Edward K. Sweeny ’46

“My practice embraces all ages,” said Dr. Ed Sweeny, “from newborn babies to very senior citizens in their 90s.” His practice, after he served three years in the Navy (where he was senior medical officer of Submarine Squadron 4 in Norfolk, Va.), was in the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Redwood City, Calif. There he was physician-in-charge, then physician-in-chief and chief of staff. In 1979, he also became clinical assistant professor of medicine in immunology at Stanford University.

On retirement, Ed moved to Fernandina, a one-time pirate haven on Amelia Island, the southernmost barrier island on the Atlantic coast and northernmost in the state of Florida. When he died there Dec. 5, 2012, he was survived by the children of his first marriage, sons Paul ’74, Dave, and Bob, and daughter Jan; his wife, Ree, and their two sons; and two grandchildren. To them all, the class sends its warm condolences.