Duane E. Banks Jr. ’57

A urological surgeon in Florida, Duane died Oct. 18, 2024.

He came to Princeton from Western Reserve Academy in Ohio. He majored in chemistry and joined Tower Club, participating in intramural football and basketball. Duane also ran the 440-yard dash and mile relay on the track team and was a member of the Akron, Cleveland, chemistry, and Pre-Med clubs. Senior year he roomed with John Strickland.

Duane earned a medical degree at Western Reserve School of Medicine, and while studying there he met and married Marguerite S. “Margo” Huss. After an internship and one year of residency at the University Hospitals of Cleveland, he entered the Air Force, serving for two years as a captain and chief of surgery at the hospital at Kincheloe Air Force Base in Michigan. He then returned to finish his internship and residency in Cleveland.

Choosing to leave their Midwestern roots, Duane and Margo moved to Florida, where he spent his career in the Coral Gables area. Margo, his wife of 64 years, predeceased him; Duane is survived by their three children, Jackie, Susie, and Allison, and their families.