John Dunham Griswold ’51

John was born Nov. 24, 1928, in Montclair, N.J., and came to us from Blair.

At Princeton he majored in biology, was active in the Chapel Choir, and was a member of the premed society and Tower. He roomed with Dick Hayes and Dick Haury. John graduated magna cum laude and went on to the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. After five years in the Army Medical Corps, with the rank of captain, he went into private practice and retired in 1997.

His marriage to Elizabeth Rowe Griswold ended in divorce, and his second wife, Dolores Wahl Griswold, died in 1986.

John died June 3, 2007. He is survived by a daughter and son from his first marriage, Elizabeth Van Wagenen and Kettner J. F. Griswold; his sister, Enid G. Hyde; his brother, Robert; and five grandchildren. Another brother, Frederick, predeceased him.

In 1982, John established the Kettner Gadebusch Class of 1927 Scholarship at Princeton in honor of his medical school benefactor.

John was a survivor, having fought for many years with bipolar illness and its related medication dependencies that eventually took him from us. We join his family in remembering this gifted man who not only faced major personal challenges but did so much to help others.