George Duncan Robertson ’49

Dr. Dunc Robertson, of Pineville, La., died of a heart condition on May 18, 1996, in Rapides General Hospital. He was 68. He was professor of surgery at Tulane medical school, and also chief of surgery and medical director at the Huey P. Long Medical Center in Pineville at the time of his retirement.

Dunc was a native of Princeton, where his father was professor of mathematical physics at the university. He was a member of Princeton H.S. Class of '45, a graduate of Lawrenceville School, and attended Bethany College and Swarthmore during service in the Navy, before transferring to Princeton. He graduated from Harvard medical school. He was a professor of surgery at the U. of Arizona, and was chief surgeon at the USVA Hospital in Tucson. He was an avid pilot.

Dunc was an outstanding tackle on Princeton's varsity football team, and played an important role in the historic defeat of nationally ranked Penn in 1946. He majored in biology, was elected to Sigma Xi, and was a member of Tiger Inn.

To his widow, Joyce, his daughters, Lyn Graham and Angela Odea, his sister, Marietta Fay, and his two grandchildren, the class extends its profound sympathy in the loss of this loyal classmate, friend, and humanitarian.

The Class of 1949