Elliott Middleton Jr. ’47

Elliott died Mar. 7, 1999, at his home on Chebeague Island, Maine.

Born and raised in Glen Ridge, N.J., he graduated from Deerfield Academy. He entered Princeton in Nov. 1943 in the Navy's accelerated V-12 Program, earning his AB in chemistry. He will be remembered to college friends as a tall, charming blond with a gift for engaging conversation laced with humor and for his excellent singing voice.

Elliott earned his MD at Columbia's College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1950. He trained in internal medicine at Presbyterian Hospital in NYC, then in the specialty of allergy and clinical immunology at NIH in Bethesda, Md. Beginning in 1956 Elliott ran a half-time private practice in Montclair, N.J., and devoted his remaining time to research. From 1969-76 he was medical director of the Natl. Asthma Center in Denver and from 1976-95 was associated with the Medical School in Buffalo as professor of medicine and pediatrics and director of allergy and clinical immunology. He served on many editorial boards and was editor-in-chief of the standard textbook Allergy: Principles and Practice. In recognition of his outstanding work Elliott received the American Academy of Allergy and Immunology's Distinguished Service Award in 1991.

To his wife, Elizabeth; his sons, Elliott, Blackford, and James Jay; his daughter, Ellen; and his four grandchildren, the class extends its deepest sympathies.

The Class of 1947