Born: July 23, 1921
Died: August 26, 2009
Married: Louise Butler Uhl; Nancy Easley Uhl; Bernice Everett-Uhl
Children: Aletheia Meredith Mystea
Dr. Henry S. M. Uhl (pronounced "OOL") spent some time in Saranac Lake both as a patient and as a doctor. Henry S. Uhl, age 23, was pictured with the class of 1944 of the Trudeau School of Tuberculosis, the only member designated "Mr." rather than "Dr." Attached documentation indicates that his address was Trudeau, N.Y. (likely a patient there); he had earned an A.B. from Princeton in 1942; and he had studied for two years at Harvard Medical School. He donated several items to Historic Saranac Lake a few years before his death, including some of his paintings.
Tent Platform Permit Holders J. Valdez and Dr. Uhl shared site 570 at The Narrows on Lower Saranac Lake, with a contact address for the permit holder given as Old Military Road, Saranac Lake, NY.
More information on Dr. Uhl would be welcome. The above dates are from an obituary in the Winston-Salem Journal, found on line. While this is assumed to be the same person, the obituary does not mention any time spent in Saranac Lake. "His discovery of a rare heart condition has been recognized world-wide as Uhl's Anomaly," it states.
Winston-Salem Journal, August 31, 2009
Henry Stephen Magraw Uhl M.D.
Henry Stephen Magraw Uhl, MD, 88, of Winston-Salem, died on Friday, August 26, 2009, at Brookridge Retirement Community. He was born on July 23, 1921 in Wilkes-Barre, PA, to the late John Hamilton and Rebecca Magraw Uhl. He graduated from Lawrenceville School, Princeton University, cum laude (1943), and Harvard Medical School (1947). Dr. Uhl was in the US Navy Medical Corps; interned in pathology with residency in internal medicine (both at John Hopkins) and with a Research Fellowship at Wayne State University. His discovery of a rare heart condition has been recognized worldwide as Uhl's Anomaly. In 1953, Dr. Uhl became one of the first full-time Directors of Medical Education, with service in Worcester City Hospital, Albany Medical College, and Brown University. In 1973, he became Director of Professional Medicine at UNC-Asheville, where he worked to bridge the gap between community hospitals and university medical centers. He was appointed the first director of the Mountain Area Health Education Center, receiving the 1977 Distinguished Service Award of the Mountain AHEC Foundation. He continued in Medical Education Administration at the University of Omaha. He returned to North Carolina to develop geriatric medical programs at Wake Forest University Baptist Memorial Hospital and, with Dr. Mary Lyles, the J. Paul Sticht Center on Aging. He retired in 1988. Dr. Uhl was a founding member and the second president of the Assoc. for Hospital Medical Education, charter member of the Alliance for Continuing Medical Education, Fellow of the American College of Physicians, and member of the American Assoc. of the History of Medicine. In 1984, he received the John C. Leaonard Award in recognition of his long and distinguished promotion of the highest educational standards in community hospitals.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, John, Russell; sister, Margaret Robinson; his first wife, Louise Butler Uhl; and his second wife, Nancy Easley Uhl. He is survived by his wife, Bernice Everett-Uhl of Winston-Salem; his daughter Aletheia Meredith Mystea of Ft. Collins, CO; two brothers, Robert P. Uhl of Pinehurst, Richard R. Uhl of Redding, CT; sister, Eleanor J. Uhl of Newtown Square, PA; many devoted nieces and nephews, who knew him as "Uncle Bill", "Hank", or "Henry; and many step-children and their families.
Dr. Uhl was an avid golfer and curler, passionate about history and politics, and an active member of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Winston-Salem. He was known and loved for his humor and good cheer that was always accompanied by a hug, a wink, and a twinkle in his eyes. The family extends its heartfelt thanks to HomeInstead Senior Care Services, Brookridge Retirement Community, and Hospice for their loving care of "Dr. Henry".
