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Catherine Stevens Simon ’74

Catherine Stevens-Simon ’74, November 16, 2007, in Oregon. Cassie received a BA from Reed in biology. In 1979, she received an MD from Boston University College of Medicine, and completed a residency in pediatrics and a fellowship in adolescent medicine at the University of Colorado Health Science Center in Denver, along with a second fellowship in adolescent medicine at the University of Rochester Health Science Center in Rochester, New York. She served as an instructor in the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine at the University of Rochester Medical School before joining the faculty of the University of Colorado School of Medicine in 1989. Cassie was an associate professor in the pediatrics department at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver. She also directed the Adolescent Medicine Fellowship Program at the university and the Colorado Adolescent Maternity Program. Her research interests included adolescent health, teenage pregnancy, and diseases of the reproductive tract. A recipient of the Young Investigator Award of the Society for Adolescent Medicine in 1992, she was also recognized with a Denver Top Doctor Award in 2005. At the time of her death, survivors included her husband, Jack H. Simon; her son, Joshua D. Simon ’05; her mother, Janice Robinson Stevens ’44; her father, Carl M. Stevens ’42; and her brother.

Appeared in Reed magazine: May 2008

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