Edward V. Dillon ’48

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The class has lost a kind, wise, and courageous friend with Ned's death Jan. 23, 2002. He died of heart failure. Ned was a graduate of Haverford School. At Princeton he was a member of Cloister, played 150-lb. football, and graduated with a degree in psychology. His medical degree in 1952 was from the U. of Pennsylvania Medical School. In 1955 he and Anne Carpenter were married.

He was a distinguished surgeon at the Bryn Mawr Hospital and taught at Jefferson Medical College until he retired in 1990. He was a fellow at the Lahey Clinic and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. In addition to Anne, Ned is survived by three sons, Edward '81, Eugene, and Richard. The class offers them its condolences.

The Class of 1948

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