D.C. died Nov. 5, 2012. He was a resident of the Brightwood retirement community in Lutherville, Md. To say that D.C. was a member of the Princeton family is an understatement, for so very many of his relatives attended Princeton.
After graduating from the Gilman School in 1943 he was called into the Army. D.C. served for three years, spending 20 months in Europe with the 26th Infantry “Yankee” Division. He was awarded a Bronze Star and four ETO battle stars.
After military service he entered Princeton and graduated in 1949. D.C. graduated from Johns Hopkins Medical School in 1953, spent the next year as an intern in surgery, and began a one-year assignment as the hospital’s resident surgeon in 1954.
After his residency he entered private practice with seven partners. D.C. was surgeon president of Finney, Trimble & Associates until his retirement in 1989.
During retirement D.C. and his beloved wife, E.J., played golf all over the world, but boating and fishing were also favored pastimes. Much time was spent at their homes in Chester, Nova Scotia; Naples, Fla.; and Fenwick Island, Del.
E.J. died in 2010. D.C. is survived by four daughters; four grandsons; and his sister, Margaret Finney-McPherson. His brother, Eben Finney Jr., predeceased him.