Francis C. Evans ’59

Born on Staten Island, Fran graduated at the age of 16 from New Dorp High School, where he was president of the discussion club and manager of the football team. At Princeton, he majored in biology, served as a Keyceptor, belonged to the Pre-Med Society, managed the 150-pound football team, and ate at Prospect Club. Following graduation he went to Harvard Medical School. An internship and residency in general surgery at Boston City Hospital preceded a residency in surgery at Hartford Hospital, followed by a year in Chu Lai Vietnam with the 27th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (27th MASH). Discharged as a major, he entered private practice in Ticonderoga, N.Y., then on to New London (N.H.) Hospital, where he was chief of surgery from 1976 to 1998.

Fran’s wife, Karen, died in 1996. In 1998, he married a longtime friend, Susan Foster, and relocated to Atlanta, Ga., where Fran continued his practice, broadening it by serving as an expert witness on legal cases. In retirement the couple moved to Palm Coast, Fla.

A travel enthusiast, a Red Sox superfan, a theater aficionado, and recipient of dozens of awards and recognitions for his contributions to the general surgery field, Fran died May 14, 2025. He survived by Susan and his three children, Susan, Amy, and David.