March 2, 1995: Vol26n19: Obituary

Walter A. Olzewski, neurology professor
A Memorial Mass was held Feb. 27 in the Catholic Church of the
Transfiguration in Rome for Walter A. Olzewski, 69, director of the
Transcranial Doppler Laboratory at Veterans Hospital. Olzewski, who
was assistant professor of neurology and clinical associate professor
of anatomical sciences at UB, died Feb. 23 in Buffalo General Hospital
after a brief illness.
	Olzewski, a native of Rome, was a navigator in the Army Air
Force during World War II. He received his bachelor's degree from
Colgate University and his medical degree from UB in 1954. He was
associated with Buffalo General Hospital from 1961-1983 in the
departments of neurology and neuropathology and was director of the
Multiple Sclerosis clinic from 1970-1983.
	In 1983 he joined the neurology service at Veterans Hospital,
serving as its chief from 1984-1986. He was director of the
Transcranial Laboratory from 1989 until his death.
	A Fellow of the Stroke Council of the American Heart
Association and the American Academy of Neurology, he was medical
director of the Cantalician Workshop for the past two years.
	Survivors include his wife, Virginia; a daughter, Lisa Elliott
of Chicago; two sons, Christopher of New Jersey and Paul; and three
grandchildren.