Class of 2003
October 13, 1999

MUST HAVE BEEN

You must have been selfless to realize and act on the fact that others could benefit from the gift of your body.

You must have been trusting to know that we medical students would respect, learn from, and be truly grateful for the gift you alone could bestow.

You must have been giving for you openly shared with people unknown to you the one thing that is completely yours.

You must have been brave to accept that your time in this life is limited and to act on that acceptance by choosing a place for your body, a place where your body becomes our most effective teacher.

You must have been loved for the strength of that love is witnessed by your gift.

We thank your family members for supplying that love, and for being here today in celebration and remembrance of you.

We honor you selfless, trusting, brave and loving people who have taught us so much and who remind us daily of our quest to become caring and competent physicians.

We are humbled by your gift.