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Christine E. Haycock Newark, NJ QCWA # 23365 Chapter 120 |
Christine E. Haycock MD, 84, of Newark, aunt of area residents, died Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2008, at the Center for Hospice Care at St. Joseph's Hospital in Wayne, N.J.
She was born in Mount Vernon, NY, and raised first in Richmond, VA before moving to Nutley, NJ
She went from Nutley High School to the Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing, earned her B.S. degree from the University of Chicago, her medical degree from the State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center in 1952, and holds a master's degree in political science from Rutgers University.
Dr Haycock first served in the Army during World War II in the US Cadet Nurse Corps. She extended her military career when she obtained her M.D. and became the first woman intern at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, at which time she became the first woman to transfer directly from the U.S. Army Nurse Corps to the U.S. Army Medical Corp. After serving in the United States and Japan, Dr. Haycock reverted to Active Reserve Status, ultimately retiring in 1984 at the rank of colonel. She is also a graduate of the US Army Command and General Staff College and the US Army War College in 1977.
Dr. Haycock resumed her residency in surgery following her active military service at St. Barnabas Medical Center and a year as a senior resident at St. John's Episcopal Hospital in Brooklyn, NY, then returned to Newark and opened a private practice in general surgery.
She is a diplomate of the American Board of Surgery and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Haycock was a leading expert in Sports Medicine and was a member of the American College of Sports Medicine. She has published widely in this field, particularly concerning women in sport. In 1982, she served as president of the American Medical Women's Association and was a past president of the New Jersey Medical Women's Association.
Dr. Haycock was long affiliated with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. In 1968, she joined the faculty of the New Jersey Medical School as associate professor of surgery and director of emergency services at University Hospital. She retired in 1992 as professor emeritus of surgery.
Dr. Haycock's wide interests include amateur radio, photography and videography, and breeding and showing miniature Schnauzers, Manchester terriers and Italian greyhounds.
The Foundation for the History of Women in Medicine and The College of Physicians of Philadelphia recently presented The fifth annual Alma Dea Morani Renaissance Woman Award to Dr. Haycock on Oct. 28, 2004. In their citation, it was noted that "Dr. Haycock excelled as a physician, teacher and mentor to other women who sought to become physicians."
She is best known for her influence on sports medicine for women, her work on the eradication of uterine cancer and her leadership in the establishment of the trauma center at University Hospital in Newark as well as her post as commander of a trauma unit during her service in the Army Medical Corps. In 2006 she was inducted into the Nutley Hall of Fame.
The beloved wife of the late Samuel Moskowitz, she is survived by her nieces, Elise O'Neill and her husband Chris, Mollie Campbell and her husband Cory, and Jill Libert and her husband Steve; her nephew, Dennis Haycock; several grandnieces and grandnephews; her sisters-in-law, Diane Haycock and Helen Brown; and her brother-in-law, Alfred Moskowitz.
She was also predeceased by her brothers, Mervyn B. and Bethual John Haycock.
The funeral service will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the S.W. Brown & Son Funeral Home, 267 Centre St., Nutley, N.J. Friends will be received at the funeral home from 4 to 8 p.m. The interment of her cremains will take place at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions to the Bloomfield Animal Shelter, 61 Shelter Place, Bloomfield, NJ 07003 or the American Cancer Society, 507 Westminster Ave., Elizabeth, NJ 07208, would be appreciated.
Published in Peoria Journal Star on Jan 24,2008