Gary Carter was a baseball ‘Hall-of-Fame’ catcher whose 19-year career was spent primarily with the Montreal Expos and New York Mets. Dr Hodge replaced both of his severely damaged knee which both had had over 14 prior surgeries on each knee.
Haig was United States Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan and White House Chief of Staff under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Prior to and in between these cabinet-level positions, he was a general in the United States Army, serving first as the vice chief of staff of the Army and then as Supreme Allied Commander Europe. In 1973, Haig became the youngest four-star general in the U.S. Army’s history. Dr Hodge cared for General Haig who lived on Palm Beach, Florida and Haig served on the board of the Institute of Mobility and Longevity founded by Dr Hodge.
Gray was an American business manager and philanthropist, best known as CEO and chairman of United Technologies (UT). He built UT from a $300 million company to over $30 billion company in his tenure. He authored a book called ‘Gray Matter’ which summarized a list of ‘parables’ published in the Wall Street Journal and sponsored by UT which capture many standards of modern business. Dr Hodge replaced Mr Gray’s knees and Mr Gray served on Dr Hodge’s Board of Directors.
A graduate of MIT,he co-founded Photo Electronic Corporation which changed the photo industry from film to digital photograghy. Beginning in 1978, Dreyfoos spearheaded the fund-raising campaign to build the Dreyfoos School of the Arts and the Kravis Center, which opened in 1992, revolutionized Palm Beach County’s performing-arts landscape and helped revitalize downtown West Palm Beach. He served as chairman until 2007 and remained on the board until his death. Dr Hodge replaced both of Dreyfoos’s knees just before the dedication of the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach, FL. Dreyfoos was forever grateful and served on Dr Hodge’s Board of Directors as well as worked with Dr Hodge to bring Scripps-Florida to Palm Beach County, FL.