Only 10 women were allowed. When I graduated there were 175 of us and seven were women.”
“There were 200 students accepted [U of M Med School].
Editor’s note: Dr. Houck passed in December 2025.
The orignal article was printed in the Journal in October 2025.
resident Mary Houck.
Dr. Houck, a career anesthesiologist, was born in Flint, Michigan, in 1934.
“I was an only child,” she said. “My name was Mary Hellthaler. My father was born in Germany in 1901 and he just made it not to be dr…