COM Outlook Winter 2019

NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY | 13 Stanley Cohen and Arnold Melnick Celebrating the Lives of Two Esteemed Leaders BY SCOTT COLTON, B.A., APR Within a span of 10 days, the NSU Health Professions Division lost two of its most iconic leaders with the passings of Arnold Melnick, D.O., M.Sc., FACOP, on July 12 at the age of 98, and Stanley Cohen, Ed.D., M.Ed., on July 22 at the age of 90. Melnick, the founding dean of Southeastern College of Osteopathic Medicine—the precursor to NSU- KPCOM—and the former executive vice chancellor and provost of the NSU Health Professions Division, crafted a prolific, 70-plus-year career as a respected pediatrician, writer, and university administrator. Like Melnick, the affable Cohen had a long affiliation with NSU-KPCOM, which began in 1980 when he was hired as chair and professor of humanities and behavioral science. During his prodigious career, Cohen did it all, from being a high school biology teacher, college professor, principal, and superinten- dent to being a successful entrepreneur and published author of numerous books, including the ac- claimed I Am a Tree, I Can Bend and My Time with Einstein . In 2017, Cohen retired from his position as the HPD’s executive vice dean for educational support. To honor these twin titans of the Health Professions Division, COM Outlook looks back at their well-lived lives by reprinting and updating previously published interviews and allowing respected colleagues to share their thoughts about the departed—but never forgotten—legends.