Edmund J. Morrissey, MD

In Memoriam

and a busy private practice. He joined the staff of the Los Angeles County Hospital, the Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital, the Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital, and the Glendale Memorial Hospital and formed the S. Austin Jones Medical Group. His academic accomplishments are outstanding. Earlier in his career he introduced transduodenal sphincteroplasty for patients with pancreatitis and recurrent common duct stones which earned him an international reputation. Arterial revascularization of the liver for cirrhosis and jejunal patch techniques to repair defects in the duodenum were also notable contributions. A meticulous technician, Dr. Jones was Halstedean in his operative techniques as he applied new ideas to the craft of surgery. As an inspired and exciting teacher of surgery, he gained the respect and admiration of his students, who enjoyed his great sense of humor as he taught on the wards of the Los Angeles County Hospital and the Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital as a professor of surgery at the University of California, Irvine. During Dr. Jones’ busy professional life, he managed to be involved in 12 major surgical societies and became president of three: the Southern California Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, the Society of Graduate Surgeons of the Los Angeles County Hospital, and the Los Angeles Surgical Society. His nonmedical interests were diverse, and somehow he found time to serve on the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles County Art Museum, the Navy Ball Committee, the Pacific Southwest Tennis Tournaments, the Lincoln Club, the Sons of the Revolution, and the Nu Sigma Nu and Psi Upsilon fraternities. He will be remembered not only for his great professional accomplishments, but also for his open, friendly personality that was enlivened with a sharp wit, which gained him friends among his colleagues, students, and patients alike. He is survived by his charming and talented wife Marjorie; five daughters; a son-in-law, Thomas G. Olsen, MD; and a grandson. Lyman A. Brewer III, MD

EDMUND J. MORRISSEY, MD, a noteworthy San Franciscan, neurosurgeon, and contributor to society, was born in San Francisco on August 16,1897 and died there on February 8,1986. Dr. Morrissey was clinical professor of neurosurgery at Stanford and later at the University of California, and his competitive spirit was complemented by his quiet, steady, retiring, and loyal personality. His competitive spirit was illustrated by his having played semiprofessional baseball to pay for his medical education at the University of California, San Francisco and by then entering the exacting specialty of neurosurgery. Dr. Morrissey was honored by the universities he attended and by his church, and was named president of various neurologic societies and the San Francisco Medical Society. He served with distinction on boards of charitable foundations and as chief of staff at St. Mary’s Hospital during the years 1948 through 1966. In addition to his professional pursuits, Dr. Morrissey loved the outdoors and was a keen golfer. He is survived by his daughter Kathleen Brown and sons Edmund, Jr. and Philip, an otolaryngologist. Donald M. Gallagher, MD

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WILLIAM W. KRIPPAEHNE, who for 20 years before his retirement in 1984 had been the Kenneth A. J. MacKenzie Professor of Surgery and chairman of the department of surgery, School of Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University, died on June 18,1985 at the age of 67. Born in Alaska, he lived his life in the great Northwest that he loved, with the exception of 2 years of military service in Germany. After receiving his BA degree from the University of Washington in 1943 and his MD degree from the University of Oregon Medical School in 1946, his professional life as academic surgeon, teacher, and medical school leader at Oregon spanned more than 30 years and began with his appointment to the University faculty in 1953 as instructor of surgery. “He was a teacher above all,” said one of his friends. For more than 3 decades, Dr. Krippaehne demonstrated the valor of teaching and was a source of inspiration to generations of medical students and young men and women in postgraduate surgical training. His curriculum vitae, which is long, scholarly, and filled with honors, can only indicate in the most perfunctory way the impact of his personal commitment to excellence. His influence as surgeon and teacher has been far-reaching and he represents one of the most constant and valued examples of what we, as physicians, commit our lives to. Ask anyone who knew him on Marquan Hill, in Oregon, or in the wider world of surgery, and they will confirm these statements. William Krippaehne was a giant in our time and it is appropriate that we should express our recognition of that fact. Such leaders are few and we cherish this memory. As for Bill - husband, father, and friend - his loss goes beyond words. His personal qualities as a fine human being are known to all whose lives were touched by his. His epitaph was written millennia ago by Thucydides: For the whole earth is the sepulchre of famous men; and their story is not graven only on stone over their native earth, but lives on far away, without visible symbol, woven into the stuff of other men’s lives. Glare Gray Peterson, MD

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