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| Alumni Affairs Pat A. Tuckwiller - CME Lecture series One of the most important Alumni Weekend events for the School of Medicine is the Saturday morning scientific seminar. In 1987, this seminar was dedicated as a memorial tribute to a most loyal friend of the Alumni Association, Dr. Pat A. Tuckwiller. Dr. Tuckwiller, a graduate of the class of 1926, died December 12, 1986, in Charleston, West  Virginia, where he was a medical leader for the State for more than 50 years. The Endowed fund, established in 1986, provides support for a series of such lectures at alumni meetings.
Born in Morgantown and raised in Greenbrier County, Dr. Tuckwiller became Charleston's first board certified internist. He established the Charleston Medical Group, one of the first group practices in the area. He was the first chief of staff at the city's Memorial Hospital when it opened in November, 1951. Dr. Tuckwiller's active involvement with the West Virginia University School of Medicine Alumni Association began at the Association's conceptual meeting in 1952. He served the organization in all leadership capacities from chairman of the nominating committee to president (two terms). His name appears on the participant list of every annual meeting from 1952 to 1986. Dr. Tuckwiller was selected as the School's first "Distinguished Alumnus" in 1984. He is pictured at the right receiving this award. Pat Tuckwiller was always a "step ahead" in his thinking and preparations for the future. He was a driving force in West Virginia's graduate medical education programs and was instrumental in establishing residency programs in the State before we had a four-year medical school. He developed teaching programs at Charleston's Memorial Hospital and was influential in recruiting many of the areas's outstanding physicians. His personal medical education background began at WVU where he completed his first two years of training. He then received his MD from Rush Medical School after completing two year of clinical training. He served internship and residencies at Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago, City Hospital in Cleveland, Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, and Lakeside University Hospital in Cleveland. Dr. Tuckwiller's captivating smile and witty personality could only be matched by his sincere sense of dedication to the medical profession and perseverance to the tasks at hand. We miss him. |
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