Frederick Whitney Shull ’39

Fred died Nov. 21, 2001, in Stevensville, Mont., where he had been living with his son, Steele, and his family. A longtime resident of Bellingham, Wash., Fred had conducted a private practice in obstetrics and gynecology since 1948, after receiving his MD at the U. of Rochester. He retired from that career in 1987, but then came out of retirement to specialize in neural therapy and scirotherapy, dealing with pain situations. Of this practice he once told us, "It has been my good fortune to get into many of the things the establishment calls 'unproven' (code name for 'quack') that I believe will be far better than the way things are handled at present." He was a member of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and a Rotarian. Interestingly, his chief hobbies were roller skating, kite making, and flying.

Fred and his wife, Evelyn Diebeser, were married in Princeton in 1947. Evelyn died in 1952. Their son, Steele, and daughter, Peggy Shull, survive, as do his sister, Georgia Vander Sloot, and his brothers, John '32, David '40, and Harrison '44.

The Class of 1939