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THE JOHNS Hopkins medical campus has had a nursing school since 1889, but it hasn't had a building dedicated solely to nursing education and research until this week.When the $17.2 million Anne M. Pinkard Building opened for classes Monday, it became the first permanent home for Hopkins' School of Nursing, which had shared space with other Hopkins departments.Constructed at 525 N. Wolfe St., between Jefferson and McElderry streets, the six-level building enables Hopkins to consolidate nursing programs and departments that were scattered over six sites on two campuses.

Dr. Patricia A. McIntyre, a professor emeritus at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and an international authority in the field of radioactive tracer studies in hematology, died of cancer Sunday at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Gardenville resident was 72.At the time of her retirement from the medical school in 1980 after 16 years, Dr. McIntyre held the position of associate professor in the departments of medicine, radiology and environmental health."She was a solid scientist who was very important in developing the new field of using radioactive tracer isotopes in hematology studies," said Dr. C. Lockard Conley, a former head of the Hopkins hematology division who is credited with advances in such blood diseases as sickle cell anemia.

George J. Weiland Sr., 85, insurance sales managerGeorge J. Weiland Sr., former sales manager for Western and Southern Life Insurance Co. of Cincinnati and a longtime Glen Burnie resident, died Tuesday from complications of a stroke at Carrollwood Care Center in Tampa, Fla. He was 85.Mr. Weiland began his insurance career in Baltimore in 1937 with American Life Insurance Co. of Baltimore, which later merged with Western and Southern. He retired in 1979.The Highlandtown native was educated in Baltimore public schools until he left to help support his family during the Depression.

Sam Shapiro, the retired Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health professor whose pioneering research demonstrated that mammograms can reduce women's mortality from breast cancer, died yesterday of cancer at his North Baltimore home. He was 85."He was a giant in the field of public health," said Dr. Alfred Sommer, dean of the Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health. "He had a broad steel-trap mind that he used to teach his students how to think."He was a modest, deliberate-speaking man. You could always hear the answer to a question clicking in his head," Dr. Sommer said.

Dr. R. Carmichael Tilghman, a compassionate internist at Johns Hopkins Hospital known for his work with pregnant women suffering from heart disease, died of cancer Thursday at Wye House, his Talbot County residence. A member of a long-established Eastern Shore family, Dr. Tilghman was 95.One of Hopkins' best-known physicians and faculty members for nearly 50 years, he was regarded as a gifted diagnostician and was known for his keen ethics, optimism and gracious manner."He was a magnificent Maryland gentleman," said Dr. Richard S. Ross, dean emeritus of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

There was a lot of fancy footwork at the Maryland Athletic Club recently, and we're not talking aerobics class.With a rock band set up on the basketball court, dancing was just one way folks could move at the Sweats & Sneakers Gala. Another was to hoof it through the parts of the club decorated to represent certain big cities; the gala's theme was "Dancing in the Streets." In "Miami," for example, guests could tour the new Johns Hopkins School of Medicine's cardiac rehab suite.Among the evening's "tourists": Julianne Carroll, event chair; Pat Cohen, Ray Daue, Susan Goodell, Bob Connelly, Laura Rubino, Chris Radebaugh and Kay Senft, event committee members; Phil Wendel, Liz and Tim Rhode, MAC co-owners; Dr. Ken Baughman, Johns Hopkins' chief of cardiology; Ernest Burke, former Baltimore Elite Giants player; and Jay Pivec, Pivec Advertising VP.The jamboree raised $10,000 for the Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease at Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Dr. Lloyd E. Rozeboom, an internationally known authority on the transmission of mosquito-borne diseases who also identified many species of the insect, died Sunday from complications of Parkinson's disease at Vantage House in Columbia. He was 91.Dr. Rozeboom formerly lived in Lochearn and Hampstead, Carroll County, before moving to Vantage House in 1992.For more than 40 years, he taught medical entomology at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health and studied insects that transmit diseases to humans.

An article in Tuesday's Maryland section incorrectly reported that researchers at Johns Hopkins Hospital proposed a study to determine whether heroin should be given to addicts to help prevent crime. The proposal was made by researchers at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.The Sun regrets the error.Pub Date: 7/22/98

Johns Hopkins University drug abuse experts and Baltimore's health commissioner are discussing the possibility of a research study in which heroin would be distributed to hard-core addicts in an effort to reduce crime, AIDS and other fallout from drug addiction.The plan for a trial of "heroin maintenance" for some Baltimore addicts who have refused or failed in traditional drug treatment is still at a preliminary stage. Conscious that the issue could be politically explosive, the doctors involved are treading carefully and trying to persuade colleagues in other cities to launch such studies simultaneously.

Local investigators plan to recruit more than 200 Baltimore families whose children have asthma to figure out what is making so many of them sick.Baltimore's school-age children's asthma rate is estimated at 8 percent to 17 percent, higher than the national average of 7 percent. Asthma is the most commonly diagnosed pediatric illness in Maryland. It's also the No. 1 reason students miss school.The study, announced yesterday, is funded by the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.

Judith C. Gehret, a computer programmer and faculty member at what is now the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, whose work during her three-decade career produced valuable research assistance for both professors and graduate students, died of congestive heart failure Sept. 2 at her Sparks home. She was 76. Judith Colburn was born in Wilmington, Del., the daughter of Allan P. Colburn, a prominent chemical engineer who had served as acting president of the University of Delaware and was longtime chairman of its chemical engineering department.

Dr. Worth Bagley Daniels Jr., a retired prominent internist and Baltimore philanthropist, died of congestive heart failure July 9 at his Roland Park home. He was 84. Dr. Daniels, the son of physician parents who both graduated from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 1924, was born in New York City and raised in Washington. He was the grandson of Josephus Daniels, publisher of the Raleigh, N.C., News & Observer, who was secretary of the Navy during World War I. A 1942 graduate of St. Albans School in Washington, Dr. Daniels attended Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Paul D. Imre, a retired Baltimore County public health official and decorated World War II veteran, died of a heart attack Saturday at his Columbia home. He was 83. Born in New York City, he enlisted in the Army immediately after his graduation from the Bronx High School of Science. He became an infantry paratrooper in World War II. He parachuted into Carentan, France, two days after the Allied invasion began and fought his way through the country until he reached Belgium. During heavy fighting in the Battle of Bulge in January 1945, he was wounded in the back by shrapnel near Mande St. Etienne.

On Tuesday, January 27, 2009 MICHAEL A. KOENIG, PhD, age 56. Michael was a professor at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University. He was the beloved husband of Gillian (nee Foo) Hwei-Chuan, PhD; devoted father of Matthew Y. Koenig and Leah R. Koenig; loving son of Deborah (nee Dubinsky) Koenig and Harry Koenig, M.D. of Ishpeming, MI; brother of Steven B. Koenig, M.D. and Karen L. Zwecker. Also survived by two nieces and two nephews. A memorial service is being planned at Johns Hopkins for a future date.

Dr. Josette W. Bianchine, a retired Johns Hopkins pediatrician who worked in genetics, died of congestive heart failure June 6 at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda. She was 79. Born Josette Woel in Gonaive, Haiti, she studied at l'Ecole LaLue and came to the United States on a scholarship to the University of Illinois at Urbana, where she earned a biology degree. She was a 1958 graduate of State University of New York Upstate Medical University at Syracuse. She did an internship and residency in pediatrics and then served as chief resident at the Harriet Lane program at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

Dr. Harry C. Dietz III of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine will be honored this month with a Hero with a Heart Award at the National Marfan Foundation's annual benefit, Heartworks: The Marfan Gala. Marfan syndrome is a disorder involving the connective tissue of the heart, blood vessels, eyes, joints, bones and lungs. It affects the aorta, which carries blood away from the heart. Dietz work includes being part of a team that identified the gene for the syndrome in 1991 and researching a medication for treatment.

Loretta Paul Permutt, a retired Johns Hopkins School of Public Health administrator, died of pancreatic cancer Sunday at her Mount Washington home. She was 89. Born Loretta Paul in Pittsburgh, she served in Army intelligence in the Pacific during World War II. She left the service as a staff sergeant. She then attended Bryn Mawr College and the University of Chicago. She moved to Baltimore in the 1950s and, after raising her family, she became a Johns Hopkins School of Public Health clerk.

Dr. Benjamin S. Carson, a renowned pediatric neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins Children's Center, received the Ford's Theatre Lincoln Medal this month during a White House ceremony. Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was the other recipient. Recipients are chosen by the executive committee of the board of trustees of Ford's Theatre Society, which looks at an individual's work, accomplishments and personal attributes to see whether they epitomize the legacy of President Abraham Lincoln.

William R. Milnor, a retired cardiologist and scientist at the Johns Hopkins medical institutions for more than 40 years, died Thursday at the Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care. The Monkton resident was 87 and succumbed to age-related problems. Dr. Milnor joined the Johns Hopkins Hospital staff and its Department of Medicine faculty in 1951 as a specialist in internal medicine and cardiology. According to an autobiography he prepared, much of his work was devoted to the evaluation and medical care of patients who were potential candidates for heart surgery, a relatively new and rapidly developing field in the 1950s.

Evelyn Jean Connor, a retired Johns Hopkins medical research assistant, died of leukemia Saturday at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Ellicott City resident was 72. Born Evelyn Jean Deibel in Baltimore and raised in Violetville, she was a 1953 Western High School graduate. As a young woman she worked as a control technician at the Emerson Drug Company, manufacturers of Bromo Seltzer. She was also a technician in the blood lab of the Baltimore Rh Typing Laboratory. Mrs. Connor became a research assistant at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and worked with Dr. Curt Richter, Dr. Karl Schellenberg and Dr. Jerry Spivak, among others.