Donald P. Hahn ’51

Don was born Aug. 20, 1929, to Bertha Reich and Frederick A. Hahn. He prepared at The Boys’ Latin School of Maryland, and at Princeton majored in biology and belonged to Ivy. He was considered the finest lacrosse player of his era: He captained our team to a national championship and was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame.

Don earned his medical degree from Johns Hopkins in 1955 and served his internship at Bellevue Hospital in New York City. In 1957 he joined the Air Force and was stationed in the United States and abroad for the next six years.

From 1963 to 1965 he completed a residency at the Pacific Presbyterian Hospital in San Francisco. Soon after he entered into private practice in Mendocino, Calif., on the Pacific coast. In June 1969 he and Pamela West were married. Don retired in 1996 after having practiced medicine in Mendocino for more than 30 years.  

Don died Feb. 3, 2014. He is survived by Pamela, daughter Caitlin, son Tobin ’94, and three grandchildren. His brother, Robert, predeceased him. Don was a superb athlete and beloved medical doctor, and we are proud to call him one of our own.