Myroslaw Hreshchyshyn, 71, professor of gynecology-obstetrics, social and preventive medicine

A funeral liturgy was offered May 29 in St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church for Myroslaw M. Hreshchyshyn, 71, professor of gynecology-obstetrics, and professor of social and preventive medicine in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Hreshchyshyn died May 24 in Lviv, Ukraine, where he was working on a gynecology and obstetrics textbook to be published there.

A native of Kovel (Volya) Ukraine, Hreshchyshyn received his medical degree from J.W. Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1951.

He came to Buffalo in 1957 to serve as a fellow in chemotherapy at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, joining the UB medical school faculty in 1962. After rising through the ranks as assistant and associate professor, Hreshchyshyn became a full professor in 1970. He served as chair of the Department of Gynecology-Obstetrics from 1982-96 and also headed its Division of Gynecologic Oncology from 1972-86.

Hreshchyshyn also headed the gynecology and obstetrics departments at Children's Hospital, Buffalo General Hospital, Millard Fillmore Hospital and the Erie County Medical Center until 1996. He oversaw the Reproductive Endocrinology Center, which is run by the UB medical school and Children's Hospital.

The author or co-author of more than 125 articles in professional journals, Hreshchyshyn was internationally recognized for his research on cancers of the female reproductive system.

He helped initiate, and served as a consultant to, the USAID American International Health Alliance Medical Partnerships Program, which exchanges medical personnel and information between two hospitals in Lviv and Millard Fillmore Hospital. He was an investigator with the National Institutes of Health-funded Women's Health Initiative at UB.

Hreshchyshyn was a fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, founding chair of the Gynecologic Oncology Group from 1971-75 and president of the Buffalo Gynecologic and Obstetric Society from 1977-78. A member of more than 20 professional associations and societies, he contributed to many civic and educational organizations, especially in the Ukrainian-American community.

Milton S. Carlin, 85, editor, News Services writer

Funeral services were held May 29 in Lester H. Wedekindt Funeral Home, Kenmore, for Milton S. Carlin, 85, who had worked as a part-time writer and editorial assistant for UB News Services for 10 years after his retirement as city editor of the Tonawanda News. Carlin died May 27 in Millard Fillmore Hospital after a short illness.

Carlin, who was the first student to receive a journalism degree from Bethany College in Bethany, W.Va., in 1936, went on to a career that included working on the radio desk for the United Press wire service in Buffalo and New York City. He joined the rival Associated Press as a writer and editor in 1940, working in Buffalo, Syracuse and Albany.

His career at the Associated Press was interrupted by World War II, when he served in the Army Corps of Engineers in North Africa and Sicily, receiving the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart. Carlin then became chief copy editor for Army public relations in London.

He left the Associated Press in 1953 to become copy editor and assistant state editor at the Syracuse Post-Standard. In 1957, he joined the Tonawanda News, becoming telegraph editor and swing editor before being named city editor. While there, he also taught news writing courses at Buffalo State College and Medaille College. After he retired in 1977, Carlin also worked part time as a copy editor on the former Buffalo Courier-Express.

Carlin was honored by the Bethany College Alumni Association in 1986 for outstanding achievement in journalism. He also won several Buffalo Newspaper Guild Page One awards for headline writing. Judges in the 1996 NYSUT Journalism Awards competition singled out Carlin's column when they gave an award for outstanding writing to The Active Retiree, a publication for union retirees. Carlin was a charter member of the Greater Buffalo Press, Radio and Television Association.

Francis J. Clifford, 86, professor emeritus of anatomy

A Memorial Mass was held May 22 in St. Patrick's Church, Lockport, for Francis J. Clifford, 86, who was professor emeritus of anatomy at the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and a former Niagara County commissioner of health. Clifford, a 1942 graduate of the UB medical school, died May 17 in Lockport Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness.

He was a general practitioner in Lockport from 1953-73 and was Niagara County health commissioner from 1973 until his retirement in 1983.

Clifford served twice as an Army physician. During World War II, he was stationed in Northern Europe with the 83rd Infantry Division and was ordered to active duty again during the early 1950s, serving at Thule Air Force Base in Greenland.

Clifford was a fellow of the Royal Society of Health in England and of the American College of Surgeons.