Brian Kay Bradford ’41

Brian died Nov. 5, 2004, in Toledo, Ohio.

He came to Princeton from Blair Academy. He majored in biology, graduating with honors. He roomed with Frank Nagel his first two years, and with Jim Angus and Bob Bross during his junior and senior years. He was a member of Key and Seal Club.

He joined the Army after Princeton, and attended Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, graduating in September 1944, and served his residency at Bellevue Hospital in New York City. Brian was on the staff of Halloran Hospital when he was taken ill and spent almost three years in bed, before being discharged as a captain in November 1947.

An internist in the Toledo area for 45 years, Brian was chairman of the Department of Medicine at Toledo Hospital from 1968-85. He was also associate clinical professor of the Medical College of Ohio, president of the Northwest Ohio Heart Association, and state chairman of the Regional Medical Program.

Brian founded the Retired Physicians of the Toledo Academy of Medicine, and was a director of the Hospice of Northwest Ohio and the Samaritan Counseling Center.

Brian is survived by his wife of 62 years, Ethel Earle Bradford; his daughter, Pamela Volk; sons Dennis, Douglas, David, and Brian III; and seven grandchildren.

The Class of 1941