Ed’s productive life in pediatric medicine ended with his death June 6, 2013, his 83rd birthday.
He graduated from Montclair (N.J.) High School. At Princeton he majored in biology, belonged to Campus, and was president of the Wesley Foundation. He roomed with Paul Lindsay, who spoke at his memorial service.
He earned his medical degree from the University of Virginia School of Medicine and did his residency at the University of Rochester. He practiced pediatrics in Rochester for 20 years, then joined the faculty of the University of Massachusetts Medical School until 1981, when he moved to North Carolina, joining Amaranth Medical Group. From 1989 until he retired, Ed was on the faculty of East Carolina University School of Medicine.
In his professional appointments, Ed focused on patients not otherwise well-served and took volunteer assignments in Haiti and Thailand as a physician to the poor.
He leaves his wife, Jeanne Penning Sumpter; his son, David; daughter Ann Harth; stepson William Sharpe; and stepdaughters Jennifer Schwartz, Elizabeth See, and Sarah Vestal, to all of whom the class offers its good wishes.