<br \/>\nElizabeth Day Barnett, MD \u201985 and Suleiman N. Mustafa-Kutana, MD<br \/>\nPaul C. Barsam, MD and Joyce L. Barsam, PhD<br \/>\nHoward C. Bauchner, MD \u201979 and Christine M. McElroy, PhD<br \/>\nHoward C. Beane, MD \u201957 \u221e and Shirley T. Beane<br \/>\nJohn H. Bechtel, MD \u201950 \u221e and Shirley F. Bechtel<br \/>\nFranklyn D. Berry, MD \u201941 \u221e<br \/>\nBetty E. Bishop \u221e and David W. Bishop, MD \u201946 \u221e<br \/>\nElsa C. Bodon, MD \u201941 \u221e<br \/>\nJames F. Bopp, Jr.<br \/>\nS. Arthur Boruchoff, MD \u201951 \u221e and Anna Silverman-Boruchoff, MD \u201949 \u221e<br \/>\nRobert A. Cameron \u221e<br \/>\nRobert J. Carey, MD \u201954 \u221e and Mary E. Carey<br \/>\nRussell K. Carney and Geraldine Carney<br \/>\nDavid M. Center, MD\u201972 and Patricia Rabbett<br \/>\nEdmond E. Charrette, MD \u201962 and Maria T. Charrette \u221e<br \/>\nJeremy Chess, MD \u201970<br \/>\nFrank Citrone, Jr. \u221e and Carol Citrone<br \/>\nJohn P. Cloherty, MD \u201962<br \/>\nJohn F. Cogan, Jr. \u221e and Mary L. Cornille<br \/>\nAlan S. Cohen, MD \u201952 \u221e and Joan P. Cohen<br \/>\nMarian M. Cook<br \/>\nSidney Covich \u221e<br \/>\nBrit d\u2019Arbeloff \u221e and Alexander V. d\u2019Arbeloff \u221e<br \/>\nDavid P. DiChiara, MD \u201984 and Maria J. DiChiara<br \/>\nPaul E. Dixon, Jr. and Rebecca K. Dixon<br \/>\nThomas J. Dowling, MD \u201981 and Rosemary Dowling<br \/>\nHilda Ratner Dressler, MD \u201934 \u221e<br \/>\nCarol A. Dyer and Gene Gordon, MD \u201946 \u221e<br \/>\nAlan M. Edelstein, Esq. \u221e and Sybil Edelstein \u221e<br \/>\nAlvin N. Eden, MD \u201952 \u221e and Elaine R. Eden \u221e<br \/>\nMary Jane R. England, MD \u201964<br \/>\nMichael J. Esposito, MD \u201949 \u221e<br \/>\nGeraldine L. Feldman, MD \u201869<br \/>\nJudith N. Feldman \u221e<br \/>\nI. Howard Fine, MD \u201966 \u221e and Victoria Fine<br \/>\nBertha Offenbach Fineberg, MD \u201936 \u221e and Nathan L. Fineberg, MD \u201930 \u221e<br \/>\nNicholas J. Fiumara, MD \u201939 \u221e<br \/>\nDaphne H. Foster and Lawrence S. Foster<br \/>\nBeverly R. Franklin \u221e and William E. Franklin, MD \u201946 \u221e<br \/>\nCarl Franzblau, PhD and Myrna Franzblau \u221e<br \/>\nMonte Friedkin and Skeets Friedkin \u221e<br \/>\nRay A. Garver \u221e and Donna L. Garver \u221e<br \/>\nMarion L. Gendron \u221e<br \/>\nGeorge E. Ghareeb, MD \u201962 \u221e and Nancy B. Ghareeb<br \/>\nArnold Goldenberg, MD \u201954 and Bernice Goldenberg \u221e<br \/>\nGloria Goldenberg \u221e and Philip T. Goldenberg, MD \u201946 \u221e<br \/>\nDorothy A. Gottlieb \u221e and Leonard S. Gottlieb, MD \u221e<br \/>\nDoris Grabosky \u221e and Jack Grabosky \u221e<br \/>\nEllen R. Grass \u221e<br \/>\nRobert E. Griffin and Cathleen Griffin<br \/>\nMorton S. Grossman \u221e and Sylvia Grossman \u221e<br \/>\nKenneth M. Grundfast, MD and Ruthanne Grundfast<br \/>\nFritz Grunebaum \u221e<br \/>\nRobert W. Healy, MD \u201967 and Bonnie M. Healy<br \/>\nJuan De J. Hernandez Batista \u221e and Maria A. Tavarez-De Hernandez<br \/>\nArnold S. Hiatt<br \/>\nGeorge L. Hines, MD \u201869 and Helene A. Hines<br \/>\nAnn S. Hintlian \u221e and Deran Hintlian<br \/>\nMichael G. Hirsh, MD \u201963 \u221e and Carol N. Hirsh<br \/>\nArline Housman \u221e and Herbert E. Housman \u221e<br \/>\nCharles Housman<br \/>\nEdward L. Housman \u221e and Charlotte Housman \u221e<br \/>\nJohn P. Howe, III, MD \u201969 and Tyrrell E. Flawn<br \/>\nJames B. Howell, MD \u201965 \u221e and Marlene A. Howell<br \/>\nBernard L. Huang, MD \u201962 \u221e and Ann M. Huang<br \/>\nRichard E. Hunter, MD \u201944 \u221e and Minta Hunter \u221e<br \/>\nDavid Ingall, MD \u201957 \u221e and Carol Ingall<br \/>\nPatricia Kennedy Issarescu, MD \u201961 \u221e<br \/>\nJoseph A. Izzi, Sr., MD and Barbara A. Izzi<br \/>\nClinton W. Josey, Jr. and Betty Josey \u221e<br \/>\nLori A. Jurado and Xavier Jurado<br \/>\nEsther B. Kahn \u221e<br \/>\nCharlotte A. Kaitz \u221e and Louis L. Kaitz \u221e<br \/>\nKenneth P. Kato, MD \u201989 and Nancy A. Nagy<br \/>\nIsabelle A. Katzer<br \/>\nHonorable Damon J. Keith \u221e<br \/>\nThe Kibrick Family<br \/>\nBurton I. Korelitz, MD \u201951 \u221e and Ann Z. Korelitz<br \/>\nConan Kornetsky, PhD \u221e<br \/>\nBernard E. Kreger, MD, MPH<br \/>\nEdward E. Krukonis, MD \u201963 \u221e and Priscilla J. Krukonis<br \/>\nSaul Kurlat \u221e<br \/>\nCecelia Lance<br \/>\nCharna C. Larkin and Alan B. Larkin \u221e<br \/>\nRobert E. Leach, MD and Laurine Leach<br \/>\nPaul M. Leiman, MD \u201974 and Carol R. Leiman<br \/>\nBrian Levine and Beth Levine<br \/>\nBrigitte Lonner and Joseph J. Lonner \u221e<br \/>\nThomas A. MacLean, MD \u201964 and Colleen K. MacLean<br \/>\nWilliam I. Malamud, MD \u201954 \u221e and Camille C. Malamud \u221e<br \/>\nWilliam M. Manger, MD, PhD and Lynn S. Manger<br \/>\nRichard C. Marcus<br \/>\nStella C. Martin, PhD and Clive R. Martin<br \/>\nRonald P. McCaffrey and Maureen McCaffrey<br \/>\nJohn F. McCahan, MD and Kathleen B. McCahan \u221e<br \/>\nDr. and Mrs. Edward J. McDonald, Jr.<br \/>\nJean E. McPhail \u221e<br \/>\nRobert F. Meenan, MD \u201972<br \/>\nMark S. Michelman, MD \u201967 \u221e and Susan F. Michelman<br \/>\nDaniel E. Moalli, MD \u201961 and Glenna M. Moalli<br \/>\nJordan Monocandilos<br \/>\nRodney A. Montag and Sally A. Montag<br \/>\nSanford R. Montag and Nancy L. Montag<br \/>\nThomas J. Moore, MD and Mary C. Moore<br \/>\nMerel G. Mountain<br \/>\nSunit Mukherjee, MD \u201989 and Sumeeta Mukherjee<br \/>\nMichael F. Mullarkey, MD \u201970 and Dawn Mullarkey<br \/>\nAlan S. Multz, MD \u201985, and Michelle A. Multz, MD<br \/>\nPraveen V. Mummaneni, MD, MBA \u201995 and Valli P. Mummaneni, MD<br \/>\nG. Vijaya Naidu, MD<br \/>\nThe Newton Family Fund<br \/>\nDawn B. Norcia and David J. Norcia<br \/>\nN. Stephen Ober, MD \u201986<br \/>\nJohn F. O\u2019Brien, MD \u201959 \u221e<br \/>\nAnne W. O\u2019Connor \u221e and John F. O\u2019Connor, MD \u201957 \u221e<br \/>\nHytho H. Pantazelos, MD \u201963 and Peter G. Pantazelos \u221e<br \/>\nDianne M. Parrotte, MD \u201979<br \/>\nEdward F. Parsons, MD \u201965<br \/>\nJordan Paul and Valerie Paul<br \/>\nLita Perkins \u221e and John S. Perkins \u221e<br \/>\nJona A. Perlmutter, MD and Donna Perlmutter<br \/>\nAstrid O. Peterson, MD \u201977 \u221e<br \/>\nN. N. Pike, Esq. \u221e<br \/>\nJohn I. Polk, MD \u201974 and Mary C. Nugent Polk<br \/>\nHelen S. Ratner \u221e and Frank Ratner, MD \u201947 \u221e<br \/>\nIver S. Ravin, MD \u201940 \u221e<br \/>\nNancy E. Rice, MD \u201965 and Millard J. Hyland, MD<br \/>\nJoel A. Roffman, MD \u201875 and Nancy C. Roffman<br \/>\nBessie Rosenfield \u221e and Louis I. Rosenfield \u221e<br \/>\nGerald L. Ross \u221e<br \/>\nMelanie Rothbaum and David Rothbaum, MD \u201982 \u221e<br \/>\nRichard A. Rudders, MD \u221e<br \/>\nStephen W. Russell, MD \u201955 and Gail D. Russell<br \/>\nPedram Salimpour, MD \u201900 and Stacy Weiss, MD<br \/>\nHannah E. Sandson and John I. Sandson, MD \u221e<br \/>\nFrancis P. Saunders, MD \u201958 \u221e and Lydia M. Saunders<br \/>\nFrank J. Schaberg, Jr., MD \u201968 and Monica J. Schaberg, MD \u201968<br \/>\nAlan L. Schechter, MD \u201978 and Genevieve Schechter<br \/>\nHarold S. Schell, MD \u201870 and Antoinette M. Schell<br \/>\nRocco Schelzi \u221e<br \/>\nJohn Schieltz and Katie Schieltz<br \/>\nHerman Selinsky, MD \u201924 \u221e<br \/>\nRichard J. Shemin, MD \u201974 and Susan H. Shemin<br \/>\nClaire Sherman and Norton L. Sherman \u221e<br \/>\nRichard L. Simmons, MD \u201859<br \/>\nKenneth B. Simons, MD \u201880 and Wendy A. Simons<br \/>\nSimon L. Strong and Sarah A. Strong<br \/>\nLois N. Talis \u221e<br \/>\nTony Tannoury, MD and Viviane Tannoury<br \/>\nStephen M. Tringale, MD \u201990<br \/>\nSanford W. Udis, MD \u201944 \u221e<br \/>\nFranz Waldeck, MD, PhD \u221e<br \/>\nCarl W. Walter, MD \u221e and Margaret H. Walter \u221e<br \/>\nMurray Weinstock, MD \u201965 \u221e and Gloria Weinstock<br \/>\nSue Rosenwasser Weiss and Seymour Rosenwasser, MD \u221e<br \/>\nAnthony Weldon<br \/>\nJudith F. Wellington and Peter S. Wellington \u221e<br \/>\nJerrold A. Wexler \u221e and Joan Wexler<br \/>\nRobert H. Wexler \u221e and Joanna B. Wexler \u221e<br \/>\nAlan Winters and Hope Winters<br \/>\nRobert A. Witzburg, MD, \u201977 and Lorraine Westphal Witzburg<br \/>\nPeak Woo, MD \u201978<br \/>\nEarle G. Woodman, MD \u201958 \u221e<br \/>\nMoshe Yanai and Rachel Yanai<br \/>\nFrances W. Young \u221e<br \/>\nMarion L. Young \u221e and Charles R. Young, PhD \u221e<br \/>\nBarry Zuckerman, MD and Pamela Zuckerman, MD<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>Honorary Members<\/u><\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nDorothy C. Keefer \u221e<br \/>\nIshbel K. Lyle \u221e and Carl Lyle \u221e<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Keefer Society Levels<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 <strong>Mercury members<\/strong> ($50,000 to $99,999) receive an invitation to the spring Chester S. Keefer, M.D. Society Dinner and an honorary plaque<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 <strong>Bronze members<\/strong> ($100,000 to $249,999) also receive an invitation and preferred seating, when available, for select events throughout the year<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 <strong>Silver members<\/strong> ($250,000 to $499,999) also receive a personalized tour of the research\/clinical area of your choice at BU Medical Campus<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 <strong>Gold members<\/strong> ($500,000 to $999,999) also receive direct communication with the recipients of your generosity (students, faculty, researchers)<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 <strong>Platinum members<\/strong> ($1,000,000 or more) also receive a private lunch with the dean and other leadership of the Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine. The society is named in honor of Dr. Chester S. 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