Alexander Randall IV ’41

Alex died on Oct. 22, 1997, of heart failure, having not been sick. He came to college from Wm. Penn Charter, where he was president of the science club. He majored in chemistry and was graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. His senior thesis concerned kidney stones and the use of methyl methacrylate. He crewed and was in Cloister Inn.

Alex finished Harvard Medical in 1944 and immediately served in the Navy Medical Corps until the end of WWII. He was called up again in the Korean War. After this he settled in Abington, Pa., and opened a joint pediatric practice with his wife, Dr. J. Perlingiero (Nina) Randall. He was the Abington School District physician for almost 50 years, as well as being on the Abington Hospital staff. At the time of his passing he was actively seeing patients and working with the schools.

In addition to Nina, he is survived by a daughter, Edith Randall Williams, a son, Alexander 5th '73, and six grandchildren, including an Alex 6th. Alex IV was buried at sea.

The Class of 1941