Curtiss Cummings ’39

Curt died Feb. 22, 1998, in Bethesda, Md., near his retirement home of many years in Rockville.

Both Curt and his wife, Norma Jones, who were married in 1944, were doctors. Curt conducted a private practice in Williston, N.Y., following WWII service with the Medical Corps (USNR), earning four Battle Stars for active duty at Leyte, Lingayen, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. He never gave up his devotion to the Naval Reserve, so much so that in 1964 he closed his practice and returned to active duty. He was commanding officer of the Hospital Corps Division and director of the Naval Reserve Division bureau of medicine and surgery at the Navy Dept. in Washington. In June 1970 he was placed on the permanent disability retired list as a result of injuries incurred in the line of duty.

At home he kept up his high spirits, sailed his boat, gardened, and earnestly studied classical Greek. He was a regular correspondent with our class secretaries. We will miss those thoughtful and amusing observations in our letters from Capt. Curtiss Cummings, USNR (Ret).

The Class of 1939