Henry Augustus Kingsbury ’32

HANK KINGSBURY died in Belleair, Fla., on Oct. 7, 1989, after four years of increasingly failing health, including emphysema and heart problems. He was 79. He came to us from the Hill School, roomed with the late Paul Earle, and was a member of Cottage Club.

Hank had a long and distinguished career as a surgeon in N.Y.C. He got his medical degree from the Cornell Medical School, interned at Roosevelt Hospital, and spent 23 years as an attending surgeon on Roosevelt's staff. From 1955 to 1962, he also served at Bellevue Hospital as an attending surgeon, a member of the first surgical (Columbia) division. During this time, he was an assistant professor of clinical surgery at the College of Physicians and Surgeons. He was certified by the American Board of Surgery, was a member of the New York State and County medical societies, and was a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, the New York Surgical Society, the New York Academy of Medicine, and the Pan-Pacific Surgical Society.

In 1962, Hank retired to Belleair, where he enjoyed golf and raising orchids until poor health began to curtail his activities. He was also a member of the Hunter Blood Center's board of trustees. Hank's gentlemanly qualities were his outstanding traits, and they will be long remembered by his many friends. We send our sympathies to his wife of 54 years, the former Elizabeth Hobart; a son, William F.; a daughter, Caroline K. Sugimoto; a brother, Frederick '29; and two granddaughters.

The Class of 1932