Jim, our pediatrician and professor of pediatrics, died Nov. 23, 2012, at Wake Robin, the life-care community he and his late wife, Liz, helped found in Shelburne, Vt.

When he retired after 33 years as chairman of pediatrics at the University of Vermont College of Medicine, he served as a doctor at Wake Robin, among his many other professional activities. Jim, in fact, never stopped serving as a teacher and mentor to pediatricians across the country. He will be remembered by his patients for his skill, gentleness, respect, understanding, and kindness.

Jim attended Harvard Medical School until heading to Europe as a surgeon with the 75th Infantry Division. He participated in the Battle of the Bulge and other campaigns and was awarded a Bronze Star. After V-E Day, Jim put his college tennis to good use by organizing a team from the 75th Division that participated in the “GI Championships” at Wimbledon. When he left Europe in 1946, he was commander of the Army’s first community dispensary.

For 44 years, Jim enjoyed fishing, cutting wood, and gardening on the family farm in Williston, Vt.

To his second wife, Martha; and his large family, including his son, Daniel ’74, and granddaughter Elizabeth ’02, the class expresses its admiration.

Undergraduate Class of 1939