George Robertson Livermore Jr. ’39

Afflicted with Alzheimer's disease that became steadily worse in the past year, George died Sept. 14, 2005, in a nursing home in Memphis, Tenn.

In Memphis he had been in private practice as a physician-surgeon for his entire active career after earning his MD at Harvard in 1943 and his MS at Minnesota in 1952. He served two and a half years as a captain in the Army Medical Corps. His long private practice as a surgeon ended in 1982, but he continued to teach five mornings a week.

Music was George's hobby and he particularly prized his affiliation with the Memphis Opera Theatre as a member of the board for many years and its president for two. He also was president of the local American Cancer Society and a member of the vestry of the Calvary Episcopal Church. But most of all he loved his family. He and Nancy were married for 62 years and had four children, six grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.

George looked forward each year to the annual six-week stay in their summer house in Duxbury, Mass., where they were joined by large contingents of their wonderful family. To all the family, and especially to Nancy, we offer our warmest sympathy.

The Class of 1939