Edward Douglas Holyoke ’50

He majored in biology, was on the Undergraduate Music Council, belonged to Court, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. After earning a medical degree from Harvard in 1954, he joined a surgery program at Johns Hopkins for two years.

Doug served in the Army from 1956 to 1958 in Kyoto, Japan, and retired as a colonel in the Army Medical Reserve. Completing his residency in California, he went to Buffalo, N.Y., in 1962. There he became chief surgeon at Roswell Park Cancer Institute and did valuable research with interferon as a cancer treatment. In 1991, he became chief of staff at Togus VA Medical Center in Augusta, Maine, and five years later, became chief of staff at the VA hospital in Syracuse. He retired in 1997 but continued as a research consultant until just before his death.

In Sandy Creek, Doug served on the library board and was a tireless volunteer for the library system. He was a scholar of German and traveled extensively.

We extend sympathy to Judith, his wife of 52 years; sons John and Edward; daughters Amanda, Rebecca, Melissa, and Cassandra; his sister, Sally; and nine grandchildren.