Massachusetts General Hospital

Harry E. Rubash, MD

Harry E. Rubash, M.D.

Edith M. Ashley Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Harvard Medical School

2011-12 Chief's Report

In Memorium

 

Carole Mankin

 

Carole J. Mankin (née Pinkney), age 81, of Brookline, passed away on Saturday, September 8, 2012. For sixty years, she was the beloved wife of Dr. Henry Mankin and the loving mother of Allison Mankin and her husband Jim Carton, David Mankin, and Keith Mankin and his wife Julia Fielding. Carole was a gifted medical librarian and was in charge of special projects at Massachusetts General Treadwell Library. Dr. Mankin shared a poem with me that he wrote for his wife, which I would like to share with all of you:

 

A SAD, SAD, SAD POEM ABOUT MY POOR ANGEL CAROLE'S DEATH

 

Most of the people who will read this poem will know the story of the sad event
Carole was 81 and was my wife of 60 years and has been recently to heaven sent
She was an angel and a princess and a warm and loving mother and wife
And had a beautiful, adoring, very productive and intellectual life.

 

Three years ago she was discovered to have a tumor of her brain
Oddly enough she never had any early symptoms or head pain
She was given profound chemotherapy and effective radiation
And the tumor disappeared on MRIs in a fairly short duration…

 

And then with sadness and regret, we watched it all begin to go downhill
She had more trouble sleeping and had to take many and many a pill…
They tried to help her with all kinds of systems and devices very wide
But ultimately she failed to maintain her heart function and she died…

 

We viewed sweet Carole in her casket at Levine Chapel on Harvard Street
And she was buried at Sharon Memorial Cemetery in a ceremony very neat
Lots of children, cousins and friends came to our house for a brief show of love
To honor a wonderful woman, mother, wife and friend who is in heaven above.


 

Dr. Mankin noted that if anyone would like to make a donation to the MGH in Carole’s memory, he personally would be honored to have those donations go to the Henry J. Mankin, MD, Professorship in Orthopaedic Surgery. Your donation will honor Dr. Mankin’s legacy in perpetuity, ensuring that generations of young surgeons will be taught by our clinicians and scientists who exemplify Dr. Mankin’s intellect, energy and most importantly, his empathy. Please contact Bob O’Brien in the Development office at 617-726-0991 or rhobrien@partners.org

 

The Michael Clarke Family Memorial Fund

 

It is with great sadness that I announce the passing of Dr. Michael Clarke, a graduate of the 2011 Sports Medicine Fellowship. Michael was a Lt. Commander (Commander Select) of the U.S. Navy, husband of Rebecca Miller-Clarke and father of their three young children. He died suddenly on Wednesday, December 28, 2011, in Beaufort Memorial Hospital, Beaufort, SC. Michael was an honors graduate of Emmaus High School in Emmaus, PA, and an honors graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, MD and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences School of Medicine in Bethesda, MD. He was a Naval Flight Surgeon and a Board Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon stationed at the United States Naval Hospital in Beaufort, SC. He is the son of Patricia and Leo George Clarke III, and the brother of Jennifer Clarke-Sirignano. The family requests that donations be made to the USO (United Service Organizations), P. O. Box 96322, Washington, DC 20090-6322 or www.uso.org/donate or to a scholarship fund for the children.

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