John I. Gedmark ’59

A native Pennsylvanian and retired physician, Jack started with us in 1955, coming from Altoona (Pa.) High School. According to our Nassau Herald, he was active on radio station WPRB.

He left Princeton prematurely to earn a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and classics at St. Bonaventure University in Olean, N.Y. He earned his medical degree at the Medical University of Vienna in Austria, followed by residency at the Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in Louisville, Ky., where he met his future wife, Jan. Married in 1979, he and Jan had two children, John and Elizabeth, and later welcomed two grandchildren, Maria and Christopher.

He lived in Louisville until his death Aug. 18, 2019, survived by Jan, his children, and his grandchildren.