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Address correspondence to Richard W. Gullick, Ph.D., 73 North Grove Street, Berlin, NJ 08009, USA; tel 856 875 1962, fax 856 782 3603, rgullick{at}amwater.com.
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Herbert D. Gullick, an academic surgeon and cancer researcher who for 40 years was a Fellow of the Association of Clinical Scientists, died in Anderson, SC, on 29 December 2000, from chronic complications of a cerebrovascular accident.
Herb was born in Greenville, SC, on 16 March 1922, the son of Carl Lee and Lucy Maudlin Gullick. He grew up in Greenville and was graduated from Furman University in Greenville, receiving the B.S. degree cum laude and the Bradshaw-Feaster Award for General Excellence. He earned his M.D. degree in 1945 at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA, and was a rotating intern at The Albany Hospital in Albany, NY in 1945–46. During 1946–48, he was a Captain, US Army Medical Corps, serving in Japan during the post-war occupation.
During 1948–50, Herb became a Cancer Research Fellow in the Department of Anatomy at Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, where he participated in research on the clinical biochemistry of cancer and pursued graduate studies on Basic Sciences in Surgery. He decided on an academic career in surgery and was accepted in 1950 for a coveted position as Resident in Surgery at the University of Rochester’s Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NY from 1950–54. He was the Chief Resident in Surgery at the Veteran’s Administration Hospital in Syracuse, NY, during 1954–55.
Upon completion of his surgical residency, Herb was appointed an Assistant Professor of Surgery at SUNY-Upstate Medical School and Assistant Chief of the Surgical Service at the Veteran’s Administration Hospital in Syracuse, NY. The years (1955–73) that Herb was a member of the Surgery Department at SUNY-Upstate Medical School were a highly productive period of his career as a clinical scientist. His scientific interests during these years were focused primarily on the pathophysiology of the pancreas, especially in relation to pancreatic carcinoma and pancreatic enzymes (eg, trypsin) [1–6]. In addition, he was a coauthor of numerous papers in the field of general surgery.
From 1974 until his retirement in 1995, Herb was Professor of Surgery at Albany Medical College and a member of the surgical staff at the Veteran’s Administration Hospital in Albany, NY, where he served for four years as Chief of the Surgical Service. Despite his time-consuming clinical responsibilities, he remained active in clinical science, studying (for example) the effects of weak electrical current on tumor growth [7] and evaluating statistical techniques to delineate the reference values for laboratory tests in clinical chemistry and hematology [8].
Herb joined the Association of Clinical Scientists in 1960, sponsored by his friend, Dr Robert P. MacFate, who was Secretary-Treasurer of the Association. For almost 40 years, Herb regularly attended the Association’s meetings and workshops and he presented papers on clinical enzymology and cancer, as well as the treatment of leg ulcers and the diabetic foot. He especially enjoyed the Association’s musicales, since he was a devotee of vocal and instrumental chamber music,and he frequently was accompanied by his children.
From the early 1990s until his stroke in January 1997, Herb was heavily involved in activities at his alma mater, Furman University, where he was Chair of the Pre-Medical Advisory Committee, a mentor to pre-medical students, and a member of the University’s Advisory Council, In 1995, Herb was awarded honorary alumni membership in the Gamma Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa at Furman University.
Herb was a gracious, modest, generous, and wise man, a skillful surgeon, and a productive clinical investigator. He is deeply missed by family, friends, patients, and clinical colleagues. Members of the Association of Clinical Scientists will be touched to learn that, when Herb was buried, he wore the Association’s maroon bow-tie! The funeral services were held at St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral in Syracuse, NY, with interment in DeWitt, NY.
Herb is survived by his wife, Alice Patterson Gullick; a brother, Roy M. Gullick; and a sister, Mary Wardlaw; all of whom reside in Greenville, SC; and by two sons, Daniel Herbert Gullick of Denver, CO, and Richard Warren Gullick of Winslow, NJ. He was predeceased by two sons, David Maudlin Gullick and Durrant Whittemore Gullick.
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