Eric A. Corkhill Jr. ’49

Dr. Rick Corkhill, dedicated Main Line obstetrician and gynecologist, died Jan. 24, 1998. He had Alzheimer's disease and retired from practice in 1987 because of it.

Born in West Chester, Pa., Rick became a lifelong resident of Berwyn, Pa., graduating from TredyffrinEaston H.S. At Princeton he majored in psychology, was in the football and concert bands, was a waiter/captain at Commons, and joined Charter Club.

He earned his MD at the U. of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and completed his internship at Bryn Mawr Hospital and his residency at Pennsylvania Hospital. He was an Air Force flight surgeon in Germany from 1954-56. His wife, Lucinda, whom he married in 1951, found him to be "a wonderful husband and father, as well as a doctor devoted to his patients and good medicine." Rick was on the staff of Bryn Mawr Hospital for more than 30 years, including 10 as director of obstetrics and gynecology.

Rick was a member and elder of Trinity Presbyterian Church in Berwyn and a member of Merion Golf Club, Wanesborough Country Club, and Oceanside Country Club, Ormond Beach, Fla., where the family maintained a second home.

In addition to Lucinda, Rick is survived by children Lucinda Dautrich and Eric A. III, brother Richard W. '53, and four grandchildren. To them, we extend our deepest sympathies at the loss of this kind, caring man.

The Class of 1949