Sad News
Thomas Karolewski
Description
Collection
Title:
Sad News
Creator:
Thomas Karolewski
Date:
2/26/2012
Text:
Dear Listserve Members,
I have not seen a post so I wanted to alert the profession. I received a call from May Cotterman today and found out that Jim Russ passed away yesterday. Those of us in the NUPOC family know what a tremendous loss this is to the profession as Jim has spent his life elevating the perception of O and P in the medical world. To borrow a paragraph from the O and P Edge, For over 50 years, he has been a major contributor to the field as an advocate, innovator, and educator. By creating post-secondary programs, standardizing curriculums and establishing residencies, Russ elevated orthotics from a trade to a profession. In his 20 years as director of Orthotic Education at Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, he has perhaps trained more students for practitioner-level certification in orthotics than any other educator. Please take a moment and remember the man and his family in your prayers.
Regards,
Thomas Karolewski, CP, FAAOP
Supervisor of the O and P clinic
Edward Hines VA hospital
I have not seen a post so I wanted to alert the profession. I received a call from May Cotterman today and found out that Jim Russ passed away yesterday. Those of us in the NUPOC family know what a tremendous loss this is to the profession as Jim has spent his life elevating the perception of O and P in the medical world. To borrow a paragraph from the O and P Edge, For over 50 years, he has been a major contributor to the field as an advocate, innovator, and educator. By creating post-secondary programs, standardizing curriculums and establishing residencies, Russ elevated orthotics from a trade to a profession. In his 20 years as director of Orthotic Education at Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, he has perhaps trained more students for practitioner-level certification in orthotics than any other educator. Please take a moment and remember the man and his family in your prayers.
Regards,
Thomas Karolewski, CP, FAAOP
Supervisor of the O and P clinic
Edward Hines VA hospital
Citation
Thomas Karolewski, “Sad News,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 6, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/233404.
