Charles CJ Carpenter, MD (John Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1956) Chairman of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University Hospitals of Cleveland 1973--1985. Dr. Carpenter is credited with having a major role in upgrading the Baltimore City Hospital to one of the outstanding public teaching hospitals in the country and is an exceptional teacher and internist. He is an authority on cholera; he was active in both public health and research in combating the intestinal disease which claimed thousands of lives in Asia each year. He headed the Cholera Research Program of the Hopkins Center for Medical Research and Training in Calcutta for two years and served on its Advisory Committee. His studies have defined the way bacterial toxins produce diarrhea, which is the lethal factor in cholera. His studies have important implications for the successful treatment of that disease and are also relevant in control of other diarrheal disorders which are common all over the world. Dr. Carpenter inspired great loyalty and respect among his housestaff and faculty. He was legendary in his frequent appearances on the wards after midnight to confer with housestaff and to consult on difficult cases. The resident education conference room on the 3rd floor of Lakeside Hospital was dedicated in his honor on 11/4/2001. He is currently Professor of Medicine at Brown University Medical School.