Donald Gray Blain ’46

In 2003, when he was 79 years old, Don took first place in the 25-meter freestyle swim in the Wyoming Senior Olympics. Whether it was sailing an iceboat, piloting a private aircraft high above Wyoming, or making key decisions as admissions chairman of the American Association of Clinical Urologists, Don always was busy.

An Air Force captain during the Korean War, he served as the 121st Fighter Squadron’s medical officer. Resuming civilian life in Michigan, he became president of the Macomb County Medical Society and president of the Michigan branch of the American Urological Association. He founded the Oakland Macomb County Professional Standards Review Organization, which represents all the area’s doctors in ensuring quality in medicine. One of only six Michigan urologists who were members of the International Society of Urology in 1985, he lectured in the United States, England, Scotland, Austria, and Argentina.

At the time of his death May 20, 2014, Don was survived by his wife, Grace Carpenter Blain; son Ian Donald Blain; daughters Elizabeth Ann Johnson and Patricia Droneberg Blain; and grandson Eric Alexander Johnson. The class joins them in thankfulness for Don’s long life dedicated to leadership of his profession.