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Bittersweet tears..
Sep. 27th, 2007 03:55 pmWhile thinking of my departed friend, Google led me to this newsletter from Landmark College in Putney;
AUBREY SAGE MACFARLANE (’98-’99)
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of alumnus Aubrey Sage MacFarlane. Sage, as he was known to his friends, was killed August 15, 2006 in a single vehicle accident. He attended Landmark College from Autumn 1998 – Fall 1999. He then went on to graduate from the University of Vermont. Sage divided his time between his home in Vermont and his grandmothers’ home in Richmond, Virginia. His passions were his dogs, Wolf and Shambala, the allure of the wilderness and the artistry of semi-precious gemstones. Sage began collecting gemstones at a very young age, a hobby which later became his profession. He was also an avid snow-boarder. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to the Richmond SPCA, 2519 Hermitage Rd., Richmond, VA.
and this bit of news from the VCU Medical Center:
Mrs. Jeanette Lipman has gifted $1,000,000 to the Pulmonary Critical Care Division to endow the Aubrey Sage Macfarlane Chair in Asthma Research. Mrs. Lipman has made this gift in honor of her grandson Aubrey Sage Macfarlane, who died in an accident in the fall of 2006.
Mrs. Lipman wants the Macfarlane Chair in Asthma Research to form the nidus of a major new molecular research program in Asthma in the VCU Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine.
"This is an extraordinary gift to the Pulmonary/Critical Care Division and to the Department of Internal Medicine,” noted Dr. Alpha A. (Berry) Fowler, III, Chairman of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, when contacted about the news. “Beginning a new research program in Asthma fits extraordinarily well with the goals of the new Victoria W. Johnson Center for Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Research being dedicated February 26th.”
“Mrs. Lipman has been a kind friend of the Department of Internal Medicine,” said Richard P. Wenzel, MD, MSc, Chairman, “allowing us to take the lead in developing new insights for control of serious illnesses.”
In other news, my parents flew home safely, and H and I are taking the next few days to chill out and get some work done around here before J comes to visit in October.
Later.
-Me.
AUBREY SAGE MACFARLANE (’98-’99)
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of alumnus Aubrey Sage MacFarlane. Sage, as he was known to his friends, was killed August 15, 2006 in a single vehicle accident. He attended Landmark College from Autumn 1998 – Fall 1999. He then went on to graduate from the University of Vermont. Sage divided his time between his home in Vermont and his grandmothers’ home in Richmond, Virginia. His passions were his dogs, Wolf and Shambala, the allure of the wilderness and the artistry of semi-precious gemstones. Sage began collecting gemstones at a very young age, a hobby which later became his profession. He was also an avid snow-boarder. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to the Richmond SPCA, 2519 Hermitage Rd., Richmond, VA.
and this bit of news from the VCU Medical Center:
Mrs. Jeanette Lipman has gifted $1,000,000 to the Pulmonary Critical Care Division to endow the Aubrey Sage Macfarlane Chair in Asthma Research. Mrs. Lipman has made this gift in honor of her grandson Aubrey Sage Macfarlane, who died in an accident in the fall of 2006.
Mrs. Lipman wants the Macfarlane Chair in Asthma Research to form the nidus of a major new molecular research program in Asthma in the VCU Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine.
"This is an extraordinary gift to the Pulmonary/Critical Care Division and to the Department of Internal Medicine,” noted Dr. Alpha A. (Berry) Fowler, III, Chairman of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, when contacted about the news. “Beginning a new research program in Asthma fits extraordinarily well with the goals of the new Victoria W. Johnson Center for Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Research being dedicated February 26th.”
“Mrs. Lipman has been a kind friend of the Department of Internal Medicine,” said Richard P. Wenzel, MD, MSc, Chairman, “allowing us to take the lead in developing new insights for control of serious illnesses.”
In other news, my parents flew home safely, and H and I are taking the next few days to chill out and get some work done around here before J comes to visit in October.
Later.
-Me.
