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Copyright 1994 The Washington Post 

The Washington Post 

February 8, 1994, Tuesday, Final Edition 

SECTION: METRO; PAGE B6; OBITUARIES 

LENGTH: 605 words 

HEADLINE: Brigid Leventhal, Pediatric Cancer Researcher, Dies 

SERIES: Occasional 

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Brigid G. Leventhal, 59, a professor of oncology and pediatrics who had taught at Johns Hopkins University medical school since 1976, died of cancer Feb. 6 at her home in Columbia.
Dr. Leventhal, the first director of the pediatric oncology division at the Johns Hopkins Oncology Center, worked to develop chemotherapy regimens for children. She was a founding member of the Pediatric Oncology Group, a multi-institutional group that participates in clinical trials, and head of its Hodgkin's disease committee.  
She was a member of the Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee of the National Cancer Institute, where she worked from 1964 to 1976, and was head of its chemoimmunotherapy section.
Dr. Leventhal was brought to the United States as a child to escape the World War II bombing of her native London. Her family settled in Los Angeles. She graduated with highest honors and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California at Los Angeles. She also attended the University of Nantes in France and UCLA medical school. She graduated from Harvard University medical school. She served her internship and residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, did another residency at Boston City Hospital and served a fellowship at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Boston.
She was co-author of a textbook, "Research Methods in Clinical Oncology," and author of many other works, including 135 scientific papers and 52 book chapters.
Her honors included the Federal Women's Award, the Outstanding Career Woman award of the National Council of Women, the Outstanding Professional Achievement award of the UCLA Alumni Association, the Alpha Phi Ursa award and the Clinical Scientist Award of the Maryland division of the American Cancer Society.
Dr. Leventhal was an officer of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Association of Cancer Research, president of Women in Cancer Research and a member of advisory committees of the National Institutes of Health, the Leukemia Society, the Yale and Dartmouth cancer centers and St. Jude Children's Hospital.
Survivors include her husband, Dr. Carl Leventhal of Columbia; four children, George Leventhal of Takoma Park, James Leventhal of New York and Sarah Roark and Dinah Leventhal, both of Rockville; her mother, Barbara Gray, and a brother, Kevin Gray, both of Los Angeles; and a granddaughter. 
RODNEY WARREN PHILLIPS
Firefighter and Musician
Rodney Warren Phillips, 48, a retired D.C. firefighter-paramedic who played saxophone locally with the Band of Gold rock group, died of a heart attack Feb. 5 at Southern Maryland Hospital in Clinton. He lived in Waldorf.
He retired on disability in 1985 from a station on Capitol Hill after 12 years as a firefighter and paramedic. He was awarded the bronze and silver medals of the D.C. Fire Department for saving lives.
Mr. Phillips was born in Washington. He studied music while serving in the Navy during the Vietnam War. He worked as a studio musician in New York after the war and had played with the Band of Gold about 10 years.
He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion.
His marriages to Paula Phillips and Hazel Phillips ended in divorce.
Survivors include his wife, Vicky Phillips of Waldorf; a son from his first marriage, Rodney Phillips Jr. of Winston-Salem, N.C.; a daughter from his second marriage, Jessica Elizabeth Phillips of Laurel; two children from his third marriage, Michael Ray Phillips and Scott Ryan Phillips, and two stepsons, Shawn and Mark Sterling, all of Waldorf; his mother, Elsie M. Phillips of Temple Hills; and two grandchildren.  

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