Howard McClure Jr. ’53

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Howard was born in Lancaster, Pa., and came to Princeton from Middletown High School. He was on the freshman and sophomore council and was executive secretary and vice chairman of the Undergraduate Council. He served on the Honor Committee and the Elections Committee, and was director of the Campus Blood Drive.

After graduation Howard earned a medical degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and then was a student fellow in the department of pathology. He was an intern and resident at the V.A. Hospital and Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas, from 1958 to 1961.

After serving as a research fellow in the department of physiology at Dartmouth, Howard went into private practice in internal medicine and cardiology in Dallas. He was an honorary member and past president of the Texas Heart Association.

Howard died March 30, 2017. He is survived by his wife, Wynona; three children; nine grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

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Sandra Steinba…

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Remembering a Doctor and Mentor

What a brave doctor he was, truly gifted and forever focused. Honest and so knowledgeable and even after all these years I consider him a significant mentor about being a doctor and a good human being. Herb and I were his patients.

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