James B. MacWhinney Jr. ’50

Jim was described as an “old-time doc who made house calls day and night.” He died Jan. 11, 2013, after a long struggle with Parkinson’s disease.

Jim grew up in Short Hills, N.J., and graduated from the Loomis Chaffee School. At Princeton, he was a member of Cannon and the Glee Club and participated in 150-pound football and crew. He majored in biology.

In 1954 he graduated from the Rochester Medical School. After interning at Ohio State University Hospital, he trained as an Air Force flight surgeon and served in that capacity for two years. He retired as a lieutenant colonel. Upon completing a pediatric residency and hematology fellowship at Rochester in 1961, he entered a pediatric practice in Penfield, N.Y., from which he retired 38 years later, in 1999.

For many years, Jim was medical director of a treatment center for people with cognitive delays and of a home for troubled youth. He was a clinical assistant professor at Rochester and member of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Jim was an avid skier and outdoorsman. After retirement, he took up the clarinet and played with an Eastman School of Music band for older musicians.

Our sympathy goes to Nancy, his wife of 58 years; daughters Bonnie, Kathryn, and Elizabeth; four grandchildren; and his sister and brother.