LLU&MC Scope, Autumn 1997, 1930s alumni notes

Stanley Nelson Hilde (SM'36) writes from Alhambra, California, that he is now retired. Born on December 11, 1911, Dr. Hilde is living independently and still attends weekly medical meetings. His wife, Audrey, passed away on April 10, 1994. They were married for 58 years.

"My medical services were military and worldwide," remembers Dr. Hilde, "including WWII, in the Mediterranean, China, Burma, and India theaters. Duties included care of the wounded during campaigns, and [thousands suffering from] tropical diseases--both American and Chinese. I spoke enough Chinese to obtain medical histories from them."

Dr. Hilde was awarded two bronze stars for wartime service, and passed all three parts of the war boards.

"Since the end of WWII, I attended to my private practice exclusively," he says.

Dr. Hilde reports that he is in good health, with no limitations. He has been advised to "take it easy and take one aspirin tablet daily."

Victoria (Specht) Miller (SN'37), from College Place, Washington, notes that, "With the years passing faster, our activities have become less, and slower. Also, medical reasons within the family have prohibited the travels we enjoyed so much in the past--but not entirely, as we are taking a Panama Canal cruise over Thanksgiving this year. It is not our first cruise, but it is our first time through the Canal."

Leon K. Rittenhouse (SM'38) died on July 30, 1997, in Walla Walla, Washington. He was born in Camden, New Jersey, in 1911. After graduating from the School of Medicine, and receiving a diploma in tropical medicine from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1940, Dr. Rittenhouse and his wife, G. Lenore (Eby), served as missionaries in Rwanda, Nyasaland (Malawi), Basutoland, Jamaica, and at the La Vida Mission in New Mexico. He was ordained as a minister of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in 1950.

Eldon W. Snow (SM '38) and his wife, Veva, enjoy traveling... he still sees patients.

Dr. Rittenhouse practiced general medicine and surgery in Stoneham, Hudson, and Northboro in Massachusetts. He completed a residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation in 1967, and subsequently served as physiatrist for Adventist hospitals in Stoneham and in Reading, Pennsylvania. He also worked in Veteran's Administration hospitals in Martinsburg, West Virginia, and Columbia, Montana, "retiring" to La Vida, and then to Walla Walla, Washington.

He is survived by his wife of 62 years, six children--Nell Davies, Lois Pecce, Donald, Robert, and David Rittenhouse, and Jean Clarke; beloved in-law children, 16 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren, and stepmother, Ruth Rittenhouse.

Eldon W. Snow (SM'38) retired on January 1, 1993. "I practiced 44 years in Portland, [Oregon]" he notes, "and for the last five years I have volunteered at Portland Adventist Medical Center. I see hospital patients one or two days a week."

Dr. Snow and his wife, Veva, have traveled quite a bit since his retirement. They have visited Alaska twice, as well as visiting 48 of the 50 states, South America, Trinidad, and the Bahamas.