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In memoriam

July 2019—Elizabeth R. Cary, MD, state commissioner for Mississippi for the CAP Laboratory Accreditation Program, died on May 31 at age 81.Dr. Cary was the chief of clinical pathology at the G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center in Jackson, Miss. In 1994, the CAP appointed Dr. Cary as Mississippi state commissioner. The following year, the VA appointed her as regional commissioner for the national VA system.

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In memoriam: Harold E. Bowman, MD (1925–2019)

April 2019—Harold E. Bowman, MD, a member of the CAP Board of Governors from 1979 to 1985, died on Feb. 1 at age 93. Dr. Bowman retired in 1994 as director of laboratories at St. Lawrence Hospital, now Sparrow Hospital, in Lansing, Mich., and as associate chair, Department of Pathology, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine.

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Daniel J. Hanson, MD, 1928–2018

January 2019—Daniel J. Hanson, MD, a member of the CAP Board of Governors from 1993 to 1999, died on Nov. 2, 2018. Dr. Hanson was president and medical director of Pathology Laboratories in Toledo, Ohio, until he retired in 2005. He was also clinical professor of pathology emeritus at the University of Toledo College of Medicine.

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Kevin B. Dole, MD | 1948–2017

June 2017—Kevin B. Dole, MD, 68, a member of the CAP Board of Governors from 2001 to 2007, died April 23 of metastatic pancreatic cancer. He had served as a member of the Councils on Government and Professional Affairs and on Public Affairs and as chair of the Council on Membership and Professional Development. He was a member of more than a dozen committees, among them Credentials, CLIA Implementation, Practice Guidelines, and Federal and State Affairs (which he chaired). He was named Pathologist of the Year in 2009.

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In memoriam: Richard E. Horowitz, MD | 1931–2017

May 2017—Richard E. Horowitz, MD, a member of the CAP Board of Governors from 1997 to 2000, died March 15 at age 85 of complications from lung cancer. Dr. Horowitz is a past member of the CAP’s House of Delegates and the CAP’s Practice and Education, Government Affairs, and Public Affairs councils. He was chair of the Outcomes and Performance Measures committees and a longtime member of the Committee on Computerized Laboratory Systems. He was a member, vice president, and president of the CAP Foundation Board of Directors.

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In memoriam: Tyra T. Hutchens, MD | 1921–2016

November 2016—Tyra T. Hutchens, MD, who served as CAP president from 1977 to 1979, died Aug. 28 at age 94. Dr. Hutchens was CAP vice president from 1975 to 1977 and a member of the Board of Governors from 1968 to 1974. He was a member of the Executive; Standards; and Budget, Planning and Review committees and of the Council on Government Relations and Liaison and the CAP History Editorial Board.

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In memoriam: Thomas P. Wood, MD | 1929–2016

April 2016—Thomas P. Wood, MD, the 25th president of the CAP, died Feb. 15 at age 87. Dr. Wood was speaker of the House of Delegates from 1992 to 1995, president-elect from 1995 to 1997, and president from 1997 to 1999. He was a longtime member of the Professional Affairs Committee (which he also chaired) and the Council on Government and Professional Affairs, and he was a board director of the CAP Foundation for six years. In 2000, the CAP recognized him as Pathologist of the Year.

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