Gilbert A. Ratcliff Jr. ’59

Gil, a retired pediatric physician, died Nov. 11, 2023, at home in Proctorville, Ohio.

He was born in Huntington, W.Va., Jan. 7, 1938. He graduated from Huntington High School, where he played the trombone in the band and was a member of the honor society. Enrolled as a pre-med at Princeton, he majored in biology and was a member of the Marching Band, Whig-Clio, and Court Club. His senior-year roommates were Peter Burch, Bill Beim, John Cook, and Bob Baker.

Following Princeton, Gil attended Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, graduating in 1963. He did his two-year residency work in Cleveland, then two more years in the Army at Fort Knox. He married Betsy White in 1964 after she graduated from Johns Hopkins School of Nursing.

Gil returned to Huntington in solo practice for 15 years, then co-founded a neonatal intensive care unit at Huntington Hospital and served as a professor of pediatrics at Marshall University School of Medicine.

Predeceased by his wife of 53 years, Gil is survived by his three children and six grandchildren.