Margaret J. Bia, M.D., professor of medicine, speaking at a reception for Chase in May.

“You want to leave having said that you made the school a better place. I think without a doubt there are many, many ways that you can say that Herb Chase has done this, from organizing the infrastructure of the curriculum at a time when many faculty were fighting and screaming and not wanting to be brought under one umbrella, to computerizing the curriculum ... to the new grand rounds on education.”