Kenneth Lee Baughman

Dear Baughman family: I've never met you nor your loved one, Dr. Baughman. However, I felt compelled to tell you how reading all the online tributes for him affected me. Truly kind people are hard to find anymore. Generosity and a giving spirit are also a rarity. To see that so many people view Dr. Baughman as someone who worked hard to possess all these qualities really impressed me. I am a student of the Bible and I try very

Dear Baughman family: I've never met you nor your loved one, Dr. Baughman. However, I felt compelled to tell you how reading all the online tributes for him affected me. Truly kind people are hard to find anymore. Generosity and a giving spirit are also a rarity. To see that so many people view Dr. Baughman as someone who worked hard to possess all these qualities really impressed me. I am a student of the Bible and I try very hard to live my life by such Bible principles. I admire those who try to do the same, since following a course of conduct that is an alternative is far more popular and common place today. So to your family; be proud that he displayed the attitude of Jesus, "it is more blessed to give than to receive". May you draw comfort from your memories and from the fondness others had for this obviously kind hearted man. My thoughts and prayers are with you at this very difficult time.

DEAR CHERYL AND SONS: KEN AND I WERE VEY GOOD WORK FRIENDS AT HOPKINS WHILE HE WAS THERE. HIS LOSS TO HOPKINS IS STILL FELT BY MANY OF US ON THE FACULTY AND I AM SURE ALL OF HIS PATIENTS. I AM SORRY NOT TO HAVE VER MET HIS FAMILY. WHILE MY MOTHER WAS VISITING BALTIMORE SHE WAS STRICKEN BY WHAT ALL THE HOPKINS NEUROLOGISTS THOUGHT WAS A STROKE. I RAN INTO KEN ONE EVENNG LATE IN THE HALL AND

DEAR CHERYL AND SONS: KEN AND I WERE VEY GOOD WORK FRIENDS AT HOPKINS WHILE HE WAS THERE. HIS LOSS TO HOPKINS IS STILL FELT BY MANY OF US ON THE FACULTY AND I AM SURE ALL OF HIS PATIENTS. I AM SORRY NOT TO HAVE VER MET HIS FAMILY. WHILE MY MOTHER WAS VISITING BALTIMORE SHE WAS STRICKEN BY WHAT ALL THE HOPKINS NEUROLOGISTS THOUGHT WAS A STROKE. I RAN INTO KEN ONE EVENNG LATE IN THE HALL AND CHATTED AND HE SAID LET ME DROP BY AND LOOK AT HER. WITHIN AN HOUR THE DIAGNOSIS WAS MADE , HE GOT HER A PACER AND SHE LIVED TO SEE HER GRANDAUGHTER BORN THE NEXT SPRING. WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS OUR THANKFULNESS AND CURRENT SENSE OF LOSS WITH HIS PASSING. SINCERELY, JOHN P GEARHART MD PROFESSOR OF PEDIATRICS AND PEDIATRIC UROLOGY, THE JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL

Cheryl,
We have thought a lot these past few days about the wonderful Thanksgiving we spent together in San Diego in 2006. You were so tickled to see Ken helping work on the kids' car. He seemed to have fun too. Please know that we will continue to keep you in our thoughts and prayers. Try to focus on all the wonderful memories and blessings that have filled your life.

What a remarkable man Ken Baughman was. I would like to share a little story with all of you. A few years after my heart transplant, I was due at JHH for my biopsy and EKG. The morning of my check-up, my day care provider was unable to take my daughter Jennifer so, out of necessity, Jen accompanied me to Hopkins. At breakfast that morning, she had "discovered" in the cereal box a Barbie wallet. She was thrilled to be

What a remarkable man Ken Baughman was. I would like to share a little story with all of you. A few years after my heart transplant, I was due at JHH for my biopsy and EKG. The morning of my check-up, my day care provider was unable to take my daughter Jennifer so, out of necessity, Jen accompanied me to Hopkins. At breakfast that morning, she had "discovered" in the cereal box a Barbie wallet. She was thrilled to be the owner of such a treasure! All excited we head for Hopkins. As I was waiting to get my EKG, Dr. Baughman walked by and sat down to chit-chat with my young daughter. At that time I was called back for my EKG and Dr. Baughman said:" Go on back. I will stay here with Jennifer until you are through". Upon returning from my EKG I found Jennifer grinning from ear to ear--she could hardly wait to tell me to look inside her wallet. As I looked inside, there was a crisp $1 bill. Ken looked at me rather sheepishly and said "No little girl should have an empty wallet!" That was the day that he totally won my heart----what a kind and generous thing to do for a little girl. To this day my Jennifer holds this memory close to her heart. Just yet another reason why I loved KLB!!

I hope this story brings a little smile to your faces. I know Ken brought a smile to my Jennifer's face and heart that day so many years ago.

Carolyn Kramer
Bel Air, MD
JHH heart
transplant #27

Our thoughts and prayers are with Cheryl and family

Cheryl, Matt, and Chris,
Our heartfelt sympathies and prayers are with you.
A memory I have of Ken (one of many) is one that puts a smile on my face. I was not there to witness it but have heard the story many times over the years.
It happened when you were living on Juniper and was in the beginning of Ken's biking career. He was riding his bike when he needed to stop. However, he could not get his feet out of

Cheryl, Matt, and Chris,
Our heartfelt sympathies and prayers are with you.
A memory I have of Ken (one of many) is one that puts a smile on my face. I was not there to witness it but have heard the story many times over the years.
It happened when you were living on Juniper and was in the beginning of Ken's biking career. He was riding his bike when he needed to stop. However, he could not get his feet out of the bike pedals and so he toppled over into the bushes, much to the dismay of the cars stopped next to him. I can still picture it as if it were yesterday.