A00430 - Jamson Sulemani Lwebuga-Mukasa, Amherst College Class of 1970, Deposit Central School (Deposit, New York) Graduate, UC San Diego Medical and PhD Degrees, 40 Year Medical Career
The next name on the new Memorial List after Harold Wade, Jr., Amherst College Class of 1968, is the new name of Jamson Suleman Lwebuga, Mukasa, Amherst College Class of 1970. Jamey, as he was known at Amherst College, attended Deposit Central School as an American Field Service student from Uganda in the United States. At Amherst, Jamey was a biology major at Amherst College. He garnered the Phi Delta Theta and Blodgett prizes and was named to Sigma Xi honor society. After Amherst, Jamey attended the University of San Diego where he earned a medical degree as well as a PhD. Graduating in 1975, Jamey then embarked on a forty-year medical career, most notably a twenty-year stay at the Buffalo (New York) General Hospital. The father of Logan Pollard, Amherst College Class of 1997, and the father-in-law of Michael Pollard, Amherst College Class of 1996, the In Memory piece for the much beloved Dr. Jamey was written by his daughter and immediately follows.
Imagine fireworks set off into the sky, sparkles heading out into darkness in all directions, except they don’t flame out but continue as the initial beam expands and expands and expands. My dad—“Jamie,” as most people knew him—was one of those fires: he ignited everyone he met.
He was born in Kampala, Uganda, on April 12, 1946, son of Omwami Musa Mukooza and Blandina Nakuumba. After a long illness, he died on Oct. 25, 2023.
He is survived by wife Katherine, seven children and many grandchildren. Jamie and Kathy raised their family in Guilford, Conn., and Getzville, N.Y., and worshipped at St. John’s Episcopal Church and St. Philip’s Episcopal Church respectively.
He graduated from Amherst in 1970 and, by 1975, earned his M.D. and Ph.D. from the University of California San Diego School of Medicine. He went on to complete his medical residency at Yale New Haven Hospital.
Jamie practiced medicine for more than 40 years and published dozens of papers, working as a pulmonologist, researcher and university professor. His research shaped public policy and is well known for investigating how highway air pollution impacts children and low-income communities.
A lifelong photographer, Jamie threw himself into his passion upon retirement. His class’s 50th Reunion included several of his works.
His children have all gone on to fruitful lives and careers in education, the arts, government and business.
Loved and admired by classmates and beloved by his family, his silly and self-deprecating humor was legendary—as in describing himself as “Mr. Wonderful,” especially when he was in the hospital.
Be that person who lights you up:
the one who laughs too loud;
the one who isn’t afraid to say the truth;
the one who dreams again.
Because if Dad saw you, he’d laugh and say: Yes! Mr. Wonderful strikes again.
Logan Nakyanzi Pollard ’97
Jamson Sulemani Lwebuga – Mukasa, MD,PhD Obituary
Wednesday, October 25, 2023 Jamson Sulemani Lwebuga – Mukasa, MD / PhD, 77, Jamson Lwebuga-Mukasa was born in Kampala, Uganda on April 12, 1946. He passed away on Wednesday, October 25, 2023. He was the son of of Omwami Musa Mukooza and Blandina Nakuumba. He is survived by his wife Katherine Nagle Lwebuga–Mukasa, his children and grandchildren. Jamson and Katherine lived at 50 Ledge Hill Road in Guilford, CT from 1979 – 2023. They raised their family there and remain a part of the community of St. John’s Episcopal Church. While Jamson worked as a pulmonologist, researcher and university professor they also had a second home in Getzville, New York and attended St. Philip's Episcopal Church in Buffalo, New York.
Dr. Lwebuga-Mukasa attended Deposit Central School as an American Field Service student from Uganda to the United States of America. He was embraced as a member of the Potter family. Jamson graduated from Amherst College in 1971 and married Katherine the same year. In 1975 he received his medical degree from the University of California San Diego School of Medicine. Jamson undertook completion of his MD and PhD at the same time. He completed his medical residency at the Yale-New Haven Medical Center in 1978 and practiced for over 40 years.
This photo of Jamson was taken by Logan Naluswata Nakyanzi Pollard, his oldest daughter. He shared with his family a love of photography and art. He had a sparkling laugh and genuine manner. Hospitality was extremely important to him and his house had many rooms. He was joyful and dedicated doctor. Jamson was dearly loved and made the world a better and more beautiful place.
Friends are invited to a Memorial Service at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 129 Ledge Hill Road, Guilford, CT 06437 on Saturday November 4 at 11:00 A.M. Burial will be held privately.
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