Wallace Scea, MD (BS Med ’41), of Muncie, IN, died Oct. 6, 2008 at Westminster Village, a retirement community. He was 92.
      A native of Dickey, ND, he attended Taylor University in Upland, IN, and UND before graduating with his medical degree from Northwestern University in Chicago. He completed his medical training at Methodist Hospital and served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II.
      During his career, Dr. Scea served as president of staff at Mercy Hospital (now St. Vincent Mercy Hospital) in Elwood, IN, and was a member of the boards of directors for the YMCA and the Visiting Nurses Association.  In 1981, after 40 years of service and delivering 2,501 babies, he retired from his general practice in Elwood, IN.
      Dr. Scea was preceded in death by his wife, Roberta (Finlay) Scea.

Neil Robinson, BSMT ’75, of Grand Forks, died suddenly of a heart attack on Nov. 10, 2008 while playing basketball with friends, one of his favorite pastimes. He was 56.
      A native of St. Thomas, ND, he worked as a financial representative for Edward Jones Investments and was genuinely interested in those he served. He also supported the Women’s Pregnancy Center and served as needed at Faith Evangelical Free Church.
      He is survived by his wife, Laurie, and their three children.

Frank Hartwig, MD ’76, of Denver, CO, passed away June 29, 2008. He was 61.
      The Dickinson, ND, native served as a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army and later practiced pharmacy and medicine as a doctor and anesthesiologist. He was a father of four children.  He is survived by his wife of 12 years, Louanne.

Lynn Montgomery, MD ’84, of Missoula, MT, died of a heart attack Oct. 28, 2008. He was 51.
      Born and raised in Fargo, ND, he graduated in 1979 from North Dakota State University in Fargo with a B.S. degree in zoology. He earned his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of North Dakota in 1984. After an obstetrics and gynecology residency at Baylor College of Medicine in 1988, he entered private practice in Bismarck.
 From 1989 to 1993, Dr. Montgomery was chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology for the Dakota Clinic and the Dakota Hospital in Fargo. He also served as a clinical assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the UND medical school. During his career he achieved and maintained many certifications and memberships in the disciplines of obstetrics and gynecology, and maternal fetal medicine.
      In 2006 Dr. Montgomery and his wife, Jolyn, opened Missoula’s first Birth Center. It was his dream and will continue to be his lasting legacy.

Dana Hansen (BS Cytotechnology ’87), of Albany, OR, died Oct. 3, 2008. A native of Wolf Point, MT, she worked in several labs over the years, at Bismarck; Billings, MT; Redding, CA; Bozeman, MT, and most recently Corvallis, OR. She married William Hansen in 1996.
 
John Spur, MD, FACS, Fargo, former associate professor of general surgery at the UND medical school, died Nov. 16, 2008. He was 89.
      Dr. Spur was born, raised and educated in Krapje, Slovenia. In his last year of medical school at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, he was interred by the Germans in a concentration camp in Gonars, Italy. In 1945 he escaped to Austria and finished medical school at Karl Franzens University in 1951. He became a refugee to the U.S. and completed his internship in Butte, MT, and his surgical residency and preceptorship in Toledo and Cleveland, OH.
      After working at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Beckley, WV, Dr. Spur was transferred to Fargo. He taught surgery for the UND medical school and was an adjunct professor of pharmacy at North Dakota State University.
      In 1989, Dr. Spur was honored to address UND surgical residents at their completion of surgical training. After retiring in 1993, he worked part-time at the Veterans Hospital and the Military Procession Center in Fargo.
      Dr. Spur is survived by his wife of 53 years, Elizabeth.

Alan Johnson, MD, Moorhead, MN, former faculty member at the UND medical school, died Nov. 18, 2008, in his home after a long battle with cancer. He was 74.
      A native of Isanti, MN, he graduated from the University of Minnesota Medical School in 1960. Following graduation he enlisted in the U.S. Navy, was accepted into the Naval School of Aviation Medicine, received his Naval Flight Surgeon Wings, and served with the 3rd Marine Air Wing aboard various aircraft carriers in the western Pacific.
      During his career, he practiced in Windom, MN; Park Nicolet Medical Center in Minneapolis, MN, and Pelican Rapids, MN. He taught at the UND medical school in the residency program.
      In 1962 Dr. Johnson married Jeannine Bailey, with whom he had three children.