Thank you, Veterans
By Lynn McCain | November 11On this Veteran’s Day, the Department of Pathology wants to extend its gratitude to those who served in our armed services, sacrificing home, family, comforts, and safety to help those around the world be able to keep theirs.
Today, we want to recognize the veterans serving in our department. While we have many more, these are the veterans who responded to our call. Please join us in thanking these and all veterans for their service.
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Henry D. Appelman, MD Anatomic Pathology 53 years of service, retired since January 2023 Army Reserve, August 1966 through July 1968, during the early Viet Nam War "I served both years at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington, DC."
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Paula Arrowsmith Pathology Research Dr Farkash 16 years of service in pathology, then left for 10 years and now back for 3 years US Air Force 1988-1992 Desert Storm "I trained at AFIP as a Medical Technologist, Histotechnologist, Deaner, EM technician, phlebotomist, and Cytology prep. Training was one year, 40 hrs a week between Andrews AFB, Bethesda, and Walter Reed Army Med Ctr. I then worked in the largest USAF Hospital in San Antonio, TX, the Lackland AFB. During Desert Storm, I was sent to Germany and England to set up mobile hospital labs/lab equipment. I was deployed 18 months total."
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Christine Baker Pathology Administration Over 10 years of service in pathology. "I was in the Air Force. I was in ROTC training from 1994 through 1998, and then on active duty from 1999 through 2007. I served in Germany and at the Pentagon where I worked in communications systems, and I also taught the ROTC program at the University of Michigan before starting my civilian career. I was honored to serve in the military. I continue to feel grateful for all that I learned about leadership and management, all the places I was able to travel, and for the wonderful people I met."
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Sara Call Specimen Processing. 2 years of service in pathology "I served in the Air Force from 2009-2017 as an Engineering Assistant."
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Stacey Glemser MLabs 1 year of service in pathology Air Force "I am sure I can say a lot on this one, but I'm just happy you honor our veterans. I come from a family of veterans (grandpa, dad, uncle, brother, cousins, and I married a sailor), but I am the only female in our family to have served. The picture is of my dad (Army National Guard), my brother (Army) and me (Air Force)."
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David Keren, MD Clinical Pathology 23 years of service in pathology: 1978-89, 2012-present US Army "It was an honor to work with the scientists at the Walter Reed Army Institute for Research. We worked on vaccines against enteric infections."
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Karie Powell Coding 4 years of service in pathology Air Force, 1991
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Zachary Sokolowski MMGL 7.5 years of service in pathology US Army "I am a former US Army Sergeant 2006-2012. I was deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan." |
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