Herbert B. Hechtman ’55

Herb, of Chestnut Hill and North Truro, Mass., died March 16, 2024, four days short of his 90th birthday.

He was born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduated from Stuyvesant High School, Princeton, and Harvard Medical School. He was a surgical oncologist and spent the bulk of his career at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Herb also held the title of full academic professor at Harvard Medical School. He was the devoted husband of the late Mina Hechtman and devoted partner, since Mina’s death, to Susan Calechman. He is survived by his children, Julia Hechtman Sall, Daniel Hechtman, and Abigail Hechtman ’84; and five grandchildren.