School of Medicine Class of 1970 goes on humanitarian trip to Cuba

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They call themselves the Blaze of Glory class, a title plucked from a letter of admonishment written by the dean and circulated among the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Class of 1970. Too many students seemed restless in the last quarter of their final year, the letter read, but if they buckled down, they could go out in a blaze of glory. Come May 1970, the students walked across the graduation stage, and though they now practice in places as varied as Myanmar and Mexico, the nickname—and camaraderie—stuck.

While the classmates continue to keep in touch and attend typical reunions, a number of them also travel together, with a trip to Central Europe in the books and one to Iceland planned for August.