Alon P. Winnie ’54

Alon died Jan. 18, 2015.

Born in Milwaukee, he graduated from Milwaukee Country Day School. At Princeton, he was a member of Tiger Inn and Triangle Club.

He completed four years at Northwestern University Medical School, during which time he used his talent to write three musical comedies. Alon then began his internship at Cook County Hospital, where he developed acute paralytic poliomyelitis, with his survival depending on a ventilator and a tracheostomy. After his recovery and subsequent completion of training in anesthesia, he remained there for a decade, teaching clinically.

He next was appointed chairman of anesthesiology and pain management at the University of Illinois College of Medicine and spent the next 20 years training residents and fellows. Alon’s final move was to return to Cook County Hospital, where he became chairman of anesthesia.

He authored a textbook on plexus anesthesia that received the Anesthesia Foundation Award as the Book of the Year in 1983. Alon was the recipient of more than 10 professional awards and served as president of four organizations related to his specialty.

The class sends sympathy to his former wife, June; sons Alon and Russell; daughter Debbie; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.