Mayo Alumni Magazine 2002 Spring - MC4409-0402 - Mayo Clinic

Dr. Halyard takes riding lessons each Sunday morning at a riding stable in Scottsdale.
myself in the way of relaxation and
fun,” Dr. Halyard says. “This is my
therapy to get out there and just ride,
without having to worry about
anything else. It’s hard to think of
anything else when you are
concentrating on making a 1,200-
pound animal listen to you.”
Dr. Camoriano says Dr. Halyard is
as courageous an equestrian as she is
a physician.
“She has a streak of fearlessness,”
he said, “that sometimes surprises me.
Like the time we were hang-gliding in
Cabo San Lucas behind a power boat
hundreds of yards above the sea and
she said ‘This is nice but ... I would
like to go up there’ And she pointed to
an ultralight sailing over our heads
unconnected to anything on earth and
consisting of nothing much more than
a lawn mower engine and a lawn chair
lashed together.”
But Dr. Halyard smiles at her
husband’s praise. She knows courage
is more than reckless adventure.
Her adventurism is grounded in
the foundation she is helping secure
for the future of cancer treatment,
Mayo Clinic leadership and her
family.
Franklyn Prendergast, M.D.,
serves on the Foundation Executive
Committee and Trustees with
Dr. Halyard. “Dr. Halyard is astute,”
he says, “assiduous, articulate,
well-organized, intelligently
tenacious, focused, reliable, willing
to take on necessary but unpleasant
tasks, fair …”
Dr. Prendergast pauses and
smiles ...
“These are,” he says with great
understatement, “good attributes.”
“Dr. Halyard is one of those people
who makes you think more of
yourself,” her friend Dr. Mayer says,
“because she considers you one of
her friends.”
— Michael O’ Hara
Kristine Holmgren
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