James F. O'Neill ’48

Jim O’Neill was an ophthalmologist who practiced for 30 years in St. Petersburg, Fla. He died June 11, 2013, at age 86.

He was born in Savannah, Ga., graduated from Princeton in 1949 and from Duke University Medical School in 1954. Jim was an ardent and accomplished sea sailor. He raced on the west coast of Florida and often cruised solo to Miami and the Bahamas.

Jim and the late Anne (née Ott) were married in 1952. He is survived by their four children, Sandy Batchelor-Robjohns, James Jr., Elizabeth O’Neill Greenhill, and Lisa O’Neill Walker; and nine grandchildren.