Wallace - Person Sheet
Wallace - Person Sheet
NameADAMS, Rosalie Phillips 
Birth Date6 Jun 1937 Age: 85
Birth PlaceNashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
FatherADAMS, Chancellor Alfred Thompson Sr. (1898-1982)
MotherHUGHES, Karin Phillips (1901-1993)
Misc. Notes
Joseph’s and Garret’s maternal grandmother
Spouses
1AVENT, Dr. Charles Kirk II, M. D. , 5G Grandson
, 5G GrandsonBirth Date27 Oct 1939 Age: 82
Birth PlaceMemphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
OccupationPhysician and Professor Emeritus of Infectious Diseases
FlagsAvent Line
FatherAVENT, Dr. Charles Harold M. D. (1908-1948)
MotherWALLACE, Emily Schoolfield (1912-1986)
Misc. Notes
Joseph’s and Garret’s maternal grandfather
Graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy, New Hampshire, "Cum Laude" and Vanderbilt University "Magna Cum Laude" in 1961.
He received his M.D. degree from Harvard Medical School specializing in infectious diseases. Is presently Professor of Infectious Diseases at the University of Alabama Medical School in Birmingham.
“Renown Teacher and Clinician Kirk Avent Steps Down-From the April 1, 2003, edition of the UAB Health System Weekly newsletter of the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
C. Kirk Avent, MD, a respected teacher and clinician in the Division of Infectious Disease, has retired after 33 years on the UAB faculty.
A graduate of Harvard Medical School, Dr. Avent trained as a resident in Internal Medicine at the University of Alabama Medical Center. After a fellowship in infectious disease at the University of Washington, he returned to UAB in 1970, joining the Department of Medicine as assistant professor.
In 1981, he became Director of Medicine Clerkships, a position he held for 21 years. He has received many awards from students for his teaching skills, including Best Teaching Resident in 1968 and Best Clinical Professor in 1988 and again in 1999. He was a recipient of the President's Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Arnold P. Gold Foundation Award for Humanism in Medicine in 1999. Medicine residents have chosen him as Outstanding Teacher on several occasions.
His clinical skills have been recognized by faculty colleagues, who awarded him the Cobbs-Rutsky Award for Clinical Excellence three times.
Dr. William E. Dismukes, director of the Division of Infectious Disease and a colleague of Dr. Avent's for over 30 years, says, "Dr. Avent is a most wise, thoughtful, and effective clinician-educator. He has exhibited sustained excellence and commitment to our Division and the School of Medicine over the years. All of us in the Medical Center, especially medical students, residents, fellows, and faculty peers will miss him greatly. We wish him well in his new medical endeavor."
Dr. Avent leaves the University to accept a position as Medical Director of Disease Control at the Jefferson County Department of Health. He will oversee programs in tuberculosis, sexually transmitted disease, bioterrorism, and other communicable diseases.”
Graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy, New Hampshire, "Cum Laude" and Vanderbilt University "Magna Cum Laude" in 1961.
He received his M.D. degree from Harvard Medical School specializing in infectious diseases. Is presently Professor of Infectious Diseases at the University of Alabama Medical School in Birmingham.
“Renown Teacher and Clinician Kirk Avent Steps Down-From the April 1, 2003, edition of the UAB Health System Weekly newsletter of the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
C. Kirk Avent, MD, a respected teacher and clinician in the Division of Infectious Disease, has retired after 33 years on the UAB faculty.
A graduate of Harvard Medical School, Dr. Avent trained as a resident in Internal Medicine at the University of Alabama Medical Center. After a fellowship in infectious disease at the University of Washington, he returned to UAB in 1970, joining the Department of Medicine as assistant professor.
In 1981, he became Director of Medicine Clerkships, a position he held for 21 years. He has received many awards from students for his teaching skills, including Best Teaching Resident in 1968 and Best Clinical Professor in 1988 and again in 1999. He was a recipient of the President's Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Arnold P. Gold Foundation Award for Humanism in Medicine in 1999. Medicine residents have chosen him as Outstanding Teacher on several occasions.
His clinical skills have been recognized by faculty colleagues, who awarded him the Cobbs-Rutsky Award for Clinical Excellence three times.
Dr. William E. Dismukes, director of the Division of Infectious Disease and a colleague of Dr. Avent's for over 30 years, says, "Dr. Avent is a most wise, thoughtful, and effective clinician-educator. He has exhibited sustained excellence and commitment to our Division and the School of Medicine over the years. All of us in the Medical Center, especially medical students, residents, fellows, and faculty peers will miss him greatly. We wish him well in his new medical endeavor."
Dr. Avent leaves the University to accept a position as Medical Director of Disease Control at the Jefferson County Department of Health. He will oversee programs in tuberculosis, sexually transmitted disease, bioterrorism, and other communicable diseases.”
Marr Date25 Aug 1962
Marr PlaceNashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
ChildrenEmily Wallace (1966-2011)
Mary Adams (1968-)
Birth Date1936
Birth PlaceTienen, Belguim
OccupationUniversity Professor
Death Date14 May 2014 Age: 78
Death PlaceNashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
Misc. Notes
Vanderbilt University professor emeritus John Crispin died May 14 after a short illness.
Born in 1936 in Tienen, Belgium, he joined his brother André (1923-2012) in Houston in 1954 where he earned a BA from St.Thomas University. After completing a PhD at the University of Wisconsin, he joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 1964 where he taught Spanish literature and chaired the Spanish and Portuguese Department for 18 years. Recognized internationally as an expert in Spanish 19th and 20th century literature and intellectual history, he published many articles and books and lectured widely in the US and Europe.
John loved all kinds of music, from the Beatles to classical. He performed with a recorder group and enjoyed playing his guitar and singing traditional French and Spanish songs.
He loved books and travel, spoke four languages, was a gourmet cook and a wine connoisseur.
He tutored at Nashville Adult Literacy Council and read for the blind. He loved his garden at Backbone Inn in Beersheba.
He is survived by his wife, Rosalie Adams; daughters, Melissa (Jules) of Philadelphia and Mary (Joe) of Hilton Head, SC; brother, Arthur of Grasse, France; grandchildren, Gabrielle, May, Joey, Sophia and Garrett and his beloved Basset Hound, Clio.
Born in 1936 in Tienen, Belgium, he joined his brother André (1923-2012) in Houston in 1954 where he earned a BA from St.Thomas University. After completing a PhD at the University of Wisconsin, he joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 1964 where he taught Spanish literature and chaired the Spanish and Portuguese Department for 18 years. Recognized internationally as an expert in Spanish 19th and 20th century literature and intellectual history, he published many articles and books and lectured widely in the US and Europe.
John loved all kinds of music, from the Beatles to classical. He performed with a recorder group and enjoyed playing his guitar and singing traditional French and Spanish songs.
He loved books and travel, spoke four languages, was a gourmet cook and a wine connoisseur.
He tutored at Nashville Adult Literacy Council and read for the blind. He loved his garden at Backbone Inn in Beersheba.
He is survived by his wife, Rosalie Adams; daughters, Melissa (Jules) of Philadelphia and Mary (Joe) of Hilton Head, SC; brother, Arthur of Grasse, France; grandchildren, Gabrielle, May, Joey, Sophia and Garrett and his beloved Basset Hound, Clio.