- SCVP Retirement Announcements -
Dr. Jack Titus, 2004 retirement from the Jesse Edwards Cardiovascular
Registry. Dr. Titus was recipient of the 1993 SCVP Distinguished Award. We all wish him well and thank him for his invaluable contributions to our Society and for his friendship.
- SCVP Memorials and Dedications -
Margaret Billingham, M.B., B.S., F.R.C.Path,
Professor of Pathology, emerita, and Director of Cardiac Pathology
at Stanford University, in Stanford, California died on July 14, 2009 after a brief struggle with cancer. She was a founding member of our Society and its president in 1993. She was awarded the Society of Cardiovascular Pathology Distinguished Achievement Award in 1991.
Dr
. Stella van
Praagh
, world famous pediatric cardiologist, pathologist, and philosopher, died on June 3, 2006. The memorial letter below was written by her devoted husband Dr. Richard van Praagh. Drs. Stella and Richard van Praagh have an international reputation for their contributions to congenital heart disease pathology. Together, Drs. Stella and Richard van Praagh were recipients of the 1999 SCVP Distinquished Achievement Award.
Dr. Lino Rossi died suddenly on August 11, 2004. As a pathologist and cardiologist, Dr. Rossi was known worldwide for his contributions in conduction system and cardiac intervention.
Professor Michael J. Davies, M.D., F.R.C.Path, died on February 18, 2003. Dr. Davies was the founding father of the European Association for Cardiovascular Pathology and was recipient of the 1997 SCVP Distinguished Achievement Award.
