“Johnny” died April 15, 2014, at Sunrise Sacramento in Sacramento, Calif.
He prepared for Princeton at Kent School, where he was editor of the Kent News and on the wrestling team.
Johnny graduated from Johns Hopkins Medical School, and then went to Cairo, Egypt, where he served in the Navy as a medical officer, working on developing a cure for cholera. Stateside, he interned at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, N.Y., and served an orthopedic residency, working during the polio epidemics of the 1940s and ’50s. He taught surgery at UCLA and was so involved in his work that he did not retire until age 80. Johnny took pride in his record for bringing desegregation to Santa Monica, beginning with his office staff, then the Santa Monica school board and apartment buildings that he owned.
His survivors include Ginny, his wife of 68 years; sons Phillip and Michael; and his daughter, Ginger. To them, the class sends sympathy.