Hyman Lans ’47

Published in the March 2, 2016, Issue

Hy died June 12, 2013, at home in Sanibel, Fla.

He spent three years in the Navy after high school and earned a biology degree from Princeton in 1947. After graduation, Hy attended the University of Illinois College of Medicine, earning a degree in 1948 with highest honors.

Hy interned at Cook County Hospital and did a surgical residency there from 1950 to 1953. During the Korean conflict, he was chief general surgeon in the 6208th Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility Hospital and a surgical consultant with the Far East Air Force.

Before starting private practice in surgery in Highland Park, Ill., Hy was involved in many positions in the medical arena around Chicago. He wrote 14 scientific articles between 1949 and 1955. And despite a very active career, he and his wife managed to get to Florida each February.

Hy is survived by his wife, Barbara; children Kenneth Lans, Deborah Lans, William Liedholm, Christie Peterson, and Eric Liedholm; nine grandchildren; a great-grandchild; and his sister, Barbara Weinstock.