David Sharp Masland ’46

Following naval service in Panama as a medical lieutenant junior-grade, Dave became board certified in internal medicine and ultimately a fellow of the American College of Physicians in Internal Medicine.     

After 10 years of solo practice in Carlisle, his Pennsylvania hometown, Dave served as chief of the medical department at Carlisle Hospital and as president of the staff. He established the hospital’s heart station and its pulmonary center and introduced the techniques of endoscopy. He served as the youngest trustee of his time of the Pennsylvania Medical Society, later becoming president. He helped found its liability-insurance company, and for 13 years served as the company’s board chairman and CEO.

Dave had a lifelong interest in conservation. He served as vice chairman of the Pennsylvania chapter of the Nature Conservancy and was an active worker in the preservation of valuable historic homes and natural park areas.

Dave’s death April 2, 2014, left his wife, Elizabeth Strayer Masland; children David Jr., Janet Masland Keating, and Barbara “Kim” Masland Bollinger; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. To them all, ’46 extends warmest condolences as we think fondly of this medical leader and good friend.