MORTON BOGDONOFF

I remember Morton and his family well. We lived to see them come in the Rex Restaurant! What year did he pass?

I cannot believe that it has been eight years. It seems like it was only months ago when my wife Patricia and I enjoyed a fine Italian dinner in Manhattan with Mort, his wife Mary and his daughter Drue. As I continue my leadership involvement with Alpha Omega Alpha leadership scholars, I continue to use Mort's mentorship and accomplishments as examples to be followed in their own careers. I will never forget Mort. Indeed, it would be a shame if his life story and accomplishments were to be...

I have already said much about Mort Bogdonoff and will not repeat myself. I served on the board of directors of Alpha Omega Alpha, the national medical honors society for several year. I still participate in a relatively new AOA program designed to assist, mentor and advice several awardees each year who seek to become tomorrow's leaders in medicine. Invariably, I am asked about my pathway to leadership in medicine. Even though I was in Boston as a student, I did not have access to the elite...

He was a wonderful mentor, as were Donald Wilson and Maurice Mufson, and other great professors in Chicago. I have a lasting memory, a gift of a Tiffany's letter opener, that he gave me in 1974 when I was his Chief Resident. I will remember him forever.

From a former student,...An inspiring mentor to many. Rich Rothman, MD, PhD, Professor Emergency Medicine Johns Hopkins University

Recently I re-read a hand written note from Mort to me in which he admonished me for not taking proper care of my health. He was correct. We usually deny our own mortality as an abstract event in which we will not participate. After becoming dean of the University of Maryland School of Medicine in 1991 I asked Mort to serve as the first chair of the school's visiting committee. What a wise decision. He brought experience, wisdom commitment and humility to group that frequently lacks several...

You cannot summarize the life of someone as productive and full of life as Mort Bogdonoff and I will not attempt to do so. My wife Patricia and I celebrated Mort's 89th birthday with him and some of his family including wife Mary and daughter Drue. We had a lovely meal at an Italian restaurant in New York. Mort recruited me to be his chief of gastroenterolgy at the University of Illinois in 1971. He could not have imagined the academic achievements I would reach over the next 30 years- or is...

We met at the University of Illinois College of Medicine when I was a junior faculty member and Mort was appointed Chair of Medicine. We were friends and colleagues all those years. He was charming, dedicated, thoughtful and a great friend. Mort submitted my name for a Chairmanship in Medicine to several medical schools and provided advice in my progress through several interviews. I accepted the Chair of Medicine at Marshall University School of Medicine in Huntington, WV in 1976 and ended...

As a 3rd year med student at the U of Illinois in the autumn of 1970, Dr. Bogdonoff was lecturing us at Grand Rounds, and the topic somehow evoloved to marijuana,and he unforgettably alluded to the drug's active ingredient as "TetraHydroCannonball"-WOW! RIP,Dr. Mort-will see you again someday