James R. Brayshaw ’50

Jim died in Virginia May 15, 2004. An internist, he was described as a man who loved people and as a great listener.

Born in Wilmington, Del., Jim graduated from the Tower Hill School there. At Princeton he belonged to Charter Club and majored in chemistry.

He entered Johns Hopkins Medical School with more than a dozen Princeton classmates and received his medical degree in 1954. Jim served two years in the Navy, completed his residency in internal medicine at Yale University Hospital, and spent two years at Georgetown University Hospital as a fellow in cardiology.

A year as a research scientist for General Motors in Detroit convinced him that research was not his calling, and he preferred the East. So in 1962, he settled his family in Alexandria, Va., and opened an internal-medicine practice. Jim also served as president of Alexandria Hospital; medical director of Goodwin House, which provides care for senior citizens; and resident physician at Episcopal High School.

His love of the water and sailing led him to Deltaville, Va., where he retired.

To Mackall, Jim's wife of 47 years; children Laura Broughton, James '83, Lisa McLaughlin '86, and their spouses; and five grandchildren, we extend our sympathy.

The Class of 1950