In Memoriam

David Richter, M.D. (B.S. Med. ’50), of Virginia, MN, died Sept. 3, 2006.

After earning the Bachelor of Science in Medicine (B.S. Med.) degree at the UND medical school, he went on to earn the Doctor of Medicine degree at the University of Illinois-Chicago Health Sciences Center.  He practiced internal medicine.               

Dennis Trzpuc, M.D. (B.S. Med. ’66), died April 12, 2006 in Minot.

A native of Edgeley, ND, he graduated from Wilton (ND) High School and earned the Bachelor of Arts degree from Dickinson State University in 1964.  He received the B.S. Med. degree at UND in 1966 and went on to complete the Doctor of Medicine degree at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, MI.  He took internship training at then-St. Luke’s Hospital in Fargo from 1968 to 1969.

Following his service in the U.S. Air Force, from which he was honorably discharged as a captain in 1971, he took diagnostic radiology residency training at Indiana University Medical Center in Indianapolis, IN.  He completed that training in 1974 and moved to Minot.  He became board-certified in radiology.

A former staff member of St. Joseph’s Hospital and Trinity Medical Center in Minot, he was an affiliated member of Medical Arts Clinic where he had served as chairman of the radiology department from 1985 to 1993.  He was on staff at St. Alexius Medical Center in Bismarck, Mercy Medical Center in Williston and several other community hospitals in North Dakota, and was a member of the North Dakota College of Radiology, for which he served as president.

At the time of his death, he was self-employed, doing locum tenens practice at the Quentin M. Burdick Healthcare Facility in Belcourt, ND; Heart of America Medical Center in Rugby, Mercy Hospital in Devils Lake and Fairlight Medical Imaging in Williston.

He is survived by his wife, Betty, Minot, and children: Shelley (Hani) Trzpuc, M.D. ’00, Franklin, TN; Trent Trzpuc, M.D. ’00, Milwaukee, WI; Blake Trzpuc (BS ’99), Plymouth, MN, and Shane (Michelle) Barber, Minot.  He was preceded in death by his parents, Harold and Angela (Weinmann) Trzpuc, and first wife, Patty.

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