Michael Saul Huckman, MD, Professor Emeritus of Radiology at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, died on January 19, 2021, suddenly and peacefully at home, in the presence of his sons. He was 84 years old.
A 1958 graduate of Princeton University, he received his medical degree from St. Louis University School of Medicine in 1962. Following his internship at Philadelphia General Hospital, Dr. Huckman served two years as a Lieutenant in the United States Navy, including a year as Medical Officer aboard the USS Sandoval. In 1964 he wed Beverly Joy Blachman of Portsmouth, Virginia, who predeceased him in 2019 after 54 years of marriage.
After a residency in radiology at Philadelphia General Hospital, he completed a fellowship in Neuroradiology at the Edward Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at Washington University in St. Louis. In 1970 Dr. Huckman became Director of Neuroradiology at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, where he practiced for the next 42 years until retirement.
He was a Fellow of the American College of Radiology and active in the Radiological Society of North America. As a member of the American Society of Neuroradiology, he served two years as its President and as Editor in Chief of the American Journal of Neuroradiology, its scholarly publication, from 1989 to 1997. He was elected to honorary membership in the Indian Society of Neuroradiology, the Japanese Society of Neuroradiology, the Turkish Society of Neuroradiology and the European Society of Neuroradiology and served as President of the World Federation of Neuroradiological Societies from 2002 to 2006. In 1998 he was awarded the Gold Medal of the American Society of Neuroradiology and received the Gold Medal of the Radiological Society of North America in 2002. Upon retirement was awarded the 2012 Alumni Merit Award by St. Louis University School of Medicine and in 2016 Rush University Medical Center established the Michael and Beverly Huckman Endowed Research Fund in the Department of Radiology.
He was a passionate book collector and a member of the Caxton Club. Dr. Huckman had a special interest in medical history; his reflections on the role of Princeton University in the history of Philadelphia medicine is in the Princeton University Library and the archives of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. He was a member of the Society of the Fifth Line, dedicated to the limerick, and once was a man who wrote rhymes and poetry dedicated to friends and family.
Dr. Huckman was born in Newark, New Jersey, on August 20, 1936, the son of the late Dr. Louis Fillmore Huckman and Mollie (Lehman) Huckman; his sister Lenore (the late Richard Turteltaub) predeceased him in 2019. He is survived by sons Andrew (Elaine Serafim) of Chicago and Robert (Jennifer Burbridge) of Newton, Massachusetts, and grandson Noah, also of Newton. Survivors are grateful to Miriam Edwards of Evanston, Illinois, for her decades of assistance to the Huckman family and to Romeo Hibionada and Edith Queral, both of Chicago, for their recent efforts.
A private memorial service and interment will be held Friday, January 22, 2021 at 11:30 AM, the service livestreamed to colleagues, friends, and family. Contributions in Dr. Huckman's memory may be directed to the Huckman Family Fund at Beth Emet Synagogue in Evanston, Illinois, or to the Michael and Beverly Huckman Endowed Research Fund at Rush University Medical Center.
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