James Hustead Semans ’32

Jim died April 21, 2005.

He prepared at the Lawrenceville School. At Princeton, Jim was a member of the Glee Club, orchestra, and Cannon Club. Freshman year he roomed with E.I. Berry Jr.; sophomore, junior, and senior years with Mark Sullivan.

After Princeton, Jim completed his medical education and surgical training at Johns Hopkins medical school and hospital. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Omega Alpha, rose to chief of urology at Johns Hopkins, and finished military service with the rank of major. Jim next spent six years in private practice in Atlanta, where he served as vice president of the Medical Association of Georgia, and was building-fund committeeman and contributor for the new Piedmont Hospital there. In 1953 he married Mary Trent and later was an associate professor of urology at Duke University Medical School.

In addition to his wife, Jim is survived by seven children, Mary Trent Jones, Sally Trent Harris, Rebecca Trent Kirkland, Barbara Trent Kimbrell , Jenny Semans Koortbojian, James Duke Biddle Trent Semans, and Beth Semans Hubbard; 16 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren; to all of whom the class extends its very sincere condolences.

The Class of 1932