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Mckinley Cheshire
Mckinley Cheshire from Palm Beach, FL  and a Past President of Florida Psychiatric Society was born on September 7, 1925 and passed away on Friday, June 5, 2009  (anyone with an obituary please contact webmaster@floridapsych.org).
 
Joseph Anthony Virzi II
Dr. Joseph Anthony Virzi II, a prominent Jacksonville psychiatrist, passed away at age 72 on June 12, 2009 in Jacksonville, FL. Born July 19, 1936 in Chicago, IL he was the only child of the late Joseph A. Virzi and Lena Pepitone Virzi. Dr. Virzi was a 1954 graduate from Fenwick HS in Oak Park IL, where he was a member of the National Honor Society. After graduating cum laude from Loyola University and Loyola Stritch School of Medicine in 1962, he completed his residency at Illinois State Psychiatric Institute in 1966, where he also served as Chief Resident. He was a Lt. Commander in the US Navy and began his professional career in Jacksonville FL, establishing the first psychiatric practice in Clay County. In 1976 Dr. Virzi founded Oak Center, the city's first psychiatric day treatment program, leading the way to accreditation by JCAHO for partial hospitalization and was elected to the board of the National Association for Partial Hospitalization. Dr. Virzi held two board certifications with the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He was a diplomat of the American Psychiatric Association and became a Life Fellow in 2000. He was also a diplomat of the American College of Forensic Examiners. He has held many offices and chaired numerous committees, including President-Elect of the Florida Psychiatric Society, President of the Jacksonville Psychiatric Society and Vice President of the Jacksonville Coalition for Mental Health. He was also President and Founder of the Florida Partial Hospitalization Association. In addition to his professional affiliations, he enjoyed several societies and clubs of Jacksonville and was a member of Deerwood Country Club, The River Club, Ponte Vedra Club, University Club and Serenata Beach Club. In 1998 Dr. Virzi retired from the residential treatment setting to open a private practice in the Southside of Jacksonville until 2006 when he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He then retired permanently to spend more time with his wife Maria, children, grandchildren, and cherished dog "Bella", who did not leave his side throughout his long illness. Dr. Virzi is survived by his loving wife of 48 years, Maria (Trivelli) Virzi. He is also survived by his children, Diana (Joseph) Fargardo, Marisa (Ray) White, and Joseph (Cathryn). He leaves many grandchildren, Laura, Maria, and Ray White, Morgan Sourbrine, Maya and Stella Virzi. Dr. Virzi is further survived by his brother-in-law Mauro (Rosemary) Trivelli, nieces Julie and Jennifer, and nephew Michael. A mass will be held at Holy Family Catholic Church , 9800 Baymeadows Rd., on Monday June 15 at 11:00AM. A final Memorial will be held in Chicago IL at Queen of Heaven Cemetery. The date will be announced at a later time. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Holy Family Catholic Church, 9800 Baymeadows Rd., Jacksonville, FL 32256 or the Community Hospice Foundation, 4266 Sunbeam Rd. , Jacksonville, FL 32257. Arrangements are under the direction of HARDAGE-GIDDENS FUNERAL HOME, 1701 Beach Blvd. Jacksonville Beach, FL
 
Thomas Wendell Dow

Thomas Wendell Dow, M.D. died peacefully in his sleep at age 69 on June 24th, 2009. He was born October 7, 1939 in Boston, MA. to Wendell and Rose Dow. Services will be held at St. Luke's United Methodist Church, 4851 S. Apopka-Vineland Rd., Orlando, FL at 11A.M on Wednesday, July 1, 2009.  

He received his baccalaureate degree from Boston College and graduated from the University Of Vermont College Of Medicine in 1965. While studying at UVM, he won the William Osler Medal from the American Association for the History of Medicine. He completed his training at Lakeland (FL) General Hospital and Hotel-Dieu De Montreal, Psychiatry. In addition, he achieved the rank of Captain while serving in the Air Force at Warner Robins AFB in Georgia.  

Dr. Dow moved his family to Orlando in 1969, joining the practice of Dr. Rodman Shippen, later establishing his own practice. He was a respected member of the Florida Psychiatric community for some 40 years and was active in the American Psychiatric Association, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the Florida Psychiatric Society, and the Florida Society for Adolescent Psychiatry. Over the course of his distinguished career he helped numerous children and families, was involved in a number of psychopharmacologic clinical trials and was awarded the Distinguished Life Fellow Award from the American Psychiatric Association in January 2003. After 35 years in private practice, he entered semi-retirement in 2004. He was also active in the Florida Democratic Party and in the Unitarian-Universalist Church in Orlando. He was an Elder in the Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship of Key West. He enjoyed travel, fishing, golf and tennis.  

He was proud of his children and loved his grandchildren. He will be missed by all who knew him. He is survived by his wife Anne of Key West, FL, Brother Harry of Daytona Beach, FL, Sister Mary Yankauer of Sacramento, Ca, Daughter Abra Horne of Orlando, FL, Son David of North Little Rock, AR, and three grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, donations can be sent in his name to the Care Center for Mental Health, 1205 4thSt., Key West, FL 33040. 

 
 

E. Michael Gutman

http://mi-cache.legacy.com/legacy/images/Cobrands/OrlandoSentinel/Images/979016-1_20090429163653_000+978945i.jpg E. Michael Gutman was a character; a man for all seasons; a Renaissance Man. He liked to think he lived Harold Robbin’s theme of “live fast, die young and have a good looking corpse.” He indeed lived Lou Pesce’s quote of “Every day is Thanksgiving and every night is New Year’s Eve. Born in Pittsburgh, he and his family moved to Miami when he was 10 y/o. He loved Miami ‘til the day he died. Politically, he was a “hairshirt conservative Republican”; but he was not above being Co-Chair of George Wallace’s and Paul Tsongas’ Campaigns – just to get some notoriety, fame, and his name in the paper. He also got his name in the paper when he collected 100,000 signatures for President Nixon in October 1993 – before Watergate came to light – after Nixon resupplied Israel following the Yom Kippur War. (He wanted to show his appreciation to Nixon, so he formed “The President’s Friends.” He and the family delivered them to the White House, and the next week, Nixon went on TV, thanking five Jacksonville businessmen for the signatures – that was the kind of guy Nixon was – so EMG later became “The President’s Un-Friend.”) “Mike,” as he liked to be called, with his wife Donna formed “The Gutman Shuttle” that brought in 1300 Vietnamese Refugees in 1976 from Eglin Air Force Base after the fall of Saigon. They sponsored four different families in their home, and “The Shuttle” led to Orlando having 10,000 plus Vietnamese people – the largest concentration of any city in Florida. Mike always wanted to erect a statue of him and Donna, or a bronze replica of the picture of him crying and hugging the Vietnamese doctor he first greeted on the tarmac. That picture appeared on every Florida front page, and page 19 of the next TIME magazine. That was the picture that got “The Shuttle” started. When Dave Flaxer’s mother saw him crying, she said, “Mike must have really been emotional.” Dave quipped, “No, not really. He cries on Groundhog’s Day.” He adored and respected Donna – and that showed, because she was the only person who could manage and control his swashbuckling ways. He was known by his kids, six of his own and four of Donna’s, to be “very generous.” But he was very generous to all, especially his patients. He could always see good in everyone and he gave of his time, money, and expertise to help the hurting in others. He was a Forensic (legal) Psychiatrist with double Diplomate in Boards that only 200 or so out of 35,000 psychiatrists. He loved words and sayings, and he was pedantic about showing off his gargantuan vocabulary and prestigious understanding of the English language. He “cut to the quick” in speech and words, and was a “master of contest living” in his competitive spirit to best his opponent – either in the courtroom, court, or whatever the game. Mike was also a gambler. He was proud that he played the Lotto every Saturday since it became into being on May 8, 1988. He primarily liked the Futures and he lost big dollars on three separate ventures into Orange Juice futures. He went bankrupt in 1975 after going into a bad venture in the CB business. He got into that one after going to Washington for the striking truckers that he befriended. Dave Flaxer once said of him, “Of 9 million stories in the Naked City -- Mike Gutman has been involved in 8 million 999,999 thousand of them.” Mike was a benevolent cynic and most of his good friends were cynics. He liked wry humor and his favorite guys were Winston Churchill, Rush Limbaugh and Newt Gingrich. Mike was a card carrying member of the American Psychiatric Association, American Medical Association, Florida Psychiatric Society, Florida Medical Association, Orange County Medical Society, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, American College of Legal Medicine, Pi Lambda Phi Fraternity, Phi Delta Epsilon Medical Fraternity, International Palm Society, U.S. and Super Seniors Tennis Associations, American Legion and Moose Lodge. He was proud of having his Concealed Gun Permit. He was also proud that he and Donna made out a life plan for their retirement so they could enjoy life and each other with some comfort. As part of that life plan was to pre-buy and pay for their funeral arrangements and write their obits so their kids would have it all done ahead of time. (Please buy special newspaper space for these lengthy obits.) Mike was a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and Past President and Vice President of the Florida Psychiatric Society. He started the Seminole County Mental Health Clinic in 1968 and was with the Orange County mental Health Services for 10 years, three of them as Chief Psychiatrist. He had been on the Board of Trustees of the Seminole Community College. He gave stimulating, education and entertaining speeches on psychiatry and politics to hundreds of civic, medical, and political organizations and he was interviewed by the Sentinel, and other periodicals countless times for articles on psychiatry. He appeared on TV and radio regularly to give his opinions on subjects dealing with serial murderers to Parent Power (his style of structuring the home for parents to discipline the children). He was also a published author of the book What’s Wrong With Me Doc? and several medical and non-medical articles. There were lots of things he liked, including: hot peppers and Tabasco; ethnic food; bar hopping; vodka; caper cutting; sipping lemon water; sex; ethnic food; garlic (of which he often smelled); beer; Jack Daniels; palm growing; driving in Donna’s convertible; and going on beach vacations where he could play with the sand, sun, surf, snook and fishing, sea, seashells, suds, seafood, and shorts. He also loved fires in the fireplace, The Gators, The Canes, The Stingarees, tennis, baseball, The Dolphins, The Marlins, The Magic, Miami (where he grew up), war and spy pictures, Roget’s Thesaurus and other vocabulary and sayings books, movies on television, classical music and country music, mixed chorus at Miami High School prepped him for always singing the national anthem at its every public playing; Christmas Carols and singing songs. HE was proud of being a Captain in the Army and Veteran of Viet Nam and he proudly flew daily a lighted, all-weather American flag. He loved holiday family parties and reunions. He loved antiques and he could never throw things away owing to his obsessive-compulsive personality streak. At cocktail parties he loved to banter and joust with smart people, and fellow cynics. He loved to swim in his pool playing tag with his pool vac and ogling his palm jungle and the Purple Martin birds that flitted about the Martin House he erected. His favorite outfit was a pair of green army shorts, a mock turtle-neck shirt, white wool athletic socks, K-Swiss tennis shoes, dink hat and no underwear (the outfit in which he’ll be buried.) There were lots of things Mike didn’t like. Those include: Barbara Streisand, except when she sang the song, “Memories”; his computer that he fussed with but didn’t like; Jane Fonda who palled with the North Vietnamese; the taste of Sago; talk shows other than Rush Limbaugh; people with “attitude problems and a chip-on-their-shoulder; hockey; soccer; basketball except for The Magic; sitcoms and soap operas; coats and ties; flying; weddings and fancy events; Hilary Clinton and other Feminist women (although he was pro-choice but anti-abortion). He was not too crazy about his mother who he thought was a domineering, controlling, castrating Jewish mother who put him in “double binds” (E.G.: “eat the cookies how come you ate all the cookies?”). He wasn’t too close to his sister, Marcia, but he loved her and would do anything for her if she needed him. He was close to his sister-in-law, Lynn, and his nieces and nephew Cathy, Chevon, Nancy and Bobby. Mike had great personal friendships with so many people it would take a newspaper to list. Instead he’ll just give them by alphabet: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. Mike was a privately shy person. He was one of the 10% of people with the Behavior Inhibition Gene, who have quirky ways. His included: not liking the telephone; taking things back to the store; walking across a crowded room; calling for reservations; and being criticized. If he were in his “on stage personality” mode where he was in control he was a laugh-‘em-up, life-of-the-party guy. But, when not in control, his shy streak made him socially self conscious and made it impossible to say “No” to salespeople. His father, Robert (who he adored) and his son, Robert, had the shyness streak, as well as the gambling streak (as did his paternal uncles Charlie and Jules). Mike is going to miss his ten kids and they’ll miss him. He had lots of fun with them: Reina, Elana, Robert, Marta, Andrew, Adam, Craig, Brent, Jeannette, Cheri; his “grans” who include Michelle, Amanda, Michael, David, Ben, Julia, John, William, Molly, Jon, Sara, Daniel, Christian, Noah, Sydney, Cecelia; and, his “great grans” Deaunte, Makayla, and Andre. It took three marriages for Mike to find the “love of his life.” Donna is, was, and always will be his “best buddy and first friend.” He’d give up his life for her and he’ll Rest In Peace knowing she’ll be next to him in the crypts at the Tower mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery. Happy he’ll be that he’ll have a Jewish Funeral and bagpipes will play Amazing Grace and his marker will say: NOT MY FAVORITE ART FORM -- A MASTER AT CONTEST LIVING and VERY GENEROUS. Funeral Services will be held on Friday, May 1, 2009 at 3 PM in the chapel of Woodlawn Funeral Home. Entombment to follow at Woodlawn Memorial Park with military honors. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the University of Miami, School of Medicine, PO Box 288073, Coral Gables, FL 33124, in memory of Dr. E. Michael Gutman.
Published in the Orlando Sentinel on 4/30/2009

 

Raphael S. Good

RAPHAEL S. GOOD,  M.D., who was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Herman and Esther Good, passed away at the age of eighty-six on Friday, March 28, 2008. Dr. Good, who was Board Certified in both Ob/Gyn and Psychiatry, held joint appointments at the University of Miami School of Medicine and the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, where he served as Vice-Chairman in the Department of Psychiatry. He was a past president of the South Florida Psychiatric Society and also of the Miami OB/GYN Society. In addition, Dr. Good was a former Board Examiner for the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He was predeceased by his first wife, Eleanor, and his brother, Daniel. He is survived by his loving wife of twenty-seven years, Sharon; his daughters, Heidi Hancock (Donald) and Bonnie Good; his sister, Pearl Kay; his step- children, Isabel Freeman, Arthur Evans (Stephanie), and Christopher Evans (Heidi), and eight grandchildren. Services will be held Monday morning, March 31st, at 10:00 a.m., at Riverside Gordon Memorial Chapel at Mount Nebo Kendall, 5900 SW 77th Avenue, Miami, followed by interment at Graceland Cemetery.

Memorial contributions can be made to "Vitas Hospice Care", 2075 Loch Lomond Drive, Winter Park, Florida 32792.
 

 

Bernard Tumarkin    
FPS Loses Former Leader

Dr. Bernard Tumarkin’s death this past August 10 brought to a close his 44-year career as a clinician, professor, consultant, author, expert witness and guiding force in Miami’s psychiatric community.

Tumarkin, who spent most of his career in Miami, had retired to Gainesville, FL, where he died of complications of pneumonia. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Ethel, and their four children.

Born in 1916 in New York City, Dr. Tumarkin started medical school at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Edinburgh, Scotland where he studied until World War II broke out. He continued his education and graduated from Chicago Medical School in 1946. After service in the U.S. Navy and reaching the rank of Lt. Commander, he established a general practice in Chicago. He later became board certified in both psychiatry and neurology.

Dr. Tumarkin set up a private practice in both specialties in Miami in 1955. He served as a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Miami, School of Medicine as well as a consultant to the University of Miami Guidance Center. Among many affiliations, he served as president of the South Florida Psychiatric Society, the Florida Psychiatric Society, the Southeast Group Therapy Psychiatric Society and the Florida Society of Adolescent Psychiatry.

 
 

 

James J. Goodman    
GOODMAN M.D., JAMES J., of Coral Gables, passed away Friday, December 3, 2004 in Baptist Hospital after a history of cardiac problems. The eighth of eight children, he was born to Mr. & Mrs. Morris Goodman in Boston Mass, in 1924. He graduated from Boston Latin School and Boston University and received his MD from Middlesex University School of Medicine in Waltham, Mass. He did his medical & psychiatric training at St. Mark's, Salt Lake City; St. Vincents in St. Louis and Western State Hospital in Washington. Dr. Goodman served in the U.S. Army with the 101 Airborne Division, and was chief of the Mental Hygiene Clinic at Camp Breckenridge, Kentucky during his military duty. He and his wife Janice came to Miami in 1954 following his tour of duty and he opened an office at 550 Brickell Avenue where he practiced for 10 years. He then joined the Miami Veterans Administration Medical Center where he was a caring and devoted practitioner for over 30 years. He held an appointment as an Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at the University of Miami during that time, as well serving as Associate Director of Residency Training and Director of the Psychiatry Observership Program at the Miami VA, where he contributed to the careers of so many young physicians. He was a Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Medicine and was acknowledged as the Employee of the Year at the Miami VA Hospital many times. He was awarded the "Practitioner of the Year" by the South Florida Psychiatric Society in 1996 after serving as its President in 1992. In 2001, he received the Dade County Medical Association "Practitioner of the Year" Award. He was a member of the Florida Medical Association and Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He is survived by his devoted wife of 53 years, Janice Goodman, his daughter Ann Rosalind Goodman, and his many nieces and nephews. There will be a celebration of his life at 1:00 PM, Monday, December 6, 2004, at Temple Beth Am, 5950 No. Kendall Drive, Miami. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the James J. Goodman Scholarship Fund (tax-deductible) for the Dept. of Psychiatry Behavioral Sciences at the University of Miami/ Jackson Medical Center, Attn: Carl Eisdorfer, M.D., 1695 N.W. 9th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136.
 
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