In memoriam - Dr. Rosemary Schmidt (Kanter)
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Rosemary E. Kanter, who was born February 10, 1930 and known throughout her distinguished career in medicine as Dr. Schmidt, passed away shortly after midnight Monday, January 11, 2021. Rosemary is survived by her children Barbara (Raymond Para), Rob (Karen Carney), and John (Lori Sommer), and grandchildren, Benjamin Para, Grace Para, Jane Kanter, William Kanter, Owen Kanter, and Carley Kanter. She will also be remembered by her sister Barbara Schmitt (James) and numerous nieces and nephews of multiple generations.
Rosemary was an alumna of Dayton's Julienne High School, the University of Dayton (which recognized her with an alumni Special Achievement Award), and the Saint Louis University School of Medicine. In her graduating class of 98 new doctors, she was one of only two women. Rosemary joined the faculty of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati in 1956 after completing a residency at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. She was named Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in 1970, Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics in 1982, Professor of Clinical Pediatrics in 1989, and Professor Emerita in 1995.
She will be remembered by those who loved her for her fearlessness, intelligence, compassion, and sense of adventure, qualities she helped to bring out in those around her throughout her life.
A celebration of the mutual lives of Bob and Rosemary will be held in the year to come as circumstances allow. Interment will be in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Donations in honor of Rosemary may be made to Reach Out and Read at https://reachoutandread.org/donate/