Henry Middleton Drinker ’42

Henry died May 26, 1999, after a long illness. A lifelong resident of the Philadelphia area, in 1989 he retired from Chestnut Hill Pediatric Group after 37 years of practice. One of the last of the generation of doctors that made daily house calls, he was loved by the many families he cared for.

At Kent School he stroked the crew that won the 1938 Thames Challenge Cup at the Henley Regatta. At Princeton, he majored in biology, graduating with honors, and belonged to Ivy Club. He earned his medical degree at the U. of Pennsylvania. During WWII, he served in the Air Force Medical Corps at Tinker Field in Oklahoma City, returning to Philadelphia after the war to complete his residency at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

During his career he was chief of pediatrics at Chestnut Hill Hospital as well as head of the nursing department. He was a visiting professor at the U. of Pennsylvania Medical School and Children's Hospital. He was also involved with the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, the University Barge Club, and the Carson Valley School.

The class offers its sincere condolences to his widow, Marilyn "Sandy", his sons, Sandwith, John, and Edward, and his eight grandchildren.

The Class of 1942