UA College of Medicine: History and Overview: … Louis J. Kettel, MD, served as dean of the College of Medicine from 1977-1987, succeeding Dr. DuVal (founding dean 1964-1971; acting dean 1973-1974), Jack M. Layton, MD (acting dean 1971-1973) and Neal A. Vanselow, MD (1974-1977). In his 1979 historical perspective on early planning for the College, Dr. Kettel wrote, "Moving rapidly the concept evolved of a health sciences institution which could always react to and move with a changing society in its health care and scientific needs." …
[Source: http://medicine.arizona.edu/history (6/28/2001)]
“Dr. Louis J. Kettel, ex-UA medical dean, dies,” Arizona Daily StarI, November 6, 1991: Dr. Louis J. Kettel, former dean of the UA College of Medicine, died yesterday in Chevy Chase, Md. He turned 62 Monday. The cause of death had not been determined yesterday, but it is believed Kettel suffered a heart attack while jogging inside the basement of his high-rise, a friend said. Kettel was jogging indoors because of harsh weather, and was to meet his wife, Lois, afterward to go walking with her. Instead, she found him dead in the basement of their condominium, said Harold L. "Hal" Marshall, former associate to the dean. [Kettel left the college in 1987 to become associate vice president for academic affairs at the Association of American Medical Colleges in Washington, D.C. In July 1989, he was promoted to vice president for academic affairs] of the association, which accredits the nation's medical schools and teaching hospitals. "He was the key guy for medical education in the United States," Marshall said yesterday. "Lou was a very, very special guy as far as I was concerned," Marshall said. "He was the type of guy who got to know everyone from the No. 2 guy to the janitor, and he would know the janitor by name and take the time to ask him how he was doing." While Kettel was dean, the university began its world-renowned heart transplant program, the Arizona Cancer Center opened, and University Medical Center went from being a state-owned hospital to a private corporation. Dr. Jay Smith, vice dean for academic affairs at the UA Medical College, called Kettel's death "a crushing blow to all of us." Smith, who also was the Kettel's physician when they lived in Tucson, said Kettel "was in great health. He exercised religiously, watched his weight." Smith said he talked to Kettel last week, when the former dean accepted an invitation to lecture at the medical college in March. Smith described Kettel as "warm, caring, compassionate, fair, energetic, enthusiastic -- all the things you would want in a friend and in a physician and in an administrator." George Seils, former assistant dean for administration, described Kettel as "one of the most memorable people I met in 40 years in industry and education. He was a role model for . . . anybody that came in contact with him." Kettel also served as clinical professor of medicine at Georgetown University school of medicine, in Washington, D.C. Kettel, a lung specialist, joined the UA Medical College in 1968, a few months after the school enrolled its first students. He started as associate professor of internal medicine and became associate dean in 1974. His son, Louis M. Kettel, received his medical degree from the UA and is on the faculty of University of California at San Diego. Kettel was considered an expert on health care costs and was appointed by then-Gov. Bruce Babbitt to the Statewide Health Coordinating Council and the State Health Planning Advisory Council, both of which he chaired. He also was affiliated with the American Council on Education, the American College of Physicians, the American Lung Association, Physicians for Social Responsibility, the Pima County Medical Society, the Arizona Medical Association and other organizations. Kettel, a native of Chicago, graduated from Purdue University before receiving his medical degree from Northwestern University. …
“Louis J. Kettel Dies, Official of Medical College Association,” Washington Post, November 8, 1991: Dr. Louis J. Kettel, 62, vice president for academic affairs of the Association of American Medical Colleges, died Nov. 5 at his home in Chevy Chase after a heart attack. Dr. Kettel moved to the Washington area and joined the staff of the Association of American Medical Colleges in 1988 after having served 11 years as dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Arizona at Tucson. While there he had been a member of the association's council of deans and chairman of its administrative board. He was born in Chicago and graduated from Purdue University. He received his medical degree at Northwestern University and did his internships and residencies at Passavant Memorial Hospital and the Veterans Administration Research Hospital in Chicago. He was a specialist in pulmonary diseases. From 1958 to 1960, Dr. Kettel was an Army physician in San Francisco. Later he served on the faculty of Northwestern University Medical School, then in 1968 joined the faculty at Arizona. Since moving to this area he had been a clinical professor of medicine at Georgetown University Medical School. He was a member of the American Lung Association, the American Medical Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Thoracic Society and a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians. Survivors include his wife, the former Lois Mary Bornemeier of Chevy Chase; three children, Linda Kettel Owen and Laura Beth Kettel Khan, both of Tucson, and Dr. Louis Michael Kettel of San Diego; and six grandchildren.
See also: “Former Dean Louis Kettel Dies at 62,” University of Arizona Health Sciences News, November 18, 1991.
See also: “Louis J. Kettel, M.D. November 4, 1929–December 5, 1991,” AAMC ReporterI, December, 1991.
[Source: http://medicine.arizona.edu/history (6/28/2001)]
“Dr. Louis J. Kettel, ex-UA medical dean, dies,” Arizona Daily StarI, November 6, 1991: Dr. Louis J. Kettel, former dean of the UA College of Medicine, died yesterday in Chevy Chase, Md. He turned 62 Monday. The cause of death had not been determined yesterday, but it is believed Kettel suffered a heart attack while jogging inside the basement of his high-rise, a friend said. Kettel was jogging indoors because of harsh weather, and was to meet his wife, Lois, afterward to go walking with her. Instead, she found him dead in the basement of their condominium, said Harold L. "Hal" Marshall, former associate to the dean. [Kettel left the college in 1987 to become associate vice president for academic affairs at the Association of American Medical Colleges in Washington, D.C. In July 1989, he was promoted to vice president for academic affairs] of the association, which accredits the nation's medical schools and teaching hospitals. "He was the key guy for medical education in the United States," Marshall said yesterday. "Lou was a very, very special guy as far as I was concerned," Marshall said. "He was the type of guy who got to know everyone from the No. 2 guy to the janitor, and he would know the janitor by name and take the time to ask him how he was doing." While Kettel was dean, the university began its world-renowned heart transplant program, the Arizona Cancer Center opened, and University Medical Center went from being a state-owned hospital to a private corporation. Dr. Jay Smith, vice dean for academic affairs at the UA Medical College, called Kettel's death "a crushing blow to all of us." Smith, who also was the Kettel's physician when they lived in Tucson, said Kettel "was in great health. He exercised religiously, watched his weight." Smith said he talked to Kettel last week, when the former dean accepted an invitation to lecture at the medical college in March. Smith described Kettel as "warm, caring, compassionate, fair, energetic, enthusiastic -- all the things you would want in a friend and in a physician and in an administrator." George Seils, former assistant dean for administration, described Kettel as "one of the most memorable people I met in 40 years in industry and education. He was a role model for . . . anybody that came in contact with him." Kettel also served as clinical professor of medicine at Georgetown University school of medicine, in Washington, D.C. Kettel, a lung specialist, joined the UA Medical College in 1968, a few months after the school enrolled its first students. He started as associate professor of internal medicine and became associate dean in 1974. His son, Louis M. Kettel, received his medical degree from the UA and is on the faculty of University of California at San Diego. Kettel was considered an expert on health care costs and was appointed by then-Gov. Bruce Babbitt to the Statewide Health Coordinating Council and the State Health Planning Advisory Council, both of which he chaired. He also was affiliated with the American Council on Education, the American College of Physicians, the American Lung Association, Physicians for Social Responsibility, the Pima County Medical Society, the Arizona Medical Association and other organizations. Kettel, a native of Chicago, graduated from Purdue University before receiving his medical degree from Northwestern University. …
“Louis J. Kettel Dies, Official of Medical College Association,” Washington Post, November 8, 1991: Dr. Louis J. Kettel, 62, vice president for academic affairs of the Association of American Medical Colleges, died Nov. 5 at his home in Chevy Chase after a heart attack. Dr. Kettel moved to the Washington area and joined the staff of the Association of American Medical Colleges in 1988 after having served 11 years as dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Arizona at Tucson. While there he had been a member of the association's council of deans and chairman of its administrative board. He was born in Chicago and graduated from Purdue University. He received his medical degree at Northwestern University and did his internships and residencies at Passavant Memorial Hospital and the Veterans Administration Research Hospital in Chicago. He was a specialist in pulmonary diseases. From 1958 to 1960, Dr. Kettel was an Army physician in San Francisco. Later he served on the faculty of Northwestern University Medical School, then in 1968 joined the faculty at Arizona. Since moving to this area he had been a clinical professor of medicine at Georgetown University Medical School. He was a member of the American Lung Association, the American Medical Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Thoracic Society and a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians. Survivors include his wife, the former Lois Mary Bornemeier of Chevy Chase; three children, Linda Kettel Owen and Laura Beth Kettel Khan, both of Tucson, and Dr. Louis Michael Kettel of San Diego; and six grandchildren.
See also: “Former Dean Louis Kettel Dies at 62,” University of Arizona Health Sciences News, November 18, 1991.
See also: “Louis J. Kettel, M.D. November 4, 1929–December 5, 1991,” AAMC ReporterI, December, 1991.
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