We old timers of ASM fondly remember David and his always friendly and
gentle way. Another medical man who loved birds.
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From: "Hazelwood, Susan" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 9:38 AM
Subject: Death of David Witten


> David M. Witten, University of Missouri-Columbia professor emeritus of
> radiology and former editor of The Bluebird (ASM's quarterly
> publication) passed away Saturday May 12, 2007 at Methodist Hospital in
> Rochester, MN. David grew up in Trenton, MO, graduated from Washington
> University with undergraduate and medical degrees, and pursued a
> fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Dr. Witten authored many
> textbooks and publications on radiology during his academic career and
> he trained many of today's best radiologists. But his lifelong interest
> and passion was in wildlife preservation and environmental conservation.
> He was also an avid wildlife photographer. David and Al Smith and Josh
> Uffman would have had a big time discussing camera settings, light
> intensities and film development techniques, I'm sure.
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> It is a shame that Phil Wire and David Witten didn't ever meet. They
> both love to watch Greater Prairie Chickens and they like doing it in
> northern Missouri. It was David and his wife Netta who rediscovered many
> of the leks in our more northern tier of MO counties by sitting in small
> community coffee shops with the morning regulars, chatting about events
> and the local whereabouts of chickens. Then the next day David and Netta
> would go to the described areas to confirm the presence of the birds.
> They refound several old time leks that were thought to be defunct but
> had moved short distances away from historical locations. And,
> unfortunately, they confirmed that some former leks, and the birds that
> danced there, were in fact gone.
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> It was David who activated faculty and programmers at MU to figure out
> how to transmit x-rays electronically and then how to conduct live
> electronic consultations by reading remotely located x-rays while also
> visiting electronically with remotely located patients. He functioned as
> the radiologist on staff (by doing it remotely) at small town hospitals
> in places like Chillicothe. His burgeoning knowledge of what computers
> were capable of doing and his thinking outside the box moved ASM into
> the electronic age before many other not-for-profit organizations got
> there. David and Patrick Harrison would have enjoyed each other
> immensely. I wish they could have interacted.
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> I have missed Dave's leadership and gentle sharing of new things in
> recent years as his health has failed. But as I reflect, initiatives
> that he started continue on in others around us. For a dedicated teacher
> like David, what more could he have hoped for?
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> In lieu of flowers the family has requested donations to The Nature
> Conservancy to honor David's passion for nature.
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>
> Susan
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> Susan Hazelwood
>
> Columbia, Boone County, MO
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