Herbert David Axilrod ’41

Herb Axilrod, a Ventnor, N.J., urologist of high distinction, died Dec. 12, 1996.

He was a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a diplomate of the American Board of Urology. Herb entered Princeton from Atlantic City H.S., graduated summa cum laude in chemistry, completed medical studies at Johns Hopkins, and trained as a urologist at Penn, followed by a residency at New Haven Hospital. Later on he taught pathology at Yale Medical School and lectured on urology at the U. of Pennsylvania.

Herb was a captain in the Army Medical Corps and served the Air Force at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida during the Korean War. He later became chief of urology at Atlantic City Hospital. His major athletic interest was sailing.

Surviving are his wife, Mary Joan Elco; sons Herbert Jr. '81 and Andrew, daughters Nancy Gemmel and Ruth Hensley, and three grandchildren. Urologists do much to ease the pains of mankind, and we old men of '41 join others in mourning Herb's passing. It comes as a shock that urologists, too, are mortal.

The Class of 1941