MAY 2009 - Peter Dans '53 states "Research on this book is underway and will increase in October when the archives will open again in Manhattan College."
At that time, Peter will need help to organize the material (transcripts, yearbooks, ON REVIEW, articles, etc). If you have the time and wish to volunteer to help sift through LSMA papers at Manhattan College in the fall, please call or write to Peter directly. He'll welcome your help! Dr. Peter Dans ‘53 410-667-9049
May 25, 2009 A New Message from Peter E. Dans
" I’d like to thank all those who have answered the questionnaire about their reflections about LSMA. I am still collecting information from alumni, so keep them coming. I am happy to say that Brother Thomas P. Casey at the De La Salle School has received authorization from his provincial Brother Edmond to solicit remembrances from the Brothers who were at LSMA. Now that my latest book has been launched (see below), I am turning my attention to the LSMA book and a book about my wife who died in 2004 of breast cancer to be written with our four children. I am grateful to Marty Bevilacqua for all his support and encouragement..
After having made over a hundred contributions to the medical literature, I moved to part-time at Hopkins and then became semi-retired. This has allowed me to write a quarterly column as the Physician at the Movies for the medical honor society journal (probably what I’m best known for despite almost 50 years in medicine) and four books. They are: Doctors in the Movies: Boil the Water and Just Say Aah! (2000) about how doctors have been portrayed in movies from the 30s through the 90’s, Perry’s Baltimore Adventure: A Birds-Eye View of Charm City (2003,2007), a children’s book about the return of the peregrine falcons to Baltimore in 1978; Life on the Lower East Side (1937-50) a photography book/memoir about growing up in a cold water flat in NYC coauthored with photographer Rebecca Lepkoff and historian Suzanne Wasserman (2006); and Christians in the Movies: A Century of Saints and Sinners about the portrayal of Christians and Christianity in films from 1905 through 2008 ( May 2009). These have given me the hope to bring these two ventures to successful conclusions, God willing!. All those who contribute to the effort will be acknowledged"
