G. Peter Beardsley *71

Peter Beardsley, professor of pediatric hematology/oncology and pharmacology at Yale Medical School, died Sept. 6, 2017, at age 76.

Beardsley graduated from MIT in 1967 with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry. He earned a Ph.D. in chemistry from Princeton in 1971 and a medical degree from Duke in 1974. From 1974 to 1976, he was an intern and a resident at Yale New Haven Hospital. He then held a fellowship in pediatric hematology and oncology at Harvard Medical School/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Children’s Hospital from 1976 to 1979.

Beardsley was an instructor and assistant professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School from 1979 to 1985. In 1986, he joined the faculty of Yale Medical School, where he was section chief of pediatric hematology and oncology until 2000, and director of the pediatric oncology program at the Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center until 1999.

He was an internationally known pioneer in the study of folate enzymes and a leading figure in the treatment of childhood cancer. He published 80 research papers, patents, and book chapters, mostly in the area of anti-folates.

Beardsley is survived by his wife, Miriam; two children; a stepdaughter; and three grandchildren. He had been married to the late Diana Schultz Beardsley *76.

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