With respect to the University of Florida slogan, “The Gator Nation is Everywhere,” Dr. Desmond Schatz is perhaps a quintessential example of the truth of that notion. With family and educational roots in South Africa, training on the west coast of North America, and educational and research achievements originating in…
For Dr. Mutasim Abu-Hasan, returning to the “land of the Gators” is the natural next step in his well-established career. “Florida has a special place in my heart,” Dr. Abu-Hasan said. “There is a lot of loyalty to the place and it has a lot of family feeling to it.
Dr. Mary Wagner, known to family, friends, and co-workers as “Abby,” could be described as a homegrown success story from right here in the heart of Gainesville. As a leader before and throughout her days at UF, Dr. Wagner has become known for her ambitious pursuit of quality patient care…
Image Gallery Some people knew Dr. Robert H. Vinson as a gifted pediatrician and academician; others knew him as a great humanitarian whose service work included missions trips to South America. But for almost everyone with whom Dr. Vinson had a relationship, he was known as the consummate friend to…
Mary Lou Carson, 81, passed away on Wednesday February 23, 2011. She moved from Akron, Ohio to Gainesville in 1954 with her husband and son. Her husband passed away and she is survived by her son Steve Carson and fiancé Laure Young, brother Donald Ervine (Mary Ellen), sisters-in-law Bernice Lantz,…
