Throughout the years you have been my Professor, mentor, and friend. There are so many things I could say and so many fond memories of the classes you taught I can recollect. However, my fondest memories are those times year after year when you could get those physiographs to magically work for another semester and another group of upper classmen taking your Physiology class would learn the basic principles of physiology on equipment which pre-dated the Stone Age. As a student, I always hoped that lab would be canceled due to equipment failure but you always found a way to teach your students.
Regardless of the class you taught to me, your instruction of Biological Sciences is the basis of my foundation that I apply in the practice of medicine. Your care and concern for your student is the same I take to my patients. Thank you and my best wishes in your next adventure!
It is with pleasure I join my fellow bloggers and share with you how much I enjoyed your graduate course in 1977. The rat liver study utilizing the electron microscope was the pinnacle of my scientific pursuits.
Many good wishes to you as you retire!
Heidi Van Sickle Buhl TCU 1977 Phillips Floor To Ceiling
I was a biochem major, but when I decided to explore the "bio" side of my chosen discipline, I landed in a couple of your courses. I believe physiology was one - I remember learning about blood pressure, muscle action potentials and I have a few very vivid memories of killing lab rats and pithing frogs. But the course I remember most is the transmission EM course with long hours in the top floor of Winton Scott breaking glass knives and sectioning. That EM course led to my first job (as an EM lab tech) and later to graduate school in Microbiology. I will always be grateful for your influence and wish you the best in the next chapter of your life.
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Throughout the years you have been my Professor, mentor, and friend. There are so many things I could say and so many fond memories of the classes you taught I can recollect. However, my fondest memories are those times year after year when you could get those physiographs to magically work for another semester and another group of upper classmen taking your Physiology class would learn the basic principles of physiology on equipment which pre-dated the Stone Age. As a student, I always hoped that lab would be canceled due to equipment failure but you always found a way to teach your students.
Regardless of the class you taught to me, your instruction of Biological Sciences is the basis of my foundation that I apply in the practice of medicine. Your care and concern for your student is the same I take to my patients. Thank you and my best wishes in your next adventure!
Justin Capers, PA-C
Dear Dr. Couch,
It is with pleasure I join my fellow bloggers and share with you how much I enjoyed your graduate course in 1977. The rat liver study utilizing the electron microscope was the pinnacle of my scientific pursuits.
Many good wishes to you as you retire!
Heidi Van Sickle Buhl
TCU 1977
Phillips Floor To Ceiling
Dr. Couch,
I was a biochem major, but when I decided to explore the "bio" side of my chosen discipline, I landed in a couple of your courses. I believe physiology was one - I remember learning about blood pressure, muscle action potentials and I have a few very vivid memories of killing lab rats and pithing frogs. But the course I remember most is the transmission EM course with long hours in the top floor of Winton Scott breaking glass knives and sectioning. That EM course led to my first job (as an EM lab tech) and later to graduate school in Microbiology. I will always be grateful for your influence and wish you the best in the next chapter of your life.
D'Anna DeBlaker-Hohe Ph.D.
TCU 1980
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