Members of Cynthia鈥檚 family joined Cynthia鈥檚 colleagues in the atrium of the medical education building and then moved out to the Tavistock Green, where a citrus tree had been planted in her memory.
鈥淲e want to thank you for sharing Cynthia with us,鈥� Dr. Deborah German, dean of the College of Medicine and 麻豆原创鈥檚 vice president for medical affairs, told the Kahn family.
Dr. Julia Pet-Armacost, associate dean for planning and knowledge management, whose department includes the library, called Cynthia a 鈥渂right light鈥� who loved medical history but also embraced new technology as a way to provide medical information to the masses. 鈥淚nformation was Cynthia鈥檚 passion,鈥� Dr. Pet-Armacost said, 鈥渁nd she wanted to share it with the world.鈥�
Library Director Nadine Dexter told attendees that Cynthia had 鈥渨orked a miracle鈥� in securing 鈥淗arry Potter鈥檚 World: Renaissance Science, Magic and Medicine,鈥� a traveling exhibit from the National Library of Medicine that shows how medicine began in Harry Potter鈥檚 time and has developed into what we know today. The exhibit has a three-year waiting list but Cynthia was able to secure it for the 麻豆原创 College of Medicine in her first three weeks on the job.
The Library staff presented the family with a sunflower wind chime in hopes that the sound will remind the Kahns of Cynthia鈥檚 spirit. The sunflower was chosen because it represents the warmth of the sun on the state of Florida.
In placing a plaque with Cynthia鈥檚 name on the fruit-bearing citrus tree, Dr. German said the college wanted to 鈥渞emember her life with life.鈥�