George A. Nankervis ’52

A distinguished medical researcher, George came to us from Meriden (Conn.) High School, joined Quadrangle, and roomed with Bob Lovell. He majored in biology and belonged to the Wesley Foundation, the football and concert bands, and Triangle Club. He also was a member of the Republican Club and the Pre-med Society. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

George served in the Navy as a gunnery officer for three years. He earned a Ph.D. in bacteriology and a medical degree from the University of Rochester.

In his medical career he focused on diseases of childhood and published extensively on congenital viral infections in the newborn. George was chairman of pediatrics at Northeastern Ohio University College of Medicine and later at Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Akron.

He died April 8, 2014, leaving his wife, Janet, and their two children, Patricia and Craig. The class offers its sympathy to them with a salute to George for his service to our country and to the advancement of pediatric medicine.