[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 82 (Thursday, June 10, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1224-E1225]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               A TRIBUTE TO THE LATE DR. STANLEY WISSMAN

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                          HON. MARK E. SOUDER

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 10, 1999

  Mr. SOUDER. Mr. Speaker, many members of the community in my district 
were saddened

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at the recent untimely death of Dr. Stanley Wissman of Fort Wayne.
  Dr. Wissman made many valuable contributions to the Northeast Indiana 
medical community and was particularly known for his kindness to his 
patients and their families. I would like to extend my condolences to 
his family and to include in the Record a recent editorial from the 
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette discussing his life and work.

             [The Journal Gazette, Thursday, May 27, 1999]

             Wissman Set Examples Both Unique and Universal

       Death--especially unexpected death--has a perverse ability 
     to highlight a life, to bring its finest qualities to the 
     surface and leave them shining in the memories of friends and 
     loved ones.
       In so doing, it honors those traits in us all.
       Stanley Wissman's sudden death is having that affect at 
     Parkview Hospital this week. The beloved neurologist and 
     patient champion was only 52 when he died Monday, and the 
     shock is still rippling across the hospital and the regional 
     medical community.
       In a time of national anguish about values and character, 
     Wissman demonstrated why people still have hope for our 
     cantankerous species.
       The resume is only part of the story. Yes, Wissman was an 
     avid medical researcher. Yes, he was a visionary 
     administrator for the hospital's rehabilitation unit. And, 
     yes, he was an enthusiastic educator; he and his wife, Mary 
     Ann, worked together on a program called ``Brain Attack'' to 
     teach medical workers and the public that damage from strokes 
     can be reduced by quick response.
       But it is Stanley Wissman's easy approachability--his warm 
     humaneness--that his colleagues recall so sadly.
       Rebutting all the stereotypes of aloof and busy physicians 
     in the era of managed care, he is remembered as a gentleman 
     who found time to really listen to patients--as well as to 
     co-workers on any step of the hospital hierarchy.
       Being brilliant and accomplished and acclaimed are all 
     quite wonderful--and rare. In the end, however, anyone can be 
     like Stanley Wissman. All it takes is a little kindness.
       Stanley D. Wissman, M.D., 52, died Monday at Parkview 
     Hospital. Born in Fort Wayne, he was a doctor with Fort Wayne 
     Neurological Center since 1976. He was also a medical 
     director of the rehabilitation unit and chairman of the 
     neurology subcommittee at Parkview Hospital and associate 
     clinical professor of Neurology at Indiana University School 
     of Medicine in Indianapolis. Surviving are his wife, Mary 
     Ann; two daughters, Jennifer Rosenkranz of Reno, Nev., and 
     Alicia Jordan of Nashville, Tenn.; a son, Stephen of 
     Nashville; a stepdaughter, Andrea Tone of Fort Wayne; a 
     stepson, Alex Tone of Fort Wayne; his mother, Ruth L. Wissman 
     of Fort Wayne; two brothers, William W. of Indianapolis and 
     Gary L. of Fort Wayne; a sister, Karen Lewis of Fort Wayne; 
     and a grandchild. Services at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at St. 
     Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, 4916 Trier Road, with 
     calling an hour before services. Calling also from 2 to 8 
     p.m. Wednesday at D.O. McComb & sons Maplewood Park Funeral 
     Home, 4017 Maplecrest Road. Burial in Catholic Cemetery. 
     Memorials to Bishop Dwenger High School Tuition Assistance or 
     Ryan Kanning Muscular Dystrophy Fund.

     

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