Alexander Hay O Neal Jr. ’42

Alex died Mar. 4, 2001, after a long illness, in St. Davids, Pa., his home for most of his life. A Philadelphia native, he practiced family medicine in St. Davids following his medical education and training.

Coming to Princeton from Haverford School, Alex majored in geology, was elected to Sigma Xi, and was a member of Cottage Club. After receiving his MD at the U. of Pennsylvania in 1945, he interned at Pennsylvania Hospital and then served in the Army Medical Corps, at the VA hospital in Chillicothe, Ohio, until 1948, with the rank of captain, followed by a three-year residency at Pennsylvania Hospital. After joining the staff of Bryn Mawr Hospital in 1951, he formed his own practice. He was president and treasurer of the local Visiting Nurse Assn. and served on its board of directors, and was medical director of Cathcart Health Center in Devon, Pa., from 1951-90. He was also on the board of directors of the United Fund of Philadelphia.

Alex is survived by his wife, Mary Ann, his children, Barbara, Martha, and Marianna, and by six grandchildren, to whom the class extends its most sincere condolences.

The Class of 1942