Elbert P. Tuttle Jr. ’42

Elbert “Tut” Tuttle, physician, researcher, and teacher of medicine, died in Atlanta March 18, 2012.

Tut moved to Atlanta with his parents in 1923. He attended North Fulton High School, from which he graduated as valedictorian. At Princeton he roomed with Mac Asbill and joined Dial Lodge. He majored in history, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and graduated with highest honors.

Tut joined the Marine Corps and served for 3 1/2 years as an aviator. At the war’s end he separated as a first lieutenant and returned to Princeton for premedical studies. He attended Harvard Medical School and did his residency at Massachusetts General Hospital.

In 1952, Tut married Virginia Bauer, a pediatric nurse, and they were blessed with five children. After Tut’s residency the family returned to Atlanta, where he joined the staff of Grady Memorial Hospital and the faculty of Emory School of Medicine. As a practicing physician and ultimately a professor of medicine, Tut presided over a program in the field of renal disease that was notable for good patient care and significant research results. His enthusiasm for learning never abated.

Virginia died in 2010. Tut is survived by his children, Guy, David, Jane, Beth, and Richard; and four grandchildren. To them all, the class sends sympathy.