STAN KEGEL M.D. Punster of the Year 2000

In real life, Stan Kegel has been practicing Pediatrics and Pediatric Cardiology in Orange County, California for 40 years. Born and raised in Los Angeles, he studied Medicine at the University Of California. He then returned to Los Angeles for his post-graduate work at Los Angeles County General Hospital and the UCLA Medical Center.

In addition to his medical practice, he has been very active in the
community having received the Humanitarian of the Year Award from the National Council of Christians and Jews and Man of the Year of the National Foundation-March of Dimes. He has served as president of the local chapters of the American Heart Association and the Jewish Federation Council.

He is the father of five children ranging in age from 14 to 40, and 4 grandchildren. 

He has always had a love for groaners and shaggy dog tails. About three years ago he subscribed to several joke lists and found them almost devoid of puns. He started posting puns to various joke lists and received great encouragement.  Two years ago he was contacted by Mike Avery, the moderator of "Humor from Otherwhen" and was offered a chance to start his own joke list devoted to puns and groaners.  

Thus was born, "Profusions of Puns, Gaggles of Groaners."

Several months later he started the feature, "Puns of the Day." After requests from many who wished to receive this, and not all the groaners, another joke list, "Puns of the Day" was started. He later started a third joke list, "Shaggy-Dog Tails."  In addition he has continued sending groaners to multiple joke lists and his weekly feature, "Puns of the Weak" appears in total or in part on over 30 joke lists. He has been an active participant in P. U. N. Y., which he considers as a second family, and is in the Riddle Chain and Pun Loop groups. His puns have been featured in "The Pundit," "The Punster," and "The Pun American Newsletter." He is an Associate Editor of an e-zine, "Desceptacio".