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At the age of 88 after a couple years of declining health, Arnold Shkolnik passed away Dec. 26, 2018, peacefully at his home accompanied by his wife, Carol Waugh. Arnie attended the University of Illinois, where he received undergraduate and medical degrees. He began a residency in pediatrics at Cook County Hospital but had his training interrupted when he was drafted into the U.S. Army. He attained the rank of captain by time of discharge. He returned to complete his pediatrics residency and a fellowship in endocrinology before joining a private practice as a pediatrician. After 5 years in a general practice Arnie said he couldn’t take the parents anymore— and changed careers. He told the story about being interrupted several times during a Friday night poker game to take calls from parents of sick children. The last call was from a mother who was distraught that her son was limping. After quizzing her for some time he extracted the full story: yes, she had just bought her son new shoes, and, yes, there were blisters on both heels. Arnie said “enough” and soon enrolled in a radiology residency at Cook County Hospital. Building on his pediatrics background he became a fellow in pediatric radiology at Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago under the direction of Dr. Harvey White. Arnie spent the remainder of his career (40 years) at Children’s Memorial Hospital, now Lurie Children’s, as a pediatric radiologist. Arnie was one of the first radiologists to use US in the pediatric setting. After convincing hospital administration to trust his instinct they invested in one of the earliest US machines — a B-mode articulated arm scanner. Ultrasound became his passion and he went on to publish many firsts about US in children. He taught, lectured and published about his discoveries. He became a professor of radiology at Northwestern University and a fellow of three societies: the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine and the Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound. Arnie received two Caffey Awards — one in 1975 for the paper presentation “B-mode ultrasound and the nonvisualizing kidney in pediatrics” and one in 1983 as a coauthor of “Sonography of the caudal spine and back: congenital anomalies in children.” In 1997 he received the prestigious Pioneer Award from the Society for Pediatric Radiology. His tenacity and advocacy for children have had an impact on the field of pediatric radiology and his legacy will endure. * James S. Donaldson [email protected]