Donald Paul Tschudy ’48

Dr. Don was born Nov. 8, 1926, in Lebanon, Pa., and grew up in Margate, N.J.

At Atlantic City High School he was president and valedictorian of his class. At Princeton he joined the Navy V-12 program, majored in chemistry, and graduated in 1946.

He earned a medical degree at Columbia University in 1950. During an internship at St. Luke’s Hospital in New York he met nurse Elizabeth “Betty” Groff, and they married in 1951.

In 1953 Don joined the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Md., where he participated in early NCI clinical trials. His many research studies are frequently cited in professional literature. He retired in 1984.

He was a lifelong clarinetist, a knowledgeable big-band jazz fan, and a craftsman of wooden furniture.

Don died Jan. 28, 2019. He is survived by his wife, Betty; daughters Linda Velazquez and Janet Howard; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.