Peggy Fritzsche Hasso, MD

Peggy Fritzsche Hasso, MD, passed away peacefully on September 25, 2009, in Redlands, CA. A native of Dayton, Ohio, Peggy was a renowned radiologist, educator and a strong champion of organized medicine. During her last years of life, she was a professor of radiology at the Loma Linda University School of Medicine. During her distinguished career she attained many honors and awards from professional organizations in medicine, including Alumni of the Year award of the Alumni Association, School of Medicine of Loma Linda University, the Gold Medal of the Radiological Society of North America, the Alice Ettinger Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Association for Women Radiologists and the Nicholas P. Krikes, MD, Award for Outstanding contribution to the San Bernardino County Medical Society. Her career encompassed leading research in genito-urinary radiology and in magnetic resonance imaging of the body.

Her survivors include husband Anton N. Hasso, MD, her sons Stephen and Martin, daughter-in-law Muriel and infant grandson Leo Anton Martin Hasso, all residing in California. Her siblings, Jack F. Fritzsche and Barbara Jane Hofacker, both of Dayton, also survive Peggy, as to several nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.

Donations may be made in Peggy's honor to:

Loma Linda University Church of Seventh-day Adventists

11125  Campus Street

Loma Linda, CA 92354

www.lluc.org/giving

Research and Education Foundation

Radiological Society of North America

820 Jorie Blvd.

Oak Brook, Il 60523

Phone: 630.571.2670

Fax: 630.571.7837

www.rsna.org/foundation

The Roentgen Fund

American Roentgen Ray Society

1891 Preston White Drive

Reston, VA 20191

Phone: 800.227.5463

Fax: 703.648.8900

www.arrs.org