"The Legends honor is an opportunity to recognize the loyalty and hard work these professionals dedicated to their patients, families and the hospital. The success enjoyed today is a result of their commitment to quality care."
The 2008 Clarkson Legends honorees
F. Miles Skultety, MD
Dr. Skultety retired in 1987 after serving 21 years on the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) faculty. He played a significant role in the development of Neurosurgery as a practice and a field of study at the UNMC College of Medicine and later chaired the department of Neurosurgery at UNMC. He also established the Nebraska Pain Rehabilitation Unit, one of the first in the country for managing chronic, debilitating pain. Dr. Skultety has served in many leadership positions including the Shackleford Professor of Neurosurgery and Neuroanatomy, interim chairman and interim dean of the Department of Neurology.
Carol R. Angle, MD
A professor emeritus for the Department of Pediatrics at The Nebraska Medical Center, Dr. Angle joined the University of Nebraska Medical Center medical staff in 1971 and served in a number of roles including chairman of the Department of Pediatrics. Through much of her career, she has been active in the National Foundation Birth Defects Treatment Center and has also served on the editorial board of the Journal of Toxicology – Clinical Toxicology and the Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health.
Joseph C. Scott, Jr., MD
Dr. Scott is known both locally and nationally for his contributions to academic medicine and to the field of obstetrics and gynecology. After serving 31 years on the staff at the University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, he retired in 1995 and was appointed professor emeritus. Dr. Scott chaired the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at UNMC and served for many years on the Executive Council of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Merle M. Musselman, MD
(posthumously)Dr. Musselman is known by his colleagues as an exemplary surgeon, teacher and department chairman. After serving in World War II where he was a prisoner of war for three years, he returned to Omaha and graduated from the University of Nebraska College of Medicine. Dr. Musselman joined the surgery staff at The Nebraska Medical Center in 1954 and remained on staff until his death in 1990. He was appointed chairman of the Department of Surgery in 1956 and was active in many professional organizations including the American College of Surgeons. He is a prolific writer and has published more than 15 books and 70 articles.
Robert Swift Wigton, MD
The family of Dr. Robert Swift Wigton is being honored for “Generations of Medicine,” a tribute which recognizes dedication to the medical profession spanning several generations. Dr. Wigton became a member of the medical staff with the Department of Internal Medicine in 1972, joining his father, Robert Spencer Wigton, MD, who was a faculty member for the Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry. Grandfather Harrison A. Wigton, MD, practiced psychiatry with the Department of Neuropsychiatry. Dr. Wigton’s brother, James Harrison Wigton, MD, and wife Deborah Adkins Wigton, MD, also practiced medicine in Omaha. Other family members in the medical profession include Charles H. Swift, MD, maternal grandfather; Charles H. Swift Jr., MD, uncle; and cousins Sharon Swift Rife, RN, and Donald Swift, DO.